All Chapters of Trapped in a Box: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

My husband's first love had been trapped in a car for an hour. After she was rescued, he shoved me into a wooden box and nailed it shut!"You will suffer a hundred times more than she did!" he yelled.I begged, "Please, Yoel, I didn't mean to forget her in the car! It was an accident!"He showed no mercy. "Stay in there and think about your actions. You'll come out once you've learned your lesson!" he snapped.I struggled, cried, and pleaded, but it was no use. I curled up in the small wooden box, my body breaking, blood staining the floor beneath me.A week later, he and his first love returned from their trip, planning to let me out. I was already dead and suffocated—a cold corpse....It was cold outside, yet the room reeked of decay. I had been dead for a week when the door finally opened.The foul stench made Elaine stop in her tracks. "Oh my god, what is that smell?" she asked, covering her nose in disgust.Yoel, who was drunk, held her tightly. "Today is your birthday.

Chapter 2

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

"Fine, I'll go. I want to see what tricks she's up to!" Yoel stormed off, heading back to the basement.My soul floated behind him, following his steps. Back in that dark, damp room, I shivered. Even as a soul, the fear of being imprisoned was still deeply ingrained in my mind.Yoel covered his nose in disgust, squinting from the unbearable stench of the corpse. He kicked the wooden box a few times, cursing angrily. "Julianna! Get out here! What's your problem? You ruined Elaine's birthday, and you're not going to get away with it! I'm counting to three. If you don't come out, don't blame me for making things worse for you!"I let out a pained laugh and thought, ‘Yoel, I'm already dead. How else could you make anything worse for me? What are you going to do—dig up my corpse and parade it around just to please Elaine?’Obviously, Yoel could not hear what I wanted to say. "One, two, three!" he counted, teeth gritted. The box remained still, the blood I had shed a week ago now dark an

Chapter 3

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

Elaine remained oblivious to my desperate cries. The three of them quickly picked a spot in the backyard. Elaine pointed to a big oak tree. "Bury her under the tree and make it quick."The men took out shovels and began digging. My heart sank. They had even brought tools. They were prepared for this. What if I wasn't really dead? Was Elaine planning to bury me alive?In less than half an hour, they had dug a pit that was deep enough. They threw my body in and were about to start covering it with dirt when Yoel's assistant burst onto the scene."Wait!" the assistant shouted, panting heavily.Seeing the horrifying scene, he froze in shock. "What the hell are you doing? Mr. Dalton will get mad if he knows this."Elaine did not even flinch. "Cleaning up the mess. What, you want Mr. Dalton to turn himself in? If he goes to jail, you'll go down with him. Her blood is on your hands as well, got it?"The assistant's hands shook as he tried to distance himself. "I just... I just bought the

Chapter 4

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

The assistant swallowed hard, finally breaking under the pressure. "I swear, I don't know! They were here just a minute ago, taking a bath. Now they're just... gone." Yoel's frustration boiled over. "That's no help at all!""Find them! Search every corner! We must find that wretched Julianna!" Yoel's voice echoed through the house, tinged with desperation.The assistant nodded hurriedly, pretending to mobilize a search party. I was furious, my fists clenching as I pounded my chest and stomped my feet in frustration. I grabbed the balloons from the bathroom and hurled them out the window, aiming for the back garden. They drifted smoothly with the wind, a final touch of defiance.Yoel had decorated the entire house for Elaine's birthday, which explained the balloons in the bathroom. The basement and the back garden, however, were places Yoel despised. The basement was his dungeon, where he imprisoned and punished me. In contrast, the back garden was my sanctuary. I once joked to hi

Chapter 5

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

Yoel grabbed Elaine, trying to calm her down. "Don't worry. This is our place; nobody can hurt you here.""This has to be Julianna's prank!" he snapped, stomping his foot in frustration. "Julianna, show yourself!" he yelled into the darkness. "Quit the poltergeist act! Do you want me to lock the garden doors and leave you to starve?"I sneered, unheard, and thought, ‘Too late, Yoel. You already killed me, you monster.’Yoel's foot landed on the fresh mound of dirt where my body was buried. He seemed oblivious, so I kept hurling small stones at his feet. Finally, he noticed the disturbed earth."Hey, you! Come here and dig this up," he barked at the servants. "Let's see what Julianna's hiding. Maybe she buried evidence of an affair!"Elaine's face went pale. She rushed to stop him. "Yoel, don't! Leave this place alone."He frowned. "Why?""I—I talked to a landscaper," Elaine stammered. "They said this spot was perfect for planting flowers. I just loosened the dirt to put them i

