All Chapters of Castaways - Stranded With The Enemy: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

JESSICA“How’s the new guard you hired two months ago doing?” I ask the head of security in Charles’s house … our house. I have to start getting used to calling it now. Charles doesn’t like it when I call it his house and is always telling me that it’s our house now, as well as Ava’s, which of course, is true.“He’s doing very well, ma’am. I’ve had no issues with him at all. He’s a very good replacement for the man who left.”“Good, good. Have you heard anything from the guy who left? He’s supposed to come back, not so?” I ask. I always make an effort to relate with the staff, and while I’ve given up on Charlotte finding a way to come back into our lives and wreak havoc, I still try my best to be cautious, so I won’t be taken unaware.“Yes, ma’am. He was supposed to come back, but I don’t think he will. I haven’t heard from him in a while now. He did send me a message a day after he left, saying that he fell sick, and has been sick for a long time, so he has to go live with his sister

CHARLOTTE“I want to come with you,” Richard whines as I shrug into my clothes. He does not bother to do the same, but instead, lies there in all his naked glory, or lack of it. The sight of him naked irritates me to no end, but I have to do what I have to do. The fact that he whines instead of talks also does nothing to win him any favors in my books.“I want to come with you…” I mimic. “You sound like a damn baby. Why will you want to come with me?”“To make sure that you don’t get hurt, of course. Why do you think? If I love you and can’t protect you, what does that make me?”“That’s nice of you, but you don’t need to worry about me. I have two of your best men with me.”“Yeah, yeah, I know, but still. Just be careful. I don’t see why you’re hell-bent on doing this instead of just staying here where it's safe. I’ve even offered to relocate out of the country to a remote island where no one will ever find us, but you’ve refused to agree. I don’t think there’s any sense in what you’r

JESSICA“Come on, babe. Hurry up. You don’t want to keep them waiting.” Charles calls up to me from downstairs. He’s talking about a very nice couple from Africa that we met some days after we arrived here, and became friends with. Charles had actually been the student doctor who was assigned to the doctor who treated the wife years ago when she had cancer. Now, she’s in remission. We have dinner planned with them this evening, as we have had for several nights, but this night, I’m not just feeling it. Unlike other nights when we had dinner at the resort, this night, we had planned to have dinner in town in town (the resort is about an hour and a half away from town), and the thought of driving all that way just doesn’t appeal to me. They’re a very interesting older couple, with whom we’ve spent hours discussing on several nights, and I always enjoy their company, but something feels very off about this night.Still, I shrug into presentable clothes and apply a little makeup and then

CHARLOTTEI’ve barely gotten to where I parked my getaway car when I hear the unmistakable voice of Jessica screaming out Eric’s name in a panic. She has no doubt discovered the lifeless body of her nanny and the fact that her daughter is missing, which means that very soon, she’ll take the bait and follow after me in a bid to recover her daughter.“Sorry, honey. Eric’s body is preparing to stiffen somewhere out there, so he can’t hear you.” I say, laughing gaily to myself. Once everywhere is silent again, I start the car and rev it loudly so that she can hear it and give pursuit.Luckily enough, Charles isn’t around, as the men who were spying on the cabin this evening informed me. Eric had told us that Jessica and Charles were supposed to go to dinner, so the men had been watching the cabin to alert me to when they’ll leave, only for Jessica to stay behind.This was actually better for my plans, as it gave me the chance to lure Jessica alone. Getting into the cabin had been very eas

The road is rough and bumpy, but I’ve turned on all the lights of the car to illuminate my way. Charlotte isn’t making it hard for me to follow her at all, which makes me believe what Charles has said, that she’s leading me into a trap. Anyway, trap or not, I can’t just leave my infant daughter at her mercy, so I have no choice but to follow her.Soon, she branches off into a bushy part, which makes driving even more difficult than it had been when we were still on the gravelly part. It is difficult to follow her closely here, considering that the car I’m driving isn’t made for rough terrains, while the one she’s driving is, and after a while, I lose her, but it is easy to follow her, because of the tracks that her car makes in the bush.My phone keeps ringing all the while I’m chasing Charlotte through the woods. I know this because its lights keep coming on, lighting the dark interior of the car with each call. Finally, I decide to answer it, knowing that it’s Charles who’s calling.