Chapter Three

I wake up to the sun creeping in through the thin curtains, I look beside me to see Amelia moving around with Anthony fast asleep next to her. I get up walking to the window, I could fully make out the street now this could be our chance. I slip my shoes on picking Amelia up wrapping her in the pink blanket, I take one more look at sleeping Anthony before walking out the bedroom door and down the stairs.

Amelia starts to make some crying noises, right she needs a bottle. I walk to the kitchen to see a bunch of baby stuff on the sides clean bottles everything. With one hand I manage to make her a bottle, the thing that took most of the time was figuring out how to make the bloody thing! I pick the bottle up and was just about to walk out the back door but I hear footsteps walking down the stairs, I probably have a two-second window to leave the house, but I don't know where I am, he'd probably catch me when I get lost.

"What are you doing?" He asks walking into the little kitchen, I look down at Amelia then at the bottle in my hand.

"I was just making her a bottle," I start but he looks down at my shoes, oh right "I didn't want to get a splinter in my foot, the floors here don't seem well looked after," I try to explain thinking on the spot, he looks at me for a second but nods directing me to the living room, I look at the back door to freedom but I knew I couldn't make it.

"You should have woke me we're a team," he says sitting me on the sofa, as she starts to cry but I didn't know what to do "it's okay don't worry, just lay her relaxed in your arms," he tells me moving my arms to hold Amelia, okay I've never handled a baby this much before "now just place the bottle in her mouth, and there you're feeding her," he says, she soon stops crying drinking her bottle, okay that was stressful.

"Once she's finished I've got fresh clothes for you and fresh clothes for this little one, after you're ready we're gonna head out," he says, I just nod looking down at Amelia. I need to find a way out of this somehow but I just don't know how "ink will you hurry up!" He shouts as the little robber guy, who I know as ink, runs down the stairs out of breath.

"I've checked everywhere, I can't find the bags anywhere," he says leaning on his knees, Anthony stands up looking beyond angry.

"You can't be trusted to do anything can you" he shouts holding ink by the scruff of his neck, I knew I didn't want to help but I don't wanna see him kill this dude.

"I'm pretty sure you left two bags in the car last night," I say which makes them both turn to look at me "I'd have a look in there,"

Anthony drops Ink to the floor but he isn't there long, he literally bolts his little body to the front door.

"Sorry about him, he can never follow orders, lucky you're here I don't know what I would have done to him if you didn't step in" he smiles down at me, I don't know why he's smiling, that's not a good thing to admit!

A few minutes pass, ink runs back in holding the two bags smiling, it took him that long to find them they were right in the front not hard to miss at all.

"She was right they were in the car, you have a good eye Freya" he smiles towards me, I smile back looking down as Anthony chimes in.

"No she's not just an idiot like you, now go take them bags and sort the contents," he says pushing ink into the kitchen area as I finished winding Amelia, yes I knew you had to do that!

"Now she's finished, why don't you go up and get changed, I'll be up in a minute to help you dress Amelia" he smiles, I nod standing up walking the stairs to the room, where two piles of clothes were neatly folded.

I place Amelia safely on the middle of the bed taking my clothes, he said he wouldn't be long and there's no way I'm letting him watch me change. I just finished tying my shoes as he walks in with an empty bag in his hand.

"Wow," he says looking at me, I look down at myself confused, they got me a pair of blue skinny jeans, a normal white top and a green bomber jacket over the top, this is actually something I'd pick out myself "and to finish of the look," he says getting something out his back pocket holding it up, it was a wedding ring. When I don't move he takes my hand placing the ring on my ring finger himself smiling "now let's dress Amelia," he says walking over to the bed scooping her up telling me to get the clothes.

I walk over picking her pile of clothes handing them to him but he shakes his head taking my hand, pulling me where he was standing.

"I'll be here to help but you'll learn if you do it yourself," he says I nod as he tells me what to do, I went very slowly as I didn't want to hurt her in any way, after a few minutes she was fully dressed "see it isn't hard once you know how to do it" he smiles picking her up handing her over to me, where she rests her head on my shoulder, he looks over smiling placing a kiss on my head, which once again made me feel extremely uncomfortable.

The door opens ink runs in out of breath saying over and over again they're here, Anthony looks to me saying to wait here before he and ink leave the room. I place Amelia down running to the bathroom where I thought I'd seen a pen, I run back into the room getting a strip of paper writing a quick note.

"My names Freya Edwards, I'm being held captive with a baby called Amelia. I don't know where he's taking us but a man called Anthony Richards won't let us leave, he's crazy he says I'm his wife and this is our baby but it's not, please if you see this send help"

I place the note just under a little clock by the bed so you could only see a bit of the paper sticking out, I quickly pick Amelia up as the door opens and ink walks in with a bleeding nose.

"Come on we need to leave," he says picking up the bags pushing me out the room and down the stairs, but we don't go to the front we go out the back.

The back garden didn't seem like it was looked after at all, it was abandoned just like the rest of the house, he opens the old garden gate but we get stopped by a man.

"What are you doing in that house?" He asks us to which ink ignores, he walks me over to the car opening the back door but the guy stops us, this is my chance to leave to go home!

"answer the question or I'll get the police to ask you it" he says smacking his hand off the car door, ink pulls something out his pocket holding it to the guy.

"No you're not, I don't have to answer anything now get out of my face," he says holding a gun up to the guy, who immediately puts his hands up

"Freya in the car," he tells me, I nod getting in where I see a babies car seat in there "Anthony brought it for Amelia," he says still holding the gun up to the guy, I nod gently placing her in the car seat strapping her in as ink starts shouting at the guy again "leave now!" He shouts the guy nods running off, another escape plan gone down the drain come on Freya think!

Anthony runs out the house with two full bags throwing them in the back as I finished strapping the baby in, Anthony quickly gets in the passenger seat ink quickly starting the car.

"That went somewhat smoothly," Anthony says clipping his seat belt in as we drive down the road "slow down or you'll draw attention to us, it did go okay with you right?" Anthony asks looking to ink who doesn't dare move, he turns around to me raising an eyebrow.

"A man came to the car asking questions, he pulled a gun on him," I tell him, I know I was being a snitch but these people kidnapped me I'm not taking anyone's side, if I see you do something you're not meant too, I'm gonna call  you out on it.

"You did what?!" Anthony shouts so loud it woke a sleeping Amelia up, I quickly slip her dummy in her mouth as Anthony tells ink to pull the car over, it was about to go down!