Chapter 21

It has been days. My stomach ached but my body hurt even more. I knew my time was going to run out.

True to his word, Theodore came down every day. And every day it got worse. I had a cut on both of my collar bones, one along with my cheek and three on my stomach. Yesterday he cut me twice before leaving, telling Gavin that today was the day he was going to cut deep enough to scar.

I continued to try and get out of the restraints everytime they left, determined not to die here. I wouldn't let Candice be raised by Lorelai.

"Aspen," Landon cried when we heard step coming down the staircase. I knew then that today was the day more scars would be added to my collection. I hung my head and stopped struggling against the ropes.

"Rise and shine, sunshine," Theodore teased and he gripped my chin hard and raised my face up. When I made eye contact with him, I spit in his face.