NIRELLE

"You know you still owe me an answer for what I asked you on the first day I came here," I say when I am ready to leave the room. I look at his face and can tell he is still uncomfortable talking about this. "Is it uncomfortable?" I ask, wondering how I got so bold with everything, especially in front of this man whom they call merciless.

"No... of course it is not," he stuttered, the words, and I know that he is uncomfortable.

"There is no need to lie." I wrap the book in both hands as ...