Chapter 47- Shhhhh

Zoe's POV

"Also. Girls were mine. I will bring them back here if you don't behave" Said Kevin finally walking out and closing the door behind him.

Jack slowly places me down and remove his hand from my waist.

Papa and Mumma were still in mansion. I can still go to them. There is no way that they left so early.

I ran to the huge wooden double doors. I tried pulling it.

No luck.

"MUMMA. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE" I yell at the top of my lungs.

I tried pushing it.

No luck.

"PAPA. PLEASE COME BACK"

I scratch it.

"MUMMA"

I pound my fist on it.

"AARAV"

I kept pounding my fist on the door. It didn't open.

I pulled it again with all my strength.

I pushed it. I yell. I screech.

I did everything my body allowed me.

Desperately I looked around. May be a window. Or something.

I still have time.

My eyes locked with Jack. He calmly sat on the couch with a glass of whiskey in one hand. He looks at me intently like a hawk.

Ignoring him, I continue to look around. My eyes land on the sliding window on the other side of the room.

I dash to it, only to find it locked too.

I pound on it.

Nothing happened.

I started throwing nearby things on it. Metal vase. Chair. Anything and everything.

Still nothing.

"No use Zoe. Don't waste your energy. Come to me." Called Jack.

I feverishly shook my hand.

"You are a monster. I saw what you did to your brother" I yell as I slide down to the floor.

"Everyone is monster" Was his simple answer.

"I am not. Aarav is not. Only you are" I yell.

He sighs harshly through his nose. Getting up from the couch that was facing away from me. He took a seat right in front of me.

"You don't know many things Zoe. Don't react so fast" He said.

I pull my knees to my chest.

"You traded me," I said.

"Yes." He replied. "But I gave you time to adjust to me. I told you I have murdered people. You didn't react then"

"You fed me lies. All those months were nothing but a lie" I said.

"I loved you then I love you now and I will love you forever" He said.

"I loved Jack. I always hated king"

"I still am Jack" He said.

"I saw you mercilessly killing Elijah. Your own brother" I spat back.

Jack threw the glass at the wall angrily making me jump.

"Yes, I did. And I will do it again and again and again. " He spat.

"This is what you are. A monster" I yell "And you are mine, get that inside your head" He yell.

He harshly pulled me up and threw me on bed.

He pinned both of my hands with his and kissed me harshly.

This kiss was not loving. It was harsh and possessive. This was dominance.

I wriggle my body, no use. Instead, he pushed his lower body on mine, making it impossible for me to move.

"I can take you right now. Right here" He said between his heavy breaths.

"You don't know how hard it is to control" He said abruptly getting up.

He left the room shutting the door behind him.

I couldn't control now.

The tears I hold back break loose.

I cried like a baby.

My own parents trade me to devil.

Hurt.

My brother did everything he could. He even took the beating.

Hurt.

He fed me with lies all those months.

Hurt.

They promised to keep me safe.

Hurt.

Papa left me just like that.

Hurt.

Mumma left me too.

Hurt.

I feel heart broken.

The only thing I feel is hurt.

The flashback of Jack pulling the heart ran through my mind.

Fear.

The broken and battered body of Aarav.

Fear.

The fearful behavior of the girls.

Fear.

What will he do to me when he didn't even hesitate to kill his own brother?

Will I never see my parents again?

What will happen now?

The exhaustion took over my body.

I slowly fell into deep slumber wishing all this was just a nightmare.

Little did I knew this is not a nightmare. I will again wake up in this hell hole.

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I woke up again where Jack left me yesterday.

I looked out. It's an early morning, maybe 4 am or 5 am.

I can't believe I slept a whole day. It was still early evening yesterday when I fell asleep.

I sat there looking out of the window.

I can't believe what my life have become.

Soon I heard the door unlock. A girl, maybe 5'5" in height with a petite figure came inside with a tray.

She smiled sweetly at me.

Her smile was so contagious that even in these times I couldn't help but smile.

"Hi" She said. "I am Angel."

She hands me the water. I gulped it down.

"How are you? " She asks placing the back of her hand on my forehead.

I didn't answer.

"Your body's temperature is little hotter than it should be" She said in small voice.

"You slept on floor, didn't you? " She asks.

I didn't answer. She hmm and hand me a glass of juice.

"It's good for your health. You will need energy to survive here" She said smiling. I don't know if to take it as joke or mocking?

