A/N: hey I'm back!!! Glad to be of service!! Since I really liked this writing-about-the-13-Ghosts thing, it seems I can't stop… how bizarre can you get??? Hehehe… what else?? Oh, also hope you liked the chapter about the torso…. It was really hard I'm telling you… but now it's the bound woman's turn… that's easy… well… sort of… ^___^   0___o???  ÜÜÜ

Thanks by the way to melissal. for reviewing chapter 2…. THANKSI-THANKS!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: 13 Ghosts was never ever mine. Though I occasionally think the torn prince is really hot. Hehehe.

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Chapter 3: The Bound Woman

Susan Le Grow stood in front of her bedroom mirror and admired herself. She twirled around and smiled.

Susan was the most popular girl in Hampton High. She was greatly adored by many guys and loved by almost everyone. She had good grades, her family was perfect, and to top it all of, she was beautiful. But there was one thing in her life that was bad.

Her boyfriend.

Chet Sanders was the most violent and envious boyfriend anyone could have. And unfortunately, he was Susan's. To be honest, he was good-looking, and he was the captain of the varsity football team.

But he had a huge attitude problem. He would occasionally beat Susan up whenever he saw her talking to someone, he would shout rude words at her, even just slap her for no reason. Everyone tried persuading Susan to dump Chet as soon as possible before anything else happened. But since Susan loved her boyfriend so much, she just ignored this people.

"Susan! Chet's here!"

"I'm coming!" Susan shouted back. She sat back to her bed and wore her shoes. She went to her table mirror and applied once last time red lipstick and fixed her purse. She patted her hair one last time before rushing downstairs.

As she stepped down, Chet was sitting on the sofa wearing a black suit with a dark blue and green tie. He was fiddling with a small box and looking around, with an impatient expression on his face.

"Oh finally." He muttered as he saw Susan walk towards him.

"Hi! You ready?" Susan asked.

"Whatever." Chet replied standing up.

He handed the box to Susan and walked on towards the door. She sighed and looked down on the box in her hand. Inside was a small, yellow corsage. Susan opened the box, took the flower and slid it through her wrist. She smiled as she admired the yellow flower resting upon her hand that was giving off a sweet smell.

"Hey Susan! Would you hurry up, please?!" Chet shouted from inside.

"Okay I'm coming!" she shouted back. Susan turned to her mother who was standing in the hallway and approached her to kiss her goodbye.

"Be careful okay, honey?" Mrs. Le Grow whispered over at Susan.

"Don't worry mom. I will." Susan said as she gave her mom a small peck on the cheek. She gave a last wave before finally going out.

"Next time, could you hurry up please?" Chet said sternly above the engine as Susan sat down beside him.

"Sorry." Susan said as she ran her hand along her arms. It was getting chilly. She pulled down the end of her dress as Chet started to back down the driveway. Soon, they were on the way to the Hampton High Prom Dance.

"So what do you wanna do?" Susan asked as silence overpowered them earlier.

"Nothing." Chet muttered. "I just wanna go and have a drink with the lads there."

"Oh." Susan slumped back and frowned. How come her boyfriend was acting as if they weren't together? And why was he acting peculiar?

In a few minutes the two were by the school parking lot and Chet was backing up the car. As he was finished, he turned the engine off and stepped out. Susan pushed the car door opened and stepped out too.

"C'mon Susan hurry up! It's starting already!" Chet cried as he headed for the entrance. Susan ran towards Chet and fell in step with him.

Chet pushed the doors open and entered the high school gym. As Susan followed, she gasped in delight. The gym was decorated wonderfully with strips of different colored papers and there was a large banner by the stage with the words "Hampton High Prom Dance" written boldly across. Loud music was played and people were scattered around, some were dancing, some were eating and some were just talking.

"Hey Chet let's go over—" but Susan was cut short when she found her boyfriend long gone from her side. He was at the corner with the other football players and acting as if she was not there. Susan sighed.

"Hey Susan!"

Susan looked back. Her friends, Amanda and Stephanie, came running to her.

"Hey!" she cried, trying to act happy.

"We were waiting for you!" Amanda said as she laced her arms around Susan's.

"Yeah." Stephanie replied lacing her arm on Susan's other one.

"What's up?" Susan asked as the three walked over to one of the tables, were the rest of Susan's friends and their boyfriends sat.

"They're about to announce prom king and queen!" Stephanie cried as they sat down.

"And obviously it would be you Susan!" Marie, another of her friends, said.

"Of course not! Everyone has a chance to be prom queen you know." Susan said blushing.

After that the group talked on and waited until the prom king and queen were announced. Some left for a while to get something to eat and some left to dance. Since Chet wasn't available, Susan had to sit at the table and talk, even if she badly wanted to dance.

Soon, it was time.

"Excuse me? Uh, everyone?" Mrs. Turner, the principal, announced over the microphone. The long, screeching sound the microphone caused rang through the gym as the sounds were turned off. Everyone placed their hands on their ears and groaned.

"Sorry about that." Mrs. Turner said. "Anyway, as we all know the moment has come to announce the prom king and queen!"

Everyone cheered after this announcement.

"Okay now," Mrs. Turner added. "We have Patrisha Rodriguez here to announce the winners!"

Everyone cheered once more as a slender girl in a white gown stepped up the microphone with a small cardboard in her hand.

"Hey everyone!" Patrisha said over the microphone as everyone continued cheering. "This is the moment we're all been waiting for!"

She paused and smiled. She looked down on the card in her hands as everyone finally went quite.

"Drum roll please." Patrisha said. A drum rolling sound was played across the gym as everyone looked back at the stage with anticipation.

"First, let me announce the prom king!" Patrisha looked down. "Our prom king for this year is…."

