Chapter 123 Janet “You look beautiful Jan, you really do.” Jason said. “Thanks.” I smiled. “Looking at you one won’t know you have been solely in charge of a million dollar company this past few days.” “Not solely in charge, I had a lot of help.” I said. We were having lunch in my favorite outdoor café. I had called Jason the previous evening and arraigned to meet him for lunch the next day. “My dad is better than I thought,” I told him. “So let’s have lunch and catch up.” “I will love to. I was even about to call you,” he said. I know you were. I thought. We had agreed on when and where to meet. Now here we were having lunch in the near empty café, and chatting, while I waited for the time to carry out my part of the plan. I tried to concentrate on what I had to do. I had been distracted since Lois’s phone call yesterday. Dad had told the others and we had all been worried. We had called the police, who had promised to send a patrol car past our house often u
Chapter 124 Janet “Jan are you okay? How did it go?” Kevin asked anxiously “As expected. The police have taken him away. The jerk didn’t know what hit him.” He laughed. “Would have loved to see the look on his face.” “It was worth seeing. And Rita? How was she looking when the police showed up?” “Like she had been struck my lightening. Come over let me tell you all about it.” “Later. I want to see my family first. Now it's over, I think it is time to let them know what happened, before they hear it elsewhere.” “Good thinking, but you are coming over later?” “Hmmm..?” I pretended to think. “Please do. There is food in the house, we went shopping yesterday remember?” I laughed. “Sure I do. And I am guessing that is the first time you have ever gone food shopping.” “No it is not…okay maybe it is.” I laughed harder. “Glad you are laughing, even if it is at me. Please come. I have a surprise for you.” “Okay. I will.” “Good. I will see you then.” I hung up.
Chapter 125 Janet I was half hearing sirens and loud voices but my lids were so heavy, I couldn’t lift them to see what all the noise was about. After awhile, I drifted into unconsciousness and couldn’t hear anything anymore. When I finally managed to opened my eyes, I saw Kevin’s anxious face looking into mine. “Babe! Thank goodness you are awake!” He exclaimed. He touched my cheek gently. “How are you feeling?” I looked around. Where am I?” I asked. “Hospital. But you are okay, just rest.” “Hospital?” I tried to get up and felt a sharp pain in my wrist. “Relax,” He gently pushed me back onto the bed. “Just relax.” I winced. “What happened Kevin?” “You had a little accident. Nothing serious.” “An accident?” I tried to think. “It was a car coming towards me. I tried to avoid it and crashed. My phone was ringing I think-“ “That was me. I was calling to ask you something. You didn’t pick up. When I called again, I was told you had been in an accident and were bei
Chapter 126 Janet “I knew it!” Dad exclaimed. “ I knew there was something fishy about this crash. I had a feeling all along that it was no accident, but I was hoping I was wrong!” He began pacing the room. “Dad calm down.” Anna said. “Calm down? You want me to calm down when a crazy woman is after the life of the people I love? No way!” “She is bluffing.” Justin said. “Do you call this bluffing?” Dad asked pointing to me. Kevin came in. He had been working with hospital security to see if they could find out if Lois was still hanging around, or had left. “Any luck?” Dad asked. “Well I yes and no. The security took it serious. They called the cops and they spoke to the florist, who gave a description of the woman who had asked for the flowers to be delivered. Form his description, slim, blond, blue eyes, a scar on the side of her face, seems Lois is up to her old tricks. She is changing her appearance. Security went through CCTV and saw her leave immediately after ma
Chapter 127 Janet It was as if I was drowning. I again opened my mouth to try and scream, then I woke up with a start. The TV was on, the cartoon channel still playing. Kevin sat besides me watching it. “Hey babe, are you okay?” He asked, looking at me concerned. I looked at him slightly confused. “Bad dream huh?” He kissed me. I noticed he was eating potato chips and his kiss tasted salty. “I thought you left?” I asked puzzled. “Did you really think I would leave you all alone?” He grinned. “Well I did wonder, especially as you didn’t give me a good night kiss.” I pouted. He laughed. “ I just went to talk to hospital security again and stock up on….” He waved the packet of chips I laughed and opened my mouth, he put one in. “When I came back you were dozing off. I didn’t want to disturb you.” He said. “But how did you do it? The nurse asked everyone to leave?” “I have my ways, but really one person can stay. I didn’t want to let your dad know that, he wo
Chapter 128 Anna “Well what do you think?” Justin asked me. The realtor was looking at me expectantly. He had just finished given us a tour of the apartment. “The place isn’t bad,” I said. “ But the traffic noise coming in from the street is pretty loud.” “It isn’t really, it’s just normal traffic noise. You will get used to it.” The realtor said, trying to convince me. Justin shook his head. “I definitely don’t want to get used to that.” “Don’t you have anything else?” I asked. He shook his head sadly. “For now no, but I will let you know if something else turns up.” He promised. We thanked him and left. “The guy was really hoping we would take the place.” Justin said as we got into my car. “No way am I agreeing to rent such a noisy place. That traffic noise is dangerous to health.” “So where to” He asked. I shrugged. This was the second realtor, and the fourth place we’d looked at so far. And like the other three, there were okay at first glance, but look
