Chapter 811 - Wedding party (J&J) (22) (1/2)

Sarah is standing in the hallway on the fourth floor, in front of the door of a suite.

Eve told her that Aiden is with Madison in that suite for more than nine minutes. That is nine minutes too long. Sarah is trying to brace herself for what she might see when the door in front of her opens. She knows that Aiden is drugged with a concentrated cocktail of chemicals which cause euphoria, arousal, disorientation, and hallucinations.

Sarah is hesitating. Does she need to open that door? Her soul is breaking into pieces at the thought that Aiden is touching Madison right now, on the other side of that door. Even if he is not himself, it's still his body... it is him. More than once Sarah thought that she should just leave. She should spare herself from seeing him with another woman… but she can't. Even if she leaves, what will she do later? In the morning? Next week?

She can't allow rage and despair to consume her, and she can't run away from this either because he needs her.

”Eve, unlock this door…”, Sarah weakly said.

A second later, a clicking sound was heard and a green light lit up above the door handle.

Sarah took a deep breath which hitched few times and pushed the door open while closing her eyes. She clenched her teeth, opened her eyes and stepped inside.

Sarah walked through the sitting area to the bedroom and opened fully the half open door.

She found Madison on the bed, tied up… bottom of her dress is ripped, and she is tied up to the bed with a strip of fabric which matches her dress. Madison is wiggling and making some unintelligible noise… there is a strip of fabric over her mouth as well. Sarah is not sure what to make of this, and she needed few seconds to analyze the situation... Madison is tied up and gagged. Because her dress is ripped, Sarah can see that Madison's underwear is intact. That means that nothing happened between Aiden and Madison!

Sarah exhaled in relief, but… where is Aiden?

There is a sound of water running coming from the bathroom.

Sarah found Aiden sitting on the floor of the shower, fully clothed with his eyes closed. He was hugging his knees and trembling violently. Sarah reached in and found that the water in the shower is cold. She turned off the shower.

”Stay away!”, Aiden growled. He didn't open his eyes. His voice was hoarse.

Sarah grabbed a towel and reached to him, but as soon as she touched him, Aiden pushed her away abruptly. Her back banged on the shower wall and she heard him say: ”I told you to stay away, you slut!”

Sarah realized that he thinks she is Madison.

”Hey, love, it's me…”, Sarah softly said while approaching him slowly.

”Sarah?”, he opened his eyes and Sarah's heart stopped beating when she saw how red his eyes are. It seems that some blood vessels in his eyes burst due to high blood pressure.

Aiden reached out and clenched Sarah's hand in his.

”Sarah, love... I didn't touch her… I didn't… believe me… please, you must believe me… I didn't touch her… don't leave me… I didn't touch her... and I didn't let her touch me either... please, you must believe me... I didn't...”, Aiden chanted while his voice was breaking.

Between rage directed at Madison and sorrow she felt that Aiden in this state, Sarah struggled to stay composed.

”I believe you, come.”

”No! Stay away!”, he extended his arms in front of him, to keep her at a distance. ”Start the shower again…”

”It's OK. Come… It's me…”, Sarah wrapped large towel around him. ”Come, let's go to our room.”

Sarah supported Aiden while he dragged his legs. On the way out, she saw broken glass and some blood, only then she realized that he has a cut on his left forearm.

Sarah's heart trembled at the thoughts that he cut himself, using pain so that he stays alert. The blood loss also lowered his blood pressure… and he tied up Madison so that she can't come at him… and he was in the cold shower in order to keep his control.

Two of them ignored Madison on their way out. Sarah was completely focused on Aiden, and he was immersed in fighting against the chemicals in his body.

They got inside their suite and Sarah quickly removed his soaked clothes. Everything was so cold, almost freezing.

”Stay away!”, he pushed her suddenly while she unbuttoned his pants. ”Touch me again and I will kill you!”

She can see that he is drifting between reality and hallucinations.