♡ CONFINEMENT ♡
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♡ MARIAN ♡
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I couldn't even cry, what was the use?
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I was locked in the room closest to the living room, although they fed me well, in fact a little too well, this was still a confinement. They weren't treating me badly, that much I was grateful for.
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It had already been two weeks, two weeks of extreme unease, of wondering what they were going to do to me. My school record was sliding down the drain. I had worked tirelessly to excel academically, only for everything to crumble in the end.
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I haven't see Damien since the first day.
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But through my great ability to eavesdrop, I found out things I wish weren't true, I found out I was mistaken for my sister.
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That didn't make it a better news, it just made me devastatingly aware of how little I knew about her. She was supposed to be in uni, not engaged to one of the most dangerous Mafia syndicate
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I refused to believe it, until she told me with her own mouth.
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I constantly wondered if the cops were even looking for me, how was mom and dad faring. After all, their two children were missing.
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I stepped out of my room by 2 P. M. I had studied and memorized their routine, I knew the house was practically deserted in the afternoon.
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Just outside the door was the stairs, the one Martini had strictly warned me was out of bound. But something kept drawing me back to it, or maybe the fact that the mysterious top floor I was never supposed to go was right infront of the room they kept me prisoner in.
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I don't know.
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I looked around, noticing the absence of any guard to stop me.
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My heart thumped in my chest but I refused to step back. What were they going to do to me, lock me up?
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After looking around for potential patrol, I proceeded. My curiosity slowly drowned out my sense of reasoning.
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As soon as I got to the top of the stairs, something shifted. It felt like I had stepped into a different house. There were five doors, but one caught my attention, the one with the black door.
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As I walked into one of the rooms, my initial curiosity died. The room held little interest, filled with arts. But the next room stole my breath.
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The room was large and dark, instantly reminding me of Damien, I found my self marveling at the details scattered around the space. My fingers skimmed over a figurine as I studied the beauty of the room.
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It was a pregnant woman bearing a heavy load, with a toddler holding onto the selvedge of her cloth.
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I wondered why something so delicate and meaningful was in a mafia home, a place where violence was as simple as eating.
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I wanted to take the figurine.
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I grabbed it, contemplated slipping it into my pant pocket. However, the feeling of unease made me hesitate. Foolishness, perhaps, to risk entering a lion's den. I had been warned not to take a step up the stairs, yet I did it and was still thinking of stealing. Realizing I wasn't thinking right, I turned to leave.
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Then,
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I froze.
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He walked out of the bathroom, his expression icy.
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I stared, unable to take my eyes off him. He was wearing nothing but the towel wrapped snugly around his waist, his damp skin glistening under the soft light. His wet hair dripped down his chest and unto the floor.
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I stared shamelessly. All manners of thoughts out the window.
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"What are you doing in here?" His voice, though calm, felt like it was vibrating through my brain.
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"I was just.." I trailed off, unable to form a coherent sentence. I waited for him to chastise me for my recklessness. A nervous chuckle escaped me as I slowly edged toward the door, only to find it shut.
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I pulled on the door knob while maintaining eyecontact with Damien–fearing that if I looked away, that would be the end–it wouldn't budge.
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My pulse raced when I noticed a change in his attitude. He appeared as though he could ravage me, as though my mere presence in that room repulsed him.
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But to my relief, he merely escorted me out, his grip firm but not cruel.
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He didn't say another word.
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My heart didn't calm as I gripped the railing, I was sweating everywhere, my body barely registering going down the stairs. I heaved a breathe of relief as soon as I closed the door to the room.
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I slid down the door, the jittering in my body finally settling down.
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One thing was sure. This much fear wasn't okay for my body. I would die before I was killed.
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I needed to leave here. Take matters into my own hand.
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I plopped on the bed, ready to sleep again.But the thought of being free from all this had me laying awake.
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Martini wasn't my only obstacle, he was the most aware of me in here.
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I began putting my plan into action and kept an eye on everything that happened in the house, including the bodyguards' patrols and the schedules of all the members.
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I had explored every accessible inch of this maze they called house, and to my advantage, there were lots of blind spot.
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While I was checking out the CCTV again, Martini's antagonising gaze met mine again. I planned to give it a week to set my plan in motion. I was determined to escape the house I deemed hell, the place where nightmares felt at home.
