Chapter 4: Do you want...

Emily

What just happened? If I understand correctly, he sleeps with some and they.... they are free to rest? I see it's a story like that? They sell their bodies to get a little rest. How pathetic this life is!

I continue my work, I don't want to attract attention. All my thoughts are for tonight. Tonight, I don't want to think about it, but I can't let my thoughts take up other things! Tonight, I'm going to suffer, tonight, I don't know if I'm going to survive this! What if I die? What will they do with my body? Are they going to bury me? Or burn me?

Oh my God! What should I do to avoid leaving tonight? I have to find something to keep from leaving, wait, what if I take this pickaxe and hurt myself with it? But... it's a good idea! One pain is better than another! I take a deep breath and lift the pickaxe. You shouldn't think too much, no, you have to act! I lift it as high as I can and bring it down on my foot.

- Haaaaa.....

- Oh my God.... she hurt herself!

The pickaxe went into my foot and came out the other side!

- Haaa..... it hurts.... Ho... it hurts.

- Idiot, how could you confuse the ground and your foot? Get out of there, you're preventing the others from concentrating.

Stand aside, stupid!

Mathe helps me remove the pickaxe from my foot. I'm losing a lot of blood.

I limp over to the side, and sit down.

Ha... it hurts... but it will allow me to rest too! That's true, I'll be able to rest for a few days. These idiots think they can exploit us like slaves? They're putting their finger in the eye, I always have to find this kind of thing so as not to work too much. What a great idea I had! I'm going to let this injury drag on so I can't work. I'm awesome!

We didn't eat all day. We don't drink. The day is almost full. I rested well. We are going home. Mathe helps me walk. The blood turned black on my foot.

We finally arrive at the palace. My foot is swollen, and that's good news. It is certain that this evening, I will not go there. I'm not going to die tonight or tomorrow!

I'm happy! Now we have to heal this wound. Marthe helps me sit down.

- I'm going to go get some water to treat you.

- No, I'm going to wash first. Can you help me? I have to go to the shower and also help myself back.

- Okay, I'll help you. Raise your arm.

I do it and she slides her arm in to help me. We walk slowly to reach the shower.

Adine, who comes in our direction, stops to look at me closely:

- What happened to you?

- I had an accident in the field.

- That looks very serious! How did you do it?

- Me ? But...I didn't do anything! I don't know how it happened!

- It's not possible. We'll have to find someone else for the king, for this evening. It's not serious . You need to rest and I will send you some medicine for your foot.

- Thank you very much ma'am! We continue our way to the shower, once there, Marthe looks at me suspiciously:

- Tell me, you didn't hurt yourself on purpose so as not to visit the king today?

- I...I

- That's what you did!

- Yes, that's what I did!

-And are you happy?

- Of course I'm happy! I at least have a reprieve of a few days!

She shakes her head...

- You are unbelievable! I hope that in a few days you will know that it is better to go through the ordeal before killing yourself.

- That's where they're going to kill me. They're going to finish me! You know very well that I don't have a wolf. Do you want me to die?

Look at the state you came back in last night despite having a wolf!

- It's okay, I understand!

Undress and quickly wash yourself.

- Do you know what I would like to eat tonight?

- No, but, I will soon find out.

- I want a lamb chop!

- Oh just that? If you find any, give it to me too.

- How funny you can be!

- I swear I'm dying to eat this. How to find some meat? I'll kill for some meat!

- Good luck in your research.

- Thank you, do you know that since yesterday, they no longer close the cell?

- So what? You can slip outside and get something to eat, otherwise we might die before our time.

- Do you want me to die today? If they catch me, they will kill me!

- Just make sure no one catches you.

I finish undressing and get in the cold shower.

After my shower, I get dressed and she helps me enter our cells like prisoners.

- We can't have another place to sleep!