Beautiful Madness

Chapter 4 On The Edge

Ruby woke up in the morning. The smell of toast wafted through the room. She got out of bed, the steam from the chamomile tea dancing on a black porcelain cup on a black tray on a yellow-brown wooden table-the table she had made landed on the bed last night.

She got out of bed and approached the table. Her hunger tempted her to reach for the delicious, warm food waiting to be devoured. Ruby picked up the toast, took a bite, and chewed. Tasting the peanut butter and the soft bread blending on her tongue, she sat down on the yellow-brown wooden chair.

"He's such a bad servant. What if I'm allergic to peanuts?" She muttered to herself.

"But you're not allergic to peanuts, are you? Just enjoy your meal. You're lucky to be eating right!" Ruby was talking to herself again.

It had been several days since she had talked to herself. She was lonely. The boredom felt like it was skinning her alive, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, locked in a room with no clock. Without a cell phone, Ruby felt alienated and abandoned.

"Aren't they supposed to treat hostages well so they can get what they want? These bastards are like animals." Ruby was talking to herself again as she chewed the toast in her mouth.

Ruby stood up and felt something on her bottom. Earlier, she had sat down without looking at the chair. Ruby unceremoniously placed her bottom on it. She thought for a moment and saw some clothes, a white shirt, and shorts. She picked up the shirt and looked at it.

From the style, it was undoubtedly a man's shirt. Ruby knew they must be Finn's clothes. He had promised to give her clean clothes. It was better than not changing, even if she got men's clothes. She had been wearing the same clothes for four days. She moved the clothes to the chair across from where she was sitting, then returned to enjoy her breakfast.

Ruby rested her head on the back of the chair, her thoughts racing. How long would she be in this place? What did the beasts want? Ruby was sure they were holding her husband for ransom. The clothing company they owned was quite large. They must want a lot of money. But why was there still no light at the end of the tunnel? Ruby tried to make sense of her confusion.

Ruby got up and went to the bathroom to wash up. She was especially pleased when she felt the water running over her body.

After a while, Ruby came out of the bathroom. She put on the clothes provided. The shirt was quite loose on Ruby's tiny body. Ruby's body is small compared to Finn's athletic body. She sighed. There was no bra, no panties,

Just a pair of short, sagging jeans, but she had to wear them if she didn't want her skin irritated by the dirty clothes she'd been wearing for days.

Ruby put on Finn's shirt and smelled the scent of his body on it. It was the same scent Finn had used to tie Ruby's body to the chair last night. Ruby knew it was the smell of the detergent. She then put on a pair of short sky-blue jeans that were sagging. She takes them off and looks at the size, four numbers bigger than Ruby's waist.

"Huft!" Ruby exhaled sharply through her mouth. She felt like an erotic pole dancer in a nightclub. She wasn't, but as she stood there, she looked very seductive. Her breasts were clearly outlined, not to mention the buttons on her shirt that were open at the chest, making the 'river' that cut through the mountains look even more attractive. The shirt covered her buttocks, making her thighs and legs look even more alluring.

"Aaahhh __ what is this?" Ruby stared into the mirror. "Luckily, those two assholes aren't here," Ruby said. She went to the bathroom and washed her clothes.

Ruby hoped her underwear would dry quickly. She hung them on a large round glass window, hoping the sunlight would dry her clothes faster. She sat back in the chair and sipped her tea, still warm in her mouth.

"Where is he? This food was freshly prepared," Ruby said. She was looking for Finn because she hadn't seen him yet.

She kept talking to herself, thinking it was good for her mind. She felt almost crazy from the depression and loneliness. She wondered why her husband hadn't contacted her yet.

"Did they forbid it?" Ruby looked out the window at the vast blue sky. She went to the door, turned the knob, and pulled the handle.

It is useless!

The door is locked. What kind of kidnapper would be an i***t to leave the door unlocked and let his prisoner run away, right? Ruby kept trying to open the door, shouting and cursing.

There was no answer, no sound of footsteps. It seemed they were all gone. Ruby collapsed against the doorframe, her face buried in her knees, and cried for hours.

After a while, Ruby was tired of crying, and her head hurt. She also had trouble breathing, her nose blocked from the tear ducts that rubbed into her sinuses. She laid her body on the bed and cried until she fell asleep sobbing. Her eyes suddenly opened, and she heard many footsteps approaching the door. Ruby's alertness increased. She always felt that her life was in danger.

Ruby immediately sat up and crouched, trembling in the corner of the bed. The sound of keys jingled as someone turned them from outside. She pulled the covers up over her body.

"Hello, darling __ good to see you!" Damon appeared from the doorway with Lucas.

"No!" Ruby said fearfully and moved her trembling body closer to the wall.

Damon got closer, accompanied by Lucas. He pulled the blanket roughly around Ruby's body, and she held on even tighter. But the blanket slipped from Ruby's hands only by one of Damon's hands.

Ruby lowered her legs and tried to cover her private area, which was visible without a single thread covering it. Damon gave Ruby a hungry look and swallowed his saliva.

Damon laughed triumphantly. He explored Ruby's body with his disgusted eyes. The woman's cleavage looked truly mesmerizing in his eyes, making him laugh out loud again.

"No one's going to help you this time," Damon said happily. He quickly locked the door after getting the key from outside.