Boys around crossed their fingers.

"…BILLY BOB!!!"

Everyone cheered as Billy Bob stood up and walked over the stage. He took the crown, placed it upon his head and waved at the crowd.

Girls screamed as he smiled. Billy was probably the most strongly admired guy in Hampton High. He was attractive, smart, funny, and was a part of the basketball team. A lot of girls wanted him, but he only had eyes for one girl.

Susan.

"Now for the main event! The prom queen!" Patrisha said once again. She waited for the crowd to calm down before speaking once more.

"Drum roll once again!" Patrisha cried as she opened the card in her hands. "Our beloved prom queen is…"

Girls started muttering to themselves and wishing their names was announced.

"…SUSAN LE GROW!!!"

Amanda screamed as Susan's name was announced. Susan, on the other hand, was dumbfounded. Stephanie pushed her up as she hesitated walking up the stage. Most of the girls were glaring at her and a lot of boys watched her dreamily as she walked over to the stage. A small crown was placed on top of her head as someone tied a light blue silk cape around her. Someone handed her a scepter and balloons started falling from the ceiling and everyone shouted in delight.

Susan could feel tears as she waved to the crowd. Billy stepped up beside her and placed his arms around her shoulder. Susan looked up and smiled at him as she felt a small rush of electricity.

"Kiss her!!!" someone shouted from the crowd and everyone cheered. Billy laughed and looked down at Susan. "Should I?" he asked, examining her face. But before Susan could reply, Billy had already bent down and gave her a light kiss on the cheek. Everyone cheered while some hooted them.

Susan looked around and looked for Chet. She saw him standing at one of the dark corners glaring back at them. Susan felt a pang of uneasiness as she met her boyfriend's mean gaze. Chet then disappeared out of nowhere. Susan breathed in deeply and smiled at Billy as he asked her if she was okay.

Soon, the flow of the dance was back and everyone was dancing. Susan was sitting at their table once more as everyone started talking to her. As someone was asking her how it felt being prom queen, Billy Bob came.

"Uh Susan?" Billy asked as he tapped her by the shoulders. "Would you care to dance?"

Amanda nudged Susan by the side and urged her to say yes. Susan looked back at Billy and smiled.

"Uh, sure." Susan said standing up and placing down her scepter and crown by the table. "Would you guys be so kind to hold this for a while?"

"Sure no problem!" Stephanie said as she carefully arranged the scepter beside the crown. Susan smiled. She then looked up at Billy and they walked over the dance floor. The two started dancing and for once, Susan felt happy that day.     

As the two danced, someone suddenly approached Susan.

"Hey Susan!"

Susan turned around. A girl was walking towards her.

"Susan! Uh, Chet's looking for you. He's outside."

"Okay, thanks." The girl nodded and walked away. "Uh Billy? Would you excuse me?"

"Uh, yeah sure. It's your boyfriend." Billy replied, half-frowning.

"Thanks." Susan smiled and walked away. She pushed open the door and a strong gust of wind greeted her. She wrapped her arms around herself and walked on. She saw Chet by the parking lot and ran there.

"Hey Chet! You were looking for me?" Susan said as she stepped up before Chet. He, on the other hand, averted his gaze to her and met her eyes. There was something in Chet's eyes that made Susan feel scared.

Chet stepped closer and grabbed Susan's arm. He then dragged her with him to the football field.

"Where are you taking me Chet???" Susan cried.

"You know what I really hate Susan???" Chet cried as he briskly walked over to one of the dark corners beside the garden shed.

"People who flirt a lot!"  He pushed Susan against the corner and stood in front of her.

"And you've become one of those people!" Susan looked back at Chet with great fear. He took off his tie and hung it loosely in his hand. He leaned over at Susan and placed his fingers around her neck. He squeezed hard and Susan almost gagged.

"After all I've done for you, you repay me by giving yourself to that moron???" Chet cried. He took of Susan's capes—which she forgot to take off—and twisted it. He turned Susan around and tied her hands together with his tie. She tried running away, but soon enough, Chet was grasping her long hair.

He pushed her down the floor and sat on top of her. Chet wrapped the twisted cloak around Susan's neck and pulled angrily. Susan tried shrugging Chet away but he was too strong for her to handle. She was now having a hard time breathing. Her chest tightened and she could feel the veins pumping in her neck.

"Now you'll never be able to see that Billy guy!!!"

And with that….

Everything went black for Susan….

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Susan suddenly felt a strong force pulling her up. She couldn't open her eyes; it was as if something was holding her back. But soon she had the courage to do so. She looked around and saw almost nothing. As if she was in mid air.

Susan looked down.

What she saw shocked her.

Below her was her limp, dead body…

…with Chet pulling it towards a big hole in the middle of the 50 yard line.

Susan wanted to close her eyes again, but part of her wanted not to. It was as if she was bound to see what her boyfriend has done to her.

Chet, after dumping the last clump of dirt on top of the hole, looked casually around and walked away, as if nothing happened.

Susan could feel her hand clenched behind her. Then she remembered. They were still tied behind her back.

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Days passed and soon Susan's body was recovered. Chet was also sentence to life imprisonment after discovering he was responsible for her death. Even if Susan knew justice was finally bestowed upon her, part of her still didn't want to forget the angry feeling inside her. It was as if she was destined to stay as an earthbound spirit.

As far as she knows, she was there for one thing…

Revenge…

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A/N: and it ends there!! Aahhh!!! This is probably the longest chapter I wrote!! And I also liked it!! in fact, I loved it!! but to be honest, I also had a hard time writing down how the bound woman died… unlike first born child over there who in fact only had an arrow impaled through his forehead… hehehe.. oh well… hope you guys liked it!!! don't forget to REVIEW okay??? Byebyerz!!!