Chapter 12DamonI did not run after Vanessa like a knight in shining armour, I was no knight in any armour whatsoever. I was a confused, scared love sick computer genius who could not even make his best friend happy.And as much as I wanted to run after her and figure out what exactly was going on in that head of hers, I knew her better than to make that horrible mistake. If it got so bad that she had to run away from me, then it means that I'm the last face she would want to see and trying to be there for her now would just be like adding salt to injury. I had to give her time. She is someone to make terrible decisions when she is angry and trying to talk calmly with her only makes things worse…. I would know, I'm her best friend after all and I've seen her good, her bad and her ugly.Also I couldn't even run after her if I tried. I was still trying to process what just happened and how it blew up so fast I couldn't even take a breath. One minute we were having an awesome time to
Chapter 13Damon"Don't come looking for her."Was the only sentence in the horrid note left by the kidnappers.It has been 15 hours now since she was taken and I had no clue where Vanessa was. It was unimaginable that someone could hate her so much as to want to kidnap her. She was the sweetest person I know and nothing about this whole thing made any sense. Last night was definitely the worst night of my entire life and I could not help but blame myself for everything going on right now. I always made the wrong choices and was never there when she needed me the most. Somehow I knew this was definitely my fault but I could not pinpoint the exact fault in particular. Certainly if I had done the most reasonable thing and ran after her immediately she left, then her kidnappers would not have had the opportunity to take her. Why on earth did I hesitate! Why on earth did I allow her to be taken?! And maybe If I had not been such a coward and had just confessed my love for her, maybe
Chapter 14DamonI have been locked in my room ever since the police and onlookers finally left. Mum had to go to Vanessa's house to be there for her mum, she asked if I wanted to come but I cowardly said no. I could not endure being in the same place where Vanessa was taken from me, I just could not.She knocked ever so lightly and whispered through the door like she was scared to break me."Damon, are you in there?" she asked, before opening the door and stepping in."Yes mum I'm still here, I've not been kidnapped too," I replied, and I immediately knew that I went out of line.I looked at my mum and she didn't even seem fazed by my comment. She looked tired, even more tired than I might be and then it dawned on me that I have been very selfish ever since. Mum thought of Vanessa as her daughter too and this whole thing must be extremely hard for her, but here she was, trying to be strong for everyone while she too was in pain. She stood there looking at me trying to process it a
Chapter 15Vanessa I opened my eyes to a very dark room. I tried to adjust my vision but it was absolutely pointless. The room was so dark that I could not even make any sense of where I was. The only window the tiny room could boast of, have been blocked so no one could see through. The little light I had were the few sunlight rays that slipped through cracks in the blockage. There was a small bed in a corner but I certainly hope that's not for me because I did not plan on staying here any longer than expected. I was tied to this very uncomfortable chair and it was damn near impossible to move any part of my body. I could already feel the bruises coming and the body ache brimming up.This was a complete nightmare! I tried to move my body in anyway but it was impossible. My hands were tied to the back of the chair like I was going to be interrogated or something. I was definitely scared and even as I tried to wrap my head around who did this, I could not think of any one. I kn
Chapter 16Vanessa"So why would you kidnap me, what have I ever done to you?!" I asked, trying to get answers. "Well nothing darling, you haven't done anything to me, I'm just doing my Job, so no hard feelings but it's just business." "So who hired you?" I asked."You know I can't tell you that baby, it's not part of my job description." "Oh I see, so there's a code of conduct among criminals," I retorted. "Exactly!" He exclaimed, "you're smart, I like you," he said."Well I'd prefer it if you didn't," I replied. "Hmm, that would not be good for you darling, not at all." He was giving me very weird looks and I wanted to throw up. I wish there was somewhere I could crawl and hide in, but there was literally no way I could do that.I was still tied to this chair and my limbs felt numb. Even if somehow a miracle happened and I was somehow cut loose and had a way to escape from this place, I would need a heavy dose of adrenaline to be able to sprint out of this place. Somehow, bet
Chapter 17DamonIt has been 48 hours since Vanessa was taken and I have lost all patience. I was called to the police station to give another official statement, apparently they wanted to know more about her whereabouts before she was taken. It was high time I started pulling some strings and making some calls. Yes I believe the police will do all they can to find her, but in situations like this the loved ones can put the pieces together too.I had a picture of the note left by the kidnappers but the handwriting did not look familiar, not even a bit. Now it was public knowledge that she was taken and her abductors would probably want to be extra careful so they don't get caught. I just hope I was doing the right thing by letting them make her kidnap public. It could be a good plan though. Situations like this usually turn around for the better with just one eye witness or a simple wrong move by the criminal. All we need is one person to notice something strange and say somethin
