Chapter 4

"My mom used to say, as long as one's still breathing, one's already won. If you die, everything's gone," Samantha said.

Gordon let out a bitter laugh, almost out of sheer frustration.

"Win? When you're nothing but someone's toy, living to be humiliated. What's there to win?" he shot back.

Samantha didn't understand what Gordon was going through. She knew that someone as handsome as him shouldn't die in a place like this. She stared at him, stubborn as ever.

She said, "As long as you're alive, there's always hope.

"Just like me. Even though I got caught, I've been…