Bethany P.O.V.
"The next time I woke up you were already here. I thought I was dreaming but I was not. I am so sorry for getting you into this mess. I-" she interrupts me "wow slow down there. I don't blame you for this predicament we are in. I am sorry for not being there for you when they kidnapped you".
I was about to argue that she had nothing to be sorry for, but she stopped me. "We do not have time to argue about who should say sorry instead we should figure out a way out of here" she says while she had that look on her face that says she is thinking very hard about something.
I shook my head. "I tried to think of ways already and none of them will work. He has this place heavily guarded with locks and a guard that look like they can be a wrestler" I say with a dejected voice. I lost all hope of escaping from here.
"The only way out of here is if the police manages to track us down and surrounds this house. But that will likely not happen" I continued feeling helpless about this situation that me and Saph are in.
"I would not be so sure about that" Saph says in a firm tone. She looked like she was hiding something. I was just about to ask her what she meant by that, when there was a click sound in the quiet room which indicates that the lock on the door was opened. Slowly the door opens with a creaking sound revealing the person that is responsible for the mess that me and Saph are in.
Marcus entered the room like everything is normal with that sick and happy go lucky smile on his face when he saw me and Saph huddled in the corner of the room like rats. The bodyguard did not follow him inside but stayed just outside the door in case something were to happen like last time. I must have not hit him hard enough last time as he looks to have healed from the injury. I so wanted to rearrange his face until he is too ashamed to show his face in public, but I do not have the strength to do it and it will also put me and Saph endanger, so I bid my time.
"Darling you're awake" he says in an overly happy tone like he did not just beat me half to death hours ago. I shivered and wanted to puke when he called me darling. I do not know how his brain works one minute he is threatening me the next he is acting all sweet. Maybe he is bipolar. I almost shudder at that thought.
"Are you cold darling? You're shivering" his concern voice brought me out of my thoughts. "Nothing at all. I was just thinking about something disturbing" I answered smoothly. I didn't want to show I'm so scared of him until I'm shivering. You need to talk confidently when you are dealing with people like him.
Saph who was quiet during the whole exchange between me, and Marcus decided to speak up and interrupt Marcus. I was about to warn her but was too late. The one thing Marcus hates the most is if someone disrupts him when he is talking or when he is about to say something. "What do you want from us?" Saph questioned him. Marcus's eyes flash with anger but then cool.
I started to worry as a calm Marcus would be even worse than an angry Marcus because it's like the calm before the storm. I was about to warn her not to make him mad, but he interrupts. "You would be wise to show respect to me Miss or else-" he let the sentence hang in the air for a few seconds for the effect and continued with a threatening voice "well you can ask your friend here what happens to those who disrespect me, and it is not pleasant".
Of course, it is not pleasant that is so obvious, but my thoughts took a darker turn when I remember the torture I suffered through and shudder trying to block it out of my mind. Hopefully I do not have to go through that again but something in my gut tells me that the torture is not over yet.
He saw me shudder and nodded with a fake sympathetic look on his face. "Yes, Bethany knows. She disrespected me at the beginning but now she has learn her lesson, haven't you?" he asks me. I wanted to spit on his face and shout profanities at him, but I was too scared of the consequences, so I just nodded and force myself to say, "yes sir". He had it beat into me to answer and call him sir nothing else. Every time I had to call him that I always feel like bile was climbing up my throat, so it makes it hard to talk. Like he deserves all that respect.
I snapped myself out of that thought as Saph was looking at Marcus with a murderous look on her face but manage to control her anger and not do anything rash that would lead to more trouble. "Anyways it is time for me to introduce to you both my favourite room in the house" he says cheerily while clapping his hands.
I started to panic because his definition of favourite would be me and Saph's worse nightmare. He asks the guard to come in and take Saph and I to his favourite room. I look at Saph worried about her because she is not use to this, but she looks a little to calm for my liking.
Maybe everything that is happening right now has not sunk in yet for her. Yes, that must be why she is so calm right now, but my instinct tells me she has something up her sleeves. Like just before Marcus came to the room, she hinted that all hope is not lost, and she looked very determined that we will be saved. The problem is I do not see how she had anything planned so fast, but I decided it is better to trust her.
I shook myself from my thoughts and pay attention to where he was taking us. We walk down the hall until we reach the living room where we then turn left to another hallway. We passed two doors to our left until we reach the last door and stop. While Marcus rummages around his pockets for the keys I look closer at the door, and it looks like a basement door as it was shorter than the other doors and smaller in size.
I started to get an idea about Marcus's favourite room, and I am deathly scared with what my mind conjured up, that I wish it is not going to be as bad as I think is. He finally found the key and unlocks the door and went first then the guard pushes Saph and I forward. I stumbled a couple of steps before finding my balance. Once I was sure I was steady I walk on. I was right it was a basement with stairs leading down to it. Like all the horror movies that I watched. I never imagine I would have to go through this horror myself and I am scared at what I will see.
We reach the bottom of the stairs after a minute of walking down. Marcus then asks his guard to keep Saph and I in front of the room or I think it is. I cannot see anything down here as its pitch black with all the lights closed. Once he was satisfied with our positions he switches on the lights.
The bright lights of the basement momentarily blinded me as the room went from total darkness to sudden brightness. I had to blink hard a couple of times to adjust my eyesight. I heard Saph's horrified gasp and when my eyes are adjusted, I looked at what got her so scared, and what I saw made me gasp in horror as well.
"Welcome to my favourite room. You should be honored not many people get to be here" he told Saph, and I. I just look at him as if he has lost his mind. "You will be spending the rest of your stay in this room" he continues, talking like everything is normal. I almost wanted to interrupt him, but I did not want to evoke his anger again, so I kept quiet.
The room is even worse than I imagined. This room made the one we were staying at look nicer in comparison. The basement was of a decent size not too big or too small, there is only one small square window that is closer to the ceiling, so it feels quiets claustrophobic in here.
Then the smell hits me. It smells like something was left to rot here without cleaning it up and it almost made me hurl but I force it back down my throat. I'm too scared to know the origin of the horrible stench, as it might be something I cannot handle. I stopped looking around the room and focus on my breathing so that I will not hurl thanks to stench of this room.
I was pulled out of my thoughts when he continued talking about the room and all that it had to offer. I was too scared to know what this room has to offer, so I tuned it out but what he said last caught my attention.
He proudly announce "I like to call this room the torture chamber"