For the first three days of this unwanted incarceration, Serena was met with three meals a day and an attempted conversation that was always left without answers or a response from her end. Each time, Paolo would place a single rose in a vase on a tray arranged with foods full of nutrients she would need to regain her health and ask her of her well-being, where she would remain silent. And each time, he would wish her well and tell her to ring the bell if she were to need anything, before leaving her until that next meal. But each night, she would pull herself upwards from the bed, struggling to walk the length of the room before trying the vents or the door-but finding nothing to work in her favor. Instead, she would return to bed and remain awake until hearing the floor creak from outsid
