They said I was a victim, fallen prey to Stockholm Syndrome, under the thrall of my captor. If that’s what it took to see me released from prison early, I wasn’t going to dispute it in a court of law. No way was Sue ever going to surrender. She went out, guns blazing, and when she did, that bitch Thabisa Tswane killed her. I stood slowly, my feet numb after kneeling for so long. I picked up a handful of soil, held it tight in my fist and closed my eyes. Gripping the dark earth that was once stained with Sue’s blood, I swore revenge. They said I was a victim, fallen prey to Stockholm Syndrome, under the thrall of my captor. If that’s what it took to see me released from prison early, I wasn’t going to dispute it in a court of law. No way was Sue ever going to surrender. She went out, guns blazing, and when she did, that bitch Thabisa Tswane killed her. I stood slowly, my feet numb after kneeling for so long. I picked up a handful of soil, held it tight in my fist and closed my eyes. Gripping the dark earth that was once stained with Sue’s blood, I swore revenge.”