Angelica.

He entered the house with me trailing behind him like a lost puppy. My brain was still trying to register what happened, I was almost rapped, but he saved me, he also shot down all those men with no problem at all, he's a dangerous man and you're sending yourself into the lions den by trailing after him like this. I should be scared of him but am not, who exactly is he?

"Thank you." I said to him as we entered the his room, the same room I was supposed to stay in.

He didn't respond.

"What is your name?" I asked after realising I didn't know his name but he knew mine.

No response.

"Why did you save me?" I asked again, he didn't know me but he slept with me and just now he saved me from getting rapped. But he knows my name and I didn't tell it to him maybe he visited the hotel at one point or another? That might be it.
I was starting to get irritated by his silence.

"Whatt..." I was about to ask but he cut me short.

"Why did you run?" He asked in a low deadly voice.

Am starting to be more scared of him than the guys who tried to rape me.

"Huh?"

"I know you heard my question, am not going to repeat it cause I don't like repeating myself now answer the question."

"Am sorry." Was all I could say I didn't know what to say to his question.

"That's not what I want to hear." He said as he made his way towards me with slow strides, his eyes on my breast making me realise that my shirt was torn and I have nothing but a jacket on. Instinctively,I grabbed both ends of the jacket and crossed them as a way to shield my body from his unwavering gaze.

"I...i..i.." I stuttered looking anywhere but his eyes,I don't know what to say.

"What did i say to you before I left?" He asked holding my hair between his fingers, the same hair that those guys were holding , but with him it felt different.

"That I am not allowed to go anywhere else other than this room." His words rang in my head.

"And what did you do?"

"I went out of the room." I responded feeling ashamed. I felt like a kid being scolded by her parents but the only difference is,I don't know what kind of punishment to expect.

"What punishment should I give you for your disobedience?" He asked as he moved his fingers from my hair to my chin and then forcefully lifting my head up so I was staring into his furious green eyes that seemed to darken with my silence.

"Ummmm," I tried to pry my chin from his hold so I couldn't look into his furious eyes but he held tighter. So tight I started to feel slight pain from his hold.

" answers!" He screamed at my face.
Gone was the man who held me few hours ago, standing in front of me was a cold blooded killer, the man who shot a group of guys with no trouble at all. I was scared.

"Please forgive me,I won't run again."

I said and he laughed.

"No, no I won't, you wanted to get out of this room right? I will get you out." He said as he went to his closet and came out with a pair of worn out looking sweatpants and a huge black shirt. He gave them to me and asked me to wear them and he left the room. After I was done changing into the clothes he gave i sat on the floor and waited for him to come back.
He has been gone for half an hour and the anticipation of what he will do is killing me.

He came back in after an hour with a tray of food in his arms.
He sat on the floor beside me and pushed the tray in front of me.
I looked at the mashed potatoes, and steak and my stomach chose that moment to grumble.

"Eat." He said.
Even though he didn't seem as furious as he did before he left the room ,I could still tell he was upset.

I slowly started to stuff myself with the food and he watched me eat the food. It was uncomfortable to eat with someone watching your each and every move.
He patiently waited for me to finish eating and then he grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the room.

I am scared to ask where he's taking me but again I just have to know.

"Where are you taking me?"

"Outside for your punishment." He responded and I shut my mouth,I guess I do deserve it.

It was getting hard to keep up with his long strides as my legs were so much shorter than his. Once we were out the mansion he stood at the door while I stood three stairs below him.

"You wanted to go outside the room right? I got you out and now you will stay here until I allow you go come back inside." He started" and don't think of running it's dark outside here,who knows what's lurking in those woods or outside that gate, but you being you ,i know you might be stupid enough to run, but know one thing, there is nowhere in this world you'd run to that I wouldn't find you ." He finished looking directly into my eyes. And he went back into the mansion leaving me by myself in the night.

The air was cold, the night was dark, predators of the dark were awake and my senses were on high alert. I could hear wolves howling from somewhere in the woods or maybe you're just scared shitless you have started hearing things. I really hope that would be the case cause I don't know what I would do if a large crazy wolf decided to pounce out of nowhere. I couldn't see any sign of life around me but it's not like you have cat eyes you could see in the dark It's true but I couldn't make out any silhouette of anything anywhere.
I climbed up the stairs and hugged myself tightly, it is really cold out here but am happy am not hungry, it would have been hard to deal with hunger and the cold. I lay my body on the cold ground, brought my legs closer to my chin and held them as I tried to zone out every other creepy sound. Even though the cluttering sound my teeth were creating was to hard to drown out cause my body was shivering.

"Mom please be with me." I whispered out as I tried so hard to fall to sleep. I guess luck was not on my side as i was met with a nightmare sleep filled episode.

it was my twelfth birthday and I was very excited, I stayed up all night and waited for it to clock twelve.

"Angel, it's twelve zero three !i know you are awake come down " I heard my mothers voice say from somewhere in the kitchen. I giddily run down the stairs and went to the kitchen where I saw a beautifully decorated cake waiting for me with twelve candles that signaled my age inserted at the top of it.

"Happy birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday my sweet daughter

Happy birthday to you." My mother said as she lit the candles that stood proudly at the top of cake.

"Happy Birthday my angel, may you be happy." She said again as she hugged me and told me to blow out the candles and make a wish.

I was so excited I took in a lot of air and puffed up my cheeks, but before I could blow out the candles, the front door opened and in staggered my father. He saw the cake and looked between my mother and I before he furiously stormed towards her and slapped her hard on the cheeks.

"You trump!!!you have no shame do you?" He screamed at her face while my mother sobbed.

I looked at the cake then at my mother blew the candles out and wished she would be free of my father.

I carried my small feet towards her and tried to stop him from hitting her.

"Daddy please stop hitting her it's my birthday." I said and he froze

"I am not your father you little piece of shit!!" He screamed at me before slapping me hard on the cheek and I sobbed.

My mother hugged me and held me behind her to shield me from him.

"Your problem is with me! Don't hit my child she is not at fault." My mother screamed back him, it was the first time I ever heard her talk back to him.

My father looked at me with so much hate and disgust before saying.
"You're right, she is not at fault, this is all your fault you whore!" He screamed again and dragged her out the house. I quickly followed after them to get to my mother.
After throwing us out of the house he shut the door and went back in.

My mother held me in the dark as we sat on the front door and said"don't ever let a man treat you like this and break you down, you are worth so much more and are much stronger than you think, never back down."

I woke up from the nightmare and felt tears trickle down my face, I will not back down. I will avenge my mother.i will make them pay!

© Vanessa kasonde