Chapter 43

Greg

Before going to my company the next morning, I went to the secret room in which Linka was kept,

And I took some water and food with me. I know that the baby needs a lot of water because of the leakage of the fluid that surrounds him. When I entered her, I found her lying on the bed without moving. Her face was so yellow that I thought she was dead, but I heard the sound of her breath indicating that she was crying. Then she opened her eyes and looked at me

"Is the baby okay?" I just wanted to check on my heir.

"I don't know, I haven't felt it move since yesterday, I feel terrible pain in my back, I don't know why" without looking at me.

"The baby will be fine, maybe he just needs some food." she obviously didn't like my answer, she doesn't look at me, she doesn't want to talk to me, I had an important meeting so I left her and closed the iron door

Three days have passed and she has always been silent, she does not talk to me, does not look at me, I know she can't be anything but afraid, and how can't she be afraid? And she is trapped in my hell, she looks strong but I know that she will eventually collapse, she will ask for more food and more supplies that I have not provided her until now. But her rigidity and her insistence on not talking nor looking at me pissed me off so much, so I decided to take a step knowing that she would fall kneeling in front of me until I stopped it.

"Well, sweet heart, I feed you daily and come to make sure you're fine every day, yet I don't hear a word thank you." I sat next to her on the bed and brought my face close to her.

"Thank you" and she turns away from me.

"Just like that, maybe I need the physical act of giving thanks, my sweet." I grabbed her by her hair and directed her against my face, and kissed her against her will. She was trying to escape, but to where? She will never be able to, when I turned the weight of my body towards her, she started pushing me and scream, which I wanted to hear

"No, no, please Greg, please don't do this, I can't defend myself , please don't, if you do that I will lose the baby, and I will go into a cycle of critical complications, please, don't do that" Finally I heard her begging me and pleading , then I turned away from her, laughing in pleasure

"Don't be afraid, sweet heart, now you're safe, I'll never harm my heir, I know about the leakage of the amniotic fluid that keep my boy safe."

"How did you know that?" She said surprised

"I'm Greg, princess, I have eyes everywhere, I know the doctor told you not to have sex until my son is born, but after you give birth, I will make up for all this deprivation, I promise." Her eyes were filled with tears and she looked terrified, then I went out and left her, and I know she was crying so hard

The police circulated the Descriptions of my beautiful prisoner throughout the state, a Russian ,tall blonde, eight months pregnant, she was wearing a white dress when she disappeared, and they printed leaflets with her picture and distributed them everywhere,

They reported it to all the hospitals, and required them to do a DNA test in case if any woman bringing a newborn child and claiming to be his mother.

They interrogated all her friends and acquaintances and spread the news of her disappearance in the local news. I was one of the first to interrogate me, especially when the spud stuffer was asked if he thought that anyone had an interest in kidnapping or killing her. He pointed the finger at me, the police searched the villa, where Wheeler was there himself to search with the rest of the police and investigators. He seemed to be heartbroken and in an indescribable state of sadness, and that made me happy to look at his face, I was laughing inside, I know that he has a feeling that I hid her somewhere Or at least I had a hand in her disappearance, I know that when I looked at him with his gloating, I felt it when he looked at my malicious smile that says to him in silence that I have finally won, "What can you do now, Redhead?"

They searched the library, but no one would have guessed that the shelves could be moved by a hidden button, revealing a heavy iron door behind the walls. The investigators and the rest of the police were suspicious of me, but in my manipulation and deception I turned the table on Wheeler, I told them that I was offering her to live with me, because he was hurting and abusing her. Especially after he knew that I was in a relationship with her when they were separated, and after he knew that the baby that she is carrying is mine, he started hitting her, so she might have decided to abandon him and leave the city, Instead of focusing on investigating me like the previous case, I made them focus on him and he became the first suspect in the case, no one can imagine my happiness now.

Linka

"Don't worry baby, Daddy will come to save us, don't be afraid, I will never let this evil man's hand touch you, I promise."

