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was sitting on the vanity. Relieved, I put it in my pocket and thought it a good idea to check every cupboard throughout one last time to make sure there was nothing else that had been forgotten.
Daniel had packed up his own room, so after leaving the bathroom and not finding anything, I went into his bedroom, opening the wide closet doors to find them empty.
Every noise seemed to echo in the emptiness. When I was happy the bedrooms and bathrooms were all clear, I made my way into the kitchen, stopping to look at the view from the window.
The apartment had served its purpose well but had never felt like home. Not like the new house. Maybe because Kyle and I had chosen it together. The penthouse was very much Kyle’s, and even though I’d added my own little touches to it, it still felt very much like a bachelor pad.
Lost in thought, I jumped at a sound directly behind me. As I spun around, my breath was lost to terror.
“Hello, princess. Miss me?”
My jaw fell and every dribble of blood thumping through my veins rushed to my heart as it pumped vigorously in response.
“J…John! What are you doing here?” I couldn’t move. Alarm had me rooted to the spot. My worst fears were confirmed. The rose. It had been hand-delivered. The monster who had tried to kill me really was here and I didn’t know what the hell I was going to do next. I was trapped.
“Is that any way to greet your husband?” He wore an arrogant smirk. His eyes lit with a raging fire.
As he stepped towards me, I instinctively cowered down, head lowered, arm raised as if to protect my head.
“Tsk. Tsk. It seems you’re still the meek little mouse you always were. I thought after your resurrection from the dead, you would have grown some balls by now.” His hand snatched my arm, fingers digging in as he tried to straighten me up so I would look at him while he was speaking. I didn’t want to look at him, ever. He frightened me. I didn’t want to feel like that anymore.
I cringed at his touch and tried to pull my arm away but he held firm. “Leave me alone! I’m not with you anymore. I have a new life.” My eyes were everywhere but his face as tears crept out. Everything came crumbling down. All I had fought to escape and forget was back with a vengeance.
“Well, that’s not how I see it. I’ve traveled a long way to be with you again. Mortgaged the house to pay for this trip. I’ve gone incognito to escape authorities. Bided my time so we could be alone.” He pulled me from the kitchen towards the front door. I knew if I left the building with him it would all be over.
I couldn’t do that to myself, Kyle, or Daniel. It wasn’t an option.
I struggled by digging my feet into the carpet but it only made his grip on my arm tighter. He was hurting me now. There would be bruises for sure.
“Now, here’s what’s going to happen. You’re going to come with me like a good girl and we’re going to go somewhere we can re-acquaint ourselves better.”
Oh my God! I am so dead! I have to get out of here. Shit! Shit!
My frantic brain seemed to be unable to think properly as I continued to pull on his arm.
He was getting frustrated with me, I could see it in his expression. Puckered brow. Lips pulled up in a snarl.
“Listen, you little bitch! I tried to be nice so you’d come easily but it seems you’re only making this difficult for yourself.” He pulled a handgun from his pocket and directed it at my head. “Now move! Try anything funny and I’ll end this once and for all…and that would be a crying shame after the lengths I’ve gone to.”
My eyes were bugging out. I let out a snivel, knowing he would indeed use it if I didn’t comply. How was I going to get out of this? Either way I was dead. Trying to make a run for it wasn’t an option now.
Just when we were about to walk out the door, I inconspicuously put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the necklace Cheryl had given me, dropping it on the tiles. There was
Daniel had packed up his own room, so after leaving the bathroom and not finding anything, I went into his bedroom, opening the wide closet doors to find them empty.
Every noise seemed to echo in the emptiness. When I was happy the bedrooms and bathrooms were all clear, I made my way into the kitchen, stopping to look at the view from the window.
The apartment had served its purpose well but had never felt like home. Not like the new house. Maybe because Kyle and I had chosen it together. The penthouse was very much Kyle’s, and even though I’d added my own little touches to it, it still felt very much like a bachelor pad.
Lost in thought, I jumped at a sound directly behind me. As I spun around, my breath was lost to terror.
“Hello, princess. Miss me?”
My jaw fell and every dribble of blood thumping through my veins rushed to my heart as it pumped vigorously in response.
“J…John! What are you doing here?” I couldn’t move. Alarm had me rooted to the spot. My worst fears were confirmed. The rose. It had been hand-delivered. The monster who had tried to kill me really was here and I didn’t know what the hell I was going to do next. I was trapped.
“Is that any way to greet your husband?” He wore an arrogant smirk. His eyes lit with a raging fire.
As he stepped towards me, I instinctively cowered down, head lowered, arm raised as if to protect my head.
“Tsk. Tsk. It seems you’re still the meek little mouse you always were. I thought after your resurrection from the dead, you would have grown some balls by now.” His hand snatched my arm, fingers digging in as he tried to straighten me up so I would look at him while he was speaking. I didn’t want to look at him, ever. He frightened me. I didn’t want to feel like that anymore.
I cringed at his touch and tried to pull my arm away but he held firm. “Leave me alone! I’m not with you anymore. I have a new life.” My eyes were everywhere but his face as tears crept out. Everything came crumbling down. All I had fought to escape and forget was back with a vengeance.
“Well, that’s not how I see it. I’ve traveled a long way to be with you again. Mortgaged the house to pay for this trip. I’ve gone incognito to escape authorities. Bided my time so we could be alone.” He pulled me from the kitchen towards the front door. I knew if I left the building with him it would all be over.
I couldn’t do that to myself, Kyle, or Daniel. It wasn’t an option.
I struggled by digging my feet into the carpet but it only made his grip on my arm tighter. He was hurting me now. There would be bruises for sure.
“Now, here’s what’s going to happen. You’re going to come with me like a good girl and we’re going to go somewhere we can re-acquaint ourselves better.”
Oh my God! I am so dead! I have to get out of here. Shit! Shit!
My frantic brain seemed to be unable to think properly as I continued to pull on his arm.
He was getting frustrated with me, I could see it in his expression. Puckered brow. Lips pulled up in a snarl.
“Listen, you little bitch! I tried to be nice so you’d come easily but it seems you’re only making this difficult for yourself.” He pulled a handgun from his pocket and directed it at my head. “Now move! Try anything funny and I’ll end this once and for all…and that would be a crying shame after the lengths I’ve gone to.”
My eyes were bugging out. I let out a snivel, knowing he would indeed use it if I didn’t comply. How was I going to get out of this? Either way I was dead. Trying to make a run for it wasn’t an option now.
Just when we were about to walk out the door, I inconspicuously put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the necklace Cheryl had given me, dropping it on the tiles. There was
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