Chapter 15

On the airplane, the air hostess came over and asked Carmen several times if she needed any assistance. After all, she looked awful. "I'm good. Thanks." Carmen forced herself to respond. She wrapped herself in an overcoat to hide her wounds, and she used a makeup foundation to conceal the injuries on her face as well. As for her hair, she had it trimmed at a barber near the airport. So, it didn't look out of place now. Carmen knew that she wasn't completely safe until her plane touched down at Pendalith, and she was doing everything she could to look normal. Her eyes slowly rested on her slightly trembling hands. The silver lining was that her hands were tied fast when she was tortured. Thanks to that, they remained unharmed. Her hands were simply too important. After what seemed like an eternity, Carmen's plane finally landed. She could finally breathe easily again once she cleared customs. It felt like she had escaped something impossible and had barely made it out alive. Once