The Story Of Veronica Lodge

Chapter 15

Veronica Lodge's POV

Just as I'm about to send my final text to Archie, Mrs. Cliff barges into the room. I try to defend myself, but she grabs my pearl necklace and rips it off my neck. She wanted them to rip, to create a diversion, so I'd be distracted. Instead of falling for her trick, I threw my phone on the ground and stomped on it. The police would still be able to track me, even though the phone was destroyed. The tracker can't physically break, but can be hacked.

"What do we have here? A phone! Oh my Veronica, you are such a bad girl." Mrs. Cliff say sarcastically.

I didn't pay any attention to her, but instead looked at all of daddy's pearls on the ground. My daddy gave those to me when I was seven, and now they're destroyed.

"You...you...you bitch!", I screamed, "Those were my daddy's gift to me. That's all I had left of him. I've had those pearls for eleven years, and you destroyed them. You deserve to rot in hell, with your husband. Or did you kill him too? Because you might as well kill me, you took everything from me. Everything."

Mrs. Cliff was shocked. But soon her shock turn into a scowl. She approached me, and wrapped her dirty fingers around my neck. Straining for air, I kicked my feet at her. She held me against the wall, I could feel my face turning red.

     "Stop trying. Nothing will stop me from killing you. Nothing." Mrs. Cliff whispers.

     The door to the basement opened, and two guards rushed in.

     "Intruders! Run!" They yelled.

     Mrs. Cliff dragged me with her into the hall. She throws me against the floor, and two men put chains around my wrists. They then bolted the chains to the wall. One of them taped my mouth shut, with a different tape this time.

     I was sitting, uncomfortably, on the wall. I had all the time in the world to think. About Archie. Betty. Jughead. The intruders. I wonder who they were. I guess I'll never get to find out, I heard gunshots earlier. So I'm pretty sure any intruders would be...dead. Now no one can save me. Wait! What if the intruders were Archie, Betty, and Jughead? I have to go help them.

     The key to the chains were sitting right in front of me. I just had to reach them. I stretched my feet as far as they could go and kicked the keys closer to me. One problem how was I going to free my hands to grab the keys? I'm so stupid!

     "Ronnie! Ronnie!" Someone called out.

     I brought movement to the chains, and they chimed against the wall. I tried to scream from under the tape, but it was no use. I stomped my feet on the ground. I did everything I could possibly do. I could hear the voices getting closer.

     "I guess she's not down here. Let's check somewhere else." I heard Betty say.

     I kicked and shook faster, creating a louder noise. Come closer. I'm here.

     "Wait do you hear that? It sounds like chains." Jughead replied.

     Yes come back. Please I'm here.

     "Let's just check somewhere else, it's not like she's hurt. It's Veronica, calm down." Betty answered.

     "Betty! She's your best friend. Why are you treating her like that?" Archie asked, rudely.

     "Because I'm not Betty." They said.

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heyoooo. sorry for a short chapter. have a good day. byeeeeeee