The Life Changing Vacation

~Chapter 108~

Joanna's POV
The day after Mark commuted suicide, I gave Kristina back her phone. I was so pissed at her for calling Mark, that I took her phone for two weeks.

"This is your fault, you know", I told her.

"What do you mean?", she asked.

"If you haven't called him, then he would do what I told him and then his son would live and he would live", I explained.

"Yeah, I'm not stupid. I know it's my fault. You're just trying to make me suffer with the guilt", she said.

"That's right, you deserve it.. be grateful I'm not forcing you to get me the money now that he didn't", I said.

"When is Emma leaving by the way? You told me she was gonna stay here for a few days and now it has gone two weeks", Kristina said.

"You want her to leave?", I asked.

"Of course I want her to leave", she said.

"She's your best friend", I said.

"Well, not anymore.. she betrayed me.. she was gonna kill me for goodness sakes.. and cut out my tongue", she said.

"I was the one who told her to cut out your tongue", I said.

"Well, she didn't have to listen to you", Kristina said as she rolled her eyes.

"Oh yes she did. Otherwise she would have been dead", I told her.

"Would you cut out my tongue?", Kristina asked me.

"Maybe", I said.

"Are you serious? That would be the most painful thing ever", she said.

"Well duh", I said with a grin.

"You're crazy", she said as she slapped me.

"Oh really? Looking for more trouble, huh? Fine", I said as I took some of her hair and dragged her by the hair down to the basement and tied her to a chair.

I went to get some kind of electroshock torture device to teach her a lesson.

"Where did you get that? I thought it was illegal in most countries", Kristina said.

"I got it on the dark web", I told her.

"Hey please don't", she said.

"Shut up", I said as I hit her.

"Joanna, I'm serious. Please don't do it, i'm sorry", she said.

"Didn't you hear me? Shut up!", I repeated as I used the electroshock on her. She screamed.

"It hurts", she cried.

"Well, that's the point. Are you gonna stop ruining all my plans?", I asked her.

"But Joanna, you were like a mother to me sometimes.. I love you", she said.

I felt that I got empathy for her. But I was so pissed, and it felt like she was manipulating me. So I hit her so many times that I knocked her out.

When the time was around 10:00 pm I went downstairs to see if I could wake her up.

"Are you awake?", I asked.

She didn't answer. She was still knocked out. I hit her to wake her up. I shook her awake.

"Oh god", was the first thing she said.

"Kristina, I'm done arguing with you and torturing you. Now you and I are gonna have a chat", I said as I cut the rope around her hands.

She looked completely beaten up. She had bruises in her face from when I hit her, and she did not look good after the electroshocks. I saw she was bleeding from her nose that was broken after another time I hit her. That wasn't a good sign, we should have been careful. I thought I wouldn't care, but I did.

"I'm sorry", I said as I hugged her.

"I don't feel like I want a hug from you now", Kristina said.

"Well, you don't have a choice", I said and giggled. I felt so bad for her.

"Are you hungry?", I asked.

"Very", she answered.

"Honey, lay down on the couch. I'll make you a sandwich and some hot chocolate", I said.

"No, it's fine. I don't have to lay down", she said.

"But you should. Rest", I said and smiled softly.

After she ate her sandwich, I followed her up to bed just because she was so weak. I didn't want her to pass out in the stairs or anything.

"Sleep well", I said as I kissed her forehead.

"Wait", she said.

I turned around to hear what she was going to say.

"I'm sorry, but can I please ask you to get me some more paper towels?", she asked as she showed me the paper towel full of blood.

"Sure", I said as I went to the bathroom. When I came back, I gave her the paper towels and turned the lights off.

When I went out of her room, I met Emma in the upstairs hallway.

"Did you beat the shit out of her?", she asked.

"Emma..", I said.

"No no, I'm not happy with it. Or maybe a little, but I'm starting to think about all the things we've been through together. I remember we always joked about being kidnapped when we were at the street alone. Now, she's actually kidnapped. The thing she was so afraid of got real. And I'm helping her kidnappers. She was always so afraid of things like that, she didn't even like it when sellers or someone came one her door. She was always afraid to be kidnapped. That paranoid shit", Emma said.

"Really?", I asked.

"Yeah", she said.

Now I felt much more bad then I ever did. It was like her biggest fear to be kidnapped. Around 4:15, I met Kristina in the kitchen. She was gonna get a glass of water. I was awake in bed thinking about the thing Emma told me and then I heard her go downstairs so I followed her.

"I'm so sorry", I said.

"It's fine, my nose will survive I guess", Kristina said.

"No, I didn't mean that. Emma told me about your fear of being kidnapped. Now I feel way more bad", I told her.

"Hey, it's fine. You've given me a way better life. It was so boring in Norway where I sat with my social anxiety inside my house not wanting to do anything", she told me.

"I just tortured you", I said.

"Who cares, my life is more exciting", she said.

"How is your body feeling?", I asked.

"It feels like it's gonna fall apart", she giggled.

"Well, I think you should go back to bed", I said as I followed her upstairs.

"Tomorrow I want you to stay calm", I told her.

I followed her to her room and then I went to bed myself.