Lily’s POV
“I’m still here. I’m still alive.” I whispered into the empty room.
The door creaked, causing me to jump in fright and my eyes widened when I saw the face of the man that walked in. “Not for long princess.” His familiar voice mocked and chuckled darkly.
“Chase.” I breathed out firmly trying to mask the fear that was creeping up inside me. “I would be the judge of that.” I said with a glare.
I thought I would be able to look him in the eye after all these time and not feel fear or disgust but I guess I was wrong. The sight of him brought all those memories back, even the ones I had forgotten. It made me physically sick.
Not much had changed since the last time I saw him. He had allowed his hair to grow out, reaching slightly on his shoulders, he had also grown a full beard, his eyes were bruised and he had so many cuts on his face that were slowly healing. I noticed that a few teeth and some fingers were also missing. This was probably the handiwork of Alex and his men before he escaped.
All the same, he looked like he had aged a thousand years in few months. Before now I used to think he looked horrible but now he looked grim, repulsive, appalling, monstrous and even more nauseating.
I guess now his physical appearance reflected how he was on the inside.
“Still have a sharp mouth on you huh?”. He tsked and walked slowly towards me with a distorted smirk on his face.
My instincts pushed me to move back but I willed myself to stay put. I could not show him that I was terrified of him.
“I guess some things don’t change.” I said with a smirk on my face.
“I can affirm so.” He whispered as he stood in front of me now. I was thankful for the size of my belly, because it made it difficult for him to stand as close as he would have wanted. “I still desire you…” He said quietly in a soft tone, like he was declaring his genuine and undying love for me. He paused and stared at my stomach for a while before placing his rough hands on my cheek. “Regardless of this.” He said referring to my child in disgust.
“Please get your hands off me.” I said in a shaky tone. Just the feeling of his hands on me shattered whatever little courage I had left.
My skin was familiar with that touch, in a way that it knew that it only came with trouble. His touch felt like acid on my skin.
“I know you still want me, you’ve missed me right?.” He said with a twisted grin. “That’s why you here… in this house and especially in this room where all our good memories are.” He stepped away from me as he gestured to the room with a wide smile. I sighed in relief at the loss of contact.
So much about ‘good’ memories!. I remained silent as I watched him with repulsed look etched on my face.
He paused with his hands mid air and turned around when I had not responded to him. “Is something wrong?.” He inquired with raised brows.
“What do you want from me Chase?!.” I asked in a firm tone, narrowing my eyes at him.
“I thought I had already made that clear.” He moved towards in calculated steps with a weird smile on his face.
“I’m tired of this games!”. I yelled out. “I’m tired of living in fear of what you might do next…that’s why I’m here to face you.”
“Oh my darling Lily”. He tuted touching my cheek and I shrugged his hands away. “You still don’t get. I want you and I will have you any which way, but for the first time you have options.” He said with glee.
“What options?”. I asked with raised brows.
“Well”. He dragged as he circled me. “Either you come with me, be my wife and we can be happy forever…” He paused and gauged my expression but I gave off nothing, I just watched him like he was a performer, performing a sick joke in front of me. “Or you resist at your detriment”. He said with a stern look in a menacing tone
“At my detriment?”. I scoffed feigning unconcern. “What do you mean”. I inquired.
“You see…, I had made a promise, no not a promise. I don’t make promises, you of all people should know that”. He winked at me. “I and my ‘business partners’ have a motive, to make Alex suffer and what better way to make him suffer than to remove you from his life.” He said before busting into a sinister chuckle.
“You think removing Me from Alex’s life will punish him?”. I laughed and shook my head. “He doesn’t care that much for me, so whatever you do to me wouldn’t affect him. This is just useless”.
“Always so naive and innocent, aren’t my little Lily?”. He tutted and sniffed my hair. “You see that man, loves you more than himself…, I’m afraid that he might even love you more than I love you.”
“W.. what are you …. That’s not true. You don’t know what you’re saying. He hates me!”. I rambled.
