“After three months I couldn’t take it anymore and I tried to escape, I was caught, and when I returned the torture got worse. A month after that I tried to escape again and I was caught the punishment I received was even worse than the first. I was water boarded, canned, electrocuted, and forced to go weeks without food. They tried everything in their power to break me and yet I tried to escape again. I was eventually caught and the punishment I received this time was so severe I blacked out and was in a coma for two weeks. My body had endured so much pain I couldn’t handle it. When I was recovering one of the top generals noticed me and how in shape I was and moved me permanently from the cell and put me to work. That’s where I learned wood working.”

“Oh—Ta—-Tasha I—-I don’t know what to say, ”Alice manages to say through her tears.

“Later on I was told they could have killed me but they didn’t because I was strong. Even though I knew what the consequences were for escaping I kept trying. Due to the amount of torture I endured that last attempt that was my last time trying to escape.”

“Tasha I know for the obvious reasons why you tried to escape but for you to go through all that pain there had to be something else to motivate you.”

“You.”

“Oh Tash—-, “Alice says now crying uncontrollably.

“Nothing matter to me more than getting back home to you. Each day that past and I wasn’t there gave someone else the opportunity to step in and take my place. After two years of being a captive I thought about killing myself but what kept me going was the hope of seeing you again. When I got back it hurt like hell to know that you were engaged to someone else but I had to accept it.”

“Tash—–I was hurt when I was told you had died and to know that you have opened up to me I think I owe you the same.”

Tasha stares at her lovingly.

“I was so mad and angry with you. You promised me that you would come home and when you didn’t I hated you for that. I’m sitting here hearing about all the fucked up shit you went through——how could I have been so damn selfish? You were fighting for your life and here I was mad and angry at you for it, ”she says with tears streaming down her face.