December 1st
Naia's POV
I lost track of the days that went by, the weeks that went by. Everyday, James would come into the bathroom in the morning I think and kick me around for a bit. Usually I'd get knocked out and around noon, he'd come back with some food. I'd eat some of it and save the other part for later on when I'm really hungry. Then in the evening, he'd come back and beat me up with a belt or a bat or sometimes just his fists.
Today started off normal day, the beating in the morning, limited food at noon, but in the evening, things took a turn for the worst.
"How are you still holding out?" James said angrily as he came into the bathroom in the evening.
I shrugged, "I'm tougher than you think."
James narrowed his eyes and grabbed me by the arm and pulling me to my feet. "You weren't supposed to last this long." He muttered pulling me out the bathroom. I'm not going to lie, at this point, I thought he was going to pull out a gun and shoot me at any time.
"What are you doing?" I asked him. It couldn't hurt since I was going to die anyways now.
James dragged me into the Samuals previous bedroom before answering. "I'm putting a stop to this now. You've been alive far too long.
"So are you going to shoot me?" I pushed my luck. James looked at me like I was an idiot.
Before I could protest, James threw me onto the bed. I tried to make a break for it now but I was too weak from the lack of actual nutrients in my food. James pinned me down and grabbed my wrist, he then pulled something out of his pocket, it looked like a piece of cloth ribbon, and tied my wrist to the bed post. He then grabbed my other wrist and did the same.
"So you're going to starve me?" I tried to clarify.
James looked at me before smirking and pulling something else out of his pocket.
A match.
No.
"You wouldn't." I seethed. He was going to burn me to death.
James laughed which sounded disgusting to me and lit the match. He then walked out the door and made sure I was watching as he tossed the match into a pile of old clothes.
"When you see my sister, tell her I said hi." James said with an evil grin and left.
I watched as the pile of clothes caught on fire, erupting into flames. I closed my eyes, not wanting to believe this was true. All of this is a nightmare which I'm going to wake up from soon. Gabby and Matt will be there to comfort me.
I opened my eyes and my heart dropped when I saw that the walls were now catching on fire along with the floor. Every part of me wanted to panic but a little voice in my head that sounded an awful lot like Gabby told me not to.
You're the reason they're dead.
Now was not the moment. It wasn't my time to die yet and I knew it. I just had to believe it. Forcing myself to relax, I closed my eyes and for the first time, prayed.