"We should take a break," Alicia said when she was no longer sure that she could listen to Lucy without breaking down in tears herself. Anyone watching the show would be able to tell how affected she was by Lucy's confession. Her eyes showed that she was seriously trying to hold back her tears.
"Let's just go on," Lucy pleaded, wanting to just get on with it. It had taken all of her willpower to do this, and she didn't want to stop now simply because everyone in the room was feeling emotional.
"He only unsealed my lips whenever he wanted me to eat or drink water. But I felt too disgusted with him and myself to eat anything. Sometimes he would try to force me to eat, and the few times I would try to eat because of hunger I would end up throwing up everything. Because I was not eating and was barely drinking enough water, I became weaker by the day," Lucy continued.
