No choice but to love

7. Fourth day (fight, punishment, dilemma)

Tara wakes up in her bed to find herself alone. Derek wasn't sleeping next to her. She gets up and goes to the bathroom and washes up. Her vagina hurts a little after what Derek did to her last night. She feels sick. She is both hungry and nauseous. She looks at herself in the mirror for a few minutes and feels sorry for her lost life. She misses home.. Tears blur her vision. She gets back to her bed and decides to stay there the whole day. (Of course if Derek would let her.)

She is experiencing a mixture of feelings at once. She can't accept this destiny for herself and she knows she can't escape. She is sad, angry, tired, and scared. She is becoming depressed. She feels she is suffocating and suddenly hates Derek with all her heart. She wonders what kind of a psycho Derek is.

Derek knocks on the door and enters with a fancy tray of breakfast. "Good morning sunshine," he says as he walks to her bed and puts the tray on the bedside table. Tara doesn't answer and pulls the duvet on her head. Derek chuckles and gently pushes the duvet away. She closes her eyes and says "please leave me alone Derek, I'm not hungry." Derek brushes her cheek with his thumb and caresses her face. Then leans on her and kisses her cheek. Tara opens her eyes and looks at the breakfast next to her bed, but then looks away and stares at the window. "Come on you must eat," Derek says and takes her by her armpits and easily picks her up and makes her sit. It happens so quickly. Tara becomes Shocked. She frowns and crosses her arms. Derek smiles and puts the food tray in front of her and starts feeding her. She resists to open her mouth. He grabs her face with one hand and presses her cheeks and forcefully opens her mouth and puts the food in her mouth. His face is calm and even kind. But his actions are forceful. 'What a psycho...' Tara thought. "Ok ok I'll eat myself!" Tara said frustrated. "I'll feed you myself," Derek says kindly. "But I don't want...." Tara's sentence gets cut by him and he says "One more word and I'll tie you to bed."
She looks at him in disbelief. He looks at her right in the eyes, his face serious. She looked down and nodded. He continued feeding her and once she finished, he kissed her forehead and got up. He picked the tray and headed out. He stopped at the doorstep, turned to her and said "Come to the living room in 15 minutes." And he left her room, closed the door behind him.

She sighs closes her eyes for a few moments. She was feeling better now. She hadn't ate since that lunch she had yesterday. Finally she gets up. She brushes her teeth and hair, and changes. She picks a red cotton skirt and a black blouse. They looked comfy. After 20 minutes, she leaves her room and goes to the living room. Derek was sitting on the couch, speaking on the phone. He notices Tara. "Ok thank you Alice... Keep me posted though. Yeah, see you bye." Tara looks at him curiously. Derek hangs up and pats on his lap twice. Tara goes to him. He takes her hand and pulls her to sit on his lap.

She reluctantly sits on his lap. Derek wraps his arms around her waist. "You were 5 minutes late baby." Derek then smiles and leans in towards Tara's ear, and says "You look hot today."

In response to Derek's compliment, Tara blushes. She feels uneasy and somewhat uncomfortable with the situation, but tries to hide it. Derek's arms around her waist feel tight and a bit restraining, but she's afraid to say anything because of what Derek might do if she expresses any dissatisfaction towards him. "Who is Alice?" Says Tara cautiously. Derek smiles and then starts laughing. "Look who's got all jealous." Tara gives him a lowering look and says "I'm not jealous! I was just curious... Ah... Never mind it doesn't even matter!" He starts playing with her hair. "We'll talk later about your punishment for being 5 minutes late of course, but now I want you to meet your personal maid and bodyguard." Tara looked at him in surprise. Derek took a small walkie talkie out his pocket. "Sawyer please come in."

"Yes sir", someone replies back through the walkie talkie. A few seconds later, a beeb and click on the door causes Tara to look back towards the sound. The door opens and a bulk man in a suit walks in. Following him, a middle aged woman walks in. She looks asian and she keeps looking at the ground. Tara's heart skips a beat. The man, presumably named Sawyer, approaches Tara and Derek and the woman follows him. Tara tries to get up from Derek's lap but he holds her tightly and doesn't let her move.