Chapter Three

CHAPTER THREE

CALEB'S POV

I swooned as a wave of dizziness hit me. I staggered to keep my balance, I heard Bella grunting.

I turned around hastily, milk swooshed past me. Recovering my wit I grabbed her wherever my hands could grab. Her boobs mouled into my palms. She screamed loudlly and wriggled violently, nearly causing us to fall on the floor.

"Leave me alone!!" Her voice was high pitched, I turned to look at Bella who was struggling to get to her feet.

The girl was already clawing and biting my fingers and wrist.

"stay still Bitch!"I whacked her hard on her face before grabbing a lock of her hair and pulled hard. A loud scream left her lips and she immediately stopped struggling. I was breathing hard from my vigorous activity. I should have instructed Jerry to tie her up. I hadn't known she'd wake up soon. I turned to Bella again.

"get me a rope and a duct tape. Now! "I ordered sharply. Bella hurriedly went out to go get what I had ordered her to do.

With my hand still forcefully clutching a lock of hair, I turned her around so that I could look at her face.

VANESSA....

The grip on my hair was so tight and it made me want to cry, but I had bit down hard on my lips. I cussed loudly when I bit down on the sore in my lips. I tasted my own blood.

"go get me a rope and a duct tape." he told the scantily clad woman. His tone was authoritative, the woman rushed out of the room to go obey his order. I raised up my hands to scratch his hands on my hair. He turned me around suddenly so that I was facing him. I was beginning to panic now, my heart was already bearing fast.

I'm gonna die, I just know it, as I stared into the face of my abductor. There was a shallow wound on the side of his head, where I had hit him with a fire extinguisher. He was young, younger than I had expected. His face was lean and shaved, his eyes were sharp, penetrating. Looking at me with so much intensity. I felt like I'd swoon any minute. Where's mom? Shouldn't the police be looking for me? What if they...he kills me before the police finds me?

"please... " the words left my lips hoarsely, as I looked down. The grip in my hair slackened and I felt my scalp relax. I moved away from him, minimizing the contact between us. I was afraid when he moved even closer to me now. I hated when my personal boundary was not respected.

"No... "The words were out when I realized what he was trying to do. I put out my hands to stop him, he grabbed my hands and lifted it high above my head and pinned it to the wall. He pushed me backwards till I was pinned against the wall and trapped against his body. I knew about sex, but I didn't think I would ever engage in it. I found it too disgusting.

"no, stop! "I tried to get my hands free, it was useless. He was stronger than me. I felt his hard body grind against mine, his hip bone pressed hard into mine, painfully.

"stop! "I wouldn't relent, I didn't seem to be in control of my mouth anymore, the words would just keep on pouring out. His cologne was all I could breath in now, I didn't even realized I had closed my eyes real tight.

I could feel his warm breath gently fanning my ears, my chest rose and fell more quickly than usual. I felt something warm in my jaw, I knew it was his lips, and that this mother fucker was going to kiss me. My eyes were still tightly closed.

"stop...no...your breath stinks "I heard myself muttering that consistently. I heard a dark chuckle and the warm thing on my jaw moved slowly, slightly teasing upwards.

"Here's the rope you asked for tiger." A female voice interrupted. He stepped away from me. My legs gave way underneath me and I slowly buckled to the floor. My hair was already messy and matted and annoyingly sticking to my face.

"Get me a chair." he instructed the scantily dressed woman, Bella, in that same brisk voice he had used earlier. My head was lowered, so I could see their feet. He wore a thick, heavy looking boot that was quite dusty. I raised up my head to look into his face, there was a slight smirk etched there, just by the corner of his lips.

"I'm sure that by now you'd have understand what has happened in the past hour. " The ropes in his hands looked new, I gulped down saliva noisily.

"Yes, you have taken me captive against my will." I licked my dried lips, tasting the metallic residue.

"You could have just said kidnap. But it still works either way."

I can't believe that I would be bound by this rope, I can't believe I'm living this moment. It felt like a dream, maybe it was a dream. I closed my eyes.

Then a sharp pain on my lips.

Ugh! It's not a dream!

" ...cooperation, because if you don't, life would be so difficult for you, believe..."

"How much do you want for a ransom?" I blurted out again. I saw his brows raise ever so slightly, he then turned and exchanged a glance with the woman. He was clearly taken off guard. This was my chance, I decided to press on. I sat erect, pushing strands of hair away from my face.