Chapter 129 Janet We were all in the living room when Anna and Justin came home, looking very rattled. One look at their faces when they walked in, and I knew Lois had struck again. “What is it?” I asked anxiously. “Anna are you okay?” Dad asked. “Lois put a dead cat on the driver seat of Anna’s car.” Justin explained. “What?” Dad yelled jumping to his feet. “What?” Fran asked alarmed. “What kind of sicko kills a cat?” I asked. “Yeah while we were at the restaurant having dinner.” Justin explained. “The bitch also left a note, Next time it will be you.” “We need to call the police.” Dad said. “We have already done that. The cops didn’t do much though, not sure there is much they can do for now.” “We need to take this a lot more seriously.” Fran said. “Lois is more dangerous than we think.” “Agreed. She is a crazy bitch!” Anna said speaking for the first time. She looked a little pale. “ I don’t know why she hasn’t been caught yet.” “Because she is an experi
Chapter 130 Janet It was nearly 9am before Fran’s knock woke me up. “Still asleep?” She asked, coming into the room with a breakfast tray. I sat up yawning. “If I can’t go to work then I might as well sleep in. That way I will spend less time being bored.” I said. “At least you get to rest. If anyone deserves rest it is you.” She said, placing the tray on my lap. You work too hard.” “So do you.” I grinned mischievously. “ You and dad, are you two getting really serious?” “Mind your business.” She pouted. I laughed seeing her blush. “I an happy you guys are together. I really am.” “So am I.” She smiled. “ What are you doing today?” “Hanging out with Kevin.” “You will be home before dark right?” She asked anxiously. “You and Dad need to stop worrying Fran. Lois is too much of a coward to do anything more than theses annoying pranks. She doesn’t scare me.” “Well she scares me. And she is doing more than playing pranks. She almost got you killed.” “No she did
Chapter 155JanetIt was nearly 4pm when I finally closed my laptop and leaned back in my chair. I massaged my neck gently to ease the tension.It had been a very busy day. I had spent it running from one meeting to another and answering phone call after phone call.Everything had fallen on me as the only Benson in the company right now. The newly wedded couples were away on their honeymoon and weren’t expected back till the end of next week. Which meant I had a lot more stressful days ahead. But I didn’t mind. The thought of Dad enjoying his honeymoon because he knew I was here to handle any problem was all the motivation I needed.I yawned and stretched, then decided to call them and see how they were doing. I called Anna first but she didn’t pick up. But from the pictures she had posted on social media this afternoon I knew she and Justin were having a great time in Florida. I called my Dad."Hey Dad!"“Hey honey, how are you doing over there?” Dad asked."Great and yo
Chapter 154 Janet The room was filled with people. My family, friends, coworkers, and company staff were all there. A banner with, Welcome Home Janet, was hanging on the wall. “Welcome home sweetheart.” Fran, who was standing besides me, said hugging me. “You knew about this?” I asked Kevin who stood behind her. He smiled mischievously and shrugged. I was really surprised and pleased. The last thing I had expected was a welcome home party with so many people turning up. I walked towards the crowd of people and received a lot of hugs and kisses. “We were so worried about you Miss Benson. I am happy you are alright.” My secretary Dani said. “Thanks Dani. I am happy to be back.” Someone handed me a glass of champagne and I sat on the couch with Kevin, watching the people who had come to celebrate my homecoming. “Okay Jan,” Gina said sitting on the arm on my chair. “ I want the whole story. Everything. How did you fall into the hands of those psycho?” “
Chapter 153 Janet I was brushing my hair when Kevin walked in. “Hey beautiful! Wow you are ready so soon?” He asked. “Yeah. I can’t wait to get out of here.” He laughed. “ Why the rush?” “Are you even asking? I have been here for a week. It is a miracle I am still sane. You know I hate hospitals.” I said. “Sorry but the doctor wants to keep you here a week more.” He said. The look on my face made him explode with laughter. “Joking babe, I am here to take you home.” He walked over to me and kissed me. “I still can’t believe that nightmare was just a week ago.” He said gently. I couldn’t believe it, but it was. A week ago I had escaped from Lois and had been airlifted to a hospital in Dallas. I had awaken from hours of unconsciousness, to find Dad, Fran, Anna and Justin around me. “She is awake!” “Honey are you okay?” “Jan thank God.” “We were so worried-“ Their had all been talking at once and struggling to hug me. I watched then tongue tied, not sure
