Chapter 105: Proficient in Human Nature
"Well, since you're already here."
Gu He looked around. The cell and the area outside it were incredibly crude; even the corridor walls hadn't been properly painted.
Still, it was all about mindset.
He spoke to Sophia Amick through the cell bars. "This cell of ours is pretty big. You can pace back and forth a good few steps. It's a lot bigger than a capsule hotel, right? Just settle in and make yourself at home."
Sophia was so furious her lungs nearly exploded. This street dog... this whole pack of street dogs...
They weren't killing her because they wanted to humiliate her, to slowly toy with her...
But she had to force herself to calm down. She had made mistakes in this affair, mistakes driven by emotion. She couldn't afford to act like that anymore; she had to operate from a standpoint of self-interest. If kneeling would yield the maximum benefit...
"I am angry. It's my own fault that things have come to this," Sophia said.
Sophia gradually reined in her anger, letting her expression shift into one of lost, genuine vulnerability.