Madeline’s heart raced and she was nervous. From the sound, the men had already reached the door. Madeline had no other options. She needed to act now. Bracing through the pain of her bleeding hands, Madeline moved an abandoned chair. The men outside were already tinkling with the lock. After taking a rock from the ground, Madeline stepped on the chair. “F*ck! Didn’t you open the door just now? How did you lose the key? Look for it, now!” An angry voice rang out from outside the door. Hearing them, Madeline realized that this was a great opportunity for her. Staring at the broken window in front of her, she raised the rock to hit it. Crash!The glass shattered instantly with a crisp crack. The people by the door immediately fell silent for a few seconds before someone roared. “F*ck! The chick couldn’t have run off, could she?” “What? She ran off?” A woman’s infuriated voice drifted over, followed by an order. “Kick the door down! The two of you, look for her outside.
Right at that moment, an anonymous text appeared on his phone. ‘West Waste Paper Factory. She’s there. Save her.’Jeremy’s eyes shone. He immediately tried to call the number, but it could not connect. With no time to worry or suspect, Jeremy turned the car around and sped toward the location on the text. Night fell and Madeline was forced to stay in the same place. The dark room’s lights brightened and she could see Meredith still waiting in the same spot. Soon after, the men returned empty-handed. Of course, they had never stopped to think that Madeline was still inside the room and that the cloth was merely a ploy to divert their attention. The play was a success. “Useless! All of you!” Meredith was infuriated, pointing at the men as she scolded. Then, she left, only to be stopped by the leader who had a scar on his face. “Sure, she ran off, but we also did work for you today. Pay up.” Meredith scoffed and crossed her arms in all her spoiled rich girl fashion. “Yo
The two thugs immediately ran to the darkened room, groping around for there was no source of light to guide their way. Right as they were about to reach for their phones, they saw a black shadow dash past them from the wall behind. The two quickly turned their heads back. Using the lapse in time, Madeline threw the chair in her hand at them before turning around and running outside. The thugs reflexively held their arms out to brace themselves. “F*ck! The chick really is here!” “Catch her!” Knowing that it was now pointless to keep on hiding, Madeline decided that she would not sit and wait for them to find her. Using their blindspots against them, Madeline ran out just as they entered the room. However, there was no foolproof way to prevent her from being seen. After exiting the darkened room, Madeline was met with a flushed and unclothed Meredith as well as two other thugs with unkempt clothes. Madeline felt a wave of disgust hit her at the sight. “Vera Quinn?!” Meredi
“Have fun, Vera Quinn! They’re not bad!” “Have you no shame, Meredith Crawford?” “Hahaha… Maybe if you begged, I might have thought about letting you go. Too bad though, if you’re going to be so stubborn, then you can just die!” Meredith’s eyes hardened as an evil smile appeared on her bandaged face. Madeline refused to allow Meredith to hurt her anymore, especially not before she took revenge for all Meredith did to her back then.Watching the four men approaching her, Madeline slowly raised her fists. She would fight to the death before she let herself fall into the hands of these men. When her eyes fell on a wooden stick by the wall, she dashed to pick it up before anyone could stop her. “Oh? What a feisty one. I like it.” The scarred man smiled wretchedly with a hand rubbing his chin as he stared disapprovingly at the wooden stick in Madeline’s hand. “I’d stop fighting back if I were you, beautiful, lest you suffer unnecessary beatings for your misbehavior!” Madeline
Madeline’s head felt muddled under the influence of the drug. She vaguely thought she had heard a voice by her ear, calling her Madeline and telling her that it was going to be alright.Madeline struggled to open her eyes just so she could see who it was, but her eyelids seemed to grow heavier by the second. Instinctively, she curled toward the man who refused to let her go. Perhaps because he gave her a sense of security. This might have been the first time Madeline felt what it meant to be protected. All she had been subjected to these past few years were nothing less of torture. Every time she wished someone would help her up, all she received was more pain. It had gotten to the point where she had given up on hoping because her heart was tired from all the disappointment. Right now, she finally understood what it felt like to have someone supporting her back and it was very warm... Jeremy felt the person in his arms lean deeper into his embrace, her hands slowly slidi
Bending his finger, Jeremy was about to pull his hand back when the decisive words of Ava and Daniel echoed in his head. ‘She is Maddie!‘I refuse to believe that there are two people in this world who would like so alike!’How could they be so sure? Unless it was because they saw some sort of identifying mark? Identifying mark?Jeremy was reminded of the mole above Madeline’s left chest. Jeremy remembered how Vera’s grip on the towel had tightened when she walked out of the bathroom the time she had stayed the night for Jackson. Had she perhaps done so not out of embarrassment but out of fear of him realizing something? Jeremy’s heart rate sped up at the thought. Staring at Madeline who was still deeply asleep, one of his fingers fell on the button of her hospital gown. The first, second, and third buttons were unclasped in quick succession. Click. The ward door burst open when Jeremy’s hand was still on Madeline’s gown. “What are you doing, Jeremy?” Felipe
For a moment, Jeremy thought he heard someone calling the name ‘Jez’. This thought snapped him back to reality as his confused gaze landed on Madeline. He watched her pretty brows crease and her cherry blossom lips part as if she was sleep talking. “Why…” Madeline’s brows furrowed deeper at the sudden question. ‘Why? ‘Did she just say why?’ Starting at the look of distress on Madeline’s features, Jeremy leaned over to hear her better. “Why won’t you believe…” Bang!Just as Jeremy was about to lean his face closer to Madeline’s ear, the ward door was pushed open with a loud bang.He was interrupted right before he could hear Madeline’s entire sentence. His sharp brows were scrunched as Jeremy lifted his gaze that was filled with extreme displeasure. Eloise barged into the room in a huff. “How can you be here waiting by this woman’s bed lovingly while my daughter is still in a coma because of you, Jeremy Whitman? Not only that, but I can’t believe you ki
The previously blurry memories from right before she succumbed to darkness finally cleared, and she remembered how Jeremy had suddenly appeared to save her in time. She remembered how he had held her tightly and comforted her as well as how she had leaned into his embrace from how safe he made her feel… Madeline’s heart began to race, thumping a familiar beat in her chest. She bit her lip and clenched her fists. ‘No. How could I possibly fall for him all over again? ‘I hate him! ‘The love within me died with every push toward the deep end he forced me to take. ‘It’s like how drowning survivors would never yearn for the sea again. ‘But I promise I’ll let you know how it feels to be suffocated, Jeremy.’… Eloise returned to Meredith’s hospital room where Jeremy arrived shortly after. Eloise seemed proud of herself at Jeremy’s arrival, thinking that her words must have gotten through to him. “Took you long enough to start worrying about Meredith.” Eloise’s tone wa