"I... I... I... I," no word left her lips as she struggled to formulate a sentence. She wanted to

apologize to him for her misconduct last night. But she was fearful—what if he did not

forgive her? Or worse, what if he sent her back to the cell?

The latter thought brought tears to her eyes as her head tilted, and she looked up at the sky,

hoping God would diminish her plight.

She didn't want to go back to the cell.

But for that, she would have to listen to his every command, and she had ...