Chapter 25
Melody
I’m shaking from the cold concrete floor that I’m chained to. The room is pitch black, without any windows for light to seep in through. Yesterday, he cut off all my clothes so I have nothing to ward off the cold.
My entire body is hurting from all the cuts he’s inflicted on me, but the one that hurts the most is my hand. I want to gag when I think about what he made me do, how repulsed I now feel about myself.
I’m terrified when I think about what he could possibly do to me today. Sometimes he uses my body, and other times he just wants to hurt me. He slices my body open so he can watch me bleed, like he’s trying to make sure I’m real and alive. I’ve lost count of the days I’ve been held here. It’s hard to keep track when you’re kept in a windowless room with no concept of time.
I’ve begun to lose hope that I’ll even make it out of here alive. He tells me that Jaxon’s car went up in flames when he took me from the scene of the accident and how his screams were the last thing he heard as he drove away. He thoroughly extinguished all hope that I had of Jax finding me. I feel the tears run down my cheeks. I did this to Jax; he didn’t deserve the death he got. It’s all my fault. I should have stayed far away from him the moment the pearls were left in my closet. At least that way, the only person that would have gotten hurt is myself.
I start to hear footsteps down the hall and instantly my body goes taut. I huddle into myself, trying to hide as much of my body that I can. He’s coming for me. I start shaking in absolute terror… What will he do to me today?