Deception 2

Chapter 4: Save Me

He handcuffed me to the bed. I woke up struggling trying to get out. He then came in the room and looked at me. "I couldn't risk you leaving me".

Now I know he needed serious help. I was scared. "Marc, please. I wasn't going to school. I was gonna stay home". "You're lying". His voice got louder. I continued to struggle trying to get out. "I have to go to work now. I'll see you when I get home". "Wait! Wait! What if I get hungry? Or have to go to the bathroom?". "You'll be fine".

He left me there with my hands handcuffed to his bed. I started to cry and scream for help. This went on for an hour until I gave up. I didn't know what to do anymore.

Meanwhile, Kendra was in school looking for me. She wondered where I was because I had told her that I'll be back in school. She started asking around for me. "Hey, you've seen Zenia Carter? No? OK go back to dry humping". She asked a couple people until she saw Deandre walk past.

"D! Hey, you seen Zee?". "Not since yesterday, why?". "Because she said she'll be here today and she's not". "Eh, she'll be fine. People miss days you know". "What?". "Look, I gotta get going".

She had a confused look on her face when he walked away. When lunch came, she didn't go. She was still worried about me. "Kendra, you've seen Zee today," Trevor asked Kendra. "Oh, fuck no. I'm looking for her too. Why you looking for her?". "Cause she didn't come for two weeks, comes one day, then goes back to not showing up. I just wanna make sure she OK".

"I don't know. I'm hoping she's OK. I been looking for her all day". "Well let me know if you see her". He walked away and went to lunch. Kendra went to her locker and stood there with a worried look on her face. She then opened the locker and saw a picture of me and her. Ken looked at the picture for a minute, closed her locker, and started asking around for me again.

I fell asleep soon after giving up on screaming for help. When I woke up, Marcus was in my face staring at me. I opened my eyes and screamed. "Shhh! Stop before someone hears you". I continued to scream so that someone could.

He then slapped me and told me to shut up. You could see the fear in my eyes, and he noticed it. "You know, I was wrong about you. I thought you followed directions. But I see that's wrong". "Marc, why are you doing this to me?". "Because, you disobeyed me. Now, you need to be punished".

He started looking at me as if he was going to kill me. He had the craziest look in his eye that I will never forget. He went into his drawer and pulled out a leather belt. He started to whip me with his belt on my legs. I screamed and screamed and continued to cry. This went on for a couple of minutes. Soon, my legs were red with marks on them.

He then put a sock in my mouth so that I could stop crying and screaming. "You need to shut up. I can't take your screaming. Maybe next time, you'll listen to me Hailey!". I tried talking with the sock in my mouth still crying. "What was that? Oh, let me take the sock out your mouth".

He removed the sock and I asked who was Hailey. "You know, you're getting annoying keep bringing up Hailey name". "Marcus, please. I'll stay. I'll do whatever you want. Just let me go". "Hm, I think I like you better this way".

He put the sock back into my mouth. I had no options whatsoever. I couldn't do anything. Marcus was crazy. All this happened because I chose to run away from a woman who lied to me my entire life.

Marcus ended up falling asleep right beside me. I struggled more to get out, but how do you get out of handcuffs. I noticed that he kept the key in the nightstand next to the bed, top drawer. However, I obviously couldn't get it. I ended up kicking Marc off the bed then went to sleep.

I woke up to Marcus staring at me again. "You really need a life". "I have one. Don't worry". He left for work after thirty minutes of getting dressed. It was 9:07 in the morning and I just started crying. I felt like I was going to die. There was nothing for me to do.

Back at school, Kendra was looking for me again. She skipped chemistry to see if I was anywhere to be found. After class, the bell rung, and Deandre walked by. "Deandre. Look, Zee isn't here today!". "So?". "So? What the fuck is your problem?". "Look, I care just as much as you do". "You got a funny way of showing the shit". "Ken, listen. She's fine". "How do you know?". "I just do".

"I don't understand why you don't wanna know where your girl at". "I do, but right now coach wants to see all the players in his office before class starts". "Whatever. Go do what you have to do. Ima go find my friend. Your girlfriend!". She walked away and bumped into Trevor. "Hey. I just heard. Is she really not here?". "Nope. And nobody will help me find her. Tre... I think she's in trouble".

Kendra had a worried look on her face and so did Tre. "Look, I think we should look for her, do you have any idea where she might be?". Kendra thought about it. She knew where I was. "Marcus!".

They both ran out the school building and jumped into Trevor's car. Kendra was in the passenger seat telling him where to go. "C'mon Tre, step on it!". "What do you think I'm doing Kendra". "Driving like my grandma". "Look, Ima need you to keep me distracted right now". "What do you mean?". "Talk to me about what will happen to me if I kill someone". "Whoa! Who are you gonna... Tre. Don't". "No, he took her. I know he has something to do with her being missing. I'm not stupid".

Kendra tried calming him down until they pulled up to the house. She began banging on the door screaming my name over and over until he decided to kick it down. When the door was down, they both looked around for me. They then headed upstairs to look in the rooms. That's when they finally found me handcuffed, marks on my legs, and my eyes closed.

"Oh my God," Kendra said while covering her mouth. "Zee! Don't die on me". She ran to the bed and held me. Tre followed behind her. They both tried waking me up, shaking me and calling my name. Kendra started to cry and Tre had a tear as well.

That's when I opened my eyes. I was only sleeping. I was happy to see them. Excited actually. I finally can get out of the handcuffs and away from that lunatic. They both hugged me and were proud to see me alive. "Who the fuck are you? And why are you here!?"...