! He lay there in the room he had#been in for what seemed a lifetime.
The"lamplight threw strange shadows on$the walls, and the Radio speaker was
playing sad songs which further#changed the thought of the prisoner
to thoughtsabout his own situation.!Sure, the room was lit, the walls#were colour but in all it seemed so
dark.# He felt so lonely. I suppose that%is what solitary confinement would do%to a person, but this time he knew it$was more than that. The fact that he
had been forced to leave his$girlfriend at a most crucial time in
their relationship. Now he didn't know#where she was. He presumed that she
was%far away, probably also restrained in#some way. At least he knew that she
cared." For the time being, she couldn't%help. He knew this, but regretted it.!There was hardly any way that she could infiltrate all the various%defences that were placed around both$his prison cell, but also around the$place she was imprisoned. It was too$difficult, too far, too dark, but he
could hope. Hope was the only
salvation in times like this.% The window was open. He had noticed
this a while before, but to his%dismay it was only open a few inches.
A gap much too small for even a%solitary hand to squeeze through, let$alone a whole person of his size and%weight. He realized that there was no"way out of this room now. He would$just have to wait 'till morning, and"see if he could get a message to a%good friend who could help him. There"was no way he could make it on his
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