Chapter 43

As she stood up, Madeleine spoke again, "During my time in prison, those people would put dirty things into my cup. I knew about it and tried to resist, but it only made them double down on their bullying. So in the end, I stopped fighting, gritted my teeth, and drank it... Once, twice... I just had to endure until they got bored of their little tricks and stopped using this method to torture me." After Madeleine had developed depression, she had become almost mute, unable to speak for a long period of time. But in front of Beckett, she had so much she wanted to explain. "Just when they were starting to lose interest in torturing me in that way, there happened to be a fellow inmate who kindly reminded me in front of everyone. What was originally something I could have endured and moved on from, turned into even more insane retaliation after someone brought it up. After all, that fellow inmate couldn't protect me at all times; she was released the following year." Madeleine let out a bi