An attempt to escape

I finished breakfast after eating the little I could. I walked back into my room and laid down on the bed. It was lonely and I was bored to death.

I was taking away against my will. Now my life and freedom has been cut short. Just as I laid down on the bed, I heard his voice as he spoke. It was clear and bold, like he was close by. I quickly walked to the window and noticed he was about to leave. It was a good thing, at least he won’t be around for a moment.

He turns around and look up towards me. In haste, I veil the windows with the help of the curtain for I didn’t want him to know that I was watching. I went back to the bed and laid on it.

After a short while, I could hear the screening of tyres as they drove off. “He must have gone out.” I spoke to myself in the quiet room. I laid down on my head for a nap as that was the only thing left for me, to sleep and wallow myself in loneliness and desolation.

***

I woke up again, my body felt numb and sore, than it was before. I stood up and made it to the bathroom. Turned on the shower, the water came running down, soaking every part of my body. From my hair down to my waist, then to my hips, pelvis and vagina lips and then down to my toes before it made contact with the floor.

I began rubbing and scrubbing every part of me as I reek of sweat and my mouth tasted a bit sour.

I came back out after I was done, drying my hair and then I noticed I haven’t heard a word. I peeped down from my window and found out he hadn’t made it back. At that moment a voice spoke to me inside my head.

“Wait a minute, if he isn’t back yet means I could possibly escape right. This might be my only chance, I can’t let it slip away from me. I have to take it.”

I wore back the white silk pajamas for it was the only thing I could find. I had no idea where he had taken my clothes off to.

I came down from the room. It was extremely quiet, like there was no one around. I walked to the kitchen, the chefs we’re cooking. Without noticing them, I left and made it to the entrance. Finally out and strangely, there wasn’t a soul. Neither his guys, nor maids not even dogs could be found. It was just me and the gates with no one else.

“I guess this is indeed my lucky day.” I broke out in race for my freedom. I made it safely to the gate and without alerting security I passed by, though it wasn’t easy but I was able to, by squeezing myself in-between the gate's bars.

The moment I made it out, I started running for it was a straight road down. It has been a smooth escape thus far but what bothered me was the fact that I saw no cctv cameras on my way. How is it possible for a man like him not to have any cameras? Maybe that’s how my dad stole from him without his knowing.

I had been running for long that my leg could no longer move further, but I had no option to give up as freedom was at hand. I came in contact with no vehicle, and no soul on the way but the road went on straight down. I guess his house must be pretty far from the outside streets as every criminal would do, for them not to be easily traced by the cops.

I stopped running and began to walk, I have made it pretty far about more than two hundred meters from the gates so there should be no problem. Just as I kept walking, I noticed the road had taken a sharp turn like a diversion.

“I guess that must be the end of the road.” I muttered to myself. In happiest, I began on my heels again as I was desperately awaiting for my freedom. It has been smooth but I couldn’t care less for all I need was a way out.

I could hear the horns of cars as I got close to the diversion. There was joy in heart, I ran with excitement and finally I made it. I could see clearly the streets of the city, freedom was close at hand but there was an obstacle.

Right in front of me was a gate with two armed guards standing by it. I became confused as I wondered what a gate with guards could be doing at a place and time like this. Still standing and deep in thoughts, the gates opened wide and five suv vehicles drove in, it was him coming. The joy in my heart saddened and hope became thin.

Soon the vehicles got close to me, the first three drove by and the fourth stopped at the point I stood. The glass screen was bought down and there he sat at the back, his face was gloomy and there I knew I was in big trouble.

“Ohh shit, I am doomed.” I said quietly.

The door to the back opened up, he looked at me with a fierce stare in his eyes and without anyone telling me what to do, I hopped in immediately. My attempt of an escape for freedom had been rendered effortless and wasteful.

The vehicles drove back to the mansion and came to a halt at the stairs of the doorpost. He alighted from the vehicle and turned around to where I sat. Opened the door, he grabbed my hair and forced me out.

I fell down on my face but little did he care for he caught hold of my hair again and dragged me up the stairs and right into his home. I was powerless over him and the only thing I could do was struggle and scream out loud but it was stupid of me for I was in an isolated area I know not of and no matter how much I scream, no one would hear except his chefs, maids and guards.

He dragged me up to his room, tossed me on the bare floor and locked the door behind. He took off his suit and placed it on his hanger.

“I was expecting you would try to escape just like your father did.” He said and squatted in front of me. “I told you not to do anything stupid but you refused, now you have bruises all over your body.”

“You monster.” I said and spat on his face.

He used his hand to wipe it off, his face turned red and in anger, he let his palm on my face in a hot slap.

“You can call me a monster for all eternity, but one thing is certain Cassandra. You are never getting out of this place, at least not until your father pays off his debts, and I’m going to have lots of fun with you until he does bring back my money.” At that moment, fear gripped me for I saw my life flash before my eyes just by the look he gave. “This wasn’t what I had in mind, I was going to give you a benefitting life. A life with a lot of freedom where you wouldn’t have to feel like you’ve been taken as a prisoner but from what I have seen, you might want to run away again and if that happens, you and your family with definitely flee from Santiago and I would start to search for you all over again. I can’t let that happen.”

“Why don’t you just kill me instead?”

“I would have love to but I don’t kill people who haven’t offended me yet.” He stood up and began to unbutton his sleeve. “You are only here because I need your father not to run away, but that doesn’t mean I cannot kill you if you continue to annoy me more.”

He took of his sleeve, his back was full of scars and bruises. He walked over to the cushion in his room and sat down comfortably like a king.

“You see Cassandra, I do not have any intention to harm you and so don’t give me a reason to.” He gave out a sigh and tried to calm himself down a bit.

 “You’ve ruined my day for me. I thought this evening, would be nice to visit your parents. They must be in a state of panic for they know what sort of a man I am more than anybody in this world. Also, I learnt that yesterday was your birthday so I decided to let you finish of the celebration you started but after that you are going to be locked up in here.”

He pressed on the telephone button which was on his desk. His room door opened and a maid walked in.

“The maid will attend to your wounds and once she is done, you should get some rest for we leave at dusk.”

The maid walked up to me, took hold of my hand and with a smile beckoned on me to go with her, I stood up to my feet but just before I left, a lady walked in. She looked at me in disgust and went over to Mariano, she sat down on his thighs and wrapped her hands across him as she tried to massage his shoulders.

“Ohh Mariano.” She said and looked at me again. I guess she was one of his plaything whenever he is bored. She began to show her seduction skills while she continued to stare at me.

Had enough of the scene, the maid and I quietly excused ourselves and gave her the privacy she wanted.