Vera Warner's resolve wavered. She had already forgiven Faye Lockwood, and this time, Luna Warner had also been severely punished. 'Perhaps I should just let her go.'
"Do you really understand what you did wrong?"
Luna Warner nodded profusely. "I know I was wrong! I really know I was wrong! Please, let me go! I'll never do it again!"
Special Assistant York offered a reminder. "Miss Warner, President Morgan instructed me to tell you not to be fooled by this woman. When we first brought her in, she spent her days cursing you. A person like that doesn't deserve any sympathy."
The words struck Luna Warner like a bolt of lightning. 'If I don't use Vera to get out of here this time,' she thought, 'I'll just get beaten savagely again tomorrow.'
'If this keeps up, I'll end up crippled. No matter what, I have to say whatever it takes to make Vera soften up.'
