Chapter 144 Janet I was sitting in my favorite outdoor café waiting for Gina. She had called me this morning and asked me to meet her here. It had sounded urgent. I smiled as my mind went back to two weeks ago, at Fran’s birthday party. No one has expected the proposal. It had been so sweet and Fran had been in tears when she’d said yes. “Jan!” I was a little startled as Gina sat down at my table. “Gina, what is it? What’s wrong?” I asked, “You sounded excited and-“ “I am excited.” She put her face in her palms. “What is it?” “I should have asked to meet in a bar. I need alcohol.” She mumbled. I was a little puzzled. I knew her enough to know she was very excited, but I didn’t know if it was over something good or bad. “Spill Gina, what has gotten you into this state? Did you get a promotion? Or lose your job?” I asked. “No!” She held out her hand in front of me. My hand flew to cover my open-mouth, and stop my squeal of excitement at the diamond engagement ring
Chapter 145 Kevin Are we meeting for lunch?” Jan asked that morning as we walked to our cars. “I don’t think so. I have a shareholders meeting that I know is going to keep me well past lunch time.” I said. “Okay. I will see you this evening. I may stop and see Fran on the way back.” “Give her my love, but don’t get tempted to stay the night.” I smiled. “Are you scared I won’t be here to save you from burnt mac and cheese? Or over spiced chicken? Or maybe you may end up losing your hand.” She teased. I sighed. “ I am never going to hear the end of it am I?” She laughed loudly. Yesterday I had tried to make chicken soup. I had seen it done on YouTube and it looked pretty easy. But I ended up over spicing the chicken with too much chili and also burning my thumb. A Band-Aid was still on the thumb. “Don’t worry Jan to the rescue! I will be home to make you dinner. I promise.” She said. I pulled her into my arms. “I will make you pay for this teasing toni
Chapter 146 Kevin “I knew!” Gabriel Benson yelled. “ I knew that bitch wasn’t dead! I said it!” He was pacing the living room, half out of his mind with worry. We watched him. We were too worried to offer any comfort. We had called the police. They had come, taken the relevant information, and had gotten to work. But not much could be done. Lois was already wanted and had been hard to find. We didn’t think having Jan with her would make it easier. The cops were hoping Lois would contact us and make a ransom demand then they would have somewhere to start. Fran sat in an armchair red eyed and shaking with fear. I sat on the arm of the sofa. I could have been sitting on a bed of nails and won’t have noticed. Anna and Justin sat together on the love seat, their faces competing whose would be the whitest. They had driven down as soon as I had called to tell them our suspicions, that Jan had been kidnapped by Lois. “I should have listened to my instincts! I should have insiste
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
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 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 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 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