Save Me

Chapter 3

"What did I told you?" mum grunted as she grabbed me by the arm and drag me to the kitchen. Eyeing me from top to bottom. Her eyes widen that's when I notice she was hoping for an answer from me. I mentally smirked and looked down at my feet." No boots. No converse" I smiled confidently." Then what is--","you never said No Vans" I cut her off." Oh Tara, you're just unbelievable" she sighed in defeat with her palm was resting in her forehead."believe it" I just smiled." Come on, take the cucumber water and bring it to the dining room. And don't forget the coasters" mom said and disappeared into the dining room. I did what I was told and walked back to the dining room.

Muriel was trying out mom's famous chicken ravioli with full of arrogance shown on her face. No matter how hard she's trying to deny that mom's cooking was amazing with that look on her face but her appetite always decides against it. I'm looking at her, it just feel like if only I could say it straight to her face."bitch its good don't try to goddamn deny it". I finished eating my meal and I wiped my mouth with the napkin. I take sip from my ice water and watch as they have a casual conversation, mom tried to include me in their conversation as much as she can because I was checking my phone every now and then and getting restless in my seat." Tara, you look beautifuler every time I see you" Marion smiled."thank you, you too" I like her. Muriel just glance at me, a little bit too long." So Tara....how's your studies?" Muriel asked." Um...it's been good" I said." How's your brother? Troy?" She continued asking."Taylor. He's okay" I said sternly. Oh sometimes I'm tired of this shit with her, this 'I hate you and I know you hate me' shit.

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Dinner was never ending. Extremely long and boring and exhausting. Not to mention, I'm having butt cramp as well." Well dear, see you next time. Goodnight and take care" Muriel hugged me and I unwillingly hugged back for the sake of my mom and to avoid the glance she's giving me." Yeah goodnight" I give her fake smile, in return." Bye Marion" I hugged her and she hugged back. She waved the three of us goodbye and they both disappeared into the black Mercedes. Mark presses the blue button on his gate remote and the gate shuts." Finally" me and mom sighed in unison. We lightly laugh at our reaction." Dad called, he said that he's leaving for Vietnam tomorrow with Nora. He told me to let you know if you want anything from Vietnam just give him a call, which I know you won't. Or you could text him" mom said as she untied her bun. I chuckled and nodded." Oh and before I forgot, Taylor's coming tomorrow. He'll be here for 4 days. While they're gone he decides to stay with us" mom walked to the sink to get some water." Yes! Finally one good news this week" I cheered. Mom laughed, " you really missed your brother don't you?" She smiled."mmhm" I nodded taking a seat on the wooden stool next to the kitchen island."you guys are really close" mom smiled remembering the golden old days when we were all together and happy before my dad cheated and a psychotic woman steps into our lives and shatters it."yeah" I smiled back.

After a few minutes talking with mom we both decided that it's late and we needed to get our rest after a long day."why don't you give him call ya?" Mom said as she climbed up the stairs." And ask him what time he'll be here" she added." Yeah...sure" I shove my hands into the pocket of my jeans and shrugged.

I unfold the duvet and climb into bed. Resting my back on the headboard and reach for my phone that's charging on the night stand. I unlock the phone and quickly dialed his number.

"Hello?"

"Hi. Taylor it's me"

"Oh hi Tar!"

"I'm coming over to mom's house off the we-"

"I know, mom told me"

"Mark said anything?"

"About you coming?"

"Yeah"

"No. I don't think so...?"

"What's that a question or a stat-"

"So what time you're coming?"

"Jesus, stop cutting me mid sentence"

"Sorry, what time??"

"Before 3. I got things to take care of. Tell mom I love her. Bye"

"Bye"

And we hung up.

Taylor and Mark fought/argue quite a lot in the past years when mom just got married to him. And I swore it was annoying. The cause of them fighting was usually about Mark being his annoying self, I mean who could blame Taylor? Mark could really pull anyone's trigger and make them explode. Like that one time I made a mistake- a tiny mistake which is mixing the colors of his shirts and accidentally place blazers in mom's wardrobe. By hook or by crook, we just have to tolerate because he is with mom, he really loves and care for her compared to dad. We both agreed that mom deserves her own happiness after all the hard times she had been through. I was just to lazy to change, so I decided to just lie down like this and eventually fall asleep.

"The last one. You're next" he smirked while walking towards me holding a knife. It was a shiny silver knife. A well treated sharp knife. There's no denying how tough I appear to be, I'm afraid. I know what's going to happen next, before I know it I was tied against the pole with a rope. I squirm and trying my very best to loosen the knot by using my fingers. Nothing work. The rope only gets tighter. I'm still trying because I know can't just let it be. I can't just let him kill me. It's not my time yet. Approximately with three more steps the knife could reach me and slit my throat immediately. I'm sliding off, my feet pushed the plank floor to get me back up. He grab a strong hold of my neck, choking me. He displayed the knife right before my eyes. He let go off the hold on my neck and replace it with the knife.

"Let's get this over with" his eyes was burning into mine.
He kissed me.
An unbearable pain felt all through my body.
And then everything went black.

A/N
Hi! It's chapter three. Sorry it's kinda short but anyways
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