“Shhhh”. He shushed me with a finger to my lips. “Whatever you think isn’t necessary right now. You have to make a choice but mind you, it’s win win situation for me…” He laughed. “if you resist, I’ll kill you because if I can’t have you, nobody can!.” He sneered at me.
I gulped and stared at the crazy man in front of me. How could he even think of making such proposition. He wants to marry me, his own blood sister or he would kill me his own sister If I refuse.
Everything was a mess. I thought I would come here and settle things with him so I could move on with my life.
What do I do now?…. It appears there is no way out of this situation.
“What’s your decision?”. He asked with a wide smile as he placed his rough and dirty hands on my waist.
“Don’t touch me!!”. I screamed pushing him away.
“I guess you’ve made your decision…” He sighed and approached me again slowly. “It’s quite sad that this pretty face and body would go to waste”. He said while ogling at me. “But I promise to have you again and make you miserable that even in death, the memories of what I would do to you would haunt you!”.
“Let go of me!”. I let out a loud cry as he dragged me to the bed.
I thrashed around as I struggled to get out of his hold. The amount of fear I was feeling at the moment could make my heart stop beating before what I was afraid of would come to pass.
“Let’s have some fun”. He giggled as he threw me on the bed.
“Chase please don’t do this to me”. I begged as tears streamed down from my eyes even though I knew begging him was useless and it only heightened his arousal.
He ignored me and continued laughed as he pinned me down with one down. He was about to unbuckle his belt when we heard the sound of car parking in front of the house.
A glimpse of hope flickered in my heart and I sighed in relief. I don’t know if I would be able to live with myself if he raped me again, and this time with my child inside me.
He paused as he looked around with wide eyes before jumping off me to look out the window.
I used that opportunity to lift myself off the bed but it wasn’t an easy task. I had planned to run out of the room when he caught my hands and held my tightly.
“Are you sure she stopped here?”. A familiar voice said as we heard the front door open.
I was never so happy to hear Alex’s voice. I was so relieved and I was about to scream for help when Chase covered my mouth with a rag.
“Yes, I’m sure”. Another voice responded.
“Spread out and check everywhere!”. Alex barked out.
I continued screaming but it was muffled by the rag in my mouth. Chase looked around in panic as he dragged me with him out of the room.
He moved quietly into Rena’s where I discovered that there was a hidden storage that had a staircase, leading out of the house.
I continued screaming and trying to get the attention of Alex and his men but to no avail. Chase held me tightly as we came out to the back of the house where a car was waiting.
Immediately we got close, the car opened and the engine ignited immediately.
“Lily, get in,” he growled, grabbing my arm.
I tried to shake him off. “Please let me go?” I mumbled out.
He yanked me into the car, slamming the door shut. I was trapped.
“Chase, stop! Let me go!”
At the sound of the car, moving away, Alex and his men ran out to check but it was pointless as the car was tinted and zoomed away quickly.
Before Alex and his men could get into their car to go after us, we had driven off.
“You thought you could get away so easily?”. Chase mocked as his face twisted into a snarl. “You’re going to pay.”
Panic set in. “Sarah, get in,” he growled, grabbing my arm.
I tried to shake him off. “Alex, what’s wrong?”
He yanked me into the car, slamming the door shut. I was trapped.
“Alex, stop! Let me go!”
“You thought you could get away so easily”. Chase mocked as his face twisted into a snarl. “You’re going to pay”.
Panic set in. Where was he taking me?.
Suddenly, Chase’s accomplice, a burly man i had never seen, leaned from the backseat, holding a cloth.
“No, please!” I begged, struggling.
The cloth covered my nose and mouth, its sweet, chemical smell overwhelming me. I tried to fight, but my limbs weakened.
As darkness closed in, I thought of my baby. Oh God, my baby…
Everything blurred. My head spun. I felt myself slipping away…
No, no, no… Don’t let this happen.
My world went black.
The last i thought was of my baby, hoping that we would both survive this terrible nightmare.