Chapter thirty-eight.

Hailey's POV

Second problem.How to get her there.An idea suddenly poppped into my mind. I dragged Ida on the floor and waited for a taxi to come. A taxi stopped in front of me.

"Hello"I said politely"can you please help me get my sister home. She's been drinking and when I came today she was lying on the street drunk. I'm her big sis and she's my little sis"

The driver nodded,got out of the car and helped me to carry Ida in.

I sat near the driver.

"Please take us to this address" I showed him the address on the paper.

He nodded.We drove in silence,a few metres away from the building,I told him to stop.

"I take it from here,how much?"

"Don't pay. Keep it. And get your sister home safely" he advised me.

I nodded to agree and dragged Ida from here. I was sure he was gone.

I dragged Ida to one of my dad's old company buildings.(which is now where they keep hardware)

I dragged her through the bushes.She was making my hands hurt. When I got to the door, I yanked it open with my feet and dragged Ida along into the dimly lit room. I had prepared already. I dragged her body to the chair in the middle of the room and managed to carry her into it. She kept on slumping forward but I was able to reach the rope on top of one of the many shelves and tie her with it.I got an old rug and pushed it in her mouth.

Her glasses slanted from her eyes and her clothes were all dirty.

I dragged the table I had laid the tools on and an old aquarium tank I filled with water.(There were no fishes)

I got a cup,fetched water from the tank and splashed it all over her face.

She woke up. She struggled in the chair realizing how stiff she was.

I picked up a sharp knife from the collection and danced my finger around the pointed tip.

"Don't waste your time. It's no use. You're tied up and just to remind you,don't try to scream,'cos nobody's gonna hear you"

I walked closer to her and faced her 'face to face '

"Oh wait you don't remember me?" I cooed, placing my hands on my chest to create more drama.

"Lemme adjust this for you" I straightened the glasses properly."Better?"

I walked away from her and began pacing around the room.

"You know what Ida. You're so foolish. I warned you. He dumped you. I kidnap you and now you're going to pay. You're so pathetic,stupid ... and I hate you" I said putting emphasis on the last three words.

"It didn't have to end this way but you wanted it to" I made my voice smooth."Any last words?"

She muffled."Oh right the rug. Lemme get it out" I pulled it out of her mouth.

"Hailey please you don't have to do this.You're too young,you'll go to prison"

I scoffed bitterly."You really think I will?"I shook my head" Naa.I don't think so"

"Let me go"  she screamed and shook herself.

"I'll let you go only after I'm done"

"I said let me go" she yelled.

"Hey hey.Take it easy you're going to block my ear drums"

I dragged her chair to where the tank was and bundled her hair at the back and pushed her head  into the water.

I counted  ..."fifty- nine....sixty" I pushed her head backward and let her see me in the face.

"This is for ruining everything for me. Who would have known that you'll be the one to steal my boyfriend" I pushed her head into the water.

I watched her greasy skin. Her hair was stuck to her skin and her clothes were wet....but I wasn't done yet.

I selected a sharper knife with a much pointy tip. I dragged my finger on the sharp blade. It cut me and blood gushed out of my finger.

"It's all for you" I pointed the sharp tip to Ida.

Ida's POV

I woke up in this dimly lit unfamiliar room. My body was hurting.When I tried to move,I realised I was tied and a rug was in my mouth.

It was Hailey who had kidnapped me a

and she had put my head in water five times.

"This is for you" she pointed the tip of the knife to me.

"Hailey please it doesn't have to be this way" I begged. At that moment,I regretted falling for André, drinking and ending up here.

She walked closer to me" It has to be this way"

She pierced the sharp and pointed tip of the knife into my flesh.

I let out a scream.

The pain got intense as she pushed it deeper into my cheek. Blood oozed from my face and I saw how it suddenly changed the color of my white jeans to red.

"This is nothing.Maybe it's because of your beautiful face why he fell for you.So I wanna destroy it"

She walked to the table with the laid out tools and picked another knife.Each better than the previous.

I let out a louder scream as Hailey slashed the knife through my facial skin.And again and again 'till I could really see the blood gushing out of my face.I could feel the pain on my cheeks,my mouth,my nose.

My glasses fell from my eyes.

I saw Hailey move,return again with another and slashed my skin with it.

"This is for you, specially"

She slashed my skin again.I knew this time it was deeper because I could feel it. It was almost as if it touch my skull.

I screamed as the undescribable pain got worse. Tears streamed down my face. I had never cried like this before.Ever.

I saw Hailey move and later returned with something shiny.

"Have a look at your beautiful face,Ida"

She showed it to me but I couldn't see.

"Oh right, silly me,your glasses" she wore the glasses on my face.

I was able to see now. My face.My beautiful face was gone. All I could see now was an animalike- eaten face.All was red and flesh.

I had difficulty in talking.

"Like the new makeover?" She asked brightly.

She walked away from me .

"My job here is done. You won't get out because I'm gonna burn this place down and nobody will ever see you again. It'll be like this ...Ida Hall, billionaire's daughter,missing" She laughed. It made me angry.

"And they'll search and search.But where will she be..." She shrugged" gone"

She got a gallon of petrol and poured it around. She took a lighter from her purse and walked to where the door was.

"Ple-please don't lea-leave me here" I said loud enough for her to hear but she pretended she didn't hear.

"I can't hear you"

She turned it on and touched the floor with the flame. It quickly spread around the room.

"Bye bye nerd" she yelled over the fire.

She shut the door.

She left me.In the burning fire.Tied up.Alone.

The fire got my legs and I screamed as I felt the hot burning sensation.

An idea suddenly poppped into my head.

I broughty feet closer to the fire.The rope shrunk and burned black.I quickly opened my legs and the rope loosened. I freed my legs. I screamed as I felt heat on my fingers and on my arms climbing all the way to my torso.

The rope around my wrist burned. I quickly cradled my hands in front of my.

Now I had to walk through fire and I did.

My skin was hot and some part of my body was burnt.

I laid on the tall grass and cried.

Hailey did this to me and it began with André. Now I had to perform a plastic surgery to recover my face and skin.

Hailey, André if you think you've won,spit it out 'cos you haven't.

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Hope you like it. Love; Vanessa

Merry Christmas.