Chapter 68
Chapter 68
So, a random call had been made.
At least that was what | had gathered after straining my ears the hardest that | had ever tried to to get to listen in on what Pheobe
and Demetri were speaking about in hushed tones just behind the door way.
The shed wasn’trge by any means and it didn’t make sense why they would discuss some thing that they wanted to be kept
confidential right here in the first ce but | was notining
about that.
As far as | knew, Dante had received some contact about a ransom amount and he was awaiting further rification on where to
meet to make the exchange.
They nced in my direction briefly and | quickly looked away like | had not been trying to listen to what they had been speaking
about. It was a good thing that | was no longer bound by my wrists over my head. That hade off yesterday when Demetri
had brought me some thing to cat
When the cuffs were removed, | nearly fell to the floor from how out of uch with my b*dy I had be. My arms falling to my
sides caused a burning sensation as the blood squeezed their way back in to my flesh. It burned and tingled and had this
excruciating heated feeling that spread slowly until my finger tips. It made me want to writh in utter pain.
It didn’t help that | couldn’t use my legs just yet. Not only did it hurt the woulds on my b*dy since
every
small movement felt like what ever of it had been healed had been ripped open again. | could smell almost smell it and | prayed
that it was not getting infected.
They didn’t trust me enough even though | couldn’t move by myself but | was far more pleased. with these newer confining
arrangement. | was given a chair to which my legs where chained to and my hands were strained behind my back.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.
Despite having all the time and range of movement to inspected my wounds, | refrained from doing so. | was too terrified to take
a look at what my b*dy had be let alone if any of it had been deteriorating.
“We have to get a doctor in here.” My ears strained at the mention of a doctor. “Before we do the exchange, we should fix her up.
That one cut on her leg isn’t looking too good.” Demetri mumbled in a hushed tone but | could still hear him clearly.
| think the angle of the chair in line with them send their words as crisp and clear straight to my direction.
“She is a captive, Demetri. Pheobe said his name like poison from her tongue. “She is not the one to have sympathy for. It is her
own doing that she is in this mess to begin with.” Pheobe immediately dismissed his suggestion..
“Yes, she is but do you really want Dante to see her first hand in such a state and face his wrath? The man is more connected
than we are. He could destroy us.” He warned Pheobe sounding irritated
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himself at her stubbornness.
Pheobe’s shoes tapped against the floor and grew louder as headed in my direction. She paused a foot away from me and |
looked up at her to find her casting an assessing look over her boyfriends handy work.
Her eye stopped at one specific wound on my leg and | guessed that had been the one that was beginning to look a little funky.
felt it against my flesh since it burned a lot more than any of the other cuts on my b*dy.
She scrunched her nose in disgust from the stenching of of me. | hadn’t showered in days and the wounds didn’t help the
odour at all.
“She really does look mangled.” Pheobe said to Demetri across the room while her hand rested
ther swollen bell
“But no, a doctor’s is showing kindness that she does not deserve. We are not here to nurture and heal. Our aim was to inflict
and we have seeded. All that''s left is for us to cash in our efforts and be done with Dante and her.” Demetri muttered some
thing under his breath and saw just how it rubbed Pheobe the wrong way.
Her eyes
had turned sharp so fast that the change had me blinking to keep up. Her face was nearly red with fury and not just a slight flush
like it had been seconds ago.
“He thinks I’m stupid. He thinks | don’t know what I’m doing. I''ll show him! He can’t out smart me!” For the second time, | witness
Pheobepletely sl*p away from reality.
Her eyes zed over and her hands did jerky movements like she was ready to yank her hair off. It was clear that Pheobe was
no longer in the room with us even though her b*dy physically had
been.
She was insane or suffering from some mental disorders that made her lose it every so often. It would exin so much.
| darted my gaze to Demetri as Pheobe had still been spazzing out to herself. Demetri shot me a re like he was offended at
the fact that | had observed so much. | looked away before | could bring myself any more trouble.
“I''m stupid. No, No! I’m not. | am a mastermind. Every one else is stupid.” She continued looking absolutely deranged and out of
touch with reality.
Demetri moved to yank her a few steps away from me before his hands gripped her shoulders simr to thest time before he
shook her firmly, a little rough this time.
“Pheobel Pheobel Snap out of it. This is not you. Your mind is ying tricks on you. He kept saying that same thing over and
over again as he held her hands away from yanking at her hair and tugging at her own skin.
| wondered if Dante had ever noticed these irregrities in her behaviour in the time that he had.
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been with her it was this some thing that had been newly developed. Surely Dante wouldn’t have been able to miss some thing
so... unmissable.
As much as | knew that Dante could potentially being to my rescue, | didn’t want to think about him too much right now.
Over the few days that | had been kept captive and rough handled. | couldn’t help myself but pin all of this on Dante himself. I’ve
spent several attempts trying to diffuse the thought but the more | entertained it, it just made sense.