Linka was rubbing her hands on her swollen belly and talking to her fetus, trying to stay strong and coherent, she decided never to irritate Greg, and would never discuss anything with him except when necessary after he hit her that night until he bleed her, her forehead and the tip of her mouth was bleeding, There were scattered bruises and cuts on her body, in her arms, legs, and face, and all of this she didn't care much about, except for the leakage she felt from her womb after Greg hit her that worried her. Every time she saw little drops in her underwear, but This time the leakage was more, she tried to scream for help , but she knew that her health condition did not allow any pressure on her uterus, she was afraid that Greg would hear her and tie her harshly and shut her mouth like her first day in her dark prison, she had already read the stories of some girls who were captive for years, but never thought that she would face the same fate .She decided not to move at all except when she used the bathroom in order to minimum the leakage

Greg was coming to her every night and sit watching her in silence, this silence was terrifying her, because she knew he is definitely planning for something during his silence, every time he came to bring her very little quantity of food, she was remembering how Wheeler was insisting that she eat more, in those good days when she was with him. "Don't worry Babe, you're not getting fat, it's for the baby." She remembers how she was arguing with him, she missed him so much, and all his kind and loving words to her, she remembers him when he put his hand on her stomach and the baby kicks where Wheeler puts his hand on "Hey baby, are you ready to go out and play with your dad?" She remembers how he was keen to remind her of the follow-up appointments with the doctor ,and the times for taking vitamins, how he used to bring her whatever she wanted to eat even if she didn't ask for it, how he used to go with her to the doctor and help her get up or sit at the examination table, she remembers his smile when she looks at him As he looks at the screen and meditates their baby , she remembers how he used to squeeze her hand every time they heard their baby's heartbeat, her tears rolled down on her cheeks as she remembered how she used him as a pillow during her sleep, and he never objected or annoyed, and she is here in Greg prison sleeping on a mattress covered with plastic Only, without a pillow or even a blanket, for some moments she thought she might go crazy and lose her mind, but only her baby's kicking inside her kept hope in her heart.

She noticed that when she thinks about Wheeler and her eyes tear up, the baby kicks more than usual, "Yes my baby, I know you miss him too." She spent her time talking to her baby about his father, how she met him, how he convinced her to love him, and how they overcame all odds together.

Days passed, and Linka did not know whether it was morning or evening she event doesn't know where he keep her, in this dark room that did not reach the sunlight, the reason for her tenacity and strength was her belief that this would not be the end, and that one day she would come out of here to see the sun again, but she hopes that It will be soon before the baby is born, she can't believe that this monster will take her baby from her and attribute her baby to him, "I won't let him turn my baby into a monster like him", Linka was only thinking about a way to saving her baby now, especially after she knew that Greg wouldn't have Sex with her until she will give birth .Because somehow he knew about her critical medical condition, she was afraid he would insult her again, she couldn't believe what he was threatening to do to her to let her a sex slave to him.

Wheeler

Kwame is lighting two candles on the dining table, making sure the chicken piccata he made was delicious.

"Mmmmm, that's great." As he is tasting the dish. "Now Karen will arrive in any minute "He made a romantic dinner for his girlfriend

Then he dimmed the lights in his apartment When someone knocks on the door, "Oh, she came at the right time," rubbing his hands excitedly. When he opened the door, he surprised seeing Wheeler stand staggering at the door, and from his eyes it was clear that he was crying, though he had never seen Wheeler cry in his life. "Wheeler, are you okay?"

"No Kwami, I'm not okay, yes, three weeks ago I was fine, I was happy, I was in love , I was expecting my baby to come into this world, look at me now, I'm just a ghost who doesn't know where to go without her" He enters Kwame's apartment staggering

"Wheeler, are you drunk? You've never been drunk, especially since you know what your life with your father was like because of his alcoholism."

"Well, I couldn't find another way to escape Kwami."

"Wheeler, sit down. I'll make you some coffee." Kwami sat Wheeler at the table and intended to go to the kitchen.

