She stayed there for a few more minutes, trying to ease the pain but to no avail. When she finally decided to go back to the hall, the glass doors to the balcony wouldn’t budge.
It was locked from the outside.
Madelynn’s heart was racing as she struggled to open the door. She banged on the unbreakable glass, feeling her panic rise every second.
All of a sudden, Cecelia emerged from the shadows, laughing like she was crazy.
“Tell me sister, how does it feel receiving second hand love?”
“Oliver has always been mine. He’s been in love with me since we were kids, and I’m back for good now, dear sister. That means you have to move out of the way.”
She smiled mischievously. “You really thought that if you showed up here with him tonight, you would steal my spotlight? Think again.”
Another jolt of pain attacked Madelynn’s stomach and she almost doubled over. A trickle of sweat ran from her brows down her face. “Cecelia, he’s yours. If you want him, you can have him. I’m not stopping you.”
Cecelia didn’t believe her. “You really think I’m stupid? You think I will fall for your stupid lies? You’ve always tried to steal our parents’ love and now you want to take Oliver from me too? You think you’re all that!?”
Madelyn shook her head in pain. “Cece, you’re not making any sense. Please just let me out and we can talk.”
“No, no no,” Cecelia laughed. “You’re spending the night here. And no one is coming to save you.”
With an evil glint in her eyes, Cecelia dragged over the huge yellow sign that read “Restricted area- Under construction” and set it in front of the doors.
“Cece what are you doing?” Madelynn yelled. “It’s cold out here and a storm’s coming!”
Cecelia ignored her and bounced back to the hall.
“Fuck!” Madelynn groaned. They had all given their phones to the woman at the door because the auction was a private and exclusive one, so there was no way she could even call anyone.
With the storm coming, no one would even think to come to the balcony because of the cold and rain. Still she banged on the door. “Help! Somebody help!”
Thunder roared and she knew there was no way anybody could hear her. The pain was slowly overtaking her body, so she slid to the floor and laid there, thinking of a way out.
With the sign there, no one would even think of coming this way. Cecelia was right. No one was coming to save her.