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always liked scarlet on you." He brought it to the bed.
I sat there with the covers pulled tightly to my neck.
"Come on, now. A fresh nightgown will make you
feel so much better."
I didn't think he would leave me alone until I
had put on the red gown, so I took it from him. He
stood back to watch me take off the one I was wearing
and slip this one over my body. I did it all as quickly
as I could.
"Now, doesn't that feel good?"
"Yes," I said, giving him what he wanted. I was
even more frightened because instead of feeling
awake and energetic as I had hoped I would feel after
eating the breakfast, I felt drowsy and tired again. His
voice sounded faraway.
"I want . . want . .
"You want to sleep. I know. I expected it. A
nice rest." He pulled the blanket up and around me,
tucking it in tightly like a straightjacket.
"No . 1.. ."
"Sleep, Annie. Sleep, and you will feel so much
better when I return. All those ridiculous nightmares
will be gone when you wake up again."
I tried to speak, but I couldn't form the words.
My lips felt sewn shut. In moments I was asleep
again, my last conscious thought being he had put a
sedative in the breakfast.
The next time I awoke, I was very disoriented. I
had no idea what time of day it was. Slowly, in what seemed more like hours than minutes, I managed to get the tightly tucked blanket off me and pulled myself up on the pillow. I lay back, breathing hard,
my heart racing.
