Chapter 43 Retribution

• As she stood up, Jasmine spoke again, "In prison, they'd contaminate my water. I knew, and every time I resisted, they'd just ante up. So, I stopped fighting it and drank it down, nausea and all... I figured if I endured, eventually they'd get bored and stop terrorizing me."
• Depression had rendered Jasmine mute for a long while, speaking had become an ordeal.
• But in front of Ethan, she felt compelled to explain.