For four years | had lived peacefully with out Dante. My life had been drama free and | was happy. There was no Pheobe in my
life, no constantly looking over my shoulder, and none of this bull shit going on to make my life miserable.
Ever since | had returned and Dante had crossed my path, my life had been nothing but constant difficulty, drama, and seeing
me at the hands of two merciless individuals who could kill me if they so wished. Neither Demetri nor Pheobe would have even
thought of using me as a pawn or attacking me if they didn’t want to get to Dante.
Pheobe had been a decision that he had made. A choice that he had chosen leaving me all alone when | needed him the most.
This entire mess was because of him and what he once assumed he
had wanted. If he had not taken Pheobe back when she had returned then none of this would have happened. Pheobe would
have learnt sooner that she had no hold on Dante and left but now she had be too invested to back down from her n.
At every turn in Dante''s life, | had been the sacrificialmb, the coteral damage and nothing more. | was never ced first in
his life and | didn’t think he had any intention of ever doing such a thing.
At what point did | wash my hands from him and say enough? Has my self respect not taken enough of a beating for me to finally
call it quits and have no hope of change.
My eyes stung from all the realisations that hit all at once but at the same time a wall had been erected around my heart against
Dante. | couldn''t trust him any more with out fearing for my own life after what all of this was settled.
Things could go either way at present. There was no telling just how this would all end. | didn’t know if | would make it out as
simply as every one involved currently expected it to be. Every thing hung in the bnce and this was all because of Dante.
Nothing could change my mind about that.
When all of this was done and dusted, | would take Hayley and start anew some where else. It had worked wonderfully well
before.
The sound of rattling, like candy in a jar being shook snapped my out of my thoughts. | looked to the corner of the shed where
Demetri had been handing Sophia arge pill and a bottle of water.
“You need to remember to take your meds on time. You know what happened when you don’t.” Demetri tried to remain calm but
his words held a bite to them but Pheobe had missed it in her
current state of mind.
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Demetri was still trying to case her out of the episode that she was having. | tried to recall in the times | had been at close
quarters with Pheobe if she had disyed any weird behaviour but | couldn''t think of any. Aside from her horrible attitude and
cunning nature, | couldn’t think of any thing out of ce. | wondered also if her parents knew about this. Even if they did, they
would have kept it entirely under wrap to prevent losing face from high society.
In the time that | shared the same home as her, Portia had made sure to keep us apart and sheltered Pheobe from being
exposed to me. Sure, at the time, | had thought it was because Portia didn’t want her around me but now | was considering the
possibility that | was being sheltered from seeing Pheobe having an episode.
“You
“You are pregnant. You can’t be so car-” Demetri had caught himself from finishing that sentence when he saw Pheobe act up
again.
“Drink. He pressed the bottle to her I*ps to halt any words that came out of her mouth admonishing him.
| felt a trickle in my throat and coughed but that had caused Pheobe to snap her gaze at me like | has offended her in the worst
way possible.
She threw the bottle on to the floor sending a wave of water gushing across the floor. Her small frame had risen from the ledge
she had been sitting on and she sauntered over to me faster than | expected.
| wasn’t expecting the p that came from her neither was | prepared for me. It was so uncalled for but apparently she didn’t
think so.
“Do
you think my suffering is amusing?! huh? Do you think that you are better than me?” She screamed right in my face.
| could have sworn that had she not been pregnant, | would have found some way to push her until she fell down just to get her
away from me. | was growing tired of her bullying and irrational behaviour and | didn’t care what the fuck she was dealing with
any more.
“No, | do not. | coughed which is natural response to dust. It isn’t my fault that your ego is so tiny that you think it has some thing
to do with you and your unfortunate circumstances.” | looked her right in her face and muttered thought tightly clenched teeth.
Her eyes were set aze and her pupils were smaller than I’d ever seen them yet her eyes were unnaturally wide making the
whites of her eyes look far too ample.
“Cut it out, Pheobe.” Demetri pulled her away from me just as she was about to hit me again. “You are over reacting. Get out of
here and go get some rest. We can’t have you causing a scene at the time of the exchange. Demetri warned her and it was
probably the first time | had heard him take such a time with her.
Pheobe shrugged him off before swinging around to face Demetri. “You would like that wouldn’t you. So you could run away
would all of that money.” She spat out at him and his nostril red.
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“You don’t mean that, pheobe.” He warned her again.
“| will not leave. | will be here to take that money!” She said firmly and Demetri held his hand up in surrender.
“Okay, okay, but just sit down and wait for your meds to kick in.” He reasoned with her and she actually allowed him to lead her
away from me outside where she could get some air.
With both of them out of the shed, it felt easier to breath despite the stinging on my cheek which was leading to a migraine.
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