"You are evil!" Astra shouted, tears were gushing out of her eyes.
"Evil? I am not so sure. I started the for because I wanted to hurt you, and kill the second child too. I wanted you the fell the pain I was feeling. It was not fair at all, you could be happy but I was miserable. I wanted you to go away so that I could move on. I needed you to leave," Ray said and Astra shook her head. Tears rolling down her eyes. It was not fair that she had to go through this amount of pain for one man.
"Why me? Why did you fall in love with me? What did I do to deserve this torture? What happened to Poppy or Faith, or anyone in our highschool? This is not fair!" Astra shouted. She was on the ground. She was looking at pictures of her and her son, looking at the both of them in the hospital. She hoped that the note in her house would be found and that Nicholas would find his son.
"What did you do? I don't know Astra, I don't know. What did I do? What did I do to be cursed with this obsession? I don't even want to love you anymore. Too many people love you, but I still love you, Astra and it is all your fault!" Ray shouted. He looked angry, angry enough to do something rash. Astra began to shift from him then. Before she knew it, Ray's boot collided with her side. Astra felt pain throughout her body. She immediately curled up. Tears rushed down her eyes again. She wondered when she was going to finally leave. If she was going to be able to leave and then she cried some more. Ray kicked and kicked at her until someone finally pushed him off, that was just the beginning of the torture she experienced in his hand.
The next day, she met Thompson. Astra was thankful that Ray did not kill him but there was little difference between him and a dead man. He was in chains and he was unconscious. He was chained to a chair, but his hands and legs were locked. His mouth was gagged but by his position, you could tell that he was not conscious. He was alive though, Astra could tell that he was breathing. She had passed out the previous day and she woke up on the floor in an unknown room. Her clothes were still intact, even the mini recorder was still in her jacket. Astra started wondering around the un completed building until she saw Thompson.
"That is what happens to people that cross me, and you my dear have crossed me many times," Ray said and Astra yelped. She did not expect Ray to just show up like that. She had been so happy that he was not there when she woke up, and she was hoping she could just avoid him forever.
Astra moved away from Ray, she was trying not to let him touch her. Ray yanked on her jacket and pushed her back to his forcefully. Astra began to shake in fear. Her legs seemed to want to give way on her.
"You should not try not run Astra, you are mine now. We are going to be very good together, we will start our own family, get married, you will love me too. I have enough money, you will not have to do anything ever again in your life. Everything will be sorted. Tomorrow, my private jet will be here and we will go to Paris. We will start live all over again there. You just need to learn French Astra, it will be perfect," Ray said, he was holding her close to him, too closely. Astra was disgusted by his plans. Did he really think that she would go along with him.
"You despicable bastard!" Astra shouted and pushed him away. He staggered and hit the wall. Astra ran then, it did not matter to her that she might get caught, neither did it matter that she was hurting herself, she ran until she was hauled by two guards. Astra fought back then. She fought like she could win, she used her legs, her hands, her teeth, her head, anything she could. It seemed like she as not doing much as she was hauled back in and thrown on the ground.
"You think you can run? Do you think you are allowed to run from me?" Ray asked. Astra's entire body ached from being thrown and all. Ray bent to her level and was looking her in the eye.
"You thought wrong Astra, you are not allowed to run, you are not allowed to go anywhere, you belong here, with me," Ray continued and Astra spat in his face. She felt like she got courage from nowhere it all but just appeared.
Ray laughed again. He was laughing at her, at her attempt at escape, at her show of disrespect, he wiped his face with his hand and laughed even more.
Astra wanted to stand up but she didn't have the strength.
"You know you asked whose fault it was? I was trying to be nice by not letting you know, but it is yours, it is all your fault, everything that has happened and everything that will still happen is your fault. Whether or not you like it, we will be together. We were made for each other you see, soulmates," Ray said. He was talking very calmly, but before she could say anything, he stood up and hauled her to her feet, he then carried her over his shoulder. Astra began to struggle then. She hit his back, kicked at him and even bit his shoulder. If the recording device was not sticking to her jacket, it would have fallen.
"Everything would have been perfect, everything would have gone just fine. You just had to fall in love with Nicholas, with anyone other than me. You just could not listen, you could not follow the signs!" Ray shouted. He was moving and Astra started crying again. He was angry, he was very angry. He walked with her and used his leg to open the door to a room, he then dropped her on the bed.
"I am sorry, I am so sorry. I will be with you, I will fall in love with you," Astra said as Ray started to remove his belt, she was moving on the bed, trying her best to get away from him. As Ray took of his trousers and shirt, Astra jumped away from the bed. Ray dived at her too, Astra managed to turn him around the room a few times.
"Stop running, Astra accept your fate. You will be happy with me," Ray said and Astra kept on running. Ray finally cornered her and punched her in the face.
"That is for making me wait," he said. He then threw her on the bed again and locked her hands with his powerful grip. Astra began to scream, she began to cry and she began to shout. She wanted him gone, she wanted someone to come and save her. She needed him off her, but that was not to be the case. She shouted and pleaded and cried and no one came to her rescue. That was she was began to pray that she would just die and end it all. But Astra wanted to die and take Ray with her, he did not deserve to live after all he had done to her and the people that she loved. She wanted to kill him and kill herself too. And even when it was all over, when things became normal, she would have still have nightmares when she was begging him to stop.