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Loveless
Chapter 14
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Jack's POV
I can't believe all of the things that have been happening to me lately. Celia gets kidnapped, people keep saying weird things to me, and I just can't… understand it. I mean, it's all so confusing.
I looked out to the ocean and saw that we were nearing an island. "Is that our destination?" I asked, pointing to the island.
The man steering the boat didn't look back at me at all. "Yes, now sit down and be quiet."
I didn't know why he was so harsh, but I ignored it and sat back down in my seat. I continued to think about the things everyone kept saying to me.
Do you love her?
You are trying to save the person you love.
The keyword here was 'love'. I don't know why everyone keeps bringing that up. Sure, I love Celia… as a friend… I think?
'You're just scared to admit it.'
'Admit what?'
'Your true feelings.'
'Why would I be scared to admit that? If I had feelings for her, then I would've confessed already!'
'Well, you do have a point. But the reason you keep denying it is because you're scared.'
'Scared of what?'
'Don't make me repeat it again. You're scared of—'
The sound of a horn interrupted my thoughts. And if I just heard a horn, then that means one thing—we're at the island.
That man who was steering the boat led me to a huge mansion—this must be where Victor lives.
He pushed me with such force that I almost fell down. "Go in. Whoever you're visiting must be waiting for you." The man said.
"Yeah, I bet he is." I muttered under my breath. I straightened myself up and walked up to the mansion.
He had this very long path that led to the mansion, and it was on top of a hill. I was halfway there and I was already out of breath.
I couldn't stop now though—I needed to save Celia! I looked back at the gate to see if the man was still there, but he was gone.
"Huh. He must've left. He probably has better things to do anyway." I said to myself.
When I finally got to the front door of the mansion, I saw the boat man (my name for him) there.
I ran up to him, panting. "How… did you…. get…..here…so fast?"
"Elevator." He simply said.
I finally caught my breath. "There was an elevator?"
"Yes, it was by the front gate."
"And I didn't notice it… man, I am such an idiot sometimes." I slapped my forehead. "So, why did you come—"
I looked up and he was no where in sight. Where did he go now?
Then all of a sudden, a man who looked exactly like the boat man came out in a butler's outfit. "Hello sir. I will be your guide, so come with me and I'll take you to the master."
"You're the boat man!" I said, pointing accusingly at him. "Why did you change your clothes!?"
He didn't seem phased by my statements at all. "I know no one by the name of 'boat man', and my name is Lee." He straightened his tie and walked into the mansion. "Now come along."
"I still think you're him…" I quickly caught up to him and we walked off into the mansion.
Celia's POV
I walked the halls, thinking about what I should do. If he called back and says that he has arrived with Jack, then I have to stall Victor so he won't find out—because I still have that bad feeling…
"Is anyone here? I have news." Someone said through the walkie-talkie.
"Speak of the devil." I put the walkie-talkie (I found it) closer to my mouth. "Hello?"
"It's me, Lee. I have the target and we are here. Inform the master."
"Yes." I said in a serious tone. I had to play along, right?
"Good." Then he hung up.
"Okay, I have to stall Victor for as long as I can, and then... I'll... what will happen next?" I asked myself dumbly.
But yeah, what will happen next? Lee brings Jack, I stall Victor, and… I get away from Victor, find Jack, and get out of here. It's a foolproof plan, right?
I spotted Victor walking in the hall ahead of me. "Great. Now I have to stall him." I whispered to myself.
I ran up to Victor, waving my arms frantically. "Sir! Sir!"
He turned around with that usual irritated look. "What is it?"
"Umm….there's a fire in the kitchen, sir! What do we do?" I feigned worry.
"You know what to do. I trained all of you servants to take care of those things. Now leave my sight." He started to walk away again.
I kept coming up to him with different excuses. I tried my best to stall him, and when I was about to get away, he snapped.
"Look, you have wasted a large amount of my time over nothing! Now like I said many times before, get out of my sight!" He grabbed my hair (wig) and pushed me against a wall. He was about to walk away when he noticed that he was holding the purple wig I had on in his hand.
He gaped at the wig and slowly turned to me. My hair fell down in my face and I saw that I wasn't wearing the wig anymore—my cover was blown.
"Y-you're…" He started.
"No one. Okay, bye!" I hurriedly said. I ran off as fast as I could, but a guard stopped me.
Victor walked up to us. "You should know that guards follow me almost everywhere, and you should know that you can never trick me." And then he started to get this creepy grin on his face.
I was starting to get scared. What was he going to do to me?
Victor snapped his fingers. "Guard, take care of her. I have no use for her anymore."
The next thing I felt was something hard hitting my head, and then, everything went black.
Muffy's POV
I can't believe Vicky is planning to do something like this. This note, it scares me.
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My Plan
I got engaged to Muffy because I wanted to have a beautiful woman, and everyone would think better of me than they already do; it would just boost my reputation if I were to get married. But then, something happened. A very wealthy man said he wanted me to marry his daughter--I accepted--because if I married her, then we would combine both of our companies and after a while, I would take over his and I would have even more money!
It would all work out perfect, but there was one problem—Muffy. If I was engaged to both women at the same time, and the public found out, my image would be slandered, ruined! Fortunately, I never actually told the public about my engagement to Muffy. But then, Muffy supposedly wrote a letter to her old home saying she was engaged to me, and there's no doubt that some people in that Valley know of my double engagement, so I formulated a plan.
I was going to kidnap the rich guy's daughter and force that farmer to come here and save her. After he came, I would kill the girl in front of his very own eyes, and then kill him. Afterwards, I would kill Muffy as well. Those would be all the people who knew.
I must eliminate everyone who knows.
Then, I would make excuses for all of their deaths, and if that didn't work, my guards and servants would take the blame. It will all work out perfectly. I just hope no one finds this letter. As if they could do anything anyway, the plan is already set in motion.
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"Vicky…" I dropped the paper and sat down on the bed. "I thought you loved me… who knew you were an evil mastermind…" I felt tears run down my face.
For the first time in my life, I was truly scared. He was planning to kill me, he was really going to kill me! He could come in here at any minute and… and…
"Muffy." A voice said from the doorway. I turned around and saw that it was none other than Victor.
"V-Vicky..."
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I've been playing too many murder mystery games, that's how I came up with Victor's plan.
So, is Victor a sadist, insane, crazy, or all of the above? I trust you'll decide. I hope you guys liked this chapter, and I can't wait to write the next one!