In Love with a Kidnapper - Episode 3

 

My vision went blank when I laid on my bed.
A few moments later, I opened my eyes, I was in a forest again, I clenched my teeth, I didn’t like where this was going. The wind started to blow rigidly, making me fall off balance. I stumbled onto the long soft grass that was about knee size high. I heard a familiar laugh in the background.
” Clumsy as always, I see Kim,” a shadowy figure walked closer to me, it was Jake . He lifted his hand out to me, and I took it by pulling him down to the ground too. I laughed and he growled at me. I gave him an innocent smile, this felt like the old times when I was here. I sighed and looked up at the sky, it was clear and blue.
” Listen, Kim, I wanted to tell you something, but-” Jake began,
Suddenly a hand covered my eyes.
” guess who?” the familiar voice asked.
” A guy who owes me ten bucks for last night dinner?” I answered,
” Haha, you said it was your treat,” the voice laughed, he uncovered my eyes and turned me around.
” Blair!” I shouted happily and gave him a big hug, and a kiss, he was so warm , but he smelt weird.
” Yo! Jake long time no see,” he smiled. Jake gave a slight nod, then turned his face away

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. I could tell he was grinning. He told me once that Blair was bad news but I never believed him
” We’ll talk later, Kim.” Jake said and got up from the grass. ” Bye Blair,” he gave a fake smile and left.
” Was I interrupting something?” Blair asked in guilt.
” Of course not!” I smiled, ” How did you find us out here?” I asked.
” Don’t you remember who I am, I’m your boyfriend, remember that,” he nuzzled and picked me up. He swung my around making me dizzy.
” Ahh Blair stop!” I screamed. He put me down. He looked at me with a confused look. For some reason I felt uneasy. I looked on the side where Jake had left. Had I’ve been missing Jake?
” Kim,” he asked, ” do you trust me?” pulling me closer.
” Of course,” I lied. I looked at Blair closely, the smell, his rigid brown eyes, and his beaming face, did he drink?
” Blair, have you been drinking?” I asked.
” Only a few bottles not much,” he smiled. That gave me a caution alarm.
” Blair I think you should go home. Now , before you knockout,” I warned, pushing him back.
” Now come on Kimmy, Ill be fine. You do trust me don’t you?” He smirked. Pulling me closer and forcefully kissing me. The smell went up my nose, it was awful.
” No!” I yelled. Pushing him back making him stumble.
” Come on! Why don’t you be a good little b---h!” He laughed grabbing my leg and making me fall down face flat.
” No! Stop it Blair! I mean it!” I yelled, kicking him away and crawled farther. My heart was pumping fast, I had to get out of here. He suddenly held me down and got on top of me, making me impossible to move, I kicked and squirmed, he began kissing me forcefully then ripped my shirt off, I screamed and bit his tongue. He yelled in pain and I kicked him off. I tried to get up, I felt a sharp pain on my throat, Blair held me on my neck.
” Blair… Stop…” I said gasping for breath. Tears rolled down my face making me unable to open my eyes. Unexpectedly, the force from Blair’s hand weakened and soon let go, I fell onto the soft grass and opened my eyes. There was Jake who looked furious than ever.
” Jake!” I screamed, he looked over at me and gave a slight smile. It hit right through me. Through his eyes, he was telling me to stay there. I felt this guilt that made me feel uneasy. Jake soon was stumbled onto the ground by Blair. He was being hit by Blair’s never ending punches, and so was Blair.
I heard Jake groan in pain and suffering, more tears rolled down on the cheeks and I couldn’t do anything, at that instant Blair had pulled something out of his pocket. The sun ray suddenly was covered by the knife that glistering painfully in front of my eyes, Jake stumbled onto the ground. Blair gave a smirk and threw his arm up.
” No!” I cried. The next moment was a flash, I saw blood, that splattered onto me. The pain that afflicted onto me, grew into fire. I screamed.
