Masuk1 year later"Alex!"
I stare at Alex in shock. What does he think he's doing?"A new deal? Didn't you learn anything from the first one?"
"It's time to eat. I hope you're hungry."Of course I am. He only gives me one meal a day as far as I can tell. It's the only way I have of knowing how much time has passed, and I might be wrong. I really hope I'm wrong, because he gave Alex two days to find me, and this is meal number three.
It's freezing. And dark. My face hurts. I can't see anything. My stomach aches as panic sets in. I hear footsteps in the darkness."Hello? Who- who's there?"
"Thank you so much!" My voice carries over the somewhat crowded sidewalk as I call to the couple who just paid me. They barely hear me as they admire their drawing.Alex steps up with drink in hand to give to me, "People here seem... Less chatty."
The sun is setting when Alex comes back for me. I've gone through like five more pages of my sketchbook, I can't wait for mom to see this sunset in person someday, but for now taking the drawings home will do."Hey, you ready?" Alex startles me with a hand on my shoulder.