Chapter 18Damon I could not just believe what I was reading!Okay, I know I have practically been unreachable by phone, but in my defense I had a very good reason for that.First, I could not think straight because Vanessa was ignoring me and pretty much everyone else, then I was over the moon because our relationship was finally even better than before for a little while, then my life became a complete mess after she was kidnapped!I had heard the beeps and the vibrations ever since but I paid no attention to them, I had more pressing matters at hand and nothing is more important to me than Vanessa and my family.Now I'm thinking that maybe I should have checked a few of those messages. Maybe then I would have known that Jessica withdrew this huge amount of money for whatever purpose I do not know.Yes, I gave her full access to one of my accounts so she would be able to get whatever she wanted for herself and the baby, but she practically emptied the account for no good reason,
Chapter 19DamonI was with Vanessa, we were by our special place, sitting side by side just staring at the lake. It was a beautiful day, sunny and bright and as I looked at Vanessa there was this radiance from her whole being, she had never looked more gorgeous!She was trying to tell me something but I was lost in her beauty. I could see her mouth moving but I was so mesmerized that somehow I did not hear a word she said. Then all of a sudden everything changed, the bright sunny day became dark and foggy. The lake was suddenly black and no longer blue and beautiful. I looked at Vanessa and she was terrified, I could practically see the fear in her eyes. She grabbed me and started screaming,"Don't let me go!" I wanted to hold her, to tell her that I would always be by her side, to reassure her of my unending loyalty, but suddenly she was gone.Lost like she had not just been by my side and everywhere became black.I never slept so horribly in my life! I woke up with sweat all ov
Chapter 28Vanessa I have been asleep for as long as I could remember. It was nice to be able to sleep on my bed again, in my home, with the people I love around me.It had been 2 days since I was rescued but sometimes I still feel like I was back there, in pain, fearing for my life. Fortunately, that was all behind me now. The two people that put me in that position had paid their dues. Mr Psycho was shot twice, in the leg and his arm, but he will survive and he will be going to prison for a very long time. He is wanted for very serious crimes before this and from the look of things, he might never come out of prison.Jessica was not so lucky. She was shot in the head by the sniper and died before she could even receive any medical treatment. I felt bad for her, but I shudder to think that if she wasn't dead, then I might have been dead by now. Just then I heard a gentle knock on the door. "It's Damon, are you up?" He asked."Yes, Come in," I said.As he came in I was glad I co
Chapter 27Vanessa Nothing has been the same since my conversation with Jessica. It was like the atmosphere around here took a sharp turn for the worse.It was not like I was exactly happy before or anything like that, it's just that now I was more anxious than I have ever been. I was conscious of every move and every little thing around me. Mr psycho certainly did not help in making me feel any better. He was so distant nowadays, grunting a few orders now and then or leaving me to my fate if I refuse to do something. True to my word, I have not eaten since the other day but I could feel myself getting weaker with every moment that passed. Something that has now become a normal thing was the voices I usually hear behind the door. Certainly all was not well between employer and employee and they were quite loud about it, but all I could fathom was that they were in constant disagreement but I could hardly hear what exactly they were arguing about. I sigh when I recall the second t
Chapter 26Damon The first thing that came to my mind was calling detective Cole, of course I knew how to track a call, that was like computer 101, but I had to let him know because right now I needed all the help I could get and I have to do this the right way.Tracking the call illegally would not go down well with the police department, plus I had to hope for another call, one that was actually long enough for me to track. I tried to think of all these instead of the voice replaying in my head over and over again. Whoever called tried to make sure their voice was not recognizable, hence the reason it was distorted, but I had a strong feeling that I had been wrong about Peter. Whoever was behind this has something more personal to do with me. I was at the centre of this. This person knew me more than I imagined, this was someone very close to me that obviously felt neglected or abandoned. "Who could that be Damon?" Jennifer asked.She came down a few minutes ago and I could see
