His White Rabbit

Ch. 9 - No escape

When William left, I was still alone, tied and blindfolded, with the cloth inside of my mouth. He left me like that a long time ago and I realized I have been falling asleep and waking up many times. Each time I would try to look around, see if anything changed and if I was maybe free again to move around. I didn't know if it was day or night but I was cold. The room wasn't warm enough and it didn't seem like I was dressed warm enough for such temperatures. 

I had stopped crying after a few times of waking up, each time in the same position. I realized there was no point. I wasn't hurt and I had no chances of getting out of here in a first place. So instead of dehydrating myself by spilling my own tears, I knew I had to think of a way to escape. Yet my mind was blank. Nothing seemed to be coming into my brain. No ideas, no potential ways of setting myself free. At least not while he wasn't in here. If I get him to untie me then...

After falling asleep once again, I woke up sometime after. I heard footsteps and sounds of some door being shut so I guess that woke me up. I realized that each time that I wake up, I am more lost than I was previously. 

'William...'  I say weakly in my head, knowing it was him. He came. I was scared of being alone i this room. I had no idea where I was and if there was anything dangerous in here with me. I needed him to release me from the cuffs. At first, he was silent and didn't speak so I assumed he was in his cold mood, but I didn't care. I just wanted him to remove the gag from my mouth and let me see him. 

"You must be hungry." He says. To be honest I was but I didn't realize that until now that he mentioned it. "There, there." He whispers when I start squirming and making muffled sounds of discomfort. I feel him touching my face and going to the back of my head and I think;  'He's going to remove the blindfold.'  I feel a sudden wave of tingles and some heavy ball rolling in my stomach. I was scared. 

The pressure of the cloth around my head finally looses and I feel the fold falling off. I slowly blink a few times, keeping my gaze positioned on my lap. I didn't dare to look at him in the eyes because I already feel tears coming out. It was some sort of relief. I can't help it but let out a small sob when I rethink about everything... It was as if I was in a dream and when I woke up, it's still the same. 

"Shhh, Rosie. I am not here to hurt you, love. I brought you food." He says with a grin, lifting my chin upwards. At first, I avoid his gaze but eventually meet it. Tears start rolling down my cheeks when I remember all the things I felt when I looked into those eyes a few days ago. He was mysterious, crazy, beautiful and simply amazing. But now, all I see is pure madness and intimidation. "I will remove the gag out of your mouth but I won't tolerate any misbehavior, understand?" I nod softly, knowing that even if I try something, it won't do any good. 

Something was new in the way he looked at me. His eyes were filled with hunger and some new kind of amusement. Like he was feeding on my fear and my condition. 

I yelp when he rips off the duct tape from my mouth, leaving a painful sensation burning the skin on and around my lips. I quickly spit out the cloth from my mouth and start coughing softly. It was a disgusting feeling. There was a lot of salivae that I wasn't able to swallow and it was now soaking my collarbone and chest. Other than that, I remain silent, not even knowing what to say... What questions to ask. 

"Please... Don't do this to me, let me go." I whisper with tears in my eyes. The look he was giving me was full of something... dangerous. "Wi-William... Please, I have a family and.." 

"Stop right now because none of that is happening! You are the one who fucked up!" He snaps all of a sudden, slapping me across my right cheek and making me cry out. I am unable to move away since I'm still chained down. "I figured you're the one to be a part of this and you had plenty of time to leave. It's too late for you now." I bite my quivering lip as I shiver in fear and pain, trying to move away as much as possible. 

William sighs angrily and grabs my face roughly. 

"I considered you worthy of this job and you actually seemed like a good potential but I guess I was wrong! You are just another kid." He snaps and pushes me away, making me hit the bedpost with my head. 

I cry out and curl up into a ball as much as that was possible. I figured that trying to talk him into releasing me wouldn't work... That was predictable anyway... 

"Here is your food. I don't care how you eat it but you will find a way." He says and places the tray filled with some rice and bread onto the bed in front of me. But he didn't bother taking off the chains. "Have fun." He says and leaves the room, slamming the door harshly behind him. 

...

At first, I didn't care to touch the food but I became hungrier with hours that passed. Maybe it was only an hour but it seemed so long since he had left. I was scared and hungry so I just got into it. 

The food was placed close enough for me to reach it but not with my hands. Both of them were tied to each side and none could get close enough to grab the food and bring it into my own mouth. So I had to eat like an animal. Like a dog. It was humiliating but I was alone so it was making this easier for me. 

The rice felt so good even though it was cold by now and the bread wasn't really the softest kind, but I was getting really hungry and it just tasted so good. Many thoughts crossed my mind. Such as, I should starve myself and protest or anything like that. But I didn't have a plan yet and it would be a mistake to make myself weaker while I still have some chances of finding a way out. I would need a hell lot of strength for anything that's to come my way. 

Once I finished eating, I laid back down and sighed, feeling tired and hurt. Which I was. I didn't know what was to come but I knew it couldn't be good. There's no way anything could go right in this world full of shit and people like him. 

...

Some more time passed and William finally came back. I don't know if I should be relieved or terrified. I couldn't possibly know what was going on in his mind. As he entered, I immediately tried backing away as much as I could, tensing and holding my breath nervously. He closed the door gently like he didn't want anyone to hear that he's inside the room. His steps were light and he made sure to keep quiet. It was either to scare me to death or there was something else going on. Either way, I was terrified. 

"I see you've eaten it all. That's good." He says and I gulp, looking at him. One blink of an eye and he could be at my neck. I must not let my guard down. "I came here to tell you a couple of rules I would want you to follow." I sit quietly and listen, having a bad feeling about this. "We will be using my father's plane to get there but that doesn't mean you can make a mess around others. My men will be watching over you and if you make even the smallest mistake, you will be punished. Not by me, but by them. And they won't take any shit from you, believe me."

"Y-your men?" I ask, knowing that... William isn't the type of person who'd have his men. He isn't that big of a businessman to have bodyguards or something like that. 

"Actually my father's but that doesn't change anything. I am not really into that fancy kind of lifestyle like my father is." 

"Are we going to your father's place?" It could be possible after all. He's been mentioning him quite a while for the past few minutes. 

"Yes, we are. You are smart after all it seems." A small smile spreads across his face and he gently caresses my cheek. I feel a shot in my stomach, making me feel sick and disgusted. The last thing I wanted was to be touched by him... "I am sorry for hitting you earlier." He says and I realize I've been holding my breath for about twenty seconds or so. It's like I was scared to make the slightest move. "But it will happen again if you make me do it. You just have to play by the rules I give you. My father knows nothing of this so you will behave in front of him and everyone else, is that clear?" I gulp once more and look down, nodding slightly. "Good." William lifts my chin up and it... happens in a second. 

His lips are pressed against mine and I am... frozen. I find myself unable to move. He is kissing me.