The unfavourable circumstances

Somewhere within the outskirts of Riley State... The camping location.

Rhea's heavy breaths turned into painful pants and whimpers as she kept limping to get away as far as possible from Jason.

The degree of her swollen wound underneath her foot got infected and appeared larger. Typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid underneath it.

Moreover, Rhea's earnest desperation to search for Sam, whom she hasn't seen since they entered the warehouse, had her extremely tensed with worry.

Although her suspicions were on Jason for possibly hurting Sam so he could get her alone and defenseless.

Therefore, she began to blame herself for Sam's current condition.

"It's all my fault!" Rhea thought unconsciously.

The alarming thoughts running inside her head concerning Sam's sudden disappearance were frightening her.

Meanwhile, her swollen foot became a nuisance, delaying her in her haste towards Sam's rescue, wherever he may be.

Rhea repeatedly call out Sam's name to see if he could hear her, but nothing!

Nonetheless, her throat turned hoarse from extreme thirst from all her shouts.

On the other hand, Jason was losing his patience with Rhea's persistence since she wouldn't give up on all her frugal attempts to flee from him, despite her hurt foot.

This added to his frustrations and he lost his sense of reasoning.

The humor on his face moments ago, suddenly turned into anguish when Rhea tripped from a tree root along the way.

Jason watched in horror as she rolled down endlessly over a mountainous hill, only to end up in a deep hole far below, and opposite the route, she tripped.

Rhea injured her knees and elbows so badly, and the gushing blood left traces of red moisture all over her pale blue pants.

It also ripped her blouse into shreds, exposing her fair-skinned arms and her black bra in the process.

Her entire body was covered in mud during her rollover.

Rhea tried her best to hide her nudity from getting exposed which might intentionally trigger her tormentor into doing worse.

Nevertheless, Rhea had a bad fall after tripping.

Especially when she crushed into a hard rock before she landed on her butt and stained all her body and hands with mud.

The fall left bruises and scratches marks along her arms where her body grazed the rough surface and rocks along the hill.

Rhea winced in extreme pain and force herself to stand on her feet.

She later tried desperately to climb her way up by holding onto the protruding rocks surrounding the hole, but she continuously slipped and tripped many times, leaving her in the agony of her demise.

Meanwhile, Jason hovered above Rhea to peek at the extent of her fall, but he saw her sprawled down with her knees held to her chest, and arms securely around her legs in a comforting tight hug.

As if renouncing all hope of ever getting out.

Rhea was wallowing in self-pity and regret, until her tears began to flow silently.

The rumbling of falling rocks stumbled down and almost hit her head. It had Rhea startled from her distraught state.

She raised her head, only to realize It was all Jason's efforts to seek a safe passage and join her, which had him nearly tripping too.

But he balanced in time to steady himself.

Rhea realized she would prefer her current miserable state in the hole than in Jason's clutches, so she sat still, unmoving.

However, Jason had attempted many times to find a safe passage to somehow help pull her up. But all his attempts were fruitless.

Every direction he took was bumpy and slippery.

Therefore, he gave up and left to seek help after countless efforts, or maybe, he simply decided to abandon her to her demise.

And so Rhea thought.

But disappointedly, Jason returned shortly holding a long tree branch that curled like a snake, and threw it down towards Rhea to catch it so he could pull her out.

But Rhea simply ignored him as she wiped her tears with her muddy hands and ended up smearing her face in the process. She swept her long auburn hair away from her face and tied it into a bun.

She was in a total mess!

" It seems you don't want to save your boyfriend afterall." Rhea sensed a wave of anger and impatience in Jason's voice at his comment.

He was completely irked by her indifference. But his comment caught her undivided attention.

Rhea raised her head to meet Jason's fierce gaze, even though she was fuming from within at what he said.

Unfortunately, the amusement she expected on his face was replaced with a fierce irritation lurking around his eyes. And he was clattering his teeth...

Jason was a handsome guy, with curly black hair, brown eyes, and full lips. His jawlines were symmetrical which made him cute too.

But his current expression was frightening, desist of all emotions. And it contributed to his dangerous aura.

Upon seeing Jason's expression, Rhea knew things wouldn't end up well for her the moment he save her from her state. Subconsciously, she wished to rather stay in her messed-up state in the hole than face him.

