09/09/2025
Married to the devil's son
The man I was forced to marry and his family are into something diabolic 😲😲
Chapter 13 – The Madness They Gave Me
I had made up my mind. I was not going to die in this house without a fight.
For nights, I had planned my escape—counting the guards, memorizing the doors, even keeping a pair of flat slippers hidden under the bed in case I had to run.
But every path I traced ended in death. I could feel it. Whoever left this house without permission didn’t leave alive.
So I waited.
The perfect moment came on a Sunday afternoon. The whole family was gathered in the sitting room—Chike, his father, his mother, even his younger cousin. A guest, a well-dressed family friend, was also seated, sipping wine.
This was my chance. They wouldn’t dare expose themselves in front of a stranger.
I stood up, trembling but determined.
“I need to say something,” I announced. All eyes turned to me.
My voice wavered, but I forced the words out.
“I know what you’re hiding in this house. I saw the room. I saw the head. You can’t keep pretending like nothing is happening here. I deserve to leave. I deserve my life back!”
The air grew thick. For a moment, no one said a word. The guest frowned, shifting uncomfortably in his chair.
Then Chike’s mother let out a low, pitying sigh. She shook her head and turned to the guest.
“You’ll have to forgive her,” she said, her tone heavy with fake sorrow. “Our daughter-in-law has… mental struggles.”
My blood ran cold.
“What?” I gasped.
“Yes,” Chike’s father added calmly, his voice smooth as silk. “She stopped taking her medication weeks ago. Sometimes she imagines things—terrible, frightening things.” He turned to Chike. “Who let her out of her room?”
My knees buckled. “No—no, I’m not crazy!” I screamed. “I saw it! I swear to God I saw it!”
The guest looked at me now like I was some rabid animal.
“Take her back in,” Chike’s voice cut sharply, like a whip across my skin. He didn’t look at me with love, or even pity—only with cold command.
“No, Chike, please!” I begged, tears spilling down my face as I clutched the chair for support. “Don’t let them do this to me! I’m not sick!”
But Chike stood, towering over me. His hand clamped around my wrist, so tight I thought my bones would snap.
“Take her back inside,” he repeated, dragging me toward the hallway.
The last thing I saw before the door slammed behind me was the guest’s uneasy face—yet he said nothing. No one said anything.
And in that silence, I realized something far worse than the horror in that hidden room:
They had already buried me alive inside this house.
To be continued...