pure disbelief.
“No one will believe me anyway. They’ll all think I’m some sort of crazy girl hopped up on something,” I muttered to myself. Maybe I should consider another possibility.
“I wouldn’t run either if I were you; we’re not in the city anymore. Plus there are guards all around the estate,” he said as I dashed passed him. “And I gave them a thorough description of a young woman that might try to run. I told them to keep her here at all cost,” I froze right on the spot.
It was pointless to run now. H e and his guards would just drag me back here. I don’t know what I was thinking when I grabbed a tall glass vase. He didn’t even turn around to look at me and what I had in my hands.
“This can be easy or this can be very hard. It’s your choice but either way you’re not going anywhere,” he added with his back to me.
I quietly w alked towards him with the vase in my hand and aimed it in the direction of his head. It was a blur when he turned and grabbed the vase right out of my hands before it could hit him. I staggered back as he stood up with anger returning into his eyes as he charged towards me.
“You’re really starting to piss me off!” He shouted.
Fear stricken , I retreated back gasping only to be stopped by a locked door. I whimpered, as I couldn’t look at him anymore. I wrapped my arms around myself. Suddenly he stopped and put the vase down like it scorched his hand. He put his hands up in defense and took a few steps back.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to frighten you,” he said with his soft soothing voice returning once again. I looked up at him in shock. “I don’t hit women,” he then added. Obviously offended by the idea that I thought he would hit me. He looked at me like I’d just hit him below the belt. Why did I feel the need to comfort him? I automatically dropped my arms. “Angelina, I know this is stressful for you but please trust me. I just need you to stay here so that I know you’re safe. Like Carmella said I won’t hurt you and neither will anyone one else by you staying here.”
“I want the truth.”
“That is not the best time to explain,” he turned away from me.
“What about my family and friends? What about my job? They’re going to realize that I’m missing and they’ll come looking for me,” I added.
“No, they won’t,” he assured.
“Excuse me?”
“You see, you left a message for them last night and told them that you decided to take a well deserved secret vacation. You told them not worry about anything and you’ll call once you get back to town,” he said poring himself another cup of coffee.
“What? I didn’t call them…” before I could continue, he pulled out his phone and my voice came through after my mom’s answering machine went off. That was it, there were no more weapons left in my arsenal and there was definitely no escaping… I didn’t even care at this point how the hell his phone was able to perfectly mimic my voice because he could kill me now and no one would ever know it was him who did it. “I didn’t tell them where I was,” I whispered. “Or when I was coming back,” I looked into his worried eyes and I could feel myself go weak in the knees in front of him.
At this point I didn’t want to fight the darkness that was threatening to overtake my body. For a moment he looked horrified. I didn’t understand why but I looked up at him questioningly. Then out of nowhere everything went black…
Chapter Four
I knew I pushed Angelina way too far when she figured out the implications of the ‘phone call’ that she supposedly made to her mother’s home back in Virginia. No one would look for her and no one would ever believe her. She started swaying and I fought the need to reach out and hold her. I knew that if I touched her it would send her over the edge and me as well. She looked at me like she was trying to figure out what she was going to do. Then much to my surprise