Jason's fury was what scared her the most during the time they were dating. It became an abominable expression she normally wouldn't dare to trigger, at the expense of her life at risk...

Almost all his torture and assault had been the result of his rage.

At that moment, Rhea wondered why she wasn't sensible enough to break up with him earlier.

Or Maybe, was it because of his pitiful apologies and the fake tears of regret he showed after his abuses? Well, right now, she simply had no idea.

It just proved how stupid and silly she had been all this while.

"Would you rather die there than allow me to save you? You could have died from that brutal fall." Jason finally found his voice after he had Rhea's attention.

He was fuming with anger and even blamed her for landing herself in that situation.

Jason's anger worsened and he scoffed. Yet, he proceeded to try one more time to get her out, but Rhea ignored him as if he wasn't there.

"Don't you want to see your boyfriend? come on, let's hurry! Or he might die in his current situation." Jason uttered cunningly.

Upon confirming her suspicions about Sam in danger, Rhea's fear and anger began to build up, almost consuming her and she jumped up to her feet at once.

"You obnoxious freak... What did you do the Sam? I will surely kill you myself if anything happens to him...remember that!." Rhea straightened, as if pushed by an utmost force to murder.

Rhea raised her hands and accepted Jason's snake-like rope and he safely dragged her out of the hole effortlessly, despite knowing the long-awaited risks she would face from Jason's anger...

A hefty assault that could leave her petrified for sure.

Or maybe, one of his extreme actions of choking her...It was the extent Jason went to hurt her in the past and left serious bruises which were accidentally discovered by her sister.

Even though the drastic measure Kristine took to end her relationship still shook the root core of Rhea's worse fear.

It became an emotion she loathed to ever experience for as long as she lives.

Meanwhile, Rhea's threats to kill him on account of her fear for Sam's life had Jason fuming with anger, or maybe, a bruised ego.

"Did the love she once had for me just vanished into thin air? And now, Sam took his place in her heart. And she even threatened to kill him for Sam!" The more Jason thought about it the angrier he got.

Unfortunately, the anger and jealousy consumed him like a ferocious beast on fire.

Jason hit Rhea with a harsh slap on her left cheek, then another and another, hoping to reduce the rage he was feeling.

Rhea's red cheeks were on fire, burning with agonizing pain.

But Jason didn't stop until Rhea stumbled to the ground and accidentally hit her head on a rock, and she collapsed.

Jason fought to calm his rage, then he suddenly noticed the pool of blood gushing out from Rhea's forehead.

Rhea lay on the ground lifeless.

This left Jason panicking with extreme tension and regrets.

"I can't go to jail. No! Rhea!... Rhea. Get up! I know you are faking it." Jason's voice was now filled with remorse.

He later took hesitant steps to check Rhea's breaths with his finger to her nose, then a huge relief sigh escaped him when he felt her faint breaths.

He quickly lifted her and took her back to the abandoned warehouse to wait until she comes around.

Moments later, Jason took out his phone to call his friends, Josh and Kyle for their help, after Rhea didn't wake up for two hours.

He looked restless with worry and it was frightening the life out of him.

"What happened? Did you force yourself on her?... It must have been hard, judging by her current look. A real fighter eh!" Josh and Kyle arrived to meet the messy appearance of Jason and an unconscious Rhea in her tattered clothes.

They motioned to each other with sheer humor and laughter at Jason's naughtiness.

"Let's just say I wanted it the hard way... After all, I didn't wait all this time simply to end it soo soon, right?." Jason mumbled to hide his distraught state.

He had no time for never-ending explanations so he went along with his friend's misunderstanding.

"It's been two hours since she passed out and she has not woken up." Jason muttered desperately after a brief silence.

"Did you try CPR?" Kyle intervened.

"No!... Isn't CPR done when a person isn't breathing? I checked and she.." On second thoughts, Jason paused.

"Do you know how to perform CPR?" He asked Kyle out of desperation to revive Rhea.

"Don't we all! We watch it in movies all the time...so it wouldn't be that hard." Josh replied as he scoot down to try his luck.

But when Josh was about to breathe air into Rhea's open mouth after many compressions around her chest area, Jason suddenly stepped in.

"Stop! I will do that." Jason moved to halt Josh with a slight push, just before Josh's lips reached Rhea's rosy red firm lips.

