Part 14

It's been a week since I told uncle Sam everything. I have been waiting for him to tell me he finally got something on general, to my surprise, he had nothing. Uncle himself was surprised that he kept hitting a wall whenever he thought he had gotten something. The man was surprisingly clean. To the outside world, it seems this man was perfect, too perfect.

I was beginning to feel down. If nothing is found on the general, it will be my word against his. And since no one dared to speak against him, I was sure I will be left on my own, feeling totally humiliated. No, I had to trust uncle to put a stop to this once and for all.

General came back four days ago. During his absence, I was free to move and do whatever I wanted without having eyes watching my every move. His men also just left me alone, till he came back.

His presence frustrated me. I could not move freely anymore without having the feeling of being watched. He never bothered me though. Sometimes he would not talk to me and when he does, it was to ask how i was.

I knew he never cared about me. I was nothing but a plaything to him. So he asking me how I was, was very weird to me.

But everything changed, one evening. I was in my cell reading a book Genevieve gave me on one of her visits. It was a romantic novel. I did not like stories with such themes, but I was enjoying this particular one.

I guess I enjoyed it way too much because I did not even see the officer coming into my cell.

" Thompson, you are coming with me. Let's go", he ordered, making me to suddenly look up.

" Why? Where are we going?" I frowned

" Stop asking me stupid questions and come with me. Or do you want me to drag you?" He said, pulling me up on my feet.

" Please, calm down. Where do you want to take me? I never did anything wrong..."

Before I could say anything else, he raised his hand and slapped me. I was shocked. Then, he held me by my waist band and started dragging me out. The book I was reading fell out of my hands before I could even register what was happening. He kept dragging me till we were at the other side of the prison cells.

Then I realised where we were going. He was taking me to the punishment cells. Sebastian had told me about the punishment cells before. That place was terrible. Prisoners who were taken there were never brought back the same. I vowed never to be taken there for any reason. So when I saw I was being taken there, I began to panic.

" Please I did not do anything wrong... Don't take me there, I beg you", I begged

" Shut up! You should have thought of that before you decided to exchange words with me", he shouted.

I struggled with him so that he would let me go but he held me much tighter than before. We went on like that till we came closer to one of the cells. It had a huge iron door with just a small opening above it. It was difficult to see anyone who was inside, unless the door was opened first.

When we got there, the officer tapped on the door aggressively. The door was opened and another officer stood behind it. The officer with me aggressively pushed me inside. I was so scared. The room was nothing like my cell. There was a chair in the middle of the room with straps on the arms and legs. And a large table in the middle of the room.

The officers immediately pushed me towards the chair and started tying me to the chair with the straps. I tried to beg them to let me go but they just kept shouting at me to keep quiet. My heart was beating very fast. I could barely breath at one point. Tears was filling up my eyes. I could not understand what was happening till someone else walked in.

It was the general. I was totally taken aback. General, what was he doing here?

Once the officers were done, they went and stood by the door.

" What's going on? Why am I here? Why am I tied up?" I began to raise my voice.

" Hey, don't you raise your voice at me. How dare you?! The fact that you think you have told your lawyer about me doesn't mean you can have the guts to talk to me anyhow", he shouted back.

I was suddenly quiet. How did he know about that? The look on my face must have given me away.

" Oh, you thought I wouldn't know? How naive can you be? Remember I have eyes and ears everywhere", he said in a mocking voice.

" General, I ..."

" Shut up! I told you if you ever go against me, you will pay for it. But I guess you never learn", he ordered.

" Please, General. I am sorry. I did not mean to...I really did not want to go against you", I pleaded

He walked around till he was standing behind me. He had his hands on my neck and began to caress me. I shifted a little on my chair but the restraints were not helping at all.

" You still haven't gotten used to my touch, have you? Or you prefer others to touch you instead?" He whispered into my ear.

I was feeling very uncomfortable and having him so close was not helping things at all.

" Please General, let me go. Stop this. Please, don't hurt me anymore", I begged some more.

My pleadings just fell on deaf ears as I felt his lips on my neck and cheek. I tried to get away but the straps held me in place. I did not know what the general had in mind for me. But I knew, he had brought me here for a purpose.

" Welcome to your doom, love", he said and smiled.

He stood in front of me, still smiling. Seeing him smile like that sent cold shivers down my spine.