House of Dolls

His Completed Collection

Katherine's defiance had been muffled for the past eight agonizing hours. During that time, she hadn't uttered a single word. She remained motionless on her bed, whimpering quietly for what seemed like an eternity. Nathan made a point of going to extreme lengths to make himself heard, wanting her to understand that he was finally in charge. He used eight stitches to sew her mouth shut, and he made her suffer for eight hours before cutting them out.

Katherine remained on her side the entire time, her hands bound behind her back in agony. Nathan thought he'd made his point, but all she could think about as she lay there was how she'd get out of her nightmare. She was more determined than ever to hold Nathan accountable for his actions. She had resolved that her defiance would be carried out in silence from then on, as she plotted her ultimate retaliation.

Katherine's eyes welled up with tears as she watched in horror. He was about to cut stitch by stitch from her mouth, so she knew the pain would be excruciating. Nathan took out a pair of surgical scissors and carefully cut each stitch from her mouth. Katherine would scream in agony as each one was pulled through its hole. He made sure he did it slowly so that he could continue torturing Katherine. Nathan welcomed her screams of pain as she screamed through each jerk.

Nathan untied Katherine, reinserted his scissors into his first aid kit, and stood to leave the room. "Now go wash yourself up; I have some business to attend to," Nathan said as he exited her room. He slowly walked out, locked her door, and returned up the stairs, making sure to lock all doors behind him.

Katherine stood weakly, her whole body trembling nervously at the prospect of what her face would look like. As she felt the devastation Nathan had left behind, her hands trembled slowly to her mouth. She let out a guttural scream as she realized the reflection she was about to see would resemble a monster. Katherine staggered into the bathroom, walked over to the mirror, and shrieked at the image in front of her. Blood poured steadily down her chin from each hole where the stitches had been inserted, and all she could do at the time was shriek because she didn't recognize the face staring back at her. She sobbed as she slowly turned on the hot water, as hot as her body could stand. Katherine then stepped into the tub, curled up in the fetal position at the bottom, and let the hot water beat down on her. She had felt completely depleted and defeated.

Katherine's brutal torture lasted two days. Nathan had checked on her regularly to make sure she didn't get an infection. He applied antibiotic cream to her wound, cleaned it, and gave her some of the Valium he had been prescribed. Katherine would normally lash out at Nathan whenever he entered her room, but at that moment, she was grateful for the relief he had brought her. She lay for days in a Valium-induced coma as her mouth swelled from the injury.

Nathan decided he had to have Anna the same day. For years, he had wished for her to be his and had finally talked himself into making it happen. They barely communicated over the years because Nathan was too busy building his house and collecting his dolls, and Anna was too busy working on the farm. He didn't want anything to do with his family farm. Anna never left Bloomsburg, which made Nathan's search for her that much easier.

He left early in the afternoon that day, intending to find her. As he was leaving, he decided to drive his flashy Bugatti into town. He arrived at his destination, a popular restaurant frequented by everyone in Bloomsburg, and exited his vehicle. People who had previously ignored his existence had flocked to his presence. He was a wealthy bachelor who kept to himself, but all the ladies desired him, and all the men desired to be him.

He finally saw her, his Anna, as he stood by his car at the restaurant. All of the other women who surrounded him vanished from his sight as he focused on her, who was the only one he had seen at the time.