Surprise washed over Josh's face upon Jason's sudden interference with simple mouth-to-mouth respiration.

But Josh didn't mind. He simply rose with an amused smile, while Kyle chuckled at Jason's reactions of utter Jealousy.

"You can't even stand someone saving her? He was about to blow air into her mouth, not kiss her!" Kyle uttered amidst his chuckle.

Jason ignored them and got down to do it himself.

However, he was merely a few inches away from Rhea's lips when he made an abrupt pause...staring at the silver blue eye widened in shock, scrutinizing him.

Rhea glared at Jason with contempt and an extreme form of disgust!

"You scumbag...How low will you stoop to get back at me?" Rhea hissed in anger and she gathered the little strength left in her to push Jason away and stood up.

Rhea looked around and realized Jason brought her back to the warehouse and she also noticed Jason's lapdogs whom he called friends.

"You are all with him on this? Why am I not surprised? Where the hell is Sam!." Rhea began to yell as if possessed by some unknown force, as she fought to endure the pain from Jason's hot slaps.

"You will see him after you have finished with all the tasks I prepared for you." There came Jason's unremorseful tone now.

He suddenly turned towards his two friends for confirmation about the main reason he organized this school Camping vacation in the first place.

Rhea was only a plus one on the road toward his greater achievements.

An evil smirk lingered around Jason's lips as he thought of his genius plan to kill two birds with one stone, all in his aim for vengeance.

"Is Tom Carter in Camp?" Jason asked suddenly.

Both Kyle and Josh simply nodded at Jason's question, and they wondered why he would ask about that billionaire nutcase Tom amidst this chaos with Rhea.

"There is a party going on in Camp. Tom hosted it...He said he had to leave early to catch up on a friend's birthday party tonight, so he wouldn't stay for long...hence the flash party." Kyle succumbed to his tattletale and spilled the information he eavesdropped on in camp.

"Did you see the cool car he drove today? I wish I could ask him for a tryout with it later." Josh swooned in his fanboy moves.

"Well then, let's not waste time! We've got work to do! lift her!"Jason ordered as he signaled toward Rhea.

Both friends looked at each other before they scoot down to help Rhea up.

They continued to hold onto her as they followed behind Jason.

"Job? to do what?" Josh curiously asked.

"No questions asked!" Was Jason's earshot response, shutting them into silence.

"Where did Tom park his car?" Jason asked after a long silence on their way back to Camp.

"The garage on the east side of the Mansion." Kyle replied since he had also admired the car from afar.

"You both should join the party and distract Tom...report his every move to me. If he attempts to leave, message me immediately, until further notice!."

Even though Josh and Kyle were surprised and curious about Jason's earnest strange orders, they simply nodded in unison.

They couldn't ask anything since Jason already emphasized the "No questions asked" phrase...which he meant from his tone.

An hour later...

Rhea was now lavishly dressed with no evidence of her messed up state a while ago.

She sorrowfully complied with everything Jason ordered her to do after he showed her a video of Sam duck-taped and unconsciously tied to a chair.

Sam's hands were bound behind him, and Rhea's uncontrollable sobs were all the emotions she could express since she was shocked into speechlessness.

"Please Jason, let us go! I promise to forgo everything and pretend it never happened!" Rhea continuously pleaded.

"There's a party at Camp. All you have to do is to stay within your limits, or else, Sam will be the one to pay the consequences if anything goes wrong!" Jason warned as they set on their way to Tom Carter's party.

A flash party Tom hosted before the commencement of their camping experience.

However, Rhea found herself being dragged toward the garage instead, when they got there. Which left her wondering what Jason was up to.

Kyle and Josh moved to follow what Jason instructed and entered the mansion to join the party.

Rhea watched amazed as Jason skillfully opened Tom's car in the garage and fiddled with wires here and there, like a mechanic searching for a fault in a car.

Meanwhile, Rhea stood silently next to Jason and looked on. Afraid to ask what he was up to.

A few minutes into his skillful manipulations, Jason held unto a few wires and he turned to look a her.

"Here it is! Cut!" He uttered, motioning towards a pair of scissors.

But Rhea's understanding of the situation began to register, so she pretended she didn't hear him.

"Do you want to help me right now or risk Sam's life? Cut!" Rhea heard his threatening order once again which nearly sent shivers down her spine.