She pushed the tray towards me. I didn't even look at it.

"It's okay, Zoe." She tried to console me.

"It's not okay" I yell making her jump.

"Sorry"

We sat there in silence. She slowly took my hand in her hand and started rubbing the blood off with wet tissues.

"Clean up, Zoe. Bathroom is on the left. I will leave the door open" She said picking up the tray.

"You can unlock the doors? " I ask. If yes, then she can help me escape.

"I can't help you. Sorry." She said as if reading my mind.

"Please" I plead.

"I wish I could. Listen to Jack, he is going through hard times, just like you" She said.

I scoff.

I guess I will have to escape on my own.

There is no way I am going to live in a toxic relationship with a liar and a murder and an abuser.

No one came in the room the whole day. Not even Jack.

I sat on the couch whole day where Aarav sat yesterday. His scent still lingered there, giving me the illusion of feeling protected.

The recent events ran in my mind in endless loop.

I don't feel like getting up. I don't feel like moving, even an Inch.

The whole day I sat there mourning on my fate.

The next day came faster than expected.

I got up on the couch, still curled up in the ball where Aarav sat.

The room was well lit. I look out of the window; it was still early in the morning. Around 7 or something.

"Good morning" A small voice came from behind.

I look back to see the same girl that came yesterday.

"You sleep like a baby," she said.

"You were watching me?" I ask.

"Yes. I came here about an hour ago. I ran a bath for you." She spoke.

"Ohh," I replied stretching a little.

"Let's clean you up. It's been three days. I don't think we wear wedding dress for so long"

Wait. Three days? Today was supposed to be the third day.

"Been three days?" I ask.

"Yes" She said.

"What's the time? " I ask.

"About 6:30 pm" She replied. "Why? "

"I slept for whole day?" I ask more to myself.

I thought it's morning.

"Yes, you did. You were sleeping soundly when I came here in the morning. And you were still sleeping when I came in evening"

"Ohh" I said clutching my head.

I got up but again fell on the couch. Then suddenly, I started spinning making it hard for me to concentrate.

"What happened? " Ask the girl.

"I feel dizzy" I said.

"Low glucose levels and dehydration. You haven't consumed food or water lately." She spoke.

She gave me water. Followed by juice. And this time also I refuse to take juice.

"You need energy, Zoe. Look how much you have paled," she scolds.

"Stop acting like you know everything. Who the hell are you?" I yell.

"I am Angel. I told you before" She said in small voice.

"Then get out Angel" I yell.

She didn't leave. But didn't utter a word too.

"Listen Angel. Please leave me to myself. I am not in my right mind" I sigh. Her eyes we're cast down and poster rigid.

Just like girls used to do back then.

"I am sorry" I said holding her shoulder.

"Don't apologize" She said.

"Do you work here? " I ask.

"No" She said Scrunching her eyebrows. "I am Kevin's wife. Max is my son"

"Ohh." My eyes widen "You don't know about me?" Even if she tried to mask the disappointment in her voice, I caught it.

"I do" I said.

She nods.

"Take a bath. I have placed your clothes on the counter with other necessities." She said.

I nod.

I took shower instead of bath. The bathtub was huge. But me drowning in my own tears was enough, I don't need bathtub for that.

My eyes remained fixed on the wedding dress I was in during my whole shower.

I cleaned myself up, did my business and brushed my teeth.

Angel chose a pair of leggings and loose T-shirt for me.

"Look at the beauty here" Said angel as soon as I walked out of the bathroom.

I ignore her.

"Do you want to eat here or in dining room? " She asks.

"Wherever you serve is poison," I spat back.

"Zoe," I jumped when I heard Jack's voice.

Angel quickly scurried out of the room leaving me and Jack alone.

"You look tired," he said.

"You look like a monster," I said with venom laced in my voice.

He chuckled "still angry, aren't we? "

"Let me go," I said.

"You know the answer," He said.

"You can't cage a person. It's not right." I said throwing my hands in air.

"Hmm. This is not a cage" He said.

"You said I can't meet my family ever. I can't go out. I am stuck with a molester and abuser and rapist"

"Watch your tongue there" He said sternly.

"Tell me if you are not a molester or abuser or rapist." I dared.

He sighs.

"Give it up, Zoe." He said.

"You forced me the other day. You snatched my family. You snatched my freedom. You snatched everything. What else should I give up? What else do you want? " I ask.

"You" He said