Don’t Understand

"Clara, Clara" I hear someone saying my name over and over again, they sounded close but I couldn't make out who it was at first. I slowly open my eyes lifting my head up, this is when I discovered I was in a dark and wet warehouse tied to a chair. My hands were tightly tied behind my back, while my legs were tied to the chair legs. "Clara you're okay?" I hear the same voice, I turn my head as much as I could to see Lizzy also tied to the chair behind me "I was starting to get worried" she says still looking behind, starting to?! Being tied to a chair in a middle of a warehouse isn't imitate worry for her?! "Do you know where we are?" I ask looking around but I couldn't see anything that might indicate where we were, again it was just a dark and wet warehouse place. The sound of the door opening stops her from replying to me, just ahead of me the outline of a man starts to stroll towards us. It takes my eyes a few seconds to adjust but I soon realise it's Rupert, he had his hands in his pockets smiling. "Look what we have here, two generations of Queens, my patience paid off I waited years for this day and look! I got two of you" he smiles pulling a chair out to sit beside us "I'm going to be honest, you aren't going to enjoy this next part, I am" he smirks which starts to terrify me. "You might be wondering why? The former King took everything that was sacred to me, now they're gonna understand what that feels like" he laughs about to rise out of his chair, but Lizzy spoke up before he could. "Please you don't need to hurt Clara, it's me you're after not her" Lizzy cries from behind me, wait she's gonna give herself up?! "No listen, you don't need to hurt anyone okay, Rupert I know you were never like this before, I've looked deep into your life and I know what kind of person you truly are" I say hoping to get some kind of correction between us, if I act like the nice one he'll be more likely to listen to me. "You know nothing about me or what happened" he says pointing at me as he spoke but I shake my head, it was actually the opposite I knew a lot. "I know that Ellie wouldn't have wanted you to do this-" I start to say but he cuts me off before I could continue. "You don't know anything about Ellie!" He shouts rising to his feet but I shake my head at him, I need to somehow form a bond with him, obviously bringing Ellie up is getting me the biggest reaction from him, but I need to play it in a way where he understands I know it wasn't because of him. "That's where you're wrong because I do! I know people described her as this ball of light, anyone she came in contact with instantly felt like they could tell her anything, she was so kind and caring and compassionate, just the nicest person you could ever meet" I say which actually makes him just look at me with sad eyes, it's working! Keep going Clara! "She did not deserve to be taken away at such a young age, she and you had your whole lives ahead of you, but it was taken away by such an evil man, he's taken so much away from you already, don't let him take anymore" I say looking him in the eyes, the tears only built up more when I said that, yes the connection is growing I'm getting somewhere! I just need to gain his trust and make him see I understand him. "You don't understand" he says beginning to cry a little, he gets out of his seat walking around, I nod telling him I did. "It wasn't your fault Rupert, you've blamed yourself all these years when it wasn't you, what happened to Ellie wasn't your fault, what happened to Matilda wasn't your fault" I say which makes him just knell down staring at the ground "it was the fault of the evil man you worked for, the man that would force you to do some things you regret but you knew if you didn't, you would be so harshly punished" I continue hoping I was somehow getting through to him, I think I successfully was "now all these years you've been trying to get some kind of justice or payback for what happened to Ellie, but as I said she was the nicest person you would ever meet, she wouldn't want this Rupert and you know that" I say which makes him look up at me crying, he slowly rises to his feet walking over to stand near me. "I've read all the statements and I've saw all the photos, take it from someone that knows the ins and outs of all of these cases, it wasn't your fault, Ellie and Matilda know that" I say once again making eye contact with him, he sends me a little smile just as Lizzy starts to speak. "Wait you said Matilda, you were there when that man killed my baby?!" Lizzy screams behind me, now isn't the time Lizzy! Don't start blaming him and ruin my work of gaining his trust! "No it wasn't his fault he tried to stop Preston, then after Preston hurt her, Rupert tried to save her but Preston knocked him unconscious, it was too late after that" I say hoping that would shut her up until he actually releases us! "Shows what kind of man you really are!" She shouts which as I look at Rupert I see something in his eyes change, this isn't good. "Rupert please look at me, you and I both know it wasn't you, just forget about Lizzy okay she's just sad" I say plead with him once again, he shakes his head turning around to a desk that was behind him. Once he turns back around he had a knife in his hands, my eyes immediately go wide and I start to try and pull my hands from the tight ropes. As he inches closer my heart rate begins to pick up, I was getting somewhere until Lizzy opened her mouth. I close my eyes as he stops in front of us, I didn't want to see what was about to happen. But I wait and nothing does, I feel a hand cup my cheek making me open my eyes and look right into his, he was kneeling down in front of me. "I'm not going to hurt you Clara, you've been nothing but kind to me" he smiles rubbing his thumb over my cheek, I hated the feeling and felt the over powering urge to pull away but, I didn't want him to turn on me if I did that. "But as for you, you're gonna pay" he says turning to Lizzy, he uses the knife to cut her from the chair and roughly make her stand "I won't be long Clara" he says to me before dragging Lizzy by the hair out the warehouse. "No Rupert don't! Please don't let her see the monster she want you to be please!" I shout as he drags her out, but he didn't listen and the sound of the door closing fills the warehouse.