” Kim, how could you?” Jake whispered in shock. The fire grew bigger and the pain worsened. I screamed but no noise came out. I cried, as the fire went over me, until I burned.
” S--T!” I yelled springing up from my bed. I looked around, I was back in my hostage room, tears rolled down my cheek. It was just a dream.
I went over to the mirror and pulled down my shirt, I stared at the mark that haunted me for a word I never trusted,
Love. It laid on my left shoulder and dropped down to the middle of my chest, I ran my fingers over it. Remembering that moment, tears flew down. I looked at the clock, great it was 6:30 AM. A gentle knock came at my door.
” Kim? Its me, Cole. Are you alright I heard you screaming,” Cole asked through the door.
” Yeah” I whimpered unable to clear my teary voice.
” I’m coming in,” he answered. Cole came in and ran towards me once he saw my tears.
” Are you okay?” he asked.
” O- O – of course,” I lied, and more tears ran down. Cole pulled me closer, it comforted me, it seemed the awkwardness came and passed by, if he didn’t mind, neither did I.
“Don’t cry over someone who won’t cry over you,” He whispered.
” T-Thanks,” I blushed wiping my tears.
” Better?” he smiled, I nodded. He glanced at the clock and his eyes widened.
” Follow me” grabbing my hand and dragged me out of my room.
” Whaa-” I complained. He stayed silent and we ran to the end of the right hallway. He squeezed behind a pillar and behind it was a brown door. My eyes widened. A secret passage? He started rushing up the stairs.
” Hurry!” he yelled already on the second flight of stairs. I rushed along, I hit the third flight of stairs and a ray of light hit my eyes, It made me flinch.
I walked into a bright round room. Inside, the walls were bright red, with a design of scattered, carefully painted leaves. There were random marks of white that represented birds in my opinion . The leaves scattered inward and faded into complete white on the opposite side of the bright red wall. At the white side it had a door. Draping down was a bold colour of red. Cole stood by the door and opened it. A bright ray of the sun hit me.
” Close your eyes,” he said. I did what he told me to do, inside I felt warm, the ray colours swirled under my eyelid, it was soothing.
” I usually come up here whenever I’m feeling down,”
” I’m not feeling down,” I argued,
” Right,” he answered
” Sometimes when I look at the sunrise, it feels warm and soothing, in my opinion it felt like it was burning all my problems away,” Cole chuckled. He was right, it felt like all my troubles were burning away. The colours swirled under my eyelids as a i faced the sun, the face of Blair, soon came under the colours, I flinched. Jake soon appeared defeating the image of Blair right out of my mind.
The clock ticked on and my hopes of seeing Jake died with the rising sun. I felt like I was home, going back to that place, would only send back my memories. I sighed. It felt like I didn’t have a choice on going back home, no matter what, I’ll he heading back to that place.
” Do you like to play sports, Kim?” Cole asked randomly, interrupting my thoughts.
” Of course,” I smiled, opening my eyes, Cole stood in front of me.
” Good, then after breakfast follow me, ‘Kay?” He smiled and flicked my head. I was use to it now. He went down the stairs and I followed.
For breakfast, we had bacon and eggs, hand-cooked by Daniel. I was surprised someone like him can cook. After chugging down the milk I followed Cole to a room.
The room was bright beige, and it stretched far. Like the dinning room, the whole left side was a glass window. The room was filled with gym equipment and sport essentials. Cole stood in the middle of the room with a soccer ball. My favourite sport, soccer.
He kicked the ball towards me and ran right after it, I stopped the ball and ran around so he wouldn’t steal it from me. During the whole time, we just tried to steal the ball from each other, as boring as it sounded, it was a whole lot of fun. We laughed and complained every time we stole the ball from each other.
I ran the ball around and crisscrossed like a professional, except I wasn’t one, and tripped over the ball, making me stumble onto Cole. He caught onto me but his legs were not stable and we both tumbled onto the floor. I laid on top of his chest where I could hear his heartbeat, it was quiet but subtle.
