Chapter Thirteen: Starve

About thirty minutes past after Jerome left the room, leaving Andrea with her rampant thoughts that seemed to be all over the place. Thinking of how she would escape from this hell hole without that son of a bitch and his hound finding out. Her brain working double time, checking and calculating all her options then their possible outcomes. Andrea was still silently planning her escape when the sound of the door opening broke her focus.

A young woman with long black hair wearing a maid's uniform stepped into the room and walked towards the bed where Andrea laid with neatly folded clothes in her hands.

" Ma'am, the boss wants you to have these clothes." The woman politely said and gently placed the clothes on the bed. Andrea's eyes scanned the woman's face, not knowing for sure if she could be trusted or if she would just go and squeal that devilish boss of hers but at that point she was desperate and would take any chance she had to get the heck out of there.

" Hello, what's your name?" Andrea asked with her voice welcoming and her eyes filled of warmth, causing the woman to be a little taken aback by the niceness in the tone used by the woman laying on the bed. Normally when the mansion had visitors, the guests that came were always kinda rude and full of their rich selves. But this woman was different, she didn't look snobbish and spoke really politely. And judging by the way the boss instructed his bodyguards to look after her and the fancy room she was staying in, the maid came to a conclusion that the woman must probably meant a lot to the boss. She decided to try her best not to annoy the lady or else the boss would have her head.

" Rosa, ma'am." The maid answered immediately, scanning the woman on the bed for any hint of annoyance and luckily found none. She heaved a sigh of relief.

" Rosa, that's such a beautiful name." Andrea praised and Rosa quickly nodded in agreement.

" Thank you, ma'am"

" Please don't call me ma'am, my name is Andrea so call me that." Andrea said while Rosa stared at her in misbelief and quickly shook her head.

" No, I can't call you by your name ma'am. The boss might get mad at me if I do so." Rosa said and lowered her head to avoid eye contact. Andrea stared at the woman for a few seconds then also shook her head. She knew her plan wouldn't be easy to pull off and for it to succeed she needed a friend, an ally who knew everything about this place, every nook and cranny. And hopefully by befriending a maid it would be easy for her to know all the possible escape routes.

But the only issue here was that the maid seemed to scared of her boss to even dream of disobeying him, talk more of helping her to escape.

Shit!

What kind of evil soul was Jerome to have his maid so scared of him like that? Perhaps this was a bad idea, if Andrea pushes through with her plan then she would be implicating the poor scared maid as well and who knew what that bastard would do to her?

" Your boss doesn't have to know, you call ma'am when he is around and Andrea when he's not." Andrea suggested with a sweet smile on her face that brought out her breathtaking features. Staring at the smiling woman, Rosa couldn't help but admire her radiate beauty. Andrea was by far the most beautiful woman she had ever met before, surpassing those of the previous women Jerome had brought to this mansion and even that of his ex lover who she thought was the most beautiful woman.

" Okay ma-, I mean Andrea." The maid said and bowed her head again.

" Can I ask you a stupid question?" Andrea asked. Rosa raised her eyes to look at Andrea and shook her head.

" No Andrea, your questions can never be considered stupid." Rosa instantly objected, trying her best not to anger the woman as it seemed the boss valued this one.

" It is actually but here goes nothing. Why are we?" Andrea asked and Rosa frowned, staring back at Andrea with confusion written boldly on her face.

" I don't understand your question, Andrea."

" What I meant was which city are we in? Are we still in Chicago?" Andrea asked and Rosa blinked twice, trying to understand why Andrea was asking such a question. Didn't she know were she was?

" No Andrea, we are in one of the boss's islands in Italy." Rosa answered and Andrea's head began to spin.

Italy? Island? That couldn't be possible, no it couldn't be. How the heck was she going to escape now? How were they even able to transport her this far without her knowing.

That son of a bitch!

' I swear to God, Jerome. I will get back at you for everything you have done to me. I will make sure you pay for this.'

