Rebecca! Rebecca!!

Rebecca

Is Luke out of his mind? Calling me up for some password like that? It was embarrassing just watching him.

Collins handed over the software without putting up a single fight. Right in front of thousands of people watching. Just let them all see it happen.

I grabbed my phone and read through the messages Luke had sent me. How was I supposed to have the password for something I did not even make?

Collins was smart. Really smart. He must have built that antivirus so it would need a code to open. But the first time I looked at it, there were no security walls anywhere.

My eyes fell closed. I did not even notice I was getting sleepy.

I had not thought about how I would sleep. Then my head started tilting to the side and I knew I had to rest it somewhere.

Sleeping on an armchair is never good. I tried everything. Putting my forehead on my hands. But my back kept hurting.

Then I found a better way. Just letting the back of my head rest against the chair.

I checked the time fast. 9:30pm. I laid my head back and slowly drifted off.

I could not say exactly when I fell asleep. Then I heard a car engine stop outside.

My eyes opened right away. That had to be Luke. Now that he was here, I could finally sleep well.

I looked at the handcuffs. Just waiting for them to come unlock me.

The whole reason I was handcuffed was done now.

"Where is that bastard who killed her parents?" Luke slammed the main door and it flew open hard. His finger was pointing at me.

"You have done your worst. You made me look like a fool on one of the biggest days of my life." He came closer to me and Marina followed behind him.

"She does not need your success. Because of you, nothing went the way I planned. You son of a bitch."

Luke was so angry he could not stand still. He kept moving around with his hands on his hips.

"I do not have any password..." I started to say. But since one of my hands was chained to the chair, Marina slapped me across the face hard.

"You liar. I saw you turning on that laptop. Collins must have told you what to do." She said it like it was fact. Luke walked closer to her.

The way his feet hit the floor told you everything about how mad he was.

"My biggest mistake was giving Collins your phone number. What happened proves you two have been talking the whole time. Why was I so stupid to give Collins your number?"

He grabbed my cheeks with both hands. Before I could say anything, he pushed the chair and I fell to the ground. I could not catch myself or land safely.

My face hit the floor hard. I just stayed there. The chair was bent over on the floor and my other hand kept me from falling all the way down.

"Help me! Please help me," I kept yelling.

My wrist hurt so bad. The handcuffs were pulling on me tight.

"Help! Help!!" I kept screaming. But Luke and his woman just watched me like they were enjoying it.

"When you took orders from Collins, you never thought this would happen to you..." Marina said.

So I used my free hand to push myself to the other side. Trying to get away from the pain.

Right when I was about to do it, Luke himself came over. He had been watching me the whole time. He grabbed the legs of the chair and pushed it back to the position that was killing me.

"Please, help me. Please. The blood stopped going to my legs. I am dying, please."

"Let her feel the pain she brought on us," Marina said. She looked proud.

Soon my eyes got all blurry. I was fighting just to stay alive.

"Help... me," my voice did not even sound like me anymore.

"This is your punishment. I will leave you right here like this. Now you want mercy? When I begged you for that code Collins gave you, you said no. Now I am saying no to helping you."

Slowly, I could not hear Luke or his woman anymore. I do not know if they left or not. My eyes were already shut.

I can not even say one word now. My face was pressed against the floor, my neck bent at a bad angle, stopping my voice from coming out.

At the same time, my breathing got faster and faster as I tried not to die.

********

Luke

"Rebecca deserves to be punished." My darling said it with no guilt while she unbuttoned my shirt in my bedroom.

"I know that. But I still care if she lives or not." I said back to Marina.

"You need some wine and a good massage so you can forget for a little while what Rebecca did to us."

She turned around and got the wine and two glasses. She handed me one.

I drank it all at once. But I still felt bad because of Rebecca.

"Let me go lift her up. I do not want anything bad to happen to her."

"Why do you care so much about Rebecca? She made everyone who looked up to you watch you get humiliated. Let her deal with what she did."

We were both sitting on the edge of my bed. She ran her fingers over my chest. I knew what she wanted.

Sex. But I did not feel right about it. I stood up after a while when I saw how much she wanted it.

"I need to turn Rebecca over." I moved a little and stood up.

"Do not worry. Let me go do it for you. You do not need to stress yourself. Seeing her might just make you angry again. I saw how you reacted when you came in the house. Give me a few minutes."

Wearing only a bra and underwear, she walked out of the room. I fell back onto the bed.

What a huge loss.

I still could not stop thinking about what happened at the launch.

I tried to move my head to shake those thoughts away. Then Marina came back.

The first thing she did was turn off the light.

"I do not think I am in the mood for sex."

"You are still thinking about Rebecca? She is fine."

**************

Four hours later, I could not sleep. I was too restless.

Marina was passed out cold. She threw one of her legs over my body. I gently picked it up and put it back on the bed.

I decided to walk around the house. Maybe it would help.

The second I got to the living room, Rebecca was still in the same spot I left her.

"Rebecca!" I yelled. I ran and lifted her up, but the handcuffs still had her attached to the chair.

"Rebecca! Rebecca!!" I tapped her again and again. Nothing.

Saliva was pouring out of her mouth. What did I do to myself? If Rebecca dies, all my money is gone.

I need to get her to the hospital right now. Or else…

My heart was slamming in my chest.