Chapter 23 Freedom

• RALI
• The fork froze halfway to my mouth. I nearly choked on the salad I'd been forcing down my throat. A violent cough seized me, and I bent forward, hand to my chest, struggling to steady my breath.
• I snapped my head toward him, my eyes wide in disbelief like he wasn't human. Only a monster could say something like that with such detachment; like my virginity was a contract and he was just waiting for the ink to dry.