"That's how it usually works, right? You will ask for Money so that you can release me. My mom's rich, she'll give you money... Whatever amount you want..." He crouched suddenly, leveling with me. He pressed his thumb and his index finger to my cheeks. I gasped and met his gaze, his thick brows furrowed too. He applied pressure on his fingers, the effect was painful, forcing my jaws apart.

"I'll have you understand that I'm in charge here..." His voice had dropped low, almost to a whisper. My jaws felt like it'll split into two, but I still unwaveringly held his gaze.

"...do you understand?" he pressed harder, it took a great deal for me not to whimper in pain. And I deliberately remained silent, still locking gaze with him.

"I said, do you understand?!" His voice was sharper Now, in impatience. My jaws were nearly splitting. I then finally lowered my eyes in defeat.

My 'Yes' was almost distorted. He finally released his grip on my jaws and stepped away from me, while I checked my teeth to make sure it was still working as efficiently as before.

"Put it down there." he instructed her icily. She obeyed, panting from the energy expended in lifting up the chair.

"Now be a nice little girl and go sit down quietly on the chair." He had his back turned to me, but I was sure he was smirking.

I slowly stood to my feet, brushing off the stubborn lock of damp hair that kept sticking to my face.

"I...I'm not little..."I blurted out, it took me the last ounce of my courage to say that to him. My heart was hammering in my chest,in fear. He could just turn around, whip out his gun and shoot me in my chest, anywhere...it didn't matter. He could kill me. Yet, my mouth refused to take caution and seal itself. I was nervous. This was not how I planned my day to be. I was supposed to be Reading a romance novel in class while pretending to pay attention to the algebra.

He turned around slowly, real slow, like as though he hadn't believe what he'd heard.

"Will you keep it shut big mouth?! "The woman shouted and took a threatening step towards me. I wasn't afraid of her, it was him I was afraid.

"Leave her alone Bella." He commanded softly, his eyes were on me all along. Bella obeyed And stopped approaching me.

I swallowed spit noisily as I watched him slowly walk towards me. The rope in his hand was taut and strained. He stopped approximately three feet away from me. The silence in the room was thick, only punctuated by my heavy breathing.

"what did you say again?" He was daring me to repeat myself. I immediately lost all my self confidence and looked away instantly, my breath getting stuck in my throat.

"Won't you talk anymore? Or cat got your tongue now?" His voice was now taunting, I felt an helpless rage pass through my body like a tremor. I immediately snapped up my head and looked straight into his eyes.

"I said I...I'm not little!" I said everything quickly, in one breath.

"I see." I couldn't read his damn expression from his face.

"And if you expect me to willingly sit on that chair then you must be nuts! You are gonna do your job..." I couldn't finish my sentence because a violent whack on my face prevented me from doing so. The force of the slap sent me crashing to the floor, my elbows and knees getting badly bruised as I tried to cushion my fall. My cracked lips were bleeding all over again,then with horror, I felt warm thick liquid slowly descend from my nostrils.

Blood.

I swiped at it with the back of my hand. Tears had welled up,threatening to spill.

I felt a hard tug on ny hair, my scalp screamed for mercy. My lips echoed the scream as I struggled to my feet,to lessen the effect of the pull.

"Next time, don't ever talk back at me." His lips were surprisingly very close to my ears. All I felt that moment was extreme pain all over my body.

"You hear me?!" He tugged harder,a high pitched scream left my mouth and I clawed at the hand that caused so much pain to me..

"Bastard!" I swore furiously under my breath, spitting out bloodied saliva.

Then something hard hit me by the side of my head. I heard a curse of 'bullshit! "

A wave of dizziness came flooding in,overwhelming all my senses. Then blackness.

***

My eyes fluttered open, then I blinked consciously for a few seconds trying to focus my vision on something, anything.

I couldn't. I was blindfolded, gagged with a smelly whatever and tightly bound to a chair. I raised up my head, trying to shake off the blindfold, but it was securely held in place. I also tried the rope. Anytime I moved the rope bit into my skin, the only sound I could let out was a garbled 'mmmm'

I was so frustrated, hungry, And afraid too. It was then that I realized the full meaning of abduction.

I may never see my Mom again. I may not even survive.

I couldn't help the sobs that violently racked my body,the tears getting absorbed by the blindfold.