Twenty three

They took three pictures of Nicholas and sent them to his grandfather and their boss. When they were done, they left the room. Mr. Escobar noticed he hasn't heard from his grandson for the past eight hours. He called, but Nicholas wasn't picking up, he grew worried. His instinct told him that something was wrong already, he stood up pacing to and fro in his office, thinking of who to call to check up on Nicholas. Immediately he received a message from an unknown number on Whatsapp. He clicked the message and was shocked at what he saw. It was the picture of Nicholas being tied to a chair with his mouth gagged. "Holy shit! who did this?", he asked fuming. "Whosoever is behind this will pay for this, how dare you humiliate my family?", he threw his laptop to the ground. ******* It's been six hours since Nicholas was injected with sedation. He regained consciousness as his eyes opened little by little, he could feel severe pain in his head. He tried moving but noticed tha