A Toxic Relationship

Chapter 7

I woke up in the middle of the night and looked over to my right, Dominik was sleeping peacefully next to me. I wasn't wearing anything but his t shirt it felt like, I can't see very well in the dark, but the window provided enough light that I was able to see that I don't know this room. Where was I? I looked at him again, who are you? I asked him inside my head because, who the hell is this man beside me? The man I was with wouldn't destroy me like he did a few hours ago. "Why are you awake?" he asked sitting up, I jumped so hard I almost fell off the bed. 

"N-no reason I-" I couldn't get the words out; he wasn't my boyfriend anymore he was my abuser I needed to get the hell out of here, but I couldn't move, I was paralyzed. He moved closer to me and wrapped his arms around me, he made me lay back down and held me tightly against his chest. I felt his lips on my forehead and then felt him snuggle against my neck. A tear escaped my eye and ran down my cheek. I was mortified and I couldn't get out. 

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"Wake up princess you have to eat." I blinked like ten times to remove the blur from my eyesight only to see him with a tray of food, he set it down on his side of the bed and walked back around to kiss me. "Goodmorning." he whispered into my mouth. I let out a small moan instead of answering because I couldn't bring myself to talk yet. "I'm going to be out for a while. Don't leave the house unless you have my permission I will be back in a few hours." I only nodded not being able to say a damn thing. He kissed me again and walked out. I stared at the food, but it only made me queasy, so I curled up into a ball and cried myself to sleep. 

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I woke up because of a terrible nightmare, I felt a drop of sweat roll down my right temple.
My breathing was uneasy, my heart was pounding like it was getting ready to pop out of my chest.
I looked over to Dominik's side of the bed to find that he wasn't there, what time was it? I looked at the clock it read that it was two in the afternoon. I slept for five more hours, Dominik has been gone for five hours and he is still not here, thank God for that. I looked at my cold breakfast and took a sip of the coffee, this is all I'm having, anything else and I'll probably throw it up. After drinking all the coffee, I set it back down on the tray feeling sleepy again. Maybe it's just the trauma. He wouldn't drug my food or the coffee, right? 

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I woke up feeling sick, I groaned, I tried touching my face, but I couldn't, my wrists were tied behind a chair, a bandana was tightly wrapped around my mouth and my legs were tied to the legs of the chair.
I pushed my body forward trying to get out of the ropes. I could have sworn I was at home and nowhere else, what happened to me?
"Look who's finally awake." A man's voice crooned, he showed himself with his arms crossed, I couldn't believe what I'm seeing, the man was Tyler, he was staring at me with a huge grin.
"You look confused babe." He said in a mocking tone, I only made noises since I couldn't talk.
"Awe, I don't mean to stress you out, but you are a long way from home. Lucky for me I found you drugged on your bed for me. Your boyfriend really did that to you huh? Now look at who doesn't have enough respect for you. Ironic, isn't it?  You know why he drugged you? Because he's a gang leader he does not care for anyone. He knew that you would try to escape if he wasn't there, so he came up with a solution to keep you inside the house." Confusion filled my entire body. What does he mean gang leader? That's absurd and unrealistic, he doesn't even look like one or act- no he's just insane.
"Awe don't make that face princess." He brought out his bottom lip to make a sad face, he removed the bandana from my mouth so I can speak. 

"So, you're just as insane as he is?" My voice came out raspy and dry, I'm in terrible need to water I feel dehydrated and dizzy as can be. 

"I'm not insane, I'm actually offended that you would say such a thing, but he doesn't deserve you, I saved you, you should be thanking me." His eyes watched mine and then dropped down to my mouth. "You know how your mom got those pictures of you and me?" He continued when I didn't answer, "I created those photos to get Dominik away from you, but he reacted in a way I didn't think he would ever react. You made him crazy; he was always the rational one but now I guess he's actually lost his mind." He's an absolute lunatic just like Dominik, and I dated both of these males and I'm still with one. 

"It's no wonder why you two were so close, both of you are psychopaths." I said coughing and trying to get moisture back into my throat, it was drier than a dessert, and before Tyler could even reply, we heard a door on the other side get kicked open. "Tyler you son of a bitch! Where are you! When I find you, I will have your head!" I felt just a hint of relief and more fear go through me when I heard Dominik. 

"Looks like I've got to run baby but don't worry will come back for you." Tyler said, winking then jumping out of a window. The door was kicked open, Dominik and a few other guys rushed through the door and began searching, Dominik just watched me as I cried and cried helplessly. I wanted to get out of here and I also wanted to get the hell away from Dominik, I wanted the police not him. 

He came up to me and untied me. He pulled me into a hug. I sobbed as I stuffed my face into his chest. "Shh...princess, I'm here, no need to cry." He cooed.

 
I wasn't sure how I was going to tell him that I didn't want to be with him anymore.