Pained world

lied. How lovely it was to hear a voice like her ow

hrugging. He let out a

overseer chose the wrong day to push her too hard. She still remembered the feeling of embedding the pickax into

ew strange things, her fingernails could transform into

r late overseer? Contemplating the poten

series of wooden doors that she'd seen a few minutes ago. If she wanted to escape, she simply had to turn left in the next hallway an

rientation had accomplished was to fam

rushing a strand of her matted hair from her fa

le building. She hadn't seen where he'd put the key to her irons, and the

de the windows lining the wall, night had fallen; lanter

amongst the clank of chains made a chorus as familiar as the dreary work songs they sang all day. The occasional solo of the w

ad vanished from the world-these days, more and more rebels arrived in Mexico to try to take over the big-time gangs bu

she wondered if they would have been better off dying on the butchering blocks instead. An

s coiled in her stomach. She didn't know how important it was for them to kill her alive for a long time and now

he couldn't see through them. Antonio Francisco jerked his chin at the two guard

e yanked Isabel closer, but her feet seem

the cell?" he asked,

this was all about, I wouldn'

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t herself sinking further into the funk s

oman was gone; the crippling effects of old age took her away before she even saw the big 800. The only consolation was that Katr

s. She'd had to pay for it herself with money she scraped out

ng girl, with no wrinkles or aging on her face or body t

f in mystical creatures, werewolves, and vampires, but

e than past time to change that, even as much as she wanted to honor the memory of Grandma Rita. The best way to do that was to go live life to the fullest, and the first

mother left her cou

acquaintance that it was easy to get a job with a temp service. You just walk in and give them your resume,

o hire for a couple of months and then let them go. She would always be left to find a new job each time. But it was worth a try. She didn't hav

be paid with money to spare was because her grandmother had been great at budgeting an

ida had so admired about her. But it turned out that admiration

just a couple of blocks away. That was her best bet to not use too much gas.

ndmother had always taught her to dress for the job she wanted rather than the one she had. She

s why it had become her favorite color. It would work for the occasion. She quickly got dressed and brushed her straight, thick hair to perfection, which

t lipstick. The effect was good. She looked at her large golden brown