Chapter 60 - new friend
60
~Lisa’s POV
I stared at the small packet in my palm, still not sure what to make of Cecilia. I didn’t trust her. I couldn’t. One minute, everyone treated me like I was the dirt on their shoe, and the next, this sudden kindness? It didn’t sit right with me.
I turned the packet over. It looked ordinary enough, but that didn’t mean anything. I’d heard stories of people being tricked with things like this, herbs, sweets, even water. And now, just when someone suddenly decided to be friendly, they were handing me strange herbs? No.
I stood, walked to the small bin by the back of the kitchen, and tossed it in. I didn’t even look back at it.
By the time I finally got to my room, my stomach was already growling so loudly I was sure even the walls could hear it. I hadn’t eaten all day, not even a crumb. No one saved anything for me. They never did.
I walked over to the tiny corner I called mine, the part of the pantry where I kept whatever little food I managed to hide away. I opened the cloth pouch where I sometimes kept old pieces of bread or fruit, but it was empty. Empty. I stared at it for a second, hoping something would magically appear. Of course, it didn’t.
With a tired sigh, I sat down on the edge of my thin mat and looked around the dim room. The silence made the hunger louder.
"Guess I’m sleeping hungry," I whispered to myself, trying to laugh, but the sound came out flat and bitter.
I lay down, curling into a ball with my arms wrapped around my belly, hoping the pressure would ease the ache. But it didn’t. The emptiness in my stomach kept twisting, making it impossible to relax.