Reid University

She's Here

Chapter 8

Esther sat there in the back of the van. Her hands tied together, and her legs tied together. Tape covered her mouth, and a bag was over her head.

Her body was thrown in every direction with the motion of the van.

Esther sat there, not so much scared but worried. Worried if anyone was looking for her. She sat there trying to figure out why she was the target.

The van came to a halt and Esther's body slammed forward against the back doors.

"Bring her out!" A familiar voice screamed.

Then Esther felt two pairs of hands grabbing her from either side and they lifted her to the ground.

They dragged her towards an abandoned shack. When inside the shack, they sat her down on a wooden chair, and tied rope around it.

Then they took the bag from her head.

"Hi, Sweetheart. Long time no see, neighbor." The masked man said.

"Ezra? Wtf." Esther said

"Hi Essy. Don't worry I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to hurt Elliot. " Ezra said.

"On second thought, maybe if I do hurt you... it'll break Elliot even more. Hahaha." Ezra added.

Three Weeks Pass

Esther

Where are my friends? Was I set up?

Numb. My body was numb. Ezra beat me everyday they didn't come. He would taunt me. Telling me they didn't love me, that Sophie replaced me.

After a few times of him saying it, I believed him.

Today he seemed extremely happy. Weak. My body felt so weak.

"You're useless to me!" he shouted at me. His words slurred, anyone could tell he had been drinking. He and three other men came and tied my hands to the pole while Ezra stripped me.

"NO! EZRA ! NO!" I screamed. I cried out for someone to help me. No one came.

Then he took me. In and out, over and over again. My body ached in pain. My body so weak. I screamed. I shouted. I cried. When he finished, he laid his sweaty body on top of me and I couldn't stop crying.

When he woke up, he got up and left the basement. I laid there still tied up. My body so achy, I felt numb. He came back after showering and getting dressed and he beat me while I laid there.

I couldn't fight back. I was naked and tied up. My body bruised and battered. I couldn't do anything but take it.

After he beat me up again, he told the two men to cover me up. They put a sweater and sweats on me, then they knocked me out.

One Month now Passed

"Elliot, I fucken swear. GIVE THEM SOPHIE! SHE CAN HANDLE IT!!!" Ethan screamed at him, as Elliot and the group sat around the large table at Ethan's house. Ethan was going crazy trying to figure out how to get to Esther.

"NO!" Elliot screamed back. As much as he loved Esther, he grew to love Sophie so much and couldn't put her through that.

They were silenced by the doorbell.

Ethan rushed to open it.

The possibility that he was looking at his girlfriend broke his heart. It's like he didn't even know her. They dumped her on his porch like a bag of trash. She sat there with a bag over her head.