Chapter 51: Have you seen Sue?

Frankie had led Sue over to his car, an old piece of crap that had trouble starting at first. Once they were on their way, Sue tried to think of every piece of advice she had ever learned from movies. Unfortunately, she mostly liked movies that involved superheroes.

Her brain whirred like a supercomputer—or at least, she liked to think that it did as she tried to think her way out of this. She was sure she had heard somewhere that if a person was ever kidnapped, they should try to bond with their captors, to make them sympathize so that it was harder for them to kill the person they abducted.

Oh, God, Sue thought as she looked over at Frankie. I’m going to die.

No, there would be no dying, not while Joey was depending on her. She had to do something. She had to reverse Stockholm syndrome this guy.

“So, how long have you had this car?” she asked, because it was the first thing that came to mind.

Frankie looked at her out of the corner of his eye. “What?”

“Your car. I only ask because I