Paint her red

A COLD SPLASH of water wakes me up from that nightmare. I laugh at my mind she really like the idea that I'm being put in the basement.

Seems like this bitch got some nerves to pour ice cold water at me.

"Wake up! Bitch!"

She poured another bucket of ice cold water at me. I shivered because my dress is already soaking wet. Plus the AC is in maximum level. I just look at her blankly, while she's seating on a chair feeling like she sits on the throne.

"Well...well..well, I'm glad that you're already awake."

I saw a cunningness at her smile.

"Ripped her dress!"

She commanded the hand maiden that she brought.

I hear a fabric of my clothing been ripped by a nervous handmaiden.

She eyed at my exposed chest. And she traced my bare skin with a dagger that she's been holding.

Upon seeing the dagger that she's holding. My memories starts to flash like a tv programme that has an encore. Suddenly my mind went blank and all that I know is that, I use all the force that I have. And grabs the dagger from her hold and pointed at her. The color on her face vanish. That makes me smirked at her.

"Too bad you didn't tie me."

I grab her hands and pinned her down using my two legs. I traced her face using the flat blade of the dagger.

"Hmmm.. what a beautiful face, what would you look like if I paint you red?"

I saw her shivered.

"Scared?" I ask her.

She just keep on sobbing while her whole body trembled because of fear.

"It's just a start, remember what you did to me back in the beach house? I TRUSTED YOU but you BETRAYED me. You choose your beloved boyfriend or should I say brother that time. Because of what?

You're afraid that Ed might expose you're relationship that's why you turned me to him? Oh right! How are you keeping up with yourself knowing that Rafael is hooking up with another girl? Maybe you don’t know, but I saw him last last night, we’ll he kinda join in our party and I saw him banging one of my acquaintances. It looks like he’s enjoying her company.” I said that make her shock.

"Be ready, it's time for me to paint you red."

I slightly trace her jawline with a pointed blade of the dagger. Until I saw blood coming from a small cut that I made.

Upon seeing blood it makes myself excites. There's something that keeps on urging my self to do more.

I want to paint her red!

My body screams for blood.

I want her to be painted by her own blood!

I can't stop myself. I feel like someone has a total control of myself.

And it keeps on telling me that Elleinita looks good in red.

Especially with her blood painted all over her face.

"Please stop! Please!" She keeps on begging me.

But I just look at her blankly. Void of emotions.

I just keep on making some shallow cuts at the back of her shoulder when I heard a foot steps coming our way. I hurriedly let go of her and cut my wrist using the dagger.

And I smile at her cunningly.

I stab myself multiple times at my stomach targeting the point where would I bleed heavily but far from my vital organs.

When I feel that someone's nearing the door, I throw the dagger into Elleinita's feet.

And I lie on the floor pretending to be unconscious.

Aunt Beatrice picks the dagger and instructed the house maiden to bring a set of blankets and a medicine kit.

She slapped Elleinita really hard, that I could feel her head turns from left to right.

I felt my lips curved into smile after what she did to her own daughter.

Aside from my late grandma, aunt Beatrice also cared for me but in a subtle way because she's afraid of her husband, which is my mom's brother and also she's afraid of abuelo.

"Are you crazy?!" She shouts at her own daughter.

Still pretending that I'm still unconscious.

But slowly I can feel that my body getting numb and I starts to feel the cold sweats dripping from my face.

A couple minutes later I also heard a group of foot steps coming our way.

I could hear a faint shout coming from the baritone voice. And seems like they are panicking.

The last thing I remembered is I was being carried and I sniff at the person who carries me.

I smell a mixture of lavender and mint musk.

"Hmmm..Lavender, just like my name Lavander with an A." I utter before subconsciousness drags me.

I WOKE UP in an all white room and I look at myself in a glass window. I am wearing a white hospital gown. Seems like I'm in a mental institution. Finally they sent me here.

I shook my head so that my hair is in a perfect mess just like a mad woman. I cross-leg and sat on the bed. Now let the act begins.

I heard that someone's putting a key in a keyhole, so I pretend to be like a mad woman. I just keep on whispering some incoherent words and from time to time I would laugh like how some mad people laugh.

I averted my gaze at the person who enters the room. A smile crept on my face.

"Geez Lav, stop the act no one's around. I know you're not insane. So cut it out." He said a bit irritated.

A frown forms on my face. I thought he would buy my act. But it's useless because he really knows me that well. So I jump at him and envelope him in a very tight hug.

"I knew it! You can't abandoned a beautiful creature like me!" I said while sniffing his neck

"Psh.. get off me you crazy woman," he wriggle from my hug.

So I break our hug before he stormed out of my quarter's.

"Okay.. So why're you here?"

"I'm here because of your stupid plan. What are you planning about?"

"Hmmm? For now I still have no concrete plan... But one thing's for sure, I will play along with their so called game... So are you game or not?"

"Psh.. As if I have a choice." He sighed and look at me defeatedly.

"You have a choice and you choose to play along with the game." I tap his back and give him a peck on his cheeks.

"Just be careful... I'm not always here to look for you," he hugged me and I could sense a fustration in his voice.

"I will, don't worry... After all thoose years I'm thankful that you're always at my back."

"Hey, dimwits visitation hour's over!" Someone shouted outside my quarter's.

“Psh... I don't understand why you befriended that brat. And don’t move too much, you’re wound are still fresh.” He uttered before he let go of the hug.

"See you when I see you!" I said loud enough to be heard by him.

Luckily aunt Beatrice are fast enough to call an ambulance if not I am already a cold corpse lying six feet below the ground.

Who would’ve thought that her daughter is facing a mental illness and she laced that knife with a poison coming from a deadly flower.

The reason why I felt that I’m sweating coldly that time. Luckily Eli had the antidote with that time and they apply it to us immediately.