Chapter 152 Janet “Hungry?” Lois asked me, waving a chicken wing in my face. I glared at her. There were hundreds of choice names I would have liked to call her but the gag in my mouth stopped me. We were in a motel, even more dirty and rundown than the previous one. I was sitting on the bed tied up and gagged. Lois sat on the only chair eating chicken and drinking soda. The greedy bitch hadn’t given me any food or water since we had arrived the evening before, and it was now well past midday. After she had knocked Jason out, she had dragged me from the bed and put a jacket around my shoulders. “Make any wrong move,” she said pointing the gun at me. “ And you are history.” We walked out of the room side by side, the gun sticking on my ribs. The motel was almost deserted. She unlocked the car and pushed me into the back seat then got behind the wheel. She made a call to the cops telling them to hurry to the motel because, Janet Benson and her kidnappers were in room 1
Chapter 151 Kevin I was awaken from a restless sleep by my ringing phone. It was a week since Jan had gone missing and it had been a week of hell for her loved ones. Her kidnappers hadn’t called again and we weren’t sure why. It would have been easier if they just made a ransom demand. We would have happily paid it. As usual I had been with the Benson’s all afternoon hoping for news, but there was non, not even from Breed. I had stayed up till after midnight thinking what to do, before falling asleep on my couch. I groaned and fumbled for my phone on the coffee table. “Hello?” I mumbled. “Kev? It’s me. I have got news. They’ve found Jason.” I jumped up immediately. “Where?” “The cops got an anonymous tip that led them to a motel outside of town. They found him unconscious in a room. Someone had knocked him out.” “And Jan?” “No sign of her or Lois. The desk clerk said a woman paid for the room a couple of days ago, which was the same day the cops raided the house w
Chapter 150 Janet “Couldn’t you just make the ransom demand already” Jason asked. “ What are we waiting for anyway?” Lois, who sat by the small desk eating a hamburger, glared at him. “The longer we wait, the riskier it becomes. Make the demand, get the money and let us fly to Canada like agreed.” He continued. “Will you shut the fuck up!” She said angrily. “ I don’t need your advice! You have done enough, so shut the fuck up!” “It’s not my fault everything isn’t going according to plan.” He said. “Really?” Lois said controlling her anger. “ So whose fault is it?” Jason looked uncomfortable. “Tell me Jason, whose fault is it? Who stupidly used their phone to make a call that was traced and nearly led to our capture, hmm? Whose idiocy caused our plans to be derailed? You! You had three jobs, shut up, listen, and obey my instructions. But no, you had to be a dumbass and now look.” “All I did was call Watson to annoy him a little. You called Benson didn’t you?” Jason
Chapter 149 Kevin Day four, and still no sign of Jan. To be fair the cops were doing all they could. The day after Jan went missing her car had been found abandoned in a supermarket parking lot. The cops had combed the area but no sign of her. We had given them the footage from Gabhill’s carpark and they had gotten to work. Pictures of Lois and Jason were all over the media and Gabriel was offering a reward for information on the kidnapping. Yet nothing, no sign of her. I had called Breed almost non stop, nearly driving the poor guy crazy and pressuring him to find something, anything that could lead us to Janet. I hadn’t eaten or slept since it happened and I couldn’t concentrate on work. All I could think of was getting her back. I spent most of my day at the Benson’s house, with Jan’s family. We all sat waiting anxiously for Lois or Jason to make contact. I was at home now, my dad had insisted I take time off till we found Jan, pacing about my apartment, half out of my min
Chapter 148 Janet “Hey Lois.” I said casually and bit a slice on pizza. I couldn’t see much of her face,but I knew she was wearing a short dark wig and I guessed contact lenses. Another one of her disguises. She seemed a little disappointed by my casually behavior, as if she had expected me to faint from shock. “You are not surprised?” She asked. “ Or perhaps Jason has told you already?” “I didn’t.” Jason said “No he didn’t. But still I am not surprised.” And I wasn’t. “ I knew you weren’t dead. Everyone, even the cops, thought you were but I knew you weren’t.” “You always were a smart ass. Unlike some people.” She turned to Jason. “ You have been made!” “What? How? Nobody saw-“ “The carpark has cameras dumbass. Your picture is all over the media.” “But you never mentioned cameras.” “I never mentioned traffic may be on the road, but I am sure you looked both ways before crossing. Didn’t you?” She snapped. Jason paled. “What do I do? How do I go out if they ar
Chapter 147 Janet “Hello! Can I get some water! Hello!” It was day two of my imprisonment. I had come to and found myself alone in a basement, lying on a small torn mattress. My right wrist was chained to the wall. It was cold and dark, except for a stream of light coming in through a crack in the single, boarded up window. The place was dirty and untidy, but there were no rats. I hated rats. Aside the humiliation of being chained up, and a slight heaviness in my head, I wasn’t hurt in any way. But I hadn’t had any food or water since I had been in here, and I still had no idea who my captor was or were. At first I had tried screaming but I found out I was wasting my energy. The sound only echoed back, so I gave up. I tried to remember what had happened. I had been on the phone, then sat in my car. I remembered hearing a noise in the back seat..then..…..I had smelt a chemical! Even now the smell was still on my nose. I must have been drugged! The person was hiding in the b