I nodded annoyed and put down the stick. ‘Here are your clothes,’ he said, placing a black bag on the bed. ‘I’ll accompany you to the bathroom, where you will wash yourself and dress yourself. We leave in half an hour.’ I wanted to know where we were going but I decided to postpone my question. He said he was a guest in that house so we would probably go to where he lived, wherever that was. It didn’t make a difference. I took the bag and I followed him out of the room. We got to the end of the corridor and Adrian opened a door. I entered. It was a small bathroom with no window. There was a shower, a toilet and a sink with no mirror. It was the quintessence of “basic”. I heard the door behind me close and a key turn in the lock. No more escaping. I used the toilet, I drank water fro