After the call with Harvey, Vicky's head started to hurt again, and she went back to sleep.
The next time she woke up was when the sky had turned dark. The lights in the room were not turned on, so the room was pitch dark.
She fumbled to grab her phone, and after a while, her fingers came into contact with a human's hand.
Anyone would be startled by that, and Vicky shrieked. "Ah!"
Click! The lights by the nightstand were switched on.
The faint light did not blind her and revealed a familiar face.
Tyler was staring at her with a shadow looming over his face.
Her eyes widened, and her heart threatened to stop beating.
For a moment, she seemed to have traveled back to that week-long hellish experience of the time when she was kidnapped by Tyler.
He thought that she was corresponding with Monty in secret and that she was plotting an escape, so he chained her up in a dark room and continued to ask repeatedly why she betrayed him.
He would sometimes be gentle, only to act extremely furious at the next moment. His mood shifted rapidly, and though he never raised his hand at her, she felt as though she was about to go insane and was starting to truly want to get rid of him.
She was young then and was under too much pressure and fear to consider why he was behaving in such a way.
Even as she recalled the memories, fear continued to overwhelm her.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Tyler asked.
He noticed the sweat on her forehead and pulled out a tissue to wipe it away for her.
Vicky's body acted before she could think, and she instinctively dodge his touch.
Tyler's hand froze in the air, and tension rose.
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Awesome story but too long winded...