ALICE ROMANO
twentyfive, twenty six, twenty seven,....... fifty.
This is how I try to forget things, this is how I try to busy my brain from going back to memories that give me pain. By counting numbers.
Its been years . I am here in this hell for as long as I can remember.
I hoped someone to come and save me but there is no one who can rescue me from this hell.
I still wished someone to come and save me, rescue me but it all changed one night... or day I cant differentiate.
All my hopes crumbled.
That day was the last day I showed any emotion. I completely shut my emotions.
I completely forgot to introduce myself.
Hi I am Alice. This is all I know about me. Though I forgot everything after everything I have been through I am reminded many things by one of them who has me.
I am reminded many things but after some time of torture I tend to forget things. Everything I was reminded of was vanished behind the doors of the part of the memories that I dont open or rather cant open.
There are only fewthings that I do daily.
Sleep. count.get tortured. this is repeated
Though they give me food once in a while. I am malnourished.
five hundred one, five hondred two, five hundred three.
I kept counting till 1000 daliy.
I stopped I heard him coming.
I was scared though I didnt let it show... This is one of the things I learned here. emotionless face.
He came in and slapped me. I stayed quiet .
Then he said something and laughed. I couldnt figure out what it was as I was trying to keep my cool.
Then he said "Someone is coming to join you today"
He kicked me in my ribs and left.
I was relieved that it was nothing compared to the ones that occured before on his arrival.
But I was scared too as I remembered what he said "someone is coming" maybe he is a monster.Maybe he will do the damage today.
I was scared but there was hope today unlike any other day.