TRAPPED

Trust? / 16

CHAPTER XVI: TRUST?

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I scream.

Blood drips down Jess' back as he stumbles trying to keep his balance.

Marissa quickly pulls out the knife from his back, throwing it onto the floor.

"Baby?! Baby I-I'm sorry b-but you gave me no choice. You have to believe me, right? You understand this wasn't my fault." She puts her hands around his face, "Jess, talk to me!"

Jess, with the little energy he has left, pulls Marissa into an unexpected hug.

"Jess, what are you doing?! She just tried to kill you," I exclaim.

"Oh Jessy Bear," she whimpers into his chest, "I knew you could never hold a grudge."

As they pull away from their embrace, Jess slides his hands up Marissa's arms and onto her face. He smiles as she cozies in her chin into his strong hands. Suddenly, Jess' face changes expressions as he fastens his hands around her neck, squeezing every bit of air out of system.

Marissa's face begins to turn a sickly shade of blue and she begins to attempt to fight away from Jess' grasp, but to no avail. He has his hands wrapped around her neck tighter than a corset.

I can't shake her deer-in-the-headlights expression until her body goes limp like every bone in her body had disappeared. Jess allows her jello-like body to fall straight onto the floor without a second thought.

I scream once again.

"J-j-jess... She's dead!" I can't hold in all of the feelings inside. How much longer until the police come to arrest us? Where are we going to hide this body? What's going to happen now that his supplier is dea-

I let go of all the tears that I've been fighting to hold back. I drop to my knees and start bawling.

I'm too young to die.

I don't even look in the same direction as Jess. That killer. He's a murderer. I can't trust him. I don't know what to do at this point.

I look up at the heavens like my mom is watching me right now.

"Mom, please forgive me. I need you. Please mom. I can't do this without you. Why did you have to leave? Why did you have to kill yourself?? Why did you have to leave me?!"

During my tantrum, I notice I haven't heard from Jess since he killed Marissa. I turn to where he stood before.

There he is. Since he lost too much blood, Jess passed out right next to the innocent victim he used to call his "love." Hmm. Tragic.

I lean towards the wall with my hands tangled in my hair, wondering. I begin to cry again. Putting my head down into my palms, I sob.

A hand touches my shoulder making me jump. It's Jess.

"How did you-"

He has a hurt expression on his face as he speaks.

"Don't ask questions. No more time for that. We have to... aghh...we have to get out of here."

Jess weakly points to a tall metal door near her bookcase full of miscellaneous items. It was a tall brassy looking door that I haven't noticed until now. We can't go back up the staircase because the door that we came through is high-tech and locked with a passcode.

I wipe my tears before I ask how we get through the chains blocking the other door from opening. There is a lockbox holding the chains shut and there is no way of getting through without a key.

"The key for the lock is hidden somewhere in here. We both have to look for it. But first, can we look for some bandages before I bleed out?" Jess says referring to his stab wound.

I nod slowly. Do I trust him? Do I finish off what Marissa had previously attempted to do? The only thing to do at this point is to go with what i've been doing all along and pretend to trust him.

We both scatter around the small living quarters in search of any medical supplies we can get our hands on. I end up with a sewing needle, a small amount leftover of hydrogen peroxide, a mini Hello Kitty style bandage pack, and a pair of tweezers. I put the tweezers in my pocket as an emergency weapon or tool that might be necessary in the future. It's better to be safe than sorry.

From Jess' side of the room, I hear a bunch of objects fall to the ground. I turn to see what happened. Jess fell over and managed knock over a bookshelf with barely any useful items. I go to help up Jess off the floor and pick up the stuff he found.

"What's that stuff on your butt?" Jess turns me around to find that there was blood soaking through his white shirt.

Oh shit. My period? Not now.

"Luckily, I found something for that," Jess says as he pulls out his items.

Jess and I put together our findings. So far, he has found expired granola bars, tampons, and a pocket knife. Those tweezers are looking pretty useful compared to that knife ay?

"I couldn't find anything besides this," I lied.

He hands me one of the tampons in the package.

"It's okay. We still have to find the key for the chains. You can put on the tampon after this. As long as we put 100% trust in each other, we can get through this. Okay?" Jess stares with willing eyes for my answer as he grabs my hands and intertwines our fingers.

"100%," I lie again.

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