Kidnapped

Chapter Seven

Erika's POV.

I reached the front of the restaurant, and saw a missed call. It was from the company. I had to call back.

"This is very urgent, and you are needed. We will be meeting at Luke's company. The meeting was an impromptu one. I am sorry if this got to ruin your plan." David informed me over the phone immediately I called him back.

I had to call Raven, and see if she was less busy. "Hello? I have an urgent meeting. Are you less busy? Can you help me watch over my daughter?" I questioned her while she sighed.

"I am so sorry. I am currently in a shoot, and I will not be able to do it." She apologized to me, while I ended the call. I knew she was the busy type. I was wondering who I was going to drop Rose with.

If I were to take her to Luke's company. Things might not get to go well. I looked at my back, and I saw that Charles was still inside the restaurant. His eyes were fixed on us, and he caught me staring at him.

That was the only option that I had left. He shrugged his arm trying to ask me what the problem was. "This is not a matter whereby you get to think about your pride. You should just go and drop her with him." I told myself, and then walked back into the restaurant.

His eyes were still fixed on me. I covered my eyes in shame while I went through where he was. "What are you here for? I thought you were gonna back home." He questioned me immediately he saw that I was close to him.

"Can you help me to watch over my daughter? I really need to attend to somethings." I requested, while I looked at Rose, and it turned out that she was looking at me.

"Sure! When are you going to be back?" He questioned.

"Immediately I am done with the meeting. It was a really urgent one. That was the reason why I had to tell you." I told him.

"Sure, I have no problem with it at all." He answered me while I smiled softly, even thought they were not real. I looked at my daughter, "Mommy is coming, I need to attend to somethings really quick." I told Rose, and she nodded.

"I would be waiting for you." She answered, and j left her until his care. My car already arrived, it was the company's car. It was way more better than taking a cab.

"I will just drive myself, you can find your level." I told the driver to drive the car to the front of the restaurant. I ignited the car engine while I hurriedly drive to the location that we were supposed to meet.

I then noticed that a car was following me. I had to pass another route, and it was still the same thing. My heart began to beat so fast while I wouldn't stop staring at her mirror to see how close to were. 

My hand slid into my pocket while I managed to call Raven, "Are you okay ?" She questioned me after she picked the call. I then looked at my back, and saw that they were no longer following me.

"I guess I must be seeing wrong already. It was nothing much. I already fixed it." I assured her while she ended the call. I heaved a deep sigh of relief. I stopped driving right in that moment while I tried to fix things. 

I couldn't remember the last time that I was that scared. I wanted to drive back to the company not until when I saw that my car wasn't moving anymore. 

What was the problem? I came down to check the car engine. I then realized that I had a flat tire. David started calling me, but I wasn't in the modd to pick up the call.

I must not miss that meeting. I tried calling some people who I trusted that they might be of good help to me. They were not picking at all.

I then heard some strange noises, I was in a secluded area. There were barely any human walking around. It was then some men came out of nowhere.

"You think that you would be able to escape from us? You are so foolish. The fact you had to stop in a place like this made you so foolish. Our job became more easier, thanks to us." The next thing that came to my mind was to run immediately without even looking back.

In the process of running, I was stopped by the same people. It turned out that they have been waiting for me in different corners. My phone stared vibrating. I didn't hesitate before I picked up the call. It was Charles who was calling me.

"Please help me! There are..." I couldn't get to complete my statement before they hit my phone down to the ground. A handkerchief was used to cover my nose while I kept on struggling for breath, till I blacked out.

I opened my eyes, and saw that I was really in an unfamiliar environment with my hands tied to the back of the chair. It was looking like a warehouse, but it looked like an abandoned one.

"She is awake already. I thought she was giving to be sleeping forever." I heard some unfamiliar voices right in the place that I was staying.

"Let me out of here! Please! Is anyone there?" I shouted so loud hoping that someone was going to come to my rescue.

"You shouldn't bother stressing yourself. No one knows about the fact that you are here. No one gives a fuck about you, and you are going to stay here till we get the information that we need tom you." One of the men told me.

"What do you want? What do you want from me exactly?" I questioned them, my voice was already getting really weak

"We're not going to hurt you, we're just asking you for a favor and we'll kill your daughter if you run away." I bet that my daughter was safe anywhere she was. She was with Charles, and I believe he would do everything to keep my daughter safe.

"That's if you can do it." I dared them, and one of the bursted into laughter. He looked like he was the boss. He walked up to where I was while the rest of them left the way so he could walk to where I was.

"I really love your confidence. You live in to people's expectations, and that is really good. What if we kill you instead then?" He furthered questioned me, while hd squatted up to my level.

I wasn't interested in what he was saying right now, "we need you to complete these designs for us. You know that isn't a hard thing for you to do right." He left my way so I could see the design that he was talking about.

I was the one who designed that copy for David company. How did they get to know the half. It was a design that was yet to be released, giving it to these people would be a big loss for us.

There was no way that I am going to do. "What made you think that I am going to give you? What if I say that I don't want to give it to you? What are you go to do? Kill me? Then do it now." I didn't know where I got this confidence from, to be very honest.

He brought out his phone, and then he saw Raven who was on his phone. "This is recorded live, what about we kill her instead?" He questioned.