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Martini always had a somewhere to go by 2pm and always returned two hours later smelling of gun powder. It was enough time to slip away without the guards noticing. They didn't really care much about me.
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I was merely a fly that wouldn’t buzz off.
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After making sure I had a tangible reason for following Martini around, he was caught off guard but called me a wild card. Bless my impulsive tendencies.
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I told him I was interested in guns. I found out where the car keys were and even managed to sneak a gun out of the arsenal. It wasn’t like they were ever going to suspect me.
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It was a revolver with a six-round magazine. I found that out from Martini.
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He enjoyed assembling his weapons right outside the door of the room I was in. I couldn’t really stay still with the sound of metal clashing, so I always went to sit across from him just to see which gun he was busy with at the moment. That was a huge assistance to me.
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He told me they had plenty bullets for the revolver, so I took it.
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It fascinated me, but the fascination ended faster than I thought. As soon as my mind wandered to what the gun actually did, I realized this was a killing machine. This particular one must have been the reason for someone’s demise.
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I dropped it hurriedly, ridding my hand of the unusual feeling
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♡♡♡
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Two days later, I finally had everything I needed.
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It was easier to slip away since everybody seemed busy with something else.
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Today, they had dragged out a man, half-beaten to death, like a sack of meat tossed into a corner.
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The man was a horrifying sight, more a bloodied heap than a person. His skin was marred with vicious bruises, a canvas painted in blacks and purples. Blood oozed from gashes that cut deep. His fingers, twisted and swollen, looked like they had been shattered mthodically. His eyes, almost swollen shut, stared vacantly ahead, the life behind them flickering weakly as if debating whether to extinguish entirely. His mouth, smeared with a trail of dried blood, mumbled incoherent sounds.
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They usually didn’t bring people in when I was awake. It was usually in the middle of the night when I couldn’t see.
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I had witnessed them moving bodies in body bags, but I had never been as scared as I was seeing the man.
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But that wasn’t my concern.
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Like the man with the severed finger, I was also an unfortunate victim who had her life snatched away.
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A shiver ran down my spine when I made eye contact with Damien. He appeared colder. A different person, maybe.
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He looked like he would give the devil a run for his money.
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I tried not to dwell on the momentary eye contact and focus on the task at hand. These people were soulless and I needed to escape with my humanity still intact.
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I snuck behind one of the big flower pots, carefully evading the CCTV. I had studied all the dark spots, and my dark outfit, which made me blend in with the night, provided the disguise I needed.
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I slipped away.
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It was too easy.
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Almost as if they wanted me to escape.
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I tried not to overthink it since I really needed to see my parents.
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As soon as I reached an open road, about an hour's walk from the house, I checked my watch. I had made it in just twenty-eight minutes running the entire way.
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Adrenaline fueling my movement
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I waved at passing cars, desperate for someone to stop, but each vehicle sped past without a second glance.
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Finally, a black sedan pulled over, and a young woman inside offered me a ride to the nearest bus stop. Thankfully, the woman didn’t ask any questions.
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I expected something—why I was out alone at this hour, why I looked so disheveled—but instead she simply drove in silence.
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I was grateful for that.
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When we reached the bus stop, the woman gave me a small, understanding smile before driving away.
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My hands were a trembling mess as I looked around the bus stop. I couldn't shake the feeling of being hunted, even though I was finally free of the house.
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I had carefully laid out my plan. I bought myself time, they wouldn’t realize I was gone immediately.
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I had included my escape as part of my routine, making it look like I was simply heading into the room for the evening at the exact time I slipped away.
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I knew no one would disturb me. I had made sure of that.
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I acted immatured, I crafted a simple cardboard sign and taped it to the door.
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The sign clearly stated 'Do Not Enter'
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Martini had knocked a few times, wanting to check on me, but I ignored him, pretending to be asleep. On one occasion, when he did enter and found me 'sleeping', I later berated him for invading a girl's privacy.
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That one incident was enough to ensure they would respect my boundaries and left me alone, believing I was asleep unless told otherwise.
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At least, that was my hope.
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When I reached my house, I immediately started calling for my parents.
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But there was no answer. The door was already ajar.
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I stepped inside, my eyes scanning the quiet, usually lively house.
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Something felt off.
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“Mum?” I called, but there was no answers.
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I stopped in my tracks
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My legs gave way, and I collapsed to the floor, my heart sinking.
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and then Add to home screen.