"Darling~ I'm back~"
Iris returned, carrying two half-body sized dolls in her hands. I was sure the pink and white rabbit doll was her mother and the brown bear doll was her father.
I had already suspected it was impossible for Iris to bring her actual family members. Although it didn't need to be said, I knew Iris wasn't very close to her family.
I knew that since last Sunday, Iris had stayed over at my house. She didn't bring her phone and she didn't seem to care about her parents at all. All she brought was a camera. I found that out when Vivian and Valian stripped her early in the morning and made her sleeping under my blanket, Vivian said Iris brought a camera and inside it were many photos of me on the street and at school.
I just told Vivian that Iris was practicing to be a photographer so she wouldn't think too much about it. But here I am, in the basement, tied to a chair, unable to do anything but talk. Even i can talk, I had to say something that wouldn't offend Iris. Otherwise, she wouldn't hesitate to hurt me.
"Mommy, daddy, this is Vincent Fortis, my prince. And today I want you to witness our wedding before we make babies together!" Iris said softly and happily. She placed the two dolls three steps in front of my feet. "My prince, come say hello to my parents." Iris sat with her knees bent behind the two dolls with their fake smiles.
"Um.. nice to meet you, Iris's mother and father..." I said hesitantly. But it seemed that wasn't enough. Iris looked at me with the same threatening gaze as before.
"I am Vincent, the prince who will marry your beloved daughter."
Iris clapped her hands happily like a child. In this personality of hers, she did look like Vani, just an extreme version of her with a body that had entered late adolescence like mine.
The girl then hummed happily, walking towards me. She then touched my bare thigh. She smiled and put something on my finger, which was tied at the wrist.
At that moment, I saw an opportunity. My other hand touched her pocket which contained my folding knife. While Iris's attention was busy putting something on my right ring finger, little by little, with my two index fingers and left middle finger, I tried to pull out the folding knife that was sticking out of Iris's dress pocket. Although my two fingers only managed to touch the tip, I had to get it out and grab that folding knife!!!
Iris finished putting something, which was a ring, on my ring finger.
I still hadn't managed to pull the folding knife from her pocket!
"Ah! Iris!"
I quickly said before Iris stepped back.
"What is it, my prince?"
"We just got married, how about we kiss?"
I looked into Iris's eyes seriously. Iris blushed shyly, a red flush began to appear on her snow-white cheeks.
"If that's what my husband wants♥"
She leaned her body until our chests met. With both hands on my cheeks, Iris pulled my face for a short but loving kiss.
My left hand moved, trying to pull the folding knife from her pocket again, but it still failed!
Meanwhile, the kiss was over and Iris touched her own thin pink lips. Feeling very happy, even in the corners of her eyes, she began to shed tears like morning dew.
"I'm still not satisfied kissing you, princess." I said, trying to pull Iris's body to stick to me again.
Iris shyly looked directly into my eyes, but she still brought her face closer until our lips touched. This time it was longer, and I took the initiative to lick her lips with my tongue so that Iris would stay attached to me and give me time to get the folding knife from her pocket!
Iris responded more wildly, she forced me to open my mouth wide by pressing my cheeks and inserting her tongue deeper into my mouth.
For almost a minute we were like that and we both ran out of breath, then Iris released my mouth.
A web of saliva formed between our lips. My face and hers were now flushed. This bad, I unconsciously followed Iris's wishes and poured gasoline on the fire of her love.
"With this, we are officially married♥ Let's make babies, my prince~"
I cleared my throat a few times.
"Wait, my dear. Wouldn't it be better if we made babies after filling both our stomachs? We haven't eaten anything to celebrate our wedding, have we?"
I tried to lead Iris out of the room for a moment. I looked into Iris's eyes with a hungry gaze. Iris covered her mouth and chuckled.
"I forgot about that, thank you for reminding me, my dear~" Iris kissed my lips softly.
I smiled faintly, trying to look as sincere as possible. Hiding my toes that had been trembling non-stop since she put the ring on my ring finger.
"Wait a moment, while waiting, my prince can chat with mommy and daddy. Hm~ hm~ hm~"
Iris left the room, I could confirm she had left the room from the creaking sound of the iron door when it opened.
I let out a sigh of relief. I opened the fist in my left hand.
A folding knife.
I managed to get it. Looking at the two dolls in front of me, I took a deep breath.
"It took Iris about five minutes to bring those two dolls here. It seems she will need the same amount of time to return with food in her hands."
I started to pull the knife blade out of its fold. Then, with weak strength, relying on my left hand, I slowly cut the rope that bound my left wrist, little by little.
After two minutes, my left hand was finally free.
I immediately wiped the sweat flowing down my temples with my freed left hand. It felt quite tense. I didn't know when Iris would return from the iron door behind me.
Taking a moment to breathe, I continued to untie all the ropes that bound me in a shorter time than before. One minute and ten seconds.
Now I could stand freely. My wrists and ankles had red marks from the ropes. But it didn't matter. I had to get out of here as soon as possible.
I picked up my clothes and pants that were lying on the cold floor.
After putting them on in a hurry. I immediately ran to the iron door to get out.
But then I heard something from the table attached to the wall across the iron door.
Out of curiosity, I approached the table first.
My eyes widened when I saw the contents of the lit tablet lying on the table. There were views of my own room, the dining room, the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, the TV room, the front yard, the backyard, all inside the tablet. There, I clearly saw my stepmother, Violet, knitting, Vittoria practicing her martial art in the backyard, Vivian who had just come out of the bathroom with a wet towel wrapped around her body.
I covered my mouth, all this time, Iris's purpose in infiltrating my house was to hide hidden cameras in my house? That explains why most of my photos displayed on the wall were taken in my own house.
I tapped the tablet, swiping it, there were cameras in every room of my house including my own bedroom. Vittoria's bedroom, Valian's bedroom who was sleeping in an absurd position, Vivian's empty bedroom, Violet's empty bedroom, one bedroom at the end of the corridor across from Vivian's empty bedroom, and finally Vani's bedroom.
Vani stood in the middle of the bedroom, holding up a sign that read.
"I will save you, big brother."
Crayon writing.
I paused for a moment looking at it, frowning. But I didn't have much time to think about it. I then swiped the tablet screen to the side once again, and it was the room I was in. In other words, this basement itself.
In that basement, Iris stood behind me. Holding something and pressing it against my waist.
Shit! I stared at the tablet for too long—
"Iris! Stop this—ArRgHH!!!"
Bzzzt!
I dropped the tablet onto the table as my body fell to the floor, convulsing from being electrocuted by Iris's stun gun from behind me.
She smiled. Iris smiled. But her eyes looked very angry at me.
"My Prince, are you lying to me?"
"I-Iris-, stop-this.."
Iris sat on my stomach after seeing me stop convulsing. I lost strength from the electrocution. She took the folding knife from my hand and stabbed it beside my face. It stuck into the smooth cement floor, almost touching my ear.
"Vincent is naughty. Naughty children must be punished to become obedient."
Iris increased the electrical intensity of the stun gun she was holding. She then unhesitatingly pressed it against my chest.
Bzzzt!
"Iris! No!"
I was electrocuted until I lost consciousness.
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