MYSTERY PERSON

Edna squinted her chocolate orbs, trying to recognize her surroundings. Pressing her palms flat against the fluffy mattress, she sits up slowly. Her eyes scanning the unfamiliar room she was in only to find that it was a huge room with dark, purple walls with everything a rich person could afford. She blinked her eyes taking in all the previous events and a gasp escaped her lips.

My doll…

That word resonated in the depth of her brain, prompting a panic in her heart. She knew that it was probably her stalker because she was certain that she heard him saying that she was his doll , because no one else had given her such a pet name except him.

“ What is going on?!” She questioned letting her feet touch the cold tiled floor, raising goosebumps all over her skin.

“ The hell happened?” Question slipped past her lips as she looked down at herself and her eyes widened in realization. Instead of her dirty red tank top and skinny jeans she was wearing a long sleeve blue shirt in which she was drowning and khaki shorts which were a little down her knees. Her brown hair was free of any kind of dirt or knots.

Her stomach churned into disgust thinking that someone changed her and it was probably her stalker. Ignoring the disgust which crawled over her skin she took a deep breath trying to find the possible way to get the out of here.

Spotting the wooden door she made her way towards it but before she could have taken more than two steps, it opened on it’s own accord.

“Hey!” A girl’s head popped in with a smile adorning her face. Rubbing her elbow she quietly slipped inside and an audible click hung in the silence of the room. Edna’s eyes snapped towards the door, perhaps the girl was not all alone after all.

“You are awake that’s good.” The girl nervously muttered and Edna blinked her eyes in confusion looking at the girl who looks like she was 18 or something.

“Do you want to eat something?” The girl questioned , tugging a lock of blonde hair beside her ear looking at Edna with a questioning look in her sea green orbs.

“ Who are you? Why am I here? Who brought me here?”  with every questioned her voice raised as she took a step towards the girl who blinked innocently at her.

"My name is Rose. Well you can call me Rose." Rose offered with a smile but when she got a blank expression from Edna, she pressed her lips in a thin line.

"You clearly didn't save me, right?" Edna pointed out crossing her arms over her chest.

"No, sir saved you. I'm here to make sure you eat. Since he is busy at the moment, he appointed me to take care of you Ms. Williams" Rose explained or rambled out quickly and Edna's eyes widened in shock.

"Ho--how do you know my last name?" she asked now slightly freaked out.

"Well everyone who lives here knows about you so...if you are thinking of escaping please don't try, it will piss sir off and I assure you, you don't want to angry him. Besides this the safest place for you. "she said the last part sternly and the once smiley girl was now replaced by a serious one.

"Safest place..huh? Seriously if locking me up in a room and changing my clothes and threatening me makes it the safest place then yes, I'm safe thank you very much." Edna scoffed at her she grinded her jaw giving her look that made Rose gulp audibly.

"First I changed your clothes because you were stink--ing. Sorry, no offence and you are locked up here because as soon as we open that door you will try to escape and we can't have that until sir comes back and more importantly you need rest. " she stopped for a bit and took a deep breath. 

"And if you want to get out of here you need to eat. You need energy for that and if you don't, you can't even try. You were out for two days." she tried to bargain and the last part of her sentence made Edna brow reaching up her hairline , she was out for two days? Her parents would have worried, her friends everyone.

"Do you mind telling me who this 'sir' is and why he saved me?" she asked air quoting sir, she looked hella intimidating.

"Nope, no can do. Sir will be back soon so find out yourself! But if you need anything just knock on the door." Rose answered taking a deep breath and pointed her thumb in the direction of the door before she disappeared.

“ Not trying to escape my foot !” Edna mumbled , rubbing a hand tiredly through her hair.

The first thing she searched for was window, black curtains were draped across it when she pushed it to the side only to find a ceiling to floor window. Her eyes were met with the soothing green colour of nature. Trees and tress that’s all was visible. As much as she was a nature loving person it doesn’t calmed her heart that she was in the middle of woods.

Biting her lips she opened the another door which led her to a lavish bathroom. Who ever had brought her here was insanely rich for a second she was just left in an awe. Shaking her head she tried to spot a window or something finding it at the top of the wall. It was impossible to reach there, frustrated she moved from bathroom and opened the adjacent door. It was a walk in closet

With suits and shirts lined up. What caught her attention was that there was a section of girls clothes there too.

Where was she?

“ Find something Edna, Find something.” Whispering to herself she rummaged through the drawers of the side table but find nothing of her liking. Moving on to the wooden desk she find papers and files.

“ Maybe this will do?” She asked herself holding up a paper clip and straighten it looking hopefully between the pin in her hand and the lock on the door.

She inserted it inside the lock but nothing happened. She tried for the nth times and huffed in a breath not losing any hope because there was no other option for her. She again tried but nothing happened frustrated she got up and kicked the door.

“ You need something, Ma’am?” Not a second was  passed after her kicking the door it opened abruptly nearly hitting her in the face.

Ma’am?????

Edna was close to losing her mind. Who hell had brought her here. Ma’am? Who call their hostage ma’am. That girl Rose before was getting scared as if offending her is the most biggest crime now these hulk type men were calling her Ma’am.

