Someone Like You

Chapter 53

Zeniyah

I wake up to a feeling of poking at my feet making me wiggle my toes, my hands instantly go towards my stomach and this time, they aren't yanked back telling me the chains have been removed. I open my eyes and find a lady staring at me with an intense glare. 

"H-hi," I stutter out and she continues to just stare scanning my body

"Hello," she says with a thick accent and I try to smile but wince at the slight throbbing in my head. She pulls out a pill from her pocket handing it to me and I just stare at it, 

"What is it?" I ask looking at her

"Acetaminophen," she says and I continue staring at the pill, "It's Tylenol," 

"I know what acetaminophen is I'm a nurse, but how do I know you're not lying," I say to her

"Well you're pregnant, and I wouldn't harm a baby," she says making my eyes widen

"What, pregnant me? Are you calling me fat?" I say trying to play it off

"Don't bother, I saw you reach for your stomach when you woke up, motherly instinct," she says 

"So what now?" I ask, she shrugs 

"My job is simply to examine you, find out if you are a virgin, and get you ready for the auction if I'm to tell Lorenzo that you're pregnant, you and the baby will be disposed of," she says emotionlessly. I whimper clutching my stomach

"You can't let him hurt us please," I beg

"What he does to you is not my concern, but like I said I don't harm babies or children," she says dismissively and I nod looking down at my hands. She continues writing notes before sighing,

"You're a virgin yes?" she asks making me scrunch my face

"You just confirmed I'm pregnant and the baby sure as hell ain't Jesus so how could I be virgin," I snap causing her to glare at me from behind her lowered glasses, I coward as she steps forward grabbing my face

"Virgins are worth more, therefore treated better, so you are a virgin, yes?" she says again making me nod 

"Sorry," I mumble and she simply huffs. She walks out of the room leaving me alone with my thoughts, I take the Tylenol drinking the water bottle that's left on the side table for me. Standing I walk into the bathroom to pee, after using it I look into the mirror, my hair is still in braids but it's a fuzzy mess. I slip off my shirt wrapping it around my fist, breathing in deeply, and drawing my fist back I slam into it but it doesn't shatter confirming my suspicion that it's an acrylic mirror.

I slip my shirt back on walking out the bathroom to find Riccardo seated on the bed making me pause, he watches my every move not saying a word, I sit on the bed as far from him as possible. 

"The mirror is shatterproof," he says breaking the silence. I nod not saying anything

"Why are you here?" I ask him and he frowns getting up

"No that's not what I mean," I say quickly stopping him, "I mean why are you here, like with Lorenzo,"

He looks at me sadly, "It's a sad story actually," he laughs "My mom was a maid, she works for Lorenzo's father, and he raped her, she died giving birth to me so he decided to raise me as his own," 

"I'm so sorry," I say sincerely

"It's alright, I hate it here you know," he tells me, "I remember being so young and seeing horrible things around here, when the old man died I thought I could get out but Marco enlisted me as one of his men, then when he was killed Lorenzo asked me to stay,"