Chapter 6

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

Elaine's face went white as she stepped closer to Yoel, her voice trembling. "Who was that?""Some nutjob claiming Julianna's dead," Yoel replied, rolling his eyes.Elaine's heart pounded. She knew exactly who the caller was. "Yoel, you need to check it out," she urged, her voice tight with fear. "I'm scared for her. It's dangerous out there."Yoel was about to brush her off but saw the genuine worry etched on her face. "Elaine, what's going on? You don't look well.""I'm fine," she lied. "I just can't shake the feeling that something's wrong. If you don't go, I will."Yoel sighed, touched by her concern. "You're too good, always worrying about others. Fine, I'll check it out. You stay here and rest."Elaine nodded, her shoulders relaxing slightly. "Please be careful."Yoel left, and Elaine quickly ushered her shady friends out before locking herself in her bedroom. She was shaking when the door suddenly burst open.A man wearing a hat stormed in, and Elaine's scream echoed thr

Chapter 7

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

Elaine spun around, her heart dropping. Yoel was standing there, his eyes like ice. "Yoel, I... I was just loosening the soil," she stammered, her face pale."Cut the crap, Elaine. I know everything," he said, his voice devoid of warmth.Her knees buckled, and she collapsed to the ground. "Yoel, please, I had no choice! He tricked me into marrying him and forced me to entertain his clients to pay off his gambling debts. If I didn't kill him, I'd never be free!"Yoel stared at her, expressionless. After a beat, he reached down and pulled her to her feet. "Let it go, Elaine. It's over. Let's move on from here."Tears streamed down her face as she clung to him. "Thank you, Yoel. Thank you."After a moment, she hesitated, then asked softly, "Have you heard anything about Julianna?"Yoel's face hardened. "Don't bring her up. She's bad news. Today's your birthday. I want you to be happy."He grabbed her hand, pulling her toward the car. "Let's get out of here. We need a change of scen

Chapter 8

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

The celebrity stormed off, leaving Yoel and Elaine alone in the spacious private box. Silence hung heavy between them.Elaine's voice trembled as she broke the silence. "Yoel, is Julianna really dead? Is that why all this is happening?"She gestured towards the sinister words smeared on the white wall, guilt etched across her face.I smirked, though they couldn't see me. ‘Don't play dumb. You know very well whether I'm dead or not. You buried the body yourself, remember? Why the act now?’Yoel, ever the skeptic, marched over to the wall. He touched the writing, sniffing his fingers. "This isn't blood; it's cream. Julianna must have bribed someone to ruin your birthday party."He clenched his fists, his voice filled with venom. "I hope she's dead. The only thing worse would be her alive, plotting against us."I blew a cold breath on the back of his neck and watched as he shivered and glanced around, seeing no one. His bravado faltered, and his curses dwindled into nervous stutters.

Chapter 9

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

Yoel could not handle her defiance. "Why aren't you obedient anymore? Were you just pretending to be good in the past?"Elaine laughed bitterly. "Pretending? You're one to talk. You're a married man who expects me, the other woman in your marriage, to be completely submissive? Dream on!"His hand flew across her face, leaving a red mark. "When you were spending my money, you didn't mind that I was married! Now you're acting all pure and innocent? You're just a shameless slut. You think I would touch you if you didn't throw yourself at me?"Elaine touched her swollen cheek, her eyes blazing with hatred. "Yoel, even if you inherited your wife's money, you're still a pathetic loser! If it weren't for the cash, I wouldn't even look at a guy like you."Yoel's face twisted with rage. "You bitch! Your husband treated you like dirt—that's why you came crawling to me!"Elaine's voice was cold. "I've got a new man now. We're done."As she turned to leave, Yoel grabbed her by the hair and,

Chapter 10

Trapped in a Box/Little Hedgehog

Seeing this, some of my pent-up anger began to dissipate. Yoel was finally facing the consequences.Still, he kept up his pitiful act. "She loved me! Why would she betray me like this? Get pregnant with someone else's child? If she hadn't cheated, I wouldn't have punished her. She wouldn't be dead!"The officers, now beyond furious, dragged him to another blind spot and beat him again. "You monster! How can you even call yourself human?" they spat, each word punctuated with another blow. "She was pregnant with your child! How could you accuse her of betraying you?""Your fertility issues were cured years ago because of her constant treatments and herbal remedies! She loved you, Yoel. And you killed her. You didn't just kill her; you murdered your own child!" Yoel collapsed to his knees, tears streaming down his face. "Just kill me now! I don't deserve to live. I'm not even human. I could've had a family, a life full of love! But now, because of one stupid mistake, I've lost ever