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*** Ana ***
"Ok baby, drink this, it's black coffee, no sugar, so you can perk up a little faster. I am really sorry about drugging you, but i couldn't risk having you throw a hissy fit and making too much noise. I had to bring you back to safety unarmed and in peace" he said, sounding truly sorry and repentant. If he wasn't a sick bastard, kidnapper, excuse of a man, i might actually believe his sweet words. But now i was sobering up, and i could fell myself get fired up by the minute.
"You brought me here, wherever this is, against my will. You kidnapped me! And you want me to feel safe here, alone with you? You are out of your goddamn mind!" i fought back, now completely pissed off and as soon as my vision cleared up i could see him, my attacker and i couldn't believe my eyes. I rubbed them a couple of times, trying to see if it was just a sick dream, but no, he was there, in front of me, looking dumbfounded. And then i felt it, my body collapsed on me and i fainted.
"Ana! Ana baby! Wake up please! Please! It's ok! You're safe here" he yells at me, slapping me gently on the cheeks, pushing my arms and trying to wake me up. But even though i could hear him perfectly i couldn't bring myself to open my eyes again. The shock was too raw for me. There in front of me, screaming and pushing me awake, stood one of the people i thought i could trust the most and someone i actually liked a lot, my stepfather Bob!
I just couldn't believe it, it wasn't true, it couldn't be. I would have pinched myself if i could move at all, but my body hat shut down completely. He couldn't do this to me, not him, not to me. He had always been someone to rely on, even though i didn't really consider him a father figure i still hold a lot of respect for him and his relationship to my mother. Oh my god, my mother, how could he do this to her? To both of us?! He had drugged me, kidnapped me and now held me against my will. This wasn't the man i knew and cared for so much, this was a crazy man, driven by insanity and delusions. This man truly scared me to death, and just like that, my mind joined my body and i collapsed completely.
I woke up with sun in my face, feeling my entire body stiffened by the awkward position i had myself slumber on, i was curled up in a ball, my head resting in some tacky old lady like pillows that smelled just like an old lady would. I was dizzy, tired, hungry but most of all, broken. How could someone go from being almost like a father to you to become someone that you feared and disgusted all at once? I mean, this man was my mother's husband, she loved him and trusted him enough to bring him into our lives and now here he was, throwing it all away and for what? I couldn't make sense of his motives and i was quite scared to even imagine what he was thinking about doing with me now.
"Ana, are you feeling better? Do you think we can talk now?" he says,sitting next to me, he starts staring at me, trying to make sense of how i'm feeling i guess. Grossed out that's how i'm feeling right now!
"Why are you doing this? I thought you loved my mother! She trusted you! I trusted you!" i tell at him, keeping my tears from appearing, i wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing me break down in front of him! Not now!
"And i do, i love her very much, but ever since i met you i felt something i knew i shouldn't feel at all, that's why i kept my distance, i couldn't bear to have you loving me as a father when my feelings for you were nowhere near what a father should feel for his daughter. Ana i tried so very hard to cast those emotions away, i tried to become the person i knew i should be but i can't do it any more. I love you more than i cal tell and i can't keep living a lie, i can't keep lying to myself, your mother and you. I love you. I want you. And now, we can be together. Tell me you feel the same way Ana please! I need you!" he says, so passionately and romantically you could actually feel bad for his anguish and longing, if this wasn't a fucked up situation all together. And then, he starts to lean on me and tries to kiss me, but i push him off. He keeps pulling me to him, and since he's a well built up man he had no trouble to force himself on me, regardless of my clear pleads to let me go. And then i feel it, his rough tongue, disgusting and foul smelling, forcing its way into my mouth, filling me with sickening saliva and swirling its way like it's nobody's business. And before i can help it, i throw up all over him. Everything i had been keeping to myself i manage to just vomit all over him, making him stand up immediately and step away from me.
"God Ana! What the fuck! Eww! Are you sick or something? Here, let me take you to the bathroom" he says, looking utterly disgusted and trying to usher me into the bathroom outside of the room i'm in.
