The Courtesan (2015)
“The bed is hard, and it is not her bed. The places that Banker Chang has injured burn and throb and ache, but he is not here. A moment later, eyes wide open, Jinhua isn’t sure where she is. The room is barely larger than the bed on which she is lying, curled around herself; it is a room without a window or furniture, with a broom leaning against the wall and a pile of rags on the floor.
It is Suyin’s room. It is the closet where she sleeps.
Jinhua touches the swollen place between her l...egs and looks at her fingers. Her hand is red with blood, and she holds it far away from herself, fingers loosely curved and dangling downward. She begins to sob. Her mind is busy remembering every single thing that Banker Chang did, and it is as awful and as painful now as it was when he did these things last night.
“Call me Baba,” he said.
She is fully awake now. There is a bucket near the bed, and Jinhua needs to pee but she doesn’t dare; it hurts too much down there.MoreLess
It is Suyin’s room. It is the closet where she sleeps.
Jinhua touches the swollen place between her l...egs and looks at her fingers. Her hand is red with blood, and she holds it far away from herself, fingers loosely curved and dangling downward. She begins to sob. Her mind is busy remembering every single thing that Banker Chang did, and it is as awful and as painful now as it was when he did these things last night.
“Call me Baba,” he said.
She is fully awake now. There is a bucket near the bed, and Jinhua needs to pee but she doesn’t dare; it hurts too much down there.MoreLess
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