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Sacrificed to the Flood

Sacrificed to the Flood

Short Story · Emotional Realism
By:  D. PiCompleted
Language: English
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Scumbag

Bias

Mistress

Melodramatic

Plot Twists

Feel-Good Story

Revenge

Face Slapping

Out on a holiday with my boyfriend, Jack, and my good friend, Eva, a catastrophe occurred. As the floods came, we waited for the rescue helicopter to come. As I fastened the safety rope, I noticed that my metal safety clip had been swapped for a plastic ring. Climbing up the rope ladder, Jack said nonchalantly, "Eva's luggage is heavy. She needs another safety clip, so I gave her yours. You can wait for the next rescue." I replied in a panic, pointing at the water level already past my chest, "But I can't swim!" Jack replied irritatedly, "Naomi, stop causing a scene! You're a strong swimmer, what's a little time in the water? Eva is my boss's relative. If something happens to her, my promotion is gone. Why can't you understand that?" "Which matters more? My life or her luggage?" I reached for the rope ladder when he kicked my hand away. "I've studied the waters. The flood won't rise so quickly. It will at most be at the level of your neck. You won't die!" I said nothing further. Watching the floods rise crazily, I quickly pressed my family's special alarm on my wrist.

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
"Didn't you say you couldn't swim? Why are you still toying around with that stupid thing?"I told Jack Lewis about it before, but he refused to believe me. He still thought that I was lying to him.I ignored him and pressed the emergency alarm.The muddy waters were already past my chest. I could barely stand straight. Every wave brought dirt and other objects, causing me to slip.Jack was already a third of the way up on the rope ladder. He carried a huge waterproof suitcase while shielding Eva Sanders in front of him, climbing up with difficulty.Fastened upon Eva were two metal safety clips, glinting shinily."Jack, give me the safety clip back!" I raised my head and yelled, my voice hoarse and drowned out by the thunder of the helicopter blades.Jack looked at me impatiently. "Naomi, enough! I've already told you that I'll come back for you on the next trip! Why are you being so unreasonable?"Eva popped her head out and said sweetly, "Naomi, surely you don't mind? Remembe
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Chapter 2
"Eva, are you alright? Have you caught a cold from being in water for too long?"Eva feigned pushing Jack away. "I'm fine. I'm not that weak. Jack, don't do this. Naomi is watching us.""Let her watch. You're her best friend. I should care about you. She, on the other hand, has been so petty on who should get rescued first."Jack stressed on the last sentence, clearly saying it out loud for me to hear. What he did not know was that I completely lost my ability to swim after I rescued him.He insisted on showing off and swimming out into the deep that day, but ended up being taken away by a strong current. His friends did not dare to rescue him. Only I, recklessly without thinking, plunged in to save him.I pushed him with all my might, inching him close to the shore. At last, I finally managed to hauled him up to shore, but at that instant, a hidden current flung my calf toward a jagged rock.My tendon tore on the spot. The pang of agony emptied me of my strength and I started
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Chapter 3
I thrashed desperately in the muddy waters while Eva and Jack looked on as if they were watching a spectacle. The will to survive drove me to a frantic struggle. I paddled as hard as I could with my hands and feet. I clawed my way back to the eaves just right before the current could sweep me away.When I popped my head out of the surface, gasping for air, I heard bawls of laughter coming from above."See. I told you Naomi could swim. She's just joking around."Jack looked relaxed. "Alright, Naomi. I know you like joking about, but this isn't the time to do so. Eva and I will head up first."Then, they continued climbing up.As the rope ladder went further away from me, I yelled with all my might, "Wait up! There's still someone here!"Eva turned to look at me, her eyes gleaming viciously.She rocked the rope ladder as she moved up. Her foot struck a loose tile on the neighboring roof.The tile, covered with mud, came hurling toward my face. I immediately jerked my head aside
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Chapter 4
"So, I deserved to die because of your future and your boss's relative?"I felt a chill, but I did not know if it was because of the water or because of what he said.I had been with Jack for three years, being with him from a nobody until he became a project manager.He said he came from a middle class family, but he did not want to be looked down upon. So, I hid who I was and lived a simple life with him.What he did not know was that Richard Chapman, the man he was talking about, had to show deference to my father. What he also did not know was that he could not afford to lose me, the one he chose to sacrifice for Eva, as he could never reach my level in his entire life."Jack, the Mr. Chapman you're talking about is working for my family. I'm the heiress to the Janson Group."Jack and Eva looked at each other in bewilderment. After a few moments of dead silence, Jack suddenly burst into laughter."Naomi, have you got mad? You would come up with such absurd lies just to s
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Chapter 5
