CHAPTER 5

Nicole

The minute I heard the door closed and the silence enveloped me once again, I finally coughed out the breath that I've been keeping in and coughed it all out.

I didn't wanna do it in front of them cos it will make them think how weak and fragile I am. I am none of the above and I will definitely not show them how I'm really feeling on the inside.

That stupid bitch still had me blindfolded, if I can only make out if she's right in front of me, I would've headbutted her to the floor.

My lungs still felt like its on fire and my hair and T-shirt are drenched with cold dripping water from my wet hair.

I don't know why they brought me here but I do know that its because of my father. I don't know what they want from him, did he borrow money from this people and haven't paid them back? Or did he piss them off to the point where they had to kidnapped me for unknown reasons that I don't even know.

No matter how long they'll keep me here, I'm not gonna tell them where my father really is. Shit, even I don't even know where he is right now even before I left to come here, he said that he'll send someone over to pick me up from the airport and take me to him. But I do have a great guess of where he could be.

I started shivering when I felt a light breeze coming from somewhere unknown within this hell hole, and it made me shiver in cold since my drenched clothes are clinging to me.

Be strong. Mask your emotions. Don't give up

That annoying yet helpful voice in my head started chanting those three sentences over and over in my head. I'll get through this even if I had to go through what that bitch has in store for me to make me talk, and I'll overcome all this once its all over.

I bet my dad knows that I'm not there by now and he probably figured out that I've been kidnapped and now the cops are probably out there looking for me.

My arm hurts for being tied behind me to the chair all day long and I twisted my hands around the rope to adjust it and winced in pain when I felt the burning sensation from my wrists.

Fuck that hurts like hell! Its probably bruised up by now

I heard the door clicked open and I froze. I bowed my head down and prayed to god that they're not back again to finish what they had started cos I wasn't expecting them to be back so soon.

I can hear the person's light footsteps inside the room and I heard the door being closed once again.

The small clicking of heels echoed inside the room and I instantly know that its a female and its probably that bitch again.

"Back to continue with your fun games?" I asked out loud at no one in particular.

I heard her clicking of heels stopped right in front of my face and I inhaled sharply.

I felt her hands at the back of my head, untying the blindfold from my eyes.

"Hey-what are you-" The minute she removed the blindfold, bright lights instantly flood my vision and I have to close my eyes for a minute and repeatedly blink to see clearly.

I squinted my eyes in the room and looked at the person in front of me and was about to say something when I realized that it was not that bitch from before but someone else.

She was a bit shorter with black wavy hair. Since she was rummaging around something at the front of her, I could only see her back.

She was wearing black skinny jeans and a leather jacket, and when she finally turned around to face me, I finally saw what she looked like. One thing for sure, is that she's definitely pretty with friendly eyes and a heart shaped face.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" She asked with a gentle tone.

"You sure you wanna know what I'm feeling right now? Cos I could just list them all down in just one sentence and I don't know when I will stop." She smiled at me and folded her arms across her chest over her dark blue top that she's wearing underneath her leather jacket.

"Sorry, wrong question. Um I brought you some food, figured you could use something to eat since you haven't ate since yesterday." She says while grabbing a plate from the tray she placed on top of the table at the back of her.

"Do I look like I'm in a great position to eat right now?" I snapped. The smile slowly fades from her face and I suddenly felt bad for snapping at her like that.

"I'm sorry that you're here right now." She blurted out.

"Didn't have much of a choice." I shot back.

"I really want to untie you right now but I cant. So the only thing we'll do right now, is let me feed you." I stared at her for a minute and saw the genuine kindness in her eyes.

Well she seems really nice to be helping me out but I don't trust anyone and I certainly wont trust her just because she offered to feed me like a fucking toddler but being tied up instead.

"Fine." I muttered and she grabbed a chair from out of nowhere in the room and placed it in front of me while sitting on it and holding a plate in her hands.

My stomach immediately rumbled at the sight of mashed potatoes with peas and a chicken drumstick on the plate.

She forked up a piece and held it to my face and I rolled my eyes while opening my mouth and biting it off the fork.

"Who are you? Where the fuck am I and what do those guys want from me? Why am I here?" The questions escaped my lips before I could stop myself and she looked at me, quite startled by my sudden questioning.

"Sorry my bad. I'm Sofia by the way."

"Where the fuck am I?" She stared at me for about a minute and looked back on the plate of food on her lap.

"You're still in Chicago-"

"Yeah no shit sherlock." I butted in and she chuckled before continuing.

"And you're somewhere very far from the city. On the outskirts of town." I frowned.

"How far?" I asked again.

"Probably 4 hours away from the city." She says in almost a whisper and i leaned back on the chair.

I'm fucked. I'm really stuck here for life and there's no way my dad will ever find me here if I'm away from town in a place that takes 4 hours to get to.

"What do you want from me?" She shrugged.

"I don't want anything from you. I just hate that they started doing this to you just to make you say what you probably don't know or wont say and I wanted to help you." She explained. I leaned closer to her so I can face her.

"Then help me get out of here." I pleaded with a desperate tone and she smiled sympathetically at me.

"I really want to Nicole. But I'm sorry, I cant."

"How do you know my name?" I asked her even though I already know how.

"I've been told. Look, I only know half of the reason why you're really here and its because they want you to tell them where your father is and they'll used you to get to him." I leaned back on the chair.

"Why?" She stared at me while frowning.

"You don't know?" She slowly asked.

"Know what?" I spat back with a frustrated tone

"You'll know soon enough. Just try and eat for now." She help up the fork once again to my mouth.

"I don't wanna eat. I want to know why the hell am I here and why are you after my father when he probably did nothing to you?!"

"I wish I could explain everything Nicole but that's not important. Whats important right now is for you to tell them where your father is." I scoffed and shook my head.

"I'll rather be dead, so no thank you." She sighed before standing up from her chair and placed the plate on top of the tray she brought with her.

"I'm really sorry you have to go through this Nicole. But the sooner you tell them the sooner you'll be out of here, I promise." I glared at her.

"Well tell them to go fuck themselves because they'll never get anything out from me." She grabbed the blindfold from the table.

"Sorry, I um I should-"

"Just put it on already." I cut in and she quickly tied the blindfold over my eyes again.

"I'll see you soon Nicole." She says before I heard her walked out of the room and the door closed with a bang.

Let's see what they got.

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