"No, don't leave me, please Kwami, I need ... I need someone to listen to me, I know I'm a policeman and I'm supposed to be strong and brave, but I'm not, I don't even have the courage to go and sleep in our bed without her , Kwami" Then Wheeler cried Like children, Kwame hugged him, and Wheeler continued his speech by saying, "The memories pass through my head like a video tape all the time Kwame, the memories surround me everywhere, I can't stay in our apartment, I see her phantom everywhere there, her things, her clothes, The baby's stuff that we bought together, it's all over there, I spend time cuddling her pillow and sniffing it, You have no idea what torment I'm going through, Kwame, I just want to know if she's dead or not, if she is, I don't want my life, I want to be with her, please, Kwami."

"Wheeler don't say that, be strong as I know man, I'm sure she'll come back, she loves you."

"I'm not strong don't you get it, I was strong for her, because she wanted me to be strong, Kwame I'm without her, literally nothing, you know what I was before I knew her, I was a street kid, I fight with criminals all day, I waste my time without A goal, until she came to my life, like a star that lights up the dark night, she illuminated my life, for her sake only I became a man, for her sake I chose to mature and be responsible as she wanted me to be, to deserve her, for her and only her I became a policeman ,to let her love me and choose me, She is the one who made me a human being, she is the one who give a meaning to my life."

Here Kwame's eyes started tearing up in the same time, he was trying to comfort Wheeler in vain.

When Karen entered through the door, the door was partially open "Kwame what's going on, oh my God, Wheeler are you okay?" Karen put her hand on Wheeler's shoulder

Wheeler looked at her sadly "Oh" Karen, didn't Gi tell you she's done preparing for the baby shower party, Linka supposed to have her party by now, but where is she? Where is our baby? I can't believe this, why oh my god? Why? "Wheeler started crying again and put his hands between his palms and tilted his head to his knee

"Wheeler, please don't do this to yourself," Karen said, getting emotional and exchanging looks of sadness and pity with Kwame.

"Wheeler, don't worry my friend, I'm here for you, come back and sleep in my apartment again. I've missed you, my friend."

Oh yeah, again, the first time we had a fight, she kicked me out, I don't mind if she comes back and kicks me out every day, even if she will stab me in my heart it doesn't matter, the most important thing is to know that she's alive, last time When I shared your apartment with you I knew I would come back to her, but now... God, I can't believe this is the end, I can't believe I'll never see her again." He was hitting his knee with his fist and screaming

"Wheeler I'm sure we'll find her, just try to calm yourself down," said Karen to Wheeler, comforting him.

"She didn't even say goodbye, she didn't kiss me goodbye, I wanted to die old, we promised that our graves would be near each other and spend eternity together, but she didn't keep her promise, she kept me from even lying dead next to her, and what breaks my heart even more is that She does not have a grave to visit, she does not have a grave for which I carry flowers and cry next to it." He said that while crying out in pain.

"Wheeler, stop, don't say that, she's alive."

"I read every report of a dead body anywhere, I fear like hell, I fear it is her, do you know what it means to wait for news of finding the body of your love decomposing somewhere in every moment?" He returned to shouted again.

"Weller please for Linka, stay strong, she wouldn't like to see you like this, you know, be strong for her" Kwame said as he rested his hand on his shoulder.

Wheeler was silent for a few moments, then became delirious with alcohol and sadness, as if he was talking to her, "I've never had enough of loving you babe, we haven't got married yet my love, we haven't had our first child yet, you haven't worn the engagement ring that I bought it for you yet, I can't forget you, Sleep in peace my love, I will never forget you, I promise."

Kwami and Karen stayed near Wheeler, comforting him, until he fell asleep like a baby on Kwami's couch.

"I'm so sorry Karen, I had planned to make you a special night, but you can see what happened."

"Oh it's okay Kwami, you're a great friend by the way, and I hope you're a lover like Wheeler too, you know something? I'd be very lucky girl if you love me half as much as Wheeler love Linka.