Cruel Husband-Chapter 7

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Sometimes when your biggest fear becomes your reality.

Then two things happen one you can’t face it and then you die and second you face it and survive.

Both the things happen with Zhan.

He wasn’t lying when he said to Yibo that he was claustrophobic, he first discovered himself when he was 8 and was stuck in a small storeroom of his house.

And now he is stuck in the small room of the basement where he is sure no one can hear his voice even someone did no one will help him.

His first day was the most difficult. He remember he was screaming, begging and looking at the cameras that Yibo has fitted in every room of their wing to keep an eye on him.

He begged him, he knew Yibo can see him but that cruel sick bastard was enjoying his misery…

His back was already hurting from the assault Yibo had done on him…

First day morning when he heard door to be opened, he can’t sleep the whole night and be alert that if he slept he will die.

He saw Yibo foot first and he waited that Yibo will say now that you can come out of this room…

But he never did…

Yibo was holding a small bag and then he said.

“Good morning dumb boy… look I got you some food, I know you must be hungry.” he said with a fake concern.

Zhan held his breath and tightened his fist…

“Can I come out now, I’m sorry for everything… my punishment is finished now, isn’t it?” he softly said.

Yibo shakes his head and said.

“Tsk tsk, but stupid boy your punishment is just started, how can I let you go… ok now I’m here to tell you that the food I brought is the only food you got, so use it wisely.. because you don’t know how long you will be here.”

Zhan just lost it then, he sobbed and crawl towards him and hold his leg.

“Yibo plz plz I’m begging you, I will die here, I can’t breathe, I’m sorry so sorry for whatever I did, I’m serious, I’m claustrophobic.. plz let me out, I will do anything, Yibo I’m so tired and hurt.”

Yibo eyes flicker for a moment and Zhan saw something in his eyes like guilt.

But that was gone in a seconds and he pushed him from his leg so that Zhan flies towards the wall which made his hand and feet to bruise because of the friction…

Zhan closed his eyes and felt so helpless because of his situation.

Yibo said. “I’m going to London for a few days, so don’t create a scene and if you behave well then I will let you out soon.”

Zhan didn’t know what happen but he laughed & said. “Like anyone is going to help me if I create a scene, you will make sure of that.”

Yibo lost it and put his boot on Zhan’s hand and pressed it so tight that Zhan felt instant pain and he screamed like a mad person and he knows at any minute he is going to lose one of his hands.

Yibo turn away and said. “Don’t ever reply me back and because of this you are going to stay longer then expected, so enjoy.”

With that he closes the door and Zhan screamed and kicked his foot in frustration on the door….. which hurt him more…

After few hours his stomach growl and he remember Yibo brought some food that he put in the fridge…

When Zhan opened the small fridge, there he saw 4 bottles of water, 3 carrots, and 3 apples, he put his hand deep in the packet to find other items but he found nothing…

Zhan felt the floor to be slipping from his feet, he put his hand on his face in shocked…

how can I survive with only this food, don’t know for how many days…

He is so hungry now that he can eat all this in one sitting.

Yibo was serious when he said he will starve him to death….

In his helpless Zhan dropped to the corner of the wall and start breathing heavily, all of a sudden the room felt to be closing on his like it’s compressing and in any felt he will be compressed in the wall…

He starts shaking and then he felt like throwing up… he runs to the small washroom and puke… and puke more…

He was shaking by the time he reached his corner and sit there… and took a water bottle, he took few sips and felt so refreshing that he can’t stop himself and drink the whole bottle.

Then he took a deep breath and closed his eyes but then he realized he drink the whole bottle…

Shit.. what he did, now he is left with only three water bottle…

damn it… he start walking left and right and then felt the panic attack, he distracted himself and said to himself.

“timetable, yeah I need a timetable, I can do that… I will divide the number of the food item into a number of days and meal.”

Zhan took out all the items from the fridge and divide the food, one carrot and one apple for two meals on a day and one bottle water for 2 days, while doing so he was satisfied that he won’t die here at least…

As his stomach start making noise again he decided that one carrot for now.

His stomach growls again and he looked at the worn out clock on the wall after a time he realized that at least 6 hours is passed since he has a one carrot and for dinner he still have 5 hours left…

oh god how he is going to survive that long… he cry again and said it to the camera.

“Sir plz let me out I know you are listening to me let me out…”

But no response came..

Zhan keeps living like that in a paranoid and lonely situation and in the 5th day when he open the fridge and found out to be empty he remember all the food item was finished yesterday night when…

There was not even a single drop of water left in the bottle…

He was so dehydrated that his throat feel like choke.

But more than hunger he felt lonesomeness is the main cause of his death… for more than 5 days he hasn’t talked to anyone, he hasn’t seen anyone.

He sit down on the floor and stare on the camera and said.

“Sir today is the fifth day and the food is finished you told me to use it carefully and I did, I even make the timetable when to eat what, but you also know that the food was only for one day but still I managed, now plz let me out.”

He said it with a calm and confident voice that Yibo will let him out this time as he got no food so he won’t let him die here.

Will he? Zhan was not even sure.

For whole day he was waiting impatiently and keeps looking at the door that Yibo will come in any minute from now or send anyone to let him out from this hell….

After the clock was ticking and he waited for 10 hours.

Then he was becoming so weak because of hunger and pain his body is suffering from the last few days.

Then he realized Yibo will not open the door today again, even knowing he will not survive without food, even is he did he won’t survive without water and his throat was already so dry that he can’t even talk properly.

Something in him broke and he shouted and said…

“You bastard, you evil sadist man, I hope one day you feel the same thing I’m feeling now and you will beg for mercy like I was begging for the past days… you will kill me and when I die I will tell God what you did to me.”

Zhan said that last sentence in such pain that his whole body shook with sob and he didn’t even realize that for the first time in their marriage he said those things to Yibo, but what difference it makes he will be dead when Yibo decided to open this damn door.

Zhan felt lightheaded and nausea, great the first symptoms of starving to death he can felt…

Then he stand and went to the toilet and vomited his guts and open the tap to drink the dirty water of the toilet, it’s better than nothing.

But as soon the water enter into his body he vomited again.

He is not sure when he will die but if he uses this water in his body again he will die immediately…

He holds the wall to walk and then sit in the corner…

It was 11 pm and Zhan has accepted his fate.

Hunger and fatigue were enough to make him sleep but when he closed his eyes he knows he won’t open them again…

He looked at the camera once again and said.

“Tell my family that I forgive them what they did to me but remember I will never forgive you Wang Yibo.”

And then he closed his eyes with tears falling out.

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