wasfast asleep.
***
Ava awoke to the alarm the next morning andquickly dressed for breakfast, still feeling the soreness from theday before. She was anxious to find Michelle and even more anxiousto get the morning over with. She had gone to bed so early lastnight that she had missed her itinerary, and she found it restingon the floor this morning. Much like yesterday, she had anotherlunch date with The Overlord. She wondered why he preferred thesemid-day meetings.
Once the doors unlocked, she hurried down thehallway. To her relief she saw Michelle emerge, dressed in a tightwhite dress. The entire back was open and the front left little tothe imagination. Ava hugged Michelle tightly and Michelle huggedher back.
“I’m sorry I missed you at lunch and dinneryesterday,” Ava whispered, “but I need to talk to you.”
The women filed into the dining room and tooktwo seats on the far end of the table where Ava hoped they wouldn’tbe overheard.
“So, I found Franco’s wife yesterday.”
Michelle looked at her quizzically.
“Remember when we were being brought in andMarcello taunted him? Well, anyway, I found her, and Franco and Iare going to come up with a plan for us to escape.”
“Escape?” Michelle seemed to balk at theword.
“Yes. We’re going to find a way to get thehell out of here.”
“But why would we want to leave?”
Ava paused. Was Michelle serious?
“Don’t you want to leave?” Ava asked slowly,studying Michelle. At first, Michelle seemed completely normal. Shelooked the same, save for the many bruises and bite marks thatcovered her body. Ava realized that she must have had moreencounters with the monsters since she saw her last.
Michelle blinked at Ava, the look in her eyesvacant. “Why would I want to leave?”
She was serious.
“Michelle, listen to me! What have they givento you?” Ava demanded, her voice a frantic whisper.
“Nothing!” she snapped. “Why would I everwant to leave? I’ve been given beautiful clothes, I live in abeautiful room and I eat three delicious meals a day. Not tomention the un-fucking-believable sex that I’m having everyday.”
“They’ve brainwashed you!”
“No one has brainwashed me!”
Ava floundered, unsure of how to proceed. Shehadn’t expected this and it changed everything. How could she dothis without the help of her best friend?
Michelle turned to her, her eyes flashing.“You’re just jealous,” she spat. “Jealous that you aren’t gettingthe big monster dick that I get every day.”
Ava nodded quietly, not wanting to argue withMichelle.
She would figure this out with or withoutMichelle's help. And there was no way she was leaving withouttaking Michelle with her even if she had to drag her ass kickingand screaming.
They were going to escape this nightmare.