I looked up and so did he, our eyes met. This was the first time I got to see his eyes up close. They were ocean blue, it made me think I was at the ocean with him. It was soothing. We stayed like this for a while, it was quiet, but I felt relieved, comforted by someone like him.
Suddenly the door opened, it was Aunt Marie. She walked in with a track suit, she stared at the room for a quick moment. Then glared at us, where we were on top of each other. This was awkward.
” Ah! Cole! Thank you for catching me once I TRIPPED,” I suddenly blurted out, emphasizing the trip.
” Glad I could HELP,” he smiled. Aunt Marie gave a slight grin and left the room. We imminently got up.
” You think she bought it?” He asked.
” Hell no,” I confirmed, he looked at my face and we cracked out laughing. Even though I was kidnapped I felt like I was at home.
After playing soccer with Cole, he showed the Garden, It was filled with fresh roses and other types of flowers. It had a fountain in the middle, it sprung up in a formal way.
Later he showed me, the art room. Not only were the paintings beautiful, Cole painted them himself. There was something that was admiring about him. Cole was an artist. He showed me a painting of the roses that were in the garden, it was just one rose but it flowed beautifully in the panting. He was a great artist. He handed me a paper and pencil for something for me to do when I’m held prisoner in my room again. It turns out Cole, and Nathan take shifts on watching me, unlike Cole, Nathan just leaves me in my room.
As we got out of the art room, I looked out the window their was a separate small building beside the house.
” Whats in that house?” I asked, pointing at the small building outside.
” Oh, that? We usually get extensions every year, that’s Daniel’s area, he usually hangs around there,” Cole replied. Extensions every year? Rich much. Soon Cole escorted me to my room. I heard a melody play in the background, it was soothing but gentle. Cole gave a slight glare at me.
” Where’s that coming from?” I asked.
” What?” He gave a confused look, he was totally ignoring the melody that echoed in the hallway.
” Never mind,” I said, imminently closing my door, and listened for Cole’s footsteps that echoed faintly. Once I heard no footsteps, I placed my pillow under my blankets, a cheap trick to do but it works with my family. Then I headed out for the door.
The melody was faint but it was coming from the left side of the hallway, somewhere I never been before. I traced the melody, to the end of the left hallway, a dead end. It was beautiful and I heard it clearly but, I couldn’t find who was playing it. At that point, I remembered the secret entrance Cole had shown me on the other side of the hall, there must be another one, Right? I skimmed around the walls, like I was some demented person who wants to walk through walls. However there was no pillar, And no door. Could it be downstairs?
” You have to pull the candlestick over there,” A familiar voice whispered in my ear. I jumped and stumbled backwards onto the ground. I looked up. It was Daniel, he chuckled and held his hand. I took it and pulled him down and jumped of and stuck my tongue at him.
” Hah, that was for flipping me back then!” I whispered happily.
” Well, I guess I deserve that, I never really got to say sorry about it, so Sorry,” He gave me a pout look.
” Your forgiven,” I said holding at my hand. Once he got up, he flicked my forehead, and I flicked him back, he was surprised. I gave him a innocent smile.
” So what about this candlestick thing?” I said walking to the nearest candlestick. This reminded me of a haunted house, and if you pull something there, you will fall into a pit of snakes or spikes. Joy. I reached out my hand to the left candlestick, Daniel gave a fake cough and told me it was the wrong one. I reached for the middle, how typical, the secret door is always found when pulling something in middle. I looked back at Daniel, he smiled and turned his back.
” Thanks,” I whispered. Suddenly, a random moment passed through my mind, right after Daniel flipped me, he punched Nathan for no reason, but why? Daniel started to walk away.
” Wait!” I yelled but in a quiet voice. The melody still continued to play.
” What?” He said giving a confused look.
” Well… um… remember how you flipped me at that place,” I flinched remembering the pain. ” and you punched Nathan for no reason, Why?” I asked.
