Chapter Nine
Despite Geoffs gentle warnings about getting overlyexcited, I cant help myself. Lecias free as a bird again in three days. Ithought this last week of her imprisonment would fly right by, but it seemsworse than the three weeks previous. Maybe its the anticipation with the endof her ordeal clearly in sight that makes her act so weirdly. Oh, yeah, Isee her at the museum, but its not the same. Shes tight, pinched, and I thinka little in pain. Thats almost something to giggle about, but I would nevermock her in the middle of her suffering. Its not just her smarting behindthats uncomfortable from all the punishment; Lassiters had her wearing acorset the past ten days, and she says the things a pain everywhere ittouches. Plus, it makes her look starched and she can
