The Woman in the Cabin

by Becca Day

always said living out here meant he could make certain I was safe.

She is so brainwashedits terrifying and so devastating

He wanted me cut off from my life, from the world,

A massive manipulator...he makes my blood boil

He reckons baby’s absolutely fine. Nothing to worry about.’

But she needs an actual doctor to assess her...hes so nesgligent

‘That’s right. I always know what’s best for you.’

i want to slap him

the societal expectation that women should endure or submit to sexual activity with their husbands, even if they are not particularly enthusiastic about it.

This is still considered rape; despite it being between people that are in a relationship

since I was taken.

TAKEN???????

public divorce?

Aww baby dont blame yourself...

We’re going to be a proper little family, the three of us.’

Disgusting

Mary One,

Ewww like thing one and thing two

An admission of guilt to explain away my shifty behaviour, but not something that will land me in hot water.

He doesn’t know what I’m planning, that after all this time I’m going to attempt to make a run for it again.

Lets gooo

‘Tha’s good. I know you wouldnae.’

I feel like he knows of what shes conjuring.oh no the anxiety

put the smallest in front of myself.

But shes eating for two

snatched up a knife from the block beside the sink and has plunged it into Cal’s chest. Cal lets out an anguished roar. His chair crashes to the floor as he lurches to his feet, face contorted in rage and pain. Blood blossoms across his shirt as he staggers towards her. It’s not his chest.

Noooooo but like yes but like no

‘He only wants what’s best for us, even if we don’t understand it yet. We’re lucky he’s so patient and forgiving.’

Oh my its like a cult i cannot

and my stomach lurches. It sounds like an animal. A lamb bleating for its mother, or a vixen calling for her cubs.

I get it

I’ve given her a glimmer of hope. That means I can’t go through with my plan even if he does let her out again.

Ugh sacrificing herself

niggle

I think something might be wrong with the baby.’

Probably due to all of the stress

Plan B.

Lol ironic

And just like that, I have my plan for the day. I need to search this place from top to bottom.

This poor woman is freaking pregnant like its do or die.....

‘Signs o’ the devil.’ He forces me closer still to the cage. My face presses against the cold metal and my heart stops. ‘Maybe you need to go in here for a spell, aye?’ ‘No.’

Goodbyeeee

My waters have broken.

Im nervyyyy

But we’ve survived.

DAMN RIGHT

We’re going to be OK. We’re going to be safe.

Im going to cryyyy

I’m back. In the cabin. With Cal.

A heart attack i almost had

‘Mary, we’ve been over this. You’ve been having delusions. Your brain has conjured up this entire story. Paintin’ your husband as a monster when in reality all he’s been doing is tryin’ te help you. The pregnancy. The baby. It’s all part of a traumatic stress reaction to what really happened to ye. What your parents did to ye that made you leave and go off grid with your husband in the first place.’

What is going on......im confused

‘You’ve created these memories because it’s easier than facing what actually happened to ye.’

By god if this is true, i am baffled qnd beside myself...i was also gaslight...the plot was slow yet it was a slow burn tha brilliantly architected the dynamic she has conjured up

is a stretch mark.

Bro what. Is she ACTUALLY not delusional or conjuring up this 'false reality' due to ptsd? Has cal truly manipulated the system, too to falsely diagnose her?!

Cal’s insanity is futile, that if I insist my original story of my escape from a madman is true I’ll never see the outside

She must be working with Cal. It’s the only explanation that makes sense.

Dr Stewart is Cal’s mother.

NOOOO!!! Was se conspiring with cal this whole time? Was tha even a hospital? Has cal also manipulated his mother into thinking shees delusional or is she in on it?

It’s not you.

WHattt

sound of your cries.

Im confused and distraught and angry and also know whats going on yet i dont

a dormant beast stirred from its slumber.

The syntax and formulaic structure of this sentence is *chefs kiss*

could possibly be keeping you.

Ugh im so frustrated whete is this baby?!?!? i want nothing more than to find her

monolith

‘We have to get out of here.’

She IS REAL!!!

resolve.

shattering any illusion of safety I have.

THIS MOTHERF****R

The anger that the bitch

The bitch being mary, i presume

Having her talk like this to me is taking me right back there, to the cupboard she’d lock me in every time I didnae do exactly as she said.

Wow so he was abused too..like and like dipole dipole ions

‘Clearly not! I’ve had to get involved, haven’t

But why does the mother want to do this?

That’s where she’ll have gone. She’ll be lookin’ for the baby.’

Damn right. Absolutely disgusting

‘Oh my love,’ he says. ‘I’ve missed you.’

Like i wonder if he truly does love her or it was his mother that conspired them to be together. Im unsure myself how she got there

She’s waiting for you to get better so you can come home and we can be a family, just like we’ve always wanted. Please. I love you

Why do i have sympathy for himmmmm

The other woman. She’s holding the hunting rifle.

PERIODDDDDDD

Confused and terrified, I watch as she gives you a light kiss on your forehead. She doesn’t say anything else. Just straightens herself up and drifts away, disappearing into the cabin.

The polarity was completely a learned behavior

Because they’ll be looking for me. I’m not sure exactly how long it will have taken them to discover Rich’s body, rotting in the kitchen. Leaving him wasn’t enough. I needed to make sure he’d never follow me.

Oh my goodness shes a murderer

found in courtrooms or in the pages of law books, but raw and primal.