Chapter 6
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Chapter 6 – The Betrayal
Catherine came to see Ashleigh in Shady Hills to give her some news. She was springing her from Shady Hills. Catherine had heard that Det. Chase was onto where Ashleigh was and knew she had to get Ashleigh out before Det. Chase got her out.
Then she thought of her family’s home and the basement that was designed as dungeon. She could bring Ashleigh here and no one would be the wiser. Then she could put her plan in motion.
“Hello bestie!”
“Catherine, please! Let me out of here!” Ashleigh pleaded. “For Charles’ sake!”
“Don’t worry. I’m here to help you.” Catherine said as she jabbed Ashleigh with a needle.
Ashleigh woke up to find she was in a new prison, Catherine’s family’s home basement.
“Catherine, what did you do to me?”
“I got you out of that asylum.”
“And into another prison?”
“Oh, I’m sorry, are you missing your fiance?”
“Catherine, why are you doing this? Haven’t we been friends since childhood?”
“I’m sorry, are we? Friends? Besties?” Catherine chided her.
“What are you talking about?”
“Would a friend betray her bestie by sleeping with her guy?”
“What?! I never slept….” Ashleigh began to say, but Catherine cut her off.
“You slept with him! Stephan!”
“Stephan?! Your boyfriend in high school?”
“Yes. I caught you together!”
Ashleigh flashed back to their senior year as she remembered that day. But Catherine got it all wrong. Ashleigh was only congratulating him with an embrace after he confessed to wanting to propose to Catherine. But Catherine’s jealousy and insecurities ruined the proposal and Stephan was killed in a car accident when he tried to go after Catherine, who had taken off in her car. Catherine has blamed Ashleigh ever since that horrible night.
“Catherine, he was planning to propose to you. I was only…”
“Save your damn excuses, Ash! I know you wanted my boyfriend!”
“You have it all wrong?!”
“Well, too bad you’re locked in here. No will be able to save you now.”
“What are you planning?”
“I will be comforting poor Charles. I will be marrying him!”
“Catherine! Please! Let me out!”
But Ashleigh’s pleas fell on deaf ears as Catherine started to leave, “Sorry, Ash, but karma’s a b***h!”
Desperate and hopeless, Ashleigh fell on her tiny bed and cried. How was she going to get out of here?
Catherine went back to town and began her plot to seduce Charles to become his wife…a Navy SEALs wife!
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