I was staring at the wall, my stomach growling from hunger and my throat is dry as I haven't drank or ate anything for god knows how many days.

My eyes shutting down due to weakness when the sound of door opening startled me.

"Hey, it's me" the voice came.

Blinking my eyes, I looked at the person. Luke? Anger started to boil inside me

"Mhmm" due to tape my voice was muffled as I moved my body making the chair creaked.

"Don't make noise" he came near me putting his hand on the armrest of the chair.

I glared at him. He slowly remove the tape from my mouth as I coughed loudly.

"How could you? I thought I was your friend" my voice cracking

"I love you Olivia" my eyes wide open in shocked. "I agreed to this plan because Mariah promised that you will be mine but now she is acting different and it's scaring me" he pace around the room nervously as I watched him, flabbergasted.

"You need to get out of here. She will kill you" he handed me a blade, "use this at night to cut those rope. And run towards the left, you will see fluorescent red marks on a trees that means you're going on a right direction. There will be many of those marks just to lead you the nearest road. Just run as fast as you can" he explained everything in details

"Why are you helping me? She will kill you if she find out you're helping me" I looked at him, he looks tired and worried.

"Because I love you. But I'm not a psychopath like Mariah. I just want you to be happy. And I hope I'm not too late for that" he smiled putting the duct tape back, "hope you understand everything and when you reach the road I will be waiting for you in a car. Now I have to go before someone see me" with that he left closing the door behind him.

Relief washed over me, I just have to wait till it gets dark. I'm getting out of this place

I patiently wait, looking at the light peeking from the other side of the door. Soon it will be turned off and after a few minutes I will sneak out.

I was scared, beyond scared but I need to do something. Otherwise she will kill me and no one would know.

The lights turned off as I heard the footsteps receding. I started to cut the ropes.

"Ugh!" I groaned slowly as my hands started to ache. After a while the rope fall down freeing my hands. I rub the bruised area, winching. Removing the tape from my mouth, I tiptoe towards the door placing my ears on it. Silence.

Slowly opening the door, I peeked if anyone was there. I could see a guy smoking at the corner but he is too high to notice me in the dark. I slowly slipped out of the door, clung to the wall I slowly walk forward.

I can't see anything clearly but this is the only chance I have got. I could see a door like structure. This might be the exit door. I looked back to see if anyone is coming, once I was sure it's all clear. I literally ran towards the door. My head hit the door causing a loud noise.

"Hey? Who is out there?" The guy shouted..

Fuck fuck.

I panicked but I try finding the door knob with my trembling hands.

"Gotcha" I opened the door, when a torch light landed on my face.

"You bitch" the guy growled

Run, Olivia run..

My brain said as I ran. I ran as fast as I can. I could hear him following me.

I'm surrounded by tall trees and woods crunching as I ran over them. Where the hell I am?

I looked back to see now there are 2 guy chasing me.

"Oh God" my feet moves quickly as I was breathing heavily.

Then I saw a fluorescent red mark on the tree and started following them. My legs started to burn as I fell down on the ground. My leg started to bleed but I got up stumbling and started running again.

"You can't escape girl" the guy shouted. They are near, they will catch me.

Fear started to build inside me as tears falls down on my cheeks. But I didn't stop I ran, I ran for my life. Because if they catch me, I'm dead.

My pace slow down as I had no strength in me anymore. I move forward by holding trees. Suddenly it starts raining making my vision more blurry.

I can't. I can't run anymore. Black dots started flashing in front of my eyes. My head is spinning. Then I saw headlights of a car. I'm almost there, smiling I walked towards it but a strong arms yanked me back with a force

"Told you, you can't escape from us" he carried me on his shoulder while I cry along with the rain.

They threw me on the floor, "you are being a bad girl. And bad girl get punished" the guy with an eye mask laughed deviously.

I try standing up but I received a hard kick on my stomach knocking all the air out of my lungs.

Then again and again and again. They kicked me, punched me until I wasn't fighting anymore.

They tied me back to that chair while I helplessly let them without fighting it. I don't have power inside me to fight them anymore. My whole body hurts, I could feel the blood dripping from my forehead but I am too numb to feel the pain.

I sat there as the guys left, thinking about how my life have always been in painful and full of loneliness.

When you grow up, you go to school. Your parents drop you off to school and then pick up when the school ends. They make you foods and take you to places on weekends. They come to cheers you up when you participate in a school sports day. They invite your friends to your birthday party and allow you for a night stay at your friend's house.

But when I grew up, I walked alone to my school. Eating same orphanage food in the corner of the class when other children laugh at me. I never had a friend, even in Orphanage I was bullied. Mrs Williams and the library was my happy place. When I watched other children getting adopted, I always wished one day I will have a family. So when I met Charles, I thought my dream is coming true. I have never loved anyone so much in my life. I was happy that I had an amazing best friend, a loving boyfriend and some other friends too. I had a family. But I ruined that too. I ruined everything.

I wish before I die in this rotten place, I could get one last time to meet Freya and tell her that I'm sorry. That I never meant a single thing that day. That she is the bestest best friend I ever had.

And to Charles, I want to say that I love him. I know he won't feel the same but i really don't want to die before telling him my feelings.

I want to meet Mrs Williams, she is like a mother to me. If it wasn't her I wouldn't have survived so far. And for Lily, I always wished to have a daughter like her.

But now it seems, I will never get to say these things.

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