In the distant skyline, three jet-black helicopters sped toward us with an irresistible fury in a triangular formation.Their arrival caused a gush of wind so violent that even the old helicopter that Jack was on started wobbling.The helicopter in front of the formation stopped right above me. The wind that the blade caused formed a huge sunken vortex in the water.A rope quickly dropped from the helicopter as a rescuer in black tactical gear slipped down the rope in one swift motion. He looked at the baffled Eva and Jack in the distance before landing next to me."Ms. Janson, I'm sorry I'm late."Then, he unhooked the thermal blanket on his shoulders and wrapped it around me. With practiced efficiency, he clasped the safety clip on me, firmly securing me tightly in his arms.The entire process took less than fifteen seconds.The helicopter that Jack was on was driven back, forced awkwardly into an orbit by the sheer force of the black helicopter formation."Hey! Who are you g
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Chapter 6
The smile on Jack's face stiffened.Eva cowered a little in fright too."M-Mr. Janson, i-it was a misunderstanding!" Jack stuttered. "I-I d-didn't know that Naomi couldn't swim! Plus, Eva is my boss's…""So, my daughter deserved to be sacrificed because of your boss's relative and your future?" My father pressed on, making Jack speechless.Suddenly, my father snickered. He snapped his fingers and a bodyguard immediately brought Eva's huge suitcase in and threw it on the floor."You said that inside are all the gifts for your colleagues, right?"My father looked at Eva condescendingly and continued, "Open it up. Let me see what could be so precious that it's more important than my daughter's life."Eva's face lost all of its colors. Her lips trembled in fear as she was trying to find her words.Jack realized the severity of the situation. He went up to stop my father."No! Mr. Janson! It's just small trinkets…"It was too late.Another bodyguard had swiftly opened the suitcas
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Chapter 7
The call hung up abruptly, leaving Jack standing there in a daze. His final hope was doused.Eva, next to him, after the initial shock, lost her temper.She pounced on Jack like a shrew, scratching him, yelling, "It's all your fault! Jack, you're a piece of trash! If it wasn't for you, how would I have crossed the heiress to the Janson family? Didn't you say that she's just an ordinary person? That her family didn't have money? You lied to me!"Jack came to his senses after a few gashes on his arm. He shoved her away. "You're one to talk! If you hadn't insisted on that safety clip, if you hadn't instigated me, would I have left Naomi? Eva, you evil hag! It's all your fault!"They tumbled in a brawl in the mud, attracting the gazes and laughter from everyone.I shut off the electronic tablet.Albert asked, "Ms. Janson, shall we teach them a lesson?"I shook my head. "There's no need for that, Albert. The game has just begun."When I returned to the city, the carefully planned th
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Chapter 8
"Yes, Naomi. You two have been together for three years. Couldn't you, for the sake of old feelings, show him mercy?""Old feelings?"I got up and walked over to them."When I was in the waters, when he took my safety clip for Eva's suitcase, why hadn't he thought about that?"When he kicked me into the waters and said that I wouldn't die, why hadn't he thought of that?"Also, you two. When I tore my ligament because I rescued Jack, I ended up in the hospital for a month. Did you two ever come to see me once?"You were so worried about your son, who merely choked a little on some water, yet you never once thanked me. Why didn't you talk about old feelings with me back then?"Everything I said made them blush in humiliation. "D-Didn't the doctor say you were fine? We thought you were just lightly injured…""Lightly injured?"I snickered and pulled up my pant leg, showing them the menacing scar on my knee. "The doctor said that this is forever. I could never run or jump like a n
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Chapter 9
Margaret tried to hold my hand, but I avoided it."Mrs. Sanders, Eva and I have not been friends for a long time."Margaret was stunned. Tears fell even harder."It's all our fault for not bringing up our daughter well! She's been jealous of you all this time, which was why she made such a mistake…"She has always liked playing with boys since she was young. We never thought that she would try to take Jack from you, and do such hurtful things to you…""Is that so?"I walked over to the screen in the living room and picked up the remote control."If that's what you say, let us watch something."I pressed the play button. The helicopter incident appeared right in front of us. It showed how Eva took two safety clips, hugging her suitcase, while happily watching me struggling in the water.It also showed how her foot so-called accidentally slipped when my hand was right on the rung of the rope ladder, stepping on my hand, so that I fell into the water once more.It also showed ho
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Chapter 10
Jack and Eva's downfall was more brutal than I imagined.Jack became homeless, crushed by the huge amount of debt. His parents sold off their house, but it only scratched the surface.He could not land a job, so he had no choice but to go into the dirtiest of labors.Some had seen him working on the construction sites, completely covered in dirt, being yelled at by his superior.Some had also seen him late at night on the streets, rummaging through trash to find food.The once handsome and proud project manager had fallen to become the street rat that everybody despised.Even his friends all distanced themselves from him, treating him like the plague. One time, he was working as a dishwasher in a high-end restaurant when he bumped into his old colleagues having a gathering.He subconsciously tried to hide, but his colleagues recognized him."My, my. Isn't that our manager, the great Mr. Lewis? Why are you here washing dishes?""I heard you were with the heiress of Janson Group
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