Chapter 159: Might be alive
The knock out must have lasted a decade, my head was banging really hard, I felt like the whole head was off my neck. The headache increased as I woke up to the sound of muffled voices and the feeling of tight restraints around my wrists and ankles. I was chained!
Panic surged through me as I tried to make sense of my surroundings. The room was dimly lit, and I could hear the faint echo of footsteps on the cold concrete floor. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I realized I was not alone. Damn the devil for she has come.
Gladys’s voice pierced through the air, filled with anger and frustration. She was cussing and yelling at her men. Two of them followed her in and she kept on cussing them, her words blending together in a chaotic symphony. Straining to listen, I soon realized they were discussing someone named Luciano, and, it was my brother!
“You bastard! You can’t be right that’s it’s him, I thought he’s dead, what are you now saying?” She demanded.
One of the man, rusty face and a cracked tooth spoke.”I swear it that we went after him but it was like he was never there, we went after him and he was gone.”
“So damn stupid!” Gladys slapped the man angrily and stomped into the dingy room I was kept. “It couldn’t be him!”
“I’m convinced madam, it’s him.” The other man said quickly. They were convinced it was him, but he had somehow slipped through their fingers. Gladys’s voice grew louder, her frustration evident as she exclaimed that Luciano was meant to be dead.
Her words sent a chill down my spine. So, so my brother is alive! My love is alive! Oh, dear God. I wanted to scream and be happy, I knew I’d die in peace knowing Luciano didn’t die in the hands of a cold blooded woman like Gladys. And why did his existence seem so important to Gladys? The room filled with her curses and screams, creating an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. She then came charging for me, slapping me across the face. I was taken aback by her attack that I burst into muffled tears.
I was thoroughly gagged and the effect of her slap made it hard for me to breathe. I sneezed and didn’t look at her. I couldn’t even help myself now, I was so damn helpless.
Gladys wasn’t okay with that slap, she came to me again, slapping me left and right, she was so ruthless and fast, slpping me everywhere possible until I couldn’t hold the tears anymore. She slapped my face multiple times, my neck, shoulder and everywhere.
“Don’t get your hopes high, bitch, your Luciano is six feet down the earth and you, his lover, will follow. You wouldn’t be saved.”
“Gladys…” I whispered, “I saw him, I actually saw him and bless me, he will come for me, and you, you will be the one in six feet deep down the earth, you.”
Gladys pulled a whole handful of my hair and made me look at her. “Look, shut up or I’d shut it up for you, I will skin you alive if you mention his name. And don’t you act this disrespectful to me again, else, I’ll add one more day to your starvation and you know what that means.”
“You wouldn’t kill me.” I spat out.
“Yes, I wouldn’t but starvation will kill you, I was planning to feed you today but now, I wouldn’t. I want to watch you crumble, grow thin and lose what beauty you have left running in your vein.”
I so much wanted to beg her for food. I was beginning to feel the pangs of hunger threatening to break free through my stomach and seeing my guts spilling on the floor. It was taking a toll in my body, my soul and everything in me was weak. I couldn’t even argue again. But, I couldn’t beg, I rather die than beg her for food.
Gladys laughed and left me alone in the room. I was silent for a while, alone with my thoughts before looking around the room. This seemed like a kitchen store, the whole make up of the room was like a store and possibly it was far from the main door.
And, Gladys got her own house to look like Luciano’s and I. It was the same model and style, if I could just disentangle myself from this chains, I could find a way out. I tried to move closer to the window but I couldn’t, I was so restrained and I gave up eventually. It was so useless trying.
As I lay there, bound and helpless, I couldn’t help but wonder what fate awaited me in this twisted game of cat and mouse. Would I ever escape this nightmare? Only time would tell, but, now, I want the time to tell.
I it w my eyes for a while and slept off immediately only to be awoken by the loud bang of the door. It was Gladys, still looking pale, she dropped a glass of water beside me and laughed.
“I don’t want you to dehydrate and die, so have yourself some water.” She laughed and left the room.
I waited for a while before trying to bring the water closer, I managed to bring it closer to have a sip, it was close enough and I was close to taking a sip and then the glass broke in my face.
“Damn, I totally forgot I was gagged.” I cursed and sat back frustrated. I felt so bitter and tired that I began to cry, it was so terrible for me and I wished to die. I wish to go away from this whole mess, deep down, I knew death was the only way out.
Since I lost all of my boldness, the best way is to hope, to hope Gladys doesn’t kill me.Text © by N0ve/lDrama.Org.