Welcome home pt 2 //Russia

*back to present time, Russia 2020*

Her eyelids heavy as she began to come too, Moving her hands, nothing. They were tied a cold feeling beneath them, a metal chair she was bound too sat upright her head slouched slightly to the left her eyelids slowly opened “Ahh pretty girl wakes” Ivan sat opposite her his cold gaze fixed on hers “Your boyfriend is a**hole” he told her his accent still as think as it was all those years ago “I gave him choice he chose himself” he admitted to her, So this was Nik’s plan to use her to get himself free? Was it a nice little payday for him? He wouldn’t have time to spend it she’d get out of here and she’d kill him “Now Nik tells me it was you.. You planned it all and he give you to me for redemption and his life” Candice scoffed “If you believe that then you really are stupid!” The butt of his gun connected with her jaw and as her head turned she spat out some blood and laughed she knew Ivan if she pissed him off enough he’d beat her but he’d leave the room not wanting to lose his cool and once he was out of the room she’d be able to start trying to get out of there “I was just a hired gun Ivan” she told him “He planned it all” she told him “You think killing me now will stop him from trying to come at you again?” Another laugh “tupoy russkiy trakh” he stood now striking her face again then grabbing her chin roughly pulling her face up to face him “Dumb bitch, Your man left you here to die, You stupid one” she mustered up some spit in her mouth and spat it at his face he let go wiping his face with a napkin he took from his pocket “That’s where you are wrong he played you, Nik isn’t anything to me anymore you think he sacrificed something he loved? He didn’t we haven’t been together for years this was easy for him and now you’ve let him walk away, You are stupid! He’ll be plotting against you” to this he kicked her chair over spat at her and left the room her hands moved quickly trying to loosen the knots the had her hands bound until the door opened again.

“Candice?” A soft woman’s voice she looked up it was Misha the same woman who stabbed her she came over and flipped out a knife cutting the rope Candice looked at her confused “You could have killed me on that roof, You should have but you didn’t” she did the same to her feet and helped her up “You gave me a chance now I’m giving you one” Candice raised her brow “He will kill you” she told the woman truthfully to which she shrugged “I died a long time ago” she then turned the knife and used it on herself before Candice could even stop her “Sh*t” she went to her side as she slowly dropped to the floor “We are both free now” Misha said as she took her last few jagged breaths Candice shut her eyes for her and stood she couldn’t waste time if she was found here now? She’d definitely be killed she headed to the door her ear pressed to it hearing nothing she opened it slowly looking out she didn’t even know where she was right now stepping out into the hallway she seen a window at the end heading that way quickly she looked out she wasn’t that high up she tried to open the window but it wouldn’t budge “Give me a f***ing break!” She heard voices behind her random shouting in Russian she took a few steps back as guns were raised and ran jumping through the window cutting her arm on the way down she rolled along the floor as bullets flew past her on hitting her side but she didn’t have time to assess her injuries right now she ran, Ran for her life her lungs burned as she tried to suck in as much breath as she could she had a decent head start but her injuries slowed her down she stopped behind a tree looking around for a moment she realised she wasn’t far from the house that her and Nik shared it wasn’t safe there but she hoped it was that much of an obvious choice they wouldn’t look there, She set off again sliding down a muddy hill that dropped into a creek the water freezing but she could hear the men catching up she quickly covered herself in the mud and stuff and lay next to the water camouflaging herself the best she could the low lighting helped they were above her now she held her breath she was losing blood and was weak if they caught her now she was done for her eyes closed it seemed like they were there for ages time stood still she felt her lungs burn again from the lack of air in them her heartbeat could be felt all over her body and suddenly they were gone and she let out a breath she couldn’t move yet the water making her cold and the loss of blood colder still she lay there until it was dark her body stiff and weak she pulled herself up mud caked all over her she pulled herself into the freezing water and rubbed all over making sure she got most of the dirt out of the slice in her arm she ripped the bottom of her dress and rapped it around her arm she didn’t bother with the shot wound to her side as she stood and trudged on without further incident.

She managed to get back to the house Nik was no where in site but his things were still here she grabbed her bag and showered all the gunk off her getting out wrapping a towel around her she grabbed a sewing kit from under the sink and began to stitch her arm up badly but it would hold till she got home, The pain was almost unbearable but she’d been through worse her teeth gritted together as she finished and covered it with a bandage she looked over the bullet wound it was nothing serious just a graze really she placed a gauze over it then wrapped that up too before she dressed in sweats and put a cap on she was in a rush to get out she found her passport and Nik’s she threw his in the fire he wouldn’t be coming back with her she grabbed the car keys and her ticket luckily it was open ended so she could come back whenever she wanted she put her stuff in the car and went back inside grabbing all the alcohol they had she poured it all over, and turned the gas on the cooker pulling the pipe loose slightly and she left again taking out a lighter she lit it and threw it inside getting into the car she drove off seeing the house she once loved go up in flames “Welcome home baby” she laughed to herself she was going home.