" Italy? No, there has to be some sort of mistake. Are you sure we aren't still in Illinois?" Andrea asked, still holding on to a little hope that maybe Rosa made mistake and thought that Illinois looked like Italy. Maybe Rosa was a little retarded. Anything could be possible except for the fact that she was brought to Italy by that rabid hound.

" No Andrea, we are in Italy for sure." Rosa responded and was starting to think that her boss might have brought a delusional woman into his house. Andrea's eyes bulged out and her pulse quickened. She yanked the duvet that covered her and sprang out of the bed, not caring anymore that she was still only wearing her underwear. She ran to the window of the room and peeked through it but her heart sank to her stomach at the sight she saw in front of her.

The mansion that she was trapped in was on an island surrounded by water and the only possible way to leave there was either by boat or helicopter. And seeing this, figuring out the dirty game Jerome had played on her, she didn't even know when tears started streaming down her face and her sobs coming out with short breaths that sounded like hiccups.

That bastard, how could he do this to her? What wrong had she done to deserve this, huh? She was innocent, she did nothing wrong so why were these things happening to her?

Clutching her hair in both fist and almost yanking it out of her scalp, she screamed on the top of her lungs.

" Jerome you bastard, how dare you? You evil soul, you deserve nothing good in life. You are an evil creature, do you hear me? You are an evil bastard! If you think shooting my father, kidnapping me would make me cave then you must be high on cheap expired drugs. I wish you die and burn in hell!" She shouted, cursing his entire existence despite knowing that he couldn't hear her. Her limbs started feeling weak and she collapsed on the floor, crying. Feeling broken.

Rosa saw Andrea broke into tears and quickly ran to her, hugging her close. She gently wiped Andrea's tears with her sleeves and caressed her face.

" Jerome is evil." Andrea muttered between her sobs and Rosa nodded in agreement.

" Yes, he kinda is but crying only shows weakness. It would make it look like he has won over you and you don't want that, right? So please don't cry anymore." She said, comforting Andrea. Rosa had to admit that her boss was cruel and she had gotten the honor of seeing his cruelty in its full glory many times. She watched how her boss made examples of people that cross him by giving them all painful endings and how he used the harsh fate he gave to people as a warning for anyone who would be stupid enough to make the same mistake. Though Rosa was curious about what Jerome did to Andrea, she also knew better than to ask at a time like that. The woman was still hurting and the least she could was provide a little bit of comfort.

Rosa helped Andrea up and walked her to the bed. She helped her get dressed as she saw Andrea wasn't in the right state of mind to do anything yet. After she was done, she turned her back to Andrea and walked to door. But as she was about to touch the door knob, her hands freeze in the air as she just recalled one of the important things that brought her here in the first place. She spun around to look at Andrea but saw that she still had tears in her eyes.

" Ummh Andrea, there's something I forgot to tell you." Rosa said and took a few steps towards her.

" What is it?" Andrea asked, feeling dejected.

" The boss wants you to join him for dinner." Rosa answered, causing Andrea's eyes to shout out of their sockets.

" What?! Never! Go tell that motherfucker you call your boss that I rather starve than have a meal with an evil beast like him." Andrea commanded, pointing her finger towards the door in anger. Rosa got the message, she nodded and exited the room.

After leaving Andrea's room, Rosa moved to the master's bedroom which was right beside the one she just came out from. She stood in front of the door and knocked on it. After being granted permission to enter, she stepped into the room and saw her boss amusingly watching something on his flat screen TV. She moved in closer and froze when she saw what was on the screen. She saw Andrea on the screen, sitting on her bed and hugging herself. Rosa knew that this wasn't pre-recorded, it was what was currently happening and he was watching it.

He was watching all along, like he always did.

Jerome's voice snapped her out of her trance.

" So she said she rather starve, right? Then I will let her starve. If she doesn't have a meal with me then she doesn't eat at all"