It felt like hours and hours went by until the sound of a door opening and closing shook Ella. Her eyes shifted towards the footsteps that approached the large cage, seeing Joe sent an unsettling shiver down her spine. She slowly and easily pushed herself up, her head still aching from her wound. She watched him put the water and snack in the doorway. Now she understood what that was for. The clues were right in front of her but she was too dumb to even realize.
"Oh no couldn't have that, *that* would be crazy" Sarcasm dropped from her tone as she backed herself up the farthest corner of the box, hugging herself as she leaned against the wall. Her brows furrowed as she watched him pull out a laptop-Evan's laptop. Blythe was right-Blythe. She warned her about Joe, and Ella didn't believe her. If she believed her then maybe- Ella swallowed hard as she looked to Joe. "The laptop wouldve pinned Evan's last location directly-it would've told me he was here last-oh my god I was so blind" she mumbled, covering her face with her hands. She felt frustrated. All the signs pointed to Joe, one would think all those stupid podcasts she listened to wouldve helped her see all the red flags. But Joe was so innocent, so *sweet*. Yeah-sweet fucking Joe.
She slowly dropped her hands from her face to look at him, a dead glint in her eyes until he mentioned a 'amy' making her perk up.
"Amy..she-she was in this box? And she survived?" She asked, walking forward as Joe sat down. She frowned hearing that Evan had letters? To her? Well she would've love to read those too. She always wondered what went on in that boy's head, maybe those letters would've told her the truth.
His compliments did nothing but make her feel sick, hugging herself again as she glanced to the bucket he pointed to. Great. She turned back to joe, putting her hand to her head, feeling the drying blood and wincing. But as he began to leave again, Ella jumped, placing her hands on the glass.
"W-wait-wait, wait Joe" she called, swallowing as her hand shook slightly. "H-how do I survive this? How..how do I walk away like Amy?"