"No! Let go of me! I don't want anything to do with you! I will never feel anything for you! Ever! You are a fucking twisted son of a bitch and all you make me feel for you is loathing and repulsion! Don't you dare touch me ever again or i swear to god i will kill you with my bare hands! You fucking psycho! " i yell at him, now full on pissed mode! How the fuck did i let myself fall into this situation? How could i not see this coming! I mean, this man was my stepfather long enough, i should have seen some signs, something! Or maybe he just got completely mental and was having a god damn breakdown! Either way, i was screwed!
"Fine! Sit in your own shit for all i care! I'm going to get cleaned up!" he blurts out, leaving the room as fast and silently as he came in. Fuck, what was i going to do now? I was locked in a house, with a deranged man, without my phone or any means to communicate with the outside world...But wait, was i locked? I haven't tried that, i simply assumed i was. So i stand up, feeling myself way too dizzy for my taste and start walking out of the room, careful not to make a sound. I try to find the door that leaves to freedom and after a few minutes of searching there she is, shining for me. I try my best not to run into it and make a fool out of myself so i calmly and so very quietly walk towards the door and when i turn the knob the door opens!
What? It's open? What kind of kidnapping is this? I lose no more time dwelling on his incompetence as a kidnapper, i open the door and walk out, closing it behind me, slowly and without making a noise, hoping he wouldn't notice me gone until it was too late. But then, i realize why the door was open. I'm in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by dense woods and without a sound other than the birds and what not. I was screwed, but it was now or never, i had to get out of here and fight my way out of this nightmare! Then i remember my father daughter lessons and making good use of my knowledge of the wild i become aware of the sun setting, so i know where i'm going after all. And just like that i start running, my mind set on freedom and not tripping and falling on my face.
I run and run for what feels like hours, until i feel myself getting more tired and weaker by the minute. So i find a secluded spot, perfect for hiding just in case he was following me and i sit down, gathering my breath and resting my feet, rubbing them to avoid causing any more blisters than the ones i'm with already. A few minutes of peaceful resting and then i hear something, footsteps coming my way.
My immediate reaction is too get out of here and start running again, but i know i won' be going very far in my current condition, so i push myself deeper into my makeshift cave, trying to literally make myself disappear. And then i see him, walking with a flashlight and something that looks like a compass of some kind. Oh right, he sucks at this things, living in the wild. I guess that's one point for me then, thanks to my dad and his lessons on how to survive anywhere in the world. Oh my dad, if he was here i would be safe! He would kill this son of a bitch and take me back home to safety. I miss him so much right now!
"Fuck! She's fast! Where the hell could she be right now? Fuck! I should have locked that fucking door! Stupid stupid stupid!" he starts talking to himself, and i start to get a bit panicked because he's still here, very close to me. Just go away! Leave me alone!
"Fuck this! She won't go far without a phone, money or a compass. She'll be back. Yeah, i'm going back home, maybe she's even there now. Yeah, that sounds like my Ana" he starts mumbling to himself and just as fast as he appeared he's gone. Damn, he was sneaky! That wasn't good for me. But at least he was gone. I think. Just in case, i keep myself very still, listening to every sound and after a couple of minutes i'm pretty sure he's gone. I start to make my way out of my hiding place and looking towards the way he went , i can see him very far away, stomping and fastening his pace, probably thinking i would be back home to welcome him with open arms. Jackass! I would welcome him with a shotgun that's what!
So, after putting my shoes back on and making sure i was well rested, i start to walk again, again, checking for the sun and making sure i wasn't going in circles. I keep walking for a while, this time slowing my pace, to minimize my exhaustion. I mean, given my already weakened state i shouldn't really push myself too far if i wanted to get back into civilization anytime soon. And then, after a very painful and tiring walk, i start hearing noises. I stop and i concentrate all my efforts in making some sense of those noises. I wanted to go home but i didn't want to find myself caught up in some worse situation that i was already. But then i realize, the sounds are from people talking about silly things, doors opening and closing, cars stopping their motors and starting again, and when i get a little bit closer i see it, a gas stop, filled with families and people going on their normal days.
