The Confidence of a Nerd

Chapter 18 (EDITED)

I'm chained to the floor, the only person in the room with me happens to be Lia's mom. She's keeping an eye on me as I sit here, uncomfortable. There's a bunch of loud noises coming from the storage room next to me and it's shaking the entire place. A loud banging noise that resembles gunshots is coming closer, and the noise makes me jump.

My nerves start dancing around in my stomach and I try to ignore them by humming. I wince as the cloth stabs through my mouth again. The pain wracks my body again and I groan. When will this torture end? I want to go home, why do I have to be stuck here with all of these damn bruises?

Is Lia alright? I told her to call the police so hopefully she's safe at home. If I get out of here the first thing I want to do is go and see her. I need to tell her I love her. I know she has feelings for me but she hasn't put them into words yet and I think it's time that we do. I'd do anything for her.

Hopefully, I'll be able to get out of here soon. I smile softly to myself, I feel like I'm naive for thinking like that. I'm scared, all of this noise and the fact that I don't know where Lia is, it's making me crazy. It also doesn't help that there's an older looking more distasteful version of her glaring at me from the other side of the room.

"She fucking brought the police!"

She stands up from her corner and kicks a can of beer she was drinking against the wall.

"I'm not going to jail for this. I still have things I want to do with my life."

She starts biting her nails and pacing back and forth. Stopping for a moment, she looks at me and smiles. I shudder as she starts walking closer to me. Get this freak away from me. Goosebumps rise on my skin as she pulls a gun out of her pocket and then she positions herself behind me. Something cold pressed against my head and I froze in my spot.

"If the police come bursting in here like they did the other storage room, I'll just kill you. After that, I'd rather kill myself then have to go to jail. I deserve to be free from all of this stress. I want happiness."

Her hand is shaking, the gun keeps wobbling and I shudder. Does she deserve happiness? Huh? After everything she's done to Lia? To me? She thinks she deserves freedom and happiness? Wow, how delusional can one person get? It's like she just says things with no idea how nonsensical it sounds. I grimace, I want to say so many things but at the moment I'd like to live. Antagonizing the crazy person holding the gun that is pressed up against my head, is not exactly smart.

I hear her sob as the gun continues to shake in her hand and I try to hold in a sigh. I was trying to stay positive but at this point there's no denying it, I'm gonna' fucking die. Her tears start wetting my hair and I groan quietly. Someone get this crazy person away from me! Seriously, how did I even get into something like this in the first place?! Lia, I love you, really I do, but in this situation it's hard not to get a bit angry. I wish you listened to me. I wish I tell you all of these things so that we could talk about it and make up but I'm fucking chained to the ground. The only thing I have to remind me of you is your crazy fucking mother who has me chained to the ground and is about to murder me for both of our money. I sigh, I can't even stay mad at her when she's miles away and I'm thinking to myself. It's not her fault, maybe there are things I could've avoided if she'd been honest with me but if her mom decided on it this would've happened later on anyway.