Chapter 25Damon "What's so interesting about me?!" I asked. I did not like the suspicious look in his eyes, one minute he was calm and attentive and now he looked like a lion about to feed on his prey. He stood up from his seat opposite me and walked closer to where I was, leaning on the desk and gazed intensely at me."You see, while Peter, who you just accused, actually had an alibi, and not just one, because he was out with friends and quite a lot of people confirmed that, you on the other hand have none," he pointed out. And we were back to this again! Why was it so hard for them to see that I could not even imagine hurting Vanessa. They thought so little of me and it seems there was this mistrust that came with my wealth. I thought detective Cole would know better than to have such ideas but apparently I was wrong. Gosh! I could not imagine how I looked right now in his eyes. Here I was trying to convince him that someone else was responsible for this, when he always had h
Chapter 24Damon I have stopped counting the hours since Vanessa was kidnapped, not because I had forgotten, but because thinking about it was a reminder that she has been gone for way too long.I was driving to the police station for no other reason but a mere hunch, a very weak one at that, but unfortunately that was all I had and I was going to use it. This was not the time to allow sentiments get the better of me. I had this gut feeling that was not going away anytime soon until I did something about it.Still, I could have just called detective Cole and informed him, I had his contact for instances like this, but I wanted to get out of the house. I had to breathe some fresh air. I loved the women in the house to death but I just could not bear another minute with them. The tension in the house was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. It was becoming a never ending cycle of Jennifer going more into her shell as each day passed, completely broken because of all that was
Chapter 23VanessaThe only sound in the tiny room was the sound of Jessica's evil laughter. It rang through every corner like the sound of doom.This day has been so full of surprises and it just keeps getting crazier! "Wait, are you saying you're not pregnant?!" I asked, I know it was a stupid question but I just had to be sure."Yes darling, I'm not pregnant! Try to keep up okay," she scoffed like she was already past that."So you lied to Damon! And all this while had him believing he had to take responsibility for something that wasn't even real!" I exclaimed. "Well it would have worked, if only we had gone through with the wedding!" She screamed. "And how exactly would that have worked out?" I asked. "He would have fallen in love with me eventually that's how, and then we would make chubby beautiful babies together, but he refused to touch me since I told him I was pregnant and that kind of spoiled the whole plan," she said. "Didn't you think that he would find out eventual
Chapter 22Vanessa"Well well, it seems I won't be needing this anymore," she said as she took off the mask, running her hand through her red hair.I could not believe my eyes! Of all the people I suspected, she was never even on my list, even though the list was quite short. I have only been with her for a short while that I didn't even know she could do something like this. She was a real spoiled brat, that at least was obvious, but I thought there were limits to the atrocities she could commit, apparently I was very wrong about that. "Wow! I always knew there was something strange about you, but I just didn't pin you as a full blown psychopath," I said with utmost spite."Uhm… your bad I guess, maybe you should have paid closer attention," she retorted. "Why would you do something like this?!" I asked. "Why do we do anything sweetheart…. For love! I'm doing this for love," she replied.Okay this girl was tripping. How am I connected to this when the so called reason she kidnap
Chapter 21 Vanessa I eventually ate the food Mr Psycho provided even though I didn't want to, I was human after all and I know that starving myself would be of no help to me whatsoever. I needed my strength in case there was any opportunity of me escaping from here. There had to be a way around this and I will find it. I could not tell exactly how long I have been here but it was dark outside a few hours ago and now it was quite sunny, the little openings in the window made me aware of these tiny facts. I ate the food quite late, a long while after he brought it to me. Maybe I was trying to spite him because he was being too close and refused to give me any breathing space.He was literally right in front of me like I was going to vanish if he took his eyes off me for a second!He even volunteered to feed me after he made me know that he had no plans to untie me. He was really being beyond cruel! I made sure he knew that there was no way I would allow him to feed me and I wasn'
Chapter 20Damon"How does it feel to lose the one you love?" These words kept on repeating in my mind like a broken record. It meant so much but at the same time revealed so little.One thing was for sure now though… this was certainly not about money. Whoever was behind this had a personal grudge but one which I could not actually decipher. It could no longer be ignored that I was at the center of all this. The note was addressed to me, that was quite obvious. Whoever did this knew about my feelings for Vanessa and it seems that was the main reason she was going through this ordeal. The handwriting on this note was a replica of the one in the previous note, so it was certain that this was from the kidnapper. This person was being vengeful but that was both scary and good. Scary because everything they did would be unpredictable and greatly influenced by emotion, but it was good because they were likely to make stupid quick decisions that would be to our favour. Still no matter