Chapter 36
In despair, I watched as the scissors flew through the air. They landed in the corner of the room with a loud clang. The woman jumped out of my grip at the same time that she’d tossed them. She reached in her pocket and pulled out a cloth that she pressed against my nose.
The gag in my mouth forced me to inhale, and my eyes fluttered as everything went black.
I didn’t hear the thud my body made when it hit the floor.
But I felt the pain ripping through me when I woke up again.
She’d dragged me back onto the cot, but I was tied up tighter this time. Extra rope dug into my skin and secured me to the headboard. She’d taken the gag from my mouth, though. I could feel saliva coating my chin.
She stood over me, watching as I struggled against the new rope. “I always wanted to be a Boy Scout. They learned how to tie great knots. They gave awards for it and everything, did you know that? I’m not so great at it.”
She shrugged like we were just picking up an old conversation.
“Who the fuck are you and why are you doing this?” I demanded, now that I could speak. My jaw ached. Every bone in my body ached.
“Oh, cute. Angry, are we?” she scoffed, shaking her head.
“Please let me go.”
“Hmm,” she said, mockingly placing a finger on her chin. “Let me think. Um….No! Not yet. Although, I have to say, this is lasting a little longer than I expected. I figured Theo would be chomping at the bit to find you.”
“You won’t get away with this.”
“Like you got away with murder, Everleigh?”
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Don’t I?” She laughed, shaking her head. “I have to go. I’ll be back soon, though, so please don’t try your shit anymore, okay?”
“I need to go to the bathroom.”
“Too bad,” she shrugged.
She headed up the stairs, leaving me alone again, her tighter ropes making it impossible to move at all now.
I was so fucked.
Tears streamed down my face as the reality of everything seemed to hit me all at once. Was I going to die in this fucking basement? None of this was fair and I was infuriated that it was happening to me.
Maybe Theo was right. Maybe I was spoiled. But I was also strong as fuck and I wasn’t about to let this bitch be the last person I saw before I died. I’d been through worse shit than this and survived.
This evil bitch didn’t know who she was messing with.