“That’s a good girl,” Jason said. “Nice and easy. We’ll keep walking for a while, find a tree somewhere nice and deep in the woods where no one’ll think to look, and let you practice in peace.”
“If you tie me up, how am I going to get out?” Lauren asked.
Odelia turned the flashlight to light the way. “Oh, I don’t know.” Odelia marched forward, forcing Lauren to move along, too.
“You’re so good at messing things up; you’ll probably just end up falling out of the ropes.” Jill laughed as if she’d said something funny. “Right on your ass.” She giggled again. “Typical. We set you up so you can’t fail, and then you fail regardless.”
Unwilling to believe this was happening, Lauren blinked back tears. The longer they walked, the clearer it became: Odelia and her crew intended to take Lauren somewhere so deep and distant that even if she shouted, no one could hear her. After everything they’d put her through, when she finally thought she was free of them, they were just going to tie her up in the woods and leave her for dead?
They had to realize what they were doing.
This wasn’t a prank, and it went beyond bullying.
With a real genuine fear for her life, Lauren could see no way out of the predicament. She couldn't reason with these assholes.
As they went deeper, swirling mist hid the ground from view, but Lauren’s feet saw for her. They traversed uneven ground, tangled roots, and crunching leaves.
“Please, please don’t do this,” Lauren begged when they came to a sudden halt. They’d reached a part of the woods that Lauren didn’t recognize. “Please. I’ll do whatever you want.”
“We want you to tie yourself to a tree, then.” Jill hooted at her own joke.
“God. And if you shut up, that would be nice, too,” Jason said, and all four of them giggled like preschoolers at a birthday party.
Lauren could see nothing funny in the dire situation.
Jason thrust Lauren forward, and she collided head first with a sturdy, gnarled tree with thick bark. An abrasive piece of bark scraped her cheek, the searing sting intense enough that Lauren was sure it drew blood. Before she could lift a hand to assess the damage, Odelia grabbed her and spun her around, slamming her into the tree. Then Rhett and Jason set about tying her up.
They bound her arms first, tying Lauren’s wrists together. The binding didn't cut into her skin but wrapped tight enough around so her hands hung uselessly in front of her body. After her hands were secure, they worked in tandem to wrap the rope around the tree, tightening as they went. They wrapped Lauren’s torso six times around until she was pressed tightly to the trunk, she couldn’t move. She only managed to lift her feet and dip her head; the rest of her mobility was stolen.
“Look at this.” Odelia stepped back from her prisoner and opened her arms wide as if showing Lauren off to the world. “The Uptight Pipsqueak, standing up tall and on her own, for the first time in her life.”
“It’s unnatural.” Rhett shook his head.
Jill giggled. “An abomination. Let’s take pictures.”
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