I could believe it and yet still couldn't believe that Samantha was behind this. She hated me and that was something I was aware of but I didn’t think it was enough for her to do something terrible like this. I guess I was a terrible judge of character.
I watch her shut the door behind her. She had a sinister smile and she seemed pleased with herself as she let her eyes roam all over my body. I could see the satisfaction on her face as she took in my state.
She leaned against the door and watched me with great pleasure and soon burst into laughter while I just watched dumbfounded and shocked.
She bent over, hitting her knees as she laughed uncontrollably and I just couldn’t help but conclude that she was batshit crazy.
“Oh my God, It’s so good to see you like this. So this is what you look like when you’ve been knocked off your feet. Oh, how the mighty has fallen. Wait, you were never mighty but small like a fly” She burst out laughing again and I just sat there waiting for her to finish with her foolishness.
“Why are you doing this? How are you the one behind this? But in the letter I got, you were threatened as well” I asked her in shock because I really was confused and surprised. She finally stopped laughing and came to stand in front of me.
“You really are a dumb one, aren’t you? How did people ever think you were a smart one?” She mocked. She leaned down and grabbed my face roughly in her hands and I tried to move my head away but her grip was too strong. I winced as her hold tightened and my jaw
began to hurt.
“I’ve despised you since the first day Atticus told me he was getting married. I worked so hard to be by his side and you just came from nowhere to snatch him from me like the filthy thief that you are. We were going to get married till that foolish father of yours offered him a deal that he couldn’t turn down’ She spat.
“Don’t insult my father Samantha” I gritted my teeth and then released my face roughly making it swing to the side from the force.
“I didn’t even need to meet you for my hatred to show and Atticus noticed because he could always read me so well. He promised that nothing would ever happen between the both of you and he would still have eyes for me only but you ruined that as well. You are so fucking greedy. You took my position and still wanted to take him from me” She spat
“I don’t think you have that story you have there that is quite accurate honey. Did you suddenly forget that he was fucking other girls?” I asked and she screamed I jumped back in shock.
“But they didn’t matter” She yelled and started pacing the room. She looked really insane now as opposed to when she first entered the room
“He may have been fuckin other girls but they didn’t matter to him. He only wanted me then and as long as they didn’t matter, I also didn’t mind if he needed a little variety from time to time. When you are in love, you need to make sacrifices for the relationship to work” She looked like she was trying to convince herself and it made me feel pity for her.
“Samantha, that’s not love. If my husband really loved you, he would never need another woman just like he has never needed another since he realized he loved me” I know I was treading on dangerous grounds by bragging but I couldn't help it.
“Stop saying that. Stop calling him your husband. Atticus belongs to me and when you are gone he will realize that only I can truly make him happy” She shouted and marched towards me to grab my hair and used it to yank my head back.
“How is he?” I couldn’t help but ask. Her eyes softened as she thought of him and it made my stomach clench in anger but then she released me and stepped back in anger.
“He is looking for you all right and sad. You know he is blaming himself for not taking care of you properly. He thinks he did a bad job at protecting you and that is why you got kidnapped but not to worry, I am there to console him and soon he will move on with me and forget you”
“Atticus is smart. I know he will figure out soon enough that you are behind this.” I told her with my eyes brimming with tears.
"How? When I have been by his side since you left helping him to search for you? Or is it when my name is written in the threat letters as well?” She mocked.
“Why did you include your name in the threat letter? I never suspected you before?” I asked confused.
“I knew this day would come so I was simply planting things that would make sure I was not a suspect. That’s another reason why I haven’t been here since you’ve been kidnapped. I had to make sure they didn’t plant a police officer on me and since I was threatened, Atticus ran over to me to make sure I wasn’t kidnapped by the person who sent the threat letter” she skipped about happily in the small room.
“Why are you doing this?” she groaned in annoyance and came to a stop
“Because you need to be out of the picture. I’ve decided I don’t want to share him anymore so I want you gone. I want you to die so better know you aren’t leaving this place except in a body bag” She squealed and clapped like the thought of it gave her genuine happiness.
“It would never happen. Atticus would never go for you again even in a million years. You can kill me but I promise you that he would never go for you. He would just end up getting married to someone else that isn’t you. Tell me Samantha, how many are you going to kill huh?” The thought of Atticus with someone else killed me on the inside and the thought that he may not get to see our baby made my heart clench with fear. I really wanted them to find me soon.
“You are wrong. He would marry me and no one else. You don’t get it, do you? Me and Atticus, we are soulmates” She talked crazily.
“If he was your soulmate like you claim, he would never have accepted my father’s deal and married me. He married me because he sees you as nothing but a warm hole to stick his dick in”
My head turned to the side and my ears began to ring from the slap she gave me. She was seriously so strong. The side of my face was throbbing from the pain and I gasped in shock and surprise at the sudden hit. I brought my hand to the side of my face to cup it in my palm.
I brought the palm to my face and saw blood. It seems I cut the rings she was wearing. Her eyes glinted in satisfaction as she watched my cheek
“I don’t even know why you aren’t gagged. You are beginning to annoy me with all the nonsense that you are sprouting from those garbage you call lips” She sighed.
“Atticus would find me soon. He isn’t dumb so when you get home today, think of all the things he would do to you for hurting me. He would never forgive you so prepare for the worst punishment ever” I promised her and I saw the rage build up in her through her eyes.
She yanked me up and started hitting me but I was too weak to defend myself because I had not even eaten properly these few days and I could barely hold myself up. My face was throbbing painfully as I tried to shield myself from her.
She seemed to have gotten tired but then she pushed me so hard that my back collided with the wall, I gasped as the pain went through my back and lower abdomen and immediately, my hands wrapped around my midsection in an effort to protect it.
I realized too late what I had done but it was too late because her vicious eyes tracked my action.
“Why are you wrapping your hands around your stomach?” She walked so fast to me and pulled me to her.
“You pushed me against the wall. I was only reacting to it” I tried to keep my voice strong so she would not suspect anything, but she was smart. Her eyes narrowed in suspicion and disbelief.
“No way...No…No...Atticus would never do this to me. You are pregnant?” She whispered as she kept her eyes on my stomach.
“What are you talking about? I am not pregnant” I tried to move from her but her grip around my arms tightened painfully.
“That’s why. Oh my God. That's why he was so panicked. The reason for the discussion with the police chief behind closed doors was he was hiding that you were pregnant from me and all of us” I winced at how the pain kept getting stronger.
“Jason, Fred” She yelled while keeping her eyes on me and the look of hatred she was giving me was making me so scared. She looked like she could do anything to me.
They both entered the room and their eyes zeroed in on the both of us. She released me and stepped back.
“Hold her” She instructed and they did so without a second thought. They held me by each arm and I couldn’t move again.
“Leave me alone. What do you think you are doing” I asked in panic as I watched her
She didn’t answer me but lifted my shirt with her hand, leaving my stomach exposed. I struggled against their grip with panic as she traced her fingers over my belly.
“Get your hands off me. Stop touching me” I pleaded but it all fell on deaf ears.
"You mean Atty’s baby is in here right now?” she questioned. She stood up straight to look at me “You had the guts to get pregnant for my man?”
She gave me one last look before stalking out of the room. Fred and Jason looked at me in shock before following her.
Once I was alone, I slid to the ground as fear clouded my senses. My ears were ringing from shock and I curled around myself.
“Oh my God, she knows” was all I could mutter. I closed my eyes and prayed that God keep me and my baby safe from that demon. Who knows what the next thing she’ll do? I need to get out of here fast.