Dollhouse

Chapter.5

I spent the whole next day just wandering around my room looking at things on the floor lifting up fake books and phones. I looked around at my bed. Then I noticed something. What was it? It was a carving on my bedpost of a puppet. At that moment I thought of what Sarah said. " the puppet master" I whispered under my breath. For the first time since I got here I felt frightened.

I sat in a corner of my room crying until I was sent to go for dinner with Serena and Sarah. " do either of you have a puppet carved into your bedpost" I asked them without making any eye contact. They didn't say a word but bolth nodded.
Yeah, why?" Serena asked. " the puppet master like what Sarah said " I responded while I rolled a pea across my plate. " the puppet is a symbol for control" whispered Sarah.

We were all to scared to say anything else for the rest of the meal so we sat there in silence playing with our food.

That night was the worst night since I got there I rolled in bed all night not being able to fall asleep. Those few moments when I fell asleep were terrible. I had dreams of when he kidnapped me and dragged me into his van. For the first time in my life I wished I was dead.

The next day was as normal as I gets in the dollhouse, we were liked in our rooms except for meals. But something strange happened. When I got back from lunch with Serena and Sarah there was a blood red dress laying on my bed with a note. I waked over to the bed my hands shook as I life's the note off the dress. The note had seven words. " you're dining with me tonight - puppet master".

I couldn't think straight my palms began to sweat. I collapsed on my floor and began to shake. Tears streamed down my face until I fell asleep.

When I woke up I put on the dress. Though I was scared I felt beautiful in this dress. The red almost made it look like I had blood pouring down my legs. I heated my door buzz so I walked out nervous as hell.

I walked down the hall to where Serena's room was, she opened her door. She emerged in a midnight blue dress. " where are you going" Serena asked even though she probably knew the answer. " I have to have dinner with the puppet master" I responded, " me too, we can bolts be in hell together" she laughed as she spoke. We walked chatting about what we thought was going to happen at dinner.

We arrived at his private dining room. Serena opened the door to a beautiful room filled with velvet chairs and a table lined with food. I would have loved this room if he wasn't here. " welcome lovelies" he spoke boldly. He was turned around so we couldn't see his face. He put on a red and black mask so we couldn't see his face. He turned around to face us. " sit" his voice seemed calm and polite which made me feel worse. "ladies come and sit" he motioned towards the table.

Serena and I sat with caution not knowing what to expect. We dug into the food but he didn't he watched us as we ate and drank until he spoke again.
"So, how do you two like the dollhouse I made for you." I looked over to Serena unsure of what to say or do. " sure" Serena responded not sounding sure if it was the right answer. "Good, how about you Alana?" He asked as he reached to grab a piece of steak. "It's fine" I responded as I played with a potato wedge. "Good" he responded, I could feel him smile under his mask.

My palms began to sweat. I was so nervous. Then Serena piped up, "why did you take us?!" She yelled across the table to him. He didn't respond, instead he just stared at Serena. We all sat in silence eating slowly for what felt like forever until he spoke again. " you ladies are dismissed get back to your rooms". Serena and I almost ran out of that room.

As soon as we were out Serena slowed down to a halt. " what the hell Alana" she spit as she spoke I could tell she was angry. " what" I was confused. Why was she so mad at me. " why didn't you back me up when he didn't answer my question" she started to walk while she spoke. " I was so scared to do that by myself" she said in a tone that made her sound like she was crying. I ran to catch up with her before I responded. " Serena, I was scared too" I paused before continuing to talk. " I would have backed you up if it was any other situation". We were silent until we got to Serena's door.

"night Serena" Serena didn't respond so I turned to walk away. " Alana, don't let him get to you" I nodded at Serena and walked to my room. When I got back I unzipped my dress to put on my pajayma's. After I was done that I slid under covers. Thoughts raced I. My head about what was going to happen next. I stared at my fan while all the thoughts I have had drifted away. Allowing me to finally fall asleep.