Break the Chain

Damn your love, damn your lies

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Darkness. That's all you could see for most of the day anymore. Ever since they blocked your windows, it was hard to see anything.

Sometimes when the sun was at its highest point, a little ray of light would sneak past the wooden boards. It didn't show you a lot, unfortunately. It did show the chain that was around your left ankle, tying you down like some sort of flight risk.

The only other thing in the room other than you was a wooden desk in the opposite corner of you. It was covered in dust, just like the wooden floors you laid on. You would look forward to when that little ray of light would shine down on the floor, letting you count the footprints left by the men watching over you. It was your favorite thing to do that would pass the time.

Every day they would walk in, adding more footprints and ruining your count. They had no idea that every time they did that, they would ruin your day a little more. You had to find something to keep you sane.

You couldn't keep track of how much time has passed since you've been here. Has it been days? Weeks? Shit, you couldn't tell anymore. Your days were blending together and your obvious head injury wasn't helping the situation.

"Ow." You lifted your hand to the back of your head, flinching as you grazed your fingers over the dried blood on your scalp.

For however long you've been here, you tried to remember what happened. Tried to remember how you got here and why.

You could pick up little bits and pieces of what happened, but the last thing you remembered clearly was Flip. Specifically, the fight you had outside the station with him.

"I hate you."

Your words were repeated in your mind over and over since you've been gone. Did you mean it or was it just something you said in the moment?

You were having a difficult time deciding.

You loved the man, you couldn't deny that, but you were starting to second guess everything that happened in the last couple of months. It was amazing what the few words he spoke to his chief would do to you. He told you he didn't mean those things, that he was lying. He wanted you to believe him, but you didn't know if you could...

He was only with you for the case, yet he claimed that he loved you...it couldn't be both, so which was it?

You were just as torn when you yanked your arm away from him, rushing to call Jen. She was trying to be supportive, hearing how hurt you were. You could tell she didn't want to say 'I told you so.'

At least not yet.

She instructed you to head to her place, knowing you weren't ready to go back to his. The decorations you put up for him would just make things worse.

The holidays were something you were looking forward to, knowing it was the first Christmas you would spend with Flip. You were also excited that you would be there for him during Hanukkah. He would finally have someone to celebrate with...

Every time you thought back to how excited he would be, it just came crumbling down when you heard his words repeating in your mind.

"It's for the case... It's the only reason why she's still around."