Irene, who was lying on the floor tried to tilt her body to the right, so that her hands were no longer stuck between her and the floor. Luckily for her, Eddy doesn't tie her legs so she can use her free leg to move. But it is not that easy with the chair.
One time. Failed. Second time. Also failed. Only on the third time, she tries, then she manages to lie to the right.
Her eyes now can saw clearly the rope that was burning a few feet in front of her at that moment. She let out a sigh of relief. Because the rope was long and burned slowly, little by little. But it doesn't mean that she can delay the time she has.
"Ugh..."
Irene was trying hard to release her tied hand at that moment. She can feel that the skin of her hands was flaking from the friction. It is really painful but she didn't want to die before trying anything.
Out of the blue,
Krakkkkkk ...
While her still struggling, her ears caught the sound of the rusty door being opened from the outside. Irene, who was still lying on the floor shuffled a little to see what was going on.
How surprised she was to see Victor standing there. Whereas she never thought at all that the man was the one who would be there to help her. Especially when there was a big fight between them before. But how can he be there? At the right time like this?
She quickly eliminated the question that began to enter her mind. It doesn't matter right now. Her life is much more important than that. Just as she was about to greet the man, her eyes no longer looked at Victor, instead looking at the rusty door which was now almost closed due to the wind from the outside.
But before she could warn the man,
Dummmm! The door was already closed. Closing tight. With so much power.
Irene gasped for a moment in disbelief at what she was going through, before she was screaming hysterically.
"No!"
Irene felt all her strength gone. Her body and mind feel like its being separated. Now what? She then looked sharply at Victor, who was still unmoving, just standing there.
"What?" Only that word left his mouth.
"Why?! Why aren't you stopping that thing?!" Irene starts complaining.
"What? The door?" Victor didn't seem to understand their dreadful condition.
"That door cannot be open from inside you fool. Now both of us are trapped here and can die any minute because of that fire." Irene explodes in anger voice.
Hearing on what the girl is saying, Victor tries to pull the door as hard as he can. To confirming. But it didn't work. The door didn't budge at all.
"Forget about that. Help me with this first." Irene finally asked for help. Even though she actually didn't want to always be indebted to the man, she is forcing herself to ask. What can she do in a time of danger like this? She definitely can't let go of herself.
Without further delay, Victor approached Irene and helped to untie her hands.
"Are you okay?" Victor voice sound concern.
"Do I look okay to you?" Irene, who still feels anger towards Eddy vents her anger towards Victor.
Realizing her mistake just after one second, she quickly apologized.
"I'm sorry. Its not like I want to get mad at you. How do you get here?" Irene asks the earlier question that gets inside her mind before.
"I ask one of my men to follow you around in the collage today."
Finally the rope that bound her hands opened. Irene rubbed her hand that was still in pain and numbness. About what the man said before, she didn't know how to react to that. Should she be angry? Or grateful? So, she just decides to leave the matter for now.
"Who did this to you?" Victor voice sounded very cold while holding both of Irene's hands. He became so angry when he saw the effect of the rope ties on the girl's wrist, which was now flushed, bruised and slightly bleeding.
"We talk about that later. Now, we must find a way to get out from here. This whole entire place is full with gasoline now. If we're not getting out fast, we probably die." Irene said she thought.
At the time, one part of the wall was finally struck by fire. Making Irene surprised. She did not notice that the rope with the fire before was getting shorter.
She looked in the yard of the building. Find whatever she can to save themselves.
"Do you think you can go out from that high window?" Irene asks Victor.
That man just looking at her without any hint of worry while their situation is in danger as they already are surrounded by fire. His behavior was as if waiting for her to provide solutions for both of them.
"That's too high for me. But if you manage to go out first, you can open the door for me after that."
"So, are you going to lift me up or what?" Irene asked again.
"You can step on the back of my body. I support you from below." He said.
By that, Irene step into Victor back. Climbing a window which half of it has already broken. She never climbs anything before, so it was a struggle for her. After she manages to get out and hold on the window frame, she is quite nervous to jump. But she knows that it is not that high. She will never die by such length
As she remembers she need to help Victor, she just jumps with her eyes close. Luckily, she landed on a very soft grass there. In fast, she gets up and running to the front door of the building. But to her shock, Victor already stood there, without any scratches.
"W... what. H.. How you get out?" Irene cannot believe what she just saw.
"I just want to see how your mind work in this kind of dangerous situation. In my observation, you are not bad at handling such situation. But, if you trap in this kind of situation again, first you can go to the rope that caught on fire and stepped to that to put it out. But you can only do that if wearing shoes or there are other things in this area that can help. But if not, this building is made of wood and old enough. You can kick or knock on the wall. There must be a wall that is already rotten and easy to break. Like I did just now. Lastly, the option that you choose. Finding the window. But it is not easy task to perform but if you try hard enough I'm sure you can get out successfully." Victor explained at length.
At that time, half of the old building collapsed to the ground just similar like Irene's heart that sunk very hard after listening to Victor's long speech.
How can that man want to teach her in this kind of dangerous situation? While she is in a state that afraid for her dear life just now? Can't he tell her or teach her these things in another day? When it's not that dangerous.
One... Two... Three...
"Are you crazy?!" Irene starts to explode. Again.