"Please Jason, I don't want any part in this. Why are you trying to sabotage Tom's car...What has he done to you?!" Rhea gathered her resolve to ask.

"Cut! and I would let you and Sam go...unharmed! Hurry!" His voice was now filled with impatience and startled Rhea.

She took hesitant steps and grabbed the scissors after contemplating for some time. But the deadly glare Jason sent her way hastened her actions and she did as he instructed.

"What was Jason planning on doing?" Rhea wondered.

She only hoped they would later head back to the party so she could inform Tom about Jason's plots with his car.

After Jason adjusted certain stuff in the car, he moved to take out the black box camera inside the car before he locked it.

Instead of joining the rest at the party, Jason dragged her back towards the warehouse, ignoring Rhea's incessant questions for some explanation, but Jason kept moving.

"Do you want your boyfriend or are you now interested in me and what I am up to? What do you care anyway..." This was the reply that shut Rhea's curiosity.

Jason guided her to a creepy underground room telling her that was where he kept Sam, but when they got there, he pushed her inside and locked the door behind him.

"Jason! Jason...What are you doing? You promised! You scumbag! Open the door!" Rhea screamed as Jason approached her.

"Would you be quiet?" He warned.

"Rhea...Rhea... Always clueless and naive. Well, I thought we might have some fun at the party but I changed my mind. Anyways, I would keep my word and let you see Sam. But don't get your hopes up. Because your relationship with Sam was planned by me from the very beginning. It's not real, Rhea. Sam was only following my instructions. I DARED him to ask you out. And again, you cluelessly accepted to date him too." Jason smirked as he looked at the horrified look on Rhea's face.

"What?! You are lying! How dare to make up such a horrible lie. You disgusting freak!" Rhea tried to maintain her calmness by ignoring the doubts in her words.

"Lying? How do you think you ended up here? About Sam's sudden disappearance after he brought you here. Who even convinced you to come on this trip? Well, it was all my plan! and I had Sam's help."Jason confessed.

Rhea began to connect all the dots. But she still didn't want to believe anything out of Jason's mouth. She needed to maintain her faith in Sam.

"I won't fall for this Jason! I know how you enjoy seeing me hurt and in pain. You want revenge, so you are making up all these lies." The tears in Rhea's eyes say otherwise as they flew endlessly down her cheeks

"I know you won't believe me easily. Well, since you need confirmation, just hide behind that shelf, Sam will be here in a minute then you could confirm it for yourself." Jason had a satisfied smile on his face as he noticed Rhea about to break down.

"You shouldn't have broken up with me! You shouldn't have testified against me in court... You are mine! As long as I am not happy, you won't be either. Until you come back to me!" Jason's final words made Rhea crumble to the ground from uncontrollable tears.

"No! he is lying... Don't believe a liar like Jason." Rhea continuously mumbled to convince herself.

"This is no time to be drowning in denial. If you want proof, Sam will be here in seconds." Jason continued to add fuel to Rhea's pain.

While trying to hold onto a little hope, Rhea controlled herself to comply with Jason's words, so she moved to hide.

True to Jason's words, Rhea saw Sam enter from where she was hiding.

She watched in horror as the guy she thought was her dream guy and sometimes wondered if she even deserved him, since he was so good to her.

Rhea was terrified as she witness Sam getting congratulated by Jason for a job well done in three years. Jason even went as far as to compliment Sam for exceeding his expectations.

"The Dare game is now over...thanks for all your help!" Jason added as he hugged Sam and met Rhea's teary eyes from where she was hiding.

"Anything for you, Jason." This was Sam's shameless response.

Rhea's world suddenly came crumbling down. She felt the highest degree of tycoon waves, as her endless tears of pain and betrayal washed over her face.

"Another cruel betrayal...It was all a setup! Jason had set her up, and Sam was his pawn all along, all in his game to avenge her!

These thoughts rendered Rhea stupefied and she came out of her hiding spot only to meet Sam's gaze as he stood frozen in the same spot.

Sam broke away from Jason's hug and stare at her. His face was unreadable but she noticed his shock which vanished in a flash.

The last thing she remembered seeing was complete darkness as she gave into her consciousness and collapsed to the ground once more.

Her emotional damage was completely shattered...