"That's a joke right?".
"No, it's not, the drug will soon take effect". Rowan replied seriously.
Finley felt her life flash before her eyes.
She was getting dizzy, she couldn't even concentrate as her vision becomes blurry by the second.
Rowan stood up from the couch as he finished his drink. He placed the wine glass on the center table and walked towards Finley.
"What do you want to do to me? Stay away from me! ". Finley said as limps away from him, she was losing her mind.
'Why?! Just why!'.
She screamed internally.
Rowan watched her run into the kitchen.
"That's not the way out".
"Fuck you! ". Finley replied angrily.
'You should just let the drug take effect instead of fighting it". Rowan replied walking towards her.
Finley picked up a knife from the kitchen counter.
She pointed the tip to Rowan.
"Do. not. come. near. me". She said with a firm voice.
Rowan just stood there staring at her like the whole scenario was entertaining.
Finley was losing her vision and her mind was hazy like she had a brain fog.
She switched on the kitchen tap and as water flowed from it, she scooped some with her both hands and splashed it on her face.
"That won't help".
Rowan said as he walked into the kitchen.
"Don't come near me!". Finley shouted as she picked up the knife again but this time Rowan ignored her and continued walking towards her.
Finley felt real fear as she took steps back slowly still pointing the knife at him.
She had a terrified expression on her wet face and she was breathing unevenly.
Finley picked up courage as she charged at him with the knife, ready to stab him.
'sqwelp!'.
The knife made contact with the flesh.
'Blood dripped to the floor'.
Finley's eyes widened as she touched her blood-dripping stomach.
Rowan made her stab herself.
The look of pain and regret showed on Finley's face before she fell to the ground, the medicine has finally taken effect.
"Tsk Tsk".
Rowan exclaimed annoyed as he took in a deep breath, staring at the unconscious body of Finley laying in a small pool of blood.
He needed to do something fast before she lose too much blood.
It's been five days now since Finley woke up in that cell. All the food that Rowan has been giving her, she has been flushing them down the toilet in the cell.
She was hungry, weak, sad, and terrified of what Rowan would do to her.
Kali has been quiet for the last two days, she didn't even know if she is alive or dead. The last time she heard Kali's voice was when she was crying and mumbling something she couldn't understand. Now she had nobody to talk to and the fear of the unknown kept increasing every day.
Shane tried Finley's cellphone for the twentieth time today and as usual, there was no response.
For the past four days now she has been trying to reach her to no avail.
"What's going on? Why is she not picking up my calls or even calling me like she promised?".
Shane asked herself with a worried expression.
She lay on the bed looking at the ceiling and imagining the worst-case scenario.
"No, I have to do something". Shane said as she sat up on the bed.
Just as she did that, her phone chimed.
She picked it up immediately to check.
She had just gotten a message.
And it was from Finley!
"Hey, Shane, sorry that I have not been contacting you, I am enjoying my trip with him, I will be staying for a few more days and I wanted to inform you, I will call you later, bye".
Shane read the message and immediately felt that something is wrong.
That text wasn't from Finley, someone is using her phone.
Shane immediately texted back.
"Why didn't you call or text me immediately after you arrived as you promised? You made me freak out. How are you doing and why are you staying for more days?".
A phone on a black large table in a room turned on showing a message notification on the home screen.
Rowan picked up the phone and read the message with a flat expression.
"We are in cottage groove, I will try to call later but the service isn't great".
Shane looked at the message, thinking of a better reply, she texted back.
"That's amazing, send me pictures".
Rowan saw the reply and smirked. He switched it off and turned the phone upside down.
A man dressed in all black was sitting opposite him, there were two white boxes on the large black table in front of him.
The man opened the boxes and stared at the contents for some seconds before nodding his head.
"Everything is complete". The man spoke out as he stood up
Rowan stood up also from his seat and shaked hands with the man.
The man stacked the two white boxes on top and carried them out of the house to the boot of his car.
Rowan stood there watching him leave before going back into his house.
"Kali, Kali, Kali! Kali! Please speak up if you are there". Finley said.
The sound of heavy metal boots could be heard, which meant that Rowan was coming.
Rowan approached Kali's cell.
He stared at the lifeless-looking lady on the bed with no expression at all.
He creased his brows when he noticed that, unlike the leg amputation, the breast amputation hasn't healed or shown any sign of healing.
He changed the bandages not long ago and now it's bleeding again.
Normally any type of amputation takes about three to four weeks to start healing or heal fully at the least.
Complications and infections can make it stay longer than normal to start healing or even make it not heal at all.
And in Kali's case, there was a complication that either resulted from the surgery or internally that is stopping her amputation from closing up and healing and would need immediate treatment.
Rowan always does his research well before picking any of his victims.
There are criteria and requirements for a person to have before he can decide to add them to his meal.
Generally, they must be female, single, and not have a lot of friends or not even have any friends at all.
Not weighing more than a hundred and forty-five pounds.
Although Finley had those requirements there was something about her.
She had a very close friend and although Rowan ignored that fact he didn't underestimate her.
The fact that Shane had seen his face meant that he should be extra careful in dealing with Finley, which meant that he would only touch Finley when he has gotten rid of Shane.