I waste no time, i start running and crying for help. I feel my cheeks getting wetter by the second, but the feeling of freedom and relief is heightened. All of the people there rush to my side, asking me what's wrong and making sure i get some water first, given my wrecked condition. I then try to explain what happened, living out the association i have to my kidnapper. I'm hugged and assured by a sweet woman, that makes sure i get something to eat before telling me that she will drive me back home and go with me to the police if i want to.~
"Thank you so much! But right now, i just want to go home, i need to get home. Please!" i beg her, and with that she ushers me back to her car, where her two young daughters are waiting for her.
"Girls, this is a friend of mine. We are going to give her a ride home ok?" she starts to explain to her kids, leaving out the details of my situation. Bless her heart for that.
"Ok mommy!" they both reply, as clueless and innocent as any child should be.
"Thank you so much for this. I will never be able to repay you for what you are doing. Thank you" i start to say, making my very best not to cry in front of her or the girls.
"Please, there's no need for any of that. What happened was horrible and i will help you in any way i can. Just make sure you get some rest. We still have a long way to go honey" she says, looking as sweet and motherly as anyone could. I miss my mom so much right now. Oh crap, i have to call my mom, make sure she knows the creep she has been living for years.
"I know this might be way too much of me to ask, but i really need to tell my mother where i was and what happened. It's really important" i beg her, holding my breath for a second before she hands me her blackberry, not even thinking about it for a second. I mean, this woman was like a freaking angel and i was being saved by her without giving her anything back. My faith in humanity was slowly being restored thanks to her.
"Thank you so much." i say, not being able to hold one lonely teat from running down my left cheek. I was really overwhelmed by this woman.
"Honey, just stop thanking me and talk to your mom. She will want to know about what happened i'm sure" she says, giving me a reassuring smile and turning her gaze back to the road ahead, giving me privacy and time to process how to break this terrible news to my loving mother. She was going to be devastated but i had to do this. She deserved to know the truth.
So i dial her number, thank god i knew it from memory, and after the second beep she picks up, sounding all cheery and happy to hear news from her daughter. And just like that i break, i start sobbing as hard as humanly possible, unable to form words, i just cry for a few minutes. And before i can stop this horrible display of raw emotions, my saviour pulls up in a dirt road parallel to the drive way and ushers the girls out of the car, giving me the much needed privacy to endure this painful conversation.
"M-mom! I'm so sorry! I am really sorry mom" i blurt out, feeling ashamed of how this was all happening because of his infatuation with me. I knew i should blame myself, but the masochist in me felt like this was all my fault, like i had given him some missed signals to make him feel attracted to me.
"Ana you're scaring me. Please, try to calm down honey and just tell me what's going on. Are you ok?" she starts saying, already anxious and afraid for what may be happening to me right now.
"Mom, i was drugged and kidnapped! By Bob! He did this to me! I have been held against my will since last night. I don't even know where i was. I just managed to run away a couple of minutes ago! He has my phone, my clothes, everything! He's crazy mom! He says he loves me, that he has always been in love with me and that he just couldn't fight anymore! I swear i didn't want this! I didn't even like him that much, you know that! I trusted him because you trusted him and loved him! But he's a fucking bastard mom! He's completely insane" i say, almost without breathing, letting it all out, like an exorcism! I could feel her breathing getting heavier and heavier by every word i said. Oh mom, please believe me!
"Ana stop that right now! What the hell is wrong with you?! Are you drunk or something? Anastasia, this is no laughing matter! You are out of your mind! Bob would never do anything like that to you, e loves you! Like a daughter! He cares about you and he has been nothing but good to you all this years! How could you even think about him doing this to you?! I can't believe you would even think let alone say something like that! You are the one who's crazy Anastasia and i don't think i can talk to you right now! Get it together Ana! And stop making up stories like that! You are not a child anymore! This is unacceptable!" she says, completely breaking my heart into a million pieces and making me cry even more uncontrollably.
If there was a hell on earth, i had just walked in on it.