” Oh, don’t worry about it. Its something you shouldn’t get tangled into,” he paused, thinking the right words. ” Me and Nathan, we don’t commute together like how me and Cole does,” Daniel smiled and walked away. Whats that suppose to mean?
I turned back to the candlestick and pulled, a secret entrance was pulled in the corner, it was small but it look like I could crawl in. The melody echoed within the small space, I was right on track. The melody became stronger the more I crawled in, It was a violin. Soon I was in a tower space, like the other entrance. Stairs. I climbed up.
The door was cracked open a bit and I peaked in. My eyes widened. The sun shined elegantly through the window onto the a black haired boy, his jade green eyes were beautiful with his model faced. His body swayed as he played the violin, it was beautiful. I closed my eyes and tried to imagine.
It felt like I was in a field with a clear sky. The sun shined into my eyes in that field, it felt like the music replaced all my bad thoughts and I felt happy. I opened my eyes, he was still playing, when I looked at him he didn’t look like he was a jerk at all. I felt like I knew him for years. The melody started to softened and soon stopped and he smiled, his smile brightened the day. Why is it that I must climb 100 moutains to figure him out while all he has to do is smile to get to me? I sighed silently and stepped back and headed back to my room before I get caught.
I doodled on the paper Cole gave me as I was stayed in quarantine in my room, I drew eyes that made me remember of Nathans,his mysterious jade green eyes,then the figure of playing a violin. I soon got back to a dose of reality and crumpled the paper and stuffed it in my pocket. I looked at the time, it was 9:45 pm, it was too early to sleep. I heard a small knock on my door.
” Come in,” I shouted. Aunt Marie stepped in. Crap .
” Hi Kim,” she said in a medium tone.
” Hi Aunt Marie,” I smiled, ” you need something?”
” As a matter of fact, yes.” She paused sitting down beside me. Get off my bed.
“You see, Nathan, as charming as he may be, I treat him like a son, since he has no mother,” she began, Nathan has no mother? Well I kinda figured she was on vacation or something, is what I wanted to say out loud but I kept it inside. ” And well, he only had one girlfriend before and that was Lucy, but she didn’t turn out very well as he thought, he was heartbroken.” I took a sudden interest what she was saying
” Thing is, I know girls like you,” She glared at me.
” You know girls like me? What does that mean?” I asked, sounding kinda pissed.
” Don’t take this a personal way hon, but you slutty whores are all the same. Just remember I am keeping my eyes on you.” she repeated. My mouth just opened wide. That b---h. She didn’t even get the side of my story what happened in the sport room.
” Excuse me?” I asked, thinking I didn’t hear it right.
” I said, If you dare try to hurt Nathan just watch whats coming at you s--t,” She repeated, she was pissed. She took one glare at me and left my room. I clenched my fist.
” B---h” I mumbled under my breath as she left my room. Hoping she heard me. Before the door closed, Nathan walked passed by, giving me a suspicious look. I smiled and nodded good night.
After Aunt Marie’s life threat, it was impossible for me to sleep I stared at the wall for hours and I would end up look at the clock. I turned my head slightly, it was ten twenty-eight PM. I sighed and got up to go to the washroom, inside my bathroom was out of toilet paper, I looked around the cupboards, no toilet paper.
I went out my room and searched for a washroom with toilet paper. I walked down the long hallway, it was scary at night since it was so dark, all I saw was still shadows. I wasn’t a great fan of the dark. I found a working washroom after three doors. After I did my business, I walked out and saw a shadowy figure stagger down the hallway. A spine chilling feeling went all over my body. A Ghost?!
” Kimm~” the shadowy figure spoke in a slur speech. My heart was pumping fast, in my mind I imagined what the figure could turn out to be; maybe a headless person or a ghost with one eye or a skull, I shook away the thoughts. Ghost aren’t real, is what I wanted to say, but it was hard to shadow figure got closer and closer, I smelled something awful and disturbing, it made me clench my nose. My eyes widened when the figure came closer.
” You’re-” I stuttered.
Tbc