Lillian tried to open her eyes but was met with darkness. She tried to move but was unable to due to her hands being tied behind her back.
"What is going on?"
"Why can't I move?" She said panicking as she tries again to move her hands but fails miserably as the binds got tighter.
"Hello! Is anyone there? "She screamed, her voice breaking.
Suddenly she hears a sigh
"Sorry I had to do this love, there wasn't another option" the person stated calmly in the darkness.
"Can you please tell me what's going on or at least take the blind fold off so that I can, see?" She said trying to remember where she heard the familiar voice from.
"Sure, sweetheart I'll oblige, it won't matter either way" the man said while coming closer.
He slowly removes the blind fold by bringing it down her face and moves a step back to gouge her reaction.
Lilian immediately opens her eyes and tried to adjust to the darkness surrounding her.
Still squinting she tries to look up at the man in front of her.
"Told you it wouldn't matter cause it's the dead of the night and you're somewhere where the light won't ever find you" the man said lazily as he grabs a chair to seat Infront of her.
"Why am I tied up like this?" Lillian asks as she stares at the gorgeous tall man in front her.
"Take a wild guess love "he says whilst smirking at her.
"You! Stop calling me love!" Lilian shouts at the man which earns a chuckle from him.
"You have better things to worry about sweetheart but I'll let you reach that conclusion on your own, and the names Dipper" the man says looking straight at her.
"Hmmm, who's brilliant idea was it to kidnap me, I've got done anything wrong to anyone" Lillian says while turning her head sideways to get a better view of her surroundings.
"Not mine sweetheart, but you'll know soon enough "the man said cheekily. "Now enough talking, let's wait for the person in charge of your misfortune" he suddenly gets up and shoves the blind fold into Lillian's mouth to stop her from talking.
She tried to speak but could only produce muffled screams in protest of her situation.
After a long time of Lillian thinking of different possibilities of escaping while staring at the fine man Infront of her licking his lollipop with so much concentration, she closes her eyes and lets a traitorous tear slip as her walls come crashing down as she finally understands her situation. She wasn't going to leave this place alive.
Lilian continues to whimper softy but is abrupted by the sudden sound of footsteps approaching her.
Still trying to squint with her tear-filled eyes to see who's coming in the darkness, the man stands up and takes a step towards her.
"Don't make a sound if you know what's good for you" he says as he removes the blind fold from her mouth and places his finger on his lips to tell her to keep quiet.
At that moment a figure steps into place which fills Lilian with immense dread.
She immediately catches a whiff of a familiar scent coming into the room as the figure slowly comes into the frame.
"Step aside Dipper, let me see her" the man says as she immediately recognizes who the voice belongs to. She heard it a million times and she knew the scent well enough because she made it his signature scent. It was her recent ex-boyfriend, Andre. The man who swore to protect and love her despite everything turned out to be her one and only kidnapper.
"Andre! Why!! What did I ever do to you to deserve this!?" Lilians shouts at the top of her lungs at the traitor Infront of her.
She is replied with a slap connecting her cheek from the man Dipper. She closes her eyes from the impact and immediately tears up from the pain.
"I thought I told you to be quiet sweetheart" dipper says maniacally as he looks over at her.
Suddenly she hears rushed steps towards her and she hears a blow to Dipper's face.
"How dare you touch her! Do you have a death wish, if so, I'll gladly grant it" Andre says while grabbing Dipper by the collar of his shirt.
"Nah I'm good, she's all your mate" Dipper says gruffly as he snatches his collar and steps aside to touch his aching jaw.
"I'm sorry Lilly, I didn't mean for him to hit you just yet. you know I might be a kidnapper but I don't condone violence" Andre says rushing to bend down to her level to observe her stinging cheeks.
"don't touch me! Stay away!" Lillian screams and turns away from his touch.
"I'm sorry, I really am" Andre says solemnly as he takes a step back from her." You may leave Dipper, you've done enough "
Dipper only grunts in reply and turns away and leaves the room leaving them alone.
"I know you must be thinking why I'm doing this but I assure you it's with good reason "Andre says while turning away from Lillian.
"Whatever it is, it'll never be a good enough reason for you to do this when I've been nothing but good to you and even though we broke up, I still continued to be nice to you and this is how you repay me?" Lillian says looking straight at Andre with tears in her eyes.
"You call two timing me and Devin nice, I thought you were better than that but it seems I was a just a fool to think I'll actually come out on top instead of him" he says angrily as he puts his hands on his head.
"What do you mean, I never did that. Whatever beef you have with Devin is your business, do not involve me in it" Lillian says while looking angrily at Andre.
"Oh, on the contrary my dear, everything involves you as you are the only way I can get to Devin Because I know how much he cares for you, and I know he'll do anything in his power to save you including giving himself up to me" Andre stated calmly as he starts to rub his temple, an action I noticed he did whenever he was stressed when we were together.
"You're insane, he doesn't care about me, he never did, you're just wasting your time, now please untie me and let me go, I won't tell anyone, I promise" Lillian says pleadingly.
"No, you're not going anywhere, I have already informed Devin and he's on his way to save you on my terms "Andre says calmly while pacing back and forth.
"What terms?" Lillian asks curiously.
"To hand over everything he owns to me in exchange for your life" Andre says in a dead tone.
Lilian looks at him in shock and realizes that the man she thought to be her supporter only used her as a pawn to get Devin's riches. These damn riches that always have a way of damaging her life, first it was her mom and now it's finally her turn. There's nowhere to escape fate.
"He'll never come because he doesn't care about me, you're wasting both of our time, I promise if you let me go, I'll never mention to anyone, I promise on my mother grave" Lillian says begging to Andre to let her go.
"No, you chose him over me, so now we will see if he chooses you and if he doesn't then I guess there's no point in letting you live" Andre says maniacally as he walks towards Lillian.
" I never chose him , I broke up with you because of your obsession and competition with Devin, it was taking over our relationship and I guess I was right since you willingly to threw away the three years of us being together just to get back at him for what whatever reason, I know he's not going to come so either take my life now and be done with it or let me go and we can start afresh, I promise I'll let it slide" Lillian's states calmly to Andre as she already accepts her fate for she knew Devin was never going to come and even if he miraculously did , it was only going to end up with one of them being dead. That was certain.
"There's no hope for us, you made sure of that after breaking up with me, and I know he'll come to rescue you, let's just wait for the deadline given to him, I have all the time in the world and you're obviously not going anywhere "Andre says and he cups Lillian's face with his hands while staring at her tear-stained face which was turning redder from the slap she got earlier on. He tries to kiss her but she flinches and turns her face away.
Suddenly she heard someone running towards their direction. It was coming closer and then she heard a loud gunshot go off.
"Lillian where are you!?" She hears Devin screaming for her and as soon as she was about to shout her reply, Andre closes her mouth with his hands that were already on her face and prevents her from shouting.
"don't even try it or you might just not live long enough to see his pretty face" Andre warns her and that was the last thing she heard before succumbing to the welcoming darkness as she felt a searing pain to the side of her head as Andre had knocked her out with the back of his gun.
The last thought she had was she regretted not following her mom to the underworld. Maybe this was the chance to go and this time she will willingly take it.