“ Yes, yes. I do. I need to get the hell out of here?” She remarked trying to slip past the huge form of that man who was almost covering all the doorframe.

“ We don’t have permission to let you out of this room.” The man reasoned moving in front of her but Edna pushed him with all her might crossing the threshold.

“ Ma’am please you are putting us in a difficult situation.” The man touched her elbow softly dragging her back in the room despite her struggles. As if she weight as a feather.

“ Let go!” She screamed and the man huffed in a breath lightly pushing her inside cutting her advances of coming out again.

“ Don’t touch her if have no wish to have a broken hand.” Another voice commanded behind the man . Edna’s eyes snapped towards the new person who had shoulder length ginger hair parted from the middle.

“ I apologize for Peter’s behavior. If you need anything. I am personally outside.” Edna opened her mouth to respond but the man already had shut the door in her face.

Why she was being treated like V.I.P.?

“ My God! I am going insane!” Edna chuckled humorlessly fed up with this sh*t. With that mysterious boss.  She could feel anger and frustration bubbling up in her blood. She needed to get that anger out of her or else she was going to explode.

Chucking the first thing she got her hands on the wall , with her might which was a harmless vase. She started a chain of breaking things.

“ You fool! You idiot!” A voice growled out in pure seething anger as soon as she was finished with the small decorative piece which was a moment before was on the desk.

“ Do you have any idea how costly that was? ” The man gritted out the words pointing towards the scattered pieces closing the door behind him. 

“ And you have ruined the rug too?” that man narrowed his charcoal orbs at her and she narrowed hers back in return.

“ Did you brought me here? Are you the one texting me that messages?” Edna bombarded him with question and man scowled at her question.

“ The answer to your both question is no.”  man replied running a hand through his jet black hair.

“ Then who brought me here!!” Edna all but screamed with frustration.

“ Keep your voice down darling..” Edna has stopped breathing as that man pressed the tip of the knife on her throat.

“I have quite sensitive ears.” He whispered out touching his ear lobe with such a grace that could beat a maiden.

  “ Now, Shut up and listen to me.”  Was said to her in cold voice, he pointed with his knife towards the bed hinting her to sit on that.

“ My brother brought you here. My brother is the one texting you and my brother will decide when you will be out of this room. Are we clear?”  tilting his head to a side, he asked. The tip of the knife was still on her throat. He nodded at her making her nod too and a satisfying smirk formed on his lips.

“ Good girl! Here is the thing.” He remarked, putting his feet on bed beside Edna where she was sitting and leaning towards her.

“ I have lots of paper work to do, I have to complete it before my brother comes back and because of the all the tantrums you are throwing is disturbing me deeply. I am a person who hates to do paper work and you are making me more angrier by disturbing me again and again.” He hissed out like a slithering snake making her gulp down the lump in her throat. Her heart beating loudly in ear.

“ If  I hear a single noise coming from this room. I will wrap you up with a duct tape like a snail. Would you like to rather be free and wait for few hours until my brother comes or would you like to be like an snail? I am sure you would not want the later, yes?”  He nodded and she nodded back like a child who were scolded by their strict teacher.

“ Are you scared?” He asked amused straightening up watching her inhaling a deep breath, her hands were shaking.

“ If you are scared of me darling what will become of you in front of my brother?” He asked thoughtfully making Edna’s already fearful eyes widening at his words.

“ Because my anger is like this in front of him.” He measure it between his thumb and index finger and Edna’s heart dropped somewhere in the pit of her stomach.

“His temper is ten times worse than me. Shhh!! Don’t talk.” He flinched back as Edna opened her mouth to say something and closed it right back.

“ The fact that you have ruined his room and I would like to inform you beforehand he doesn’t like anyone touching his property. He hates it.” He informed shaking his head looking at the mess she had created and Edna’s mouth went dry listening his words.

“ And if I told him that because of you I couldn’t complete the paper work. Another loss. You will be doomed trust me. So, if I hear another noise and another episode of tantrums you can’t even imagine how much in load of trouble you will be in.” He warned her and turned to open the door. Standing on her shaky legs ,taking a deep breath she somehow mustered the courage to utter the next word.

“ Please, atleast  tell me, who is your brother?” Edna whispered out so low that she even wondered that the man in grey t-shirt and black jeans heard her or not.

“ I can’t answer that.” With that last word he shut the door behind him and Edna staggered back and slumped on the floor.

Edna didn’t knew how long she was sitting in the corner curled up in a ball. After that man warned her she didn’t dared to utter a word nor she did moved from that spot. The once blue sky had turned black indicating of the arrival of the night. The lights of the room was turned off and she didn’t bothered herself to get up and find the switch to turn it on. Edna had no idea when she would be out of this darkness. Taking her face in her hand she shielded her teary eyes. She was missing her parents. Were they looking for her?

She stiffend in her position when the door opened and sound of heavy footsteps filled up the unnerving silence. Edna looked up and found a silhouette of man and soon bright light filled up the room making her wince and shutting her eyes instantly.

“ God! Such a trouble you are my doll.” Her savior and tormentor was finally here.