Episode 3

My father slapped me again before I could stop him, and what I heard left me even more disconcerted.

"Don't talk about your sister like that, stop slandering her. Ariel came a moment ago and explained everything. You saw wrong. They were chatting and got too close. You thought you saw them kissing, but they both said that's not true, that they see each other as siblings and you're taking revenge by making up things that didn't happen, so apologize to your sister for calling her a slut. She hasn't done you any harm. Besides, you should apologize to Ariel for putting him through this bad time, they're getting married soon, and you're not going to kick anyone out of this house. If anyone leaves, it would be you, since you're dishonoring the family with your slanders," he told me furiously, and I can only look at him. I don't know what to say. Is he really my father? Were those vipers right to say that I'm the daughter of another man? Maybe it's true, since my mother passed away, this man is definitely a stranger to me.

"I'm not apologizing for shit. I don't want to know about this topic or what those vipers have told you, but when I get back tonight, I want that bitch out of my house, because this is my house, and if I find her, I'll kick you all out, I don't care, so decide, father, that bitch who is not my sister or anything to me, or me," I said as I left. I heard my father call me a thousand times, but I just went to the parking lot and took one of the cars. I drove off at full speed, wanting to drive and forget what was happening. When I was on my way, two cars intercepted me, forcing me to stop. Some hooded men got out and forced me into one of the vehicles. Someone gave me a very strong blow, and I don't remember anything else.

When I regained consciousness, I was being dragged through the forest. Two of the men were dragging me like a rag. I could see that there was a hole.

"Who are you? What do you want?" I managed to stammer while one laughed.

"That's none of your business, little princess. You just need to know that you're a nuisance to someone important, and you'll have to pay the price. Dead, you're more valuable," he told me while I just tried to be as lucid as possible, but I can't. My mind is still spinning. I feel dizzy and numb.

"Please, let me go, I'll give you money, a lot of money," I said while they laughed.

"That's what we were warned you'd say, that you have money and I don't know what, but we already know that's not true. We only deal with whoever can pay well. Now this hole is for you. There's fuel inside. We'll have to burn you so you're unrecognizable. Then we'll take your remains to a place where they'll find you. Don't worry, we'll leave clues that it's you and that you were killed in a failed kidnapping. No one is looking for you. Everyone knows you're a capricious girl who disappears for a long time, so no one will be harmed," the man said as he threw me near the pit. I can barely move, but I haven't lost consciousness yet.

Now undress this beauty, first we're going to have some fun, then we'll get rid of her, don't finish inside, we mustn't leave any signs of what happened," he says while the other guy starts tearing off my clothes, and I just cry and sob, I can't even defend myself.

Without anyone expecting it, I hear a gunshot, causing the man who is almost on top of me to be thrown backward, and the other who seemed to want to pull out a weapon received a direct shot to the face. I didn't know anything else, I fainted. I felt so weak that I couldn't even open my eyes.

I don't know how much time had passed, but I woke up in a small cabin. The fire in the fireplace is lit, I was cold, but I felt my body regain heat. I looked around, not understanding, until the memories of the last 24 hours came back to my mind. My tears were running like rain, and when I tried to move, a thick, deep voice entered directly into my parietal lobe, paralyzing my body with a single order.

"Don't move, you're still weak, that blow was very strong. It's clear they wanted you dead, but I don't want problems, so you should leave. I don't want people, I don't want you to stay, so you better be able to recover because I'll kick you out as soon as possible," he tells me while I turn around calmly, if I move fast I get dizzy.

"Did you save me?" I say, remembering the shots.

"No, I was just passing by, and I want you to get something clear, I don't want to talk to you, I'm not interested, so recover and leave," he tells me as he stands up from the corner where he was sitting, and he is very tall, it's just that I'm a bit short, my mother was like that, but he is tall, he looks rough, and I don't know if he's handsome or not, he has long hair and a beard, it looks like he's been here for a long time.

"I... I, I'm leaving," I said, stunned. Anyway, I had things to think about, was it a coincidence? The day I find my stepsister with my fiance, they kidnap me and try to kill me, my father talks to me as if I have no right to say anything or be upset about anything.