No escape

Miranda tried to crawl to the door. If she could just get to the door, and crawl out, she could yell for help. She focused on that task as best she could as she started feeling more of the euphoric effects of the heroin.

Michael watched her, sadly shaking his head. "We could have been so good together, so happy together. But you don't see that it was meant to be. But I forgive you Andie. I'm sorry you had to end up like the others."

Miranda had made it to the door, and she clung onto the doorknob, trying to raise herself to her feet. But the best she could do was on her knees. She turned the knob, but it was locked, with no visible signs of a mechanism she could open it with. She slumped against the door, defeated, and started to cry.

Michael walked over to her, and gently picked her up in his arms. He laid her gently on the bed, and tied her down to it, spread eagle. "You made your choice, Andie. Now you have to live with the consequences of that choice. It pains me to know our child will be born an addict, but it's what you deserve for what you've done to me."

"I did nothing to you!" she cried. "Why are you doing this to me?"

"Because I love you" he calmly answered. "And if I can't have you, then everyone else can have you, except your husband. You're going to live the rest of your life stoned out of your mind, and you're going to have a truckload of addicted children to a lot of different fathers. I'll see to that. You've jilted me twice, but you won't get a third chance. My ex's taught me that lesson. Now you're the one who's learning it with them." He got up from the bed, and got dressed. He picked up a tiny remote, and pushed a button. The door buzzed open. "There was never any escape for you" he playfully slapped Miranda's face. "I'll be back. I'm going to meet your buyers, and maybe line up your first clients. Who knows? Maybe I didn't get you pregnant, and maybe one of them will?" He laughed out loud. "You'll never know, will you?"

Miranda sobbed quietly to herself as she watched Michael leave, closing the door behind him.