Chapter 12DamonI did not run after Vanessa like a knight in shining armour, I was no knight in any armour whatsoever. I was a confused, scared love sick computer genius who could not even make his best friend happy.And as much as I wanted to run after her and figure out what exactly was going on in that head of hers, I knew her better than to make that horrible mistake. If it got so bad that she had to run away from me, then it means that I'm the last face she would want to see and trying to be there for her now would just be like adding salt to injury. I had to give her time. She is someone to make terrible decisions when she is angry and trying to talk calmly with her only makes things worse…. I would know, I'm her best friend after all and I've seen her good, her bad and her ugly.Also I couldn't even run after her if I tried. I was still trying to process what just happened and how it blew up so fast I couldn't even take a breath. One minute we were having an awesome time to

Chapter 14DamonI have been locked in my room ever since the police and onlookers finally left. Mum had to go to Vanessa's house to be there for her mum, she asked if I wanted to come but I cowardly said no. I could not endure being in the same place where Vanessa was taken from me, I just could not.She knocked ever so lightly and whispered through the door like she was scared to break me."Damon, are you in there?" she asked, before opening the door and stepping in."Yes mum I'm still here, I've not been kidnapped too," I replied, and I immediately knew that I went out of line.I looked at my mum and she didn't even seem fazed by my comment. She looked tired, even more tired than I might be and then it dawned on me that I have been very selfish ever since. Mum thought of Vanessa as her daughter too and this whole thing must be extremely hard for her, but here she was, trying to be strong for everyone while she too was in pain. She stood there looking at me trying to process it a

Chapter 16Vanessa"So why would you kidnap me, what have I ever done to you?!" I asked, trying to get answers. "Well nothing darling, you haven't done anything to me, I'm just doing my Job, so no hard feelings but it's just business." "So who hired you?" I asked."You know I can't tell you that baby, it's not part of my job description." "Oh I see, so there's a code of conduct among criminals," I retorted. "Exactly!" He exclaimed, "you're smart, I like you," he said."Well I'd prefer it if you didn't," I replied. "Hmm, that would not be good for you darling, not at all." He was giving me very weird looks and I wanted to throw up. I wish there was somewhere I could crawl and hide in, but there was literally no way I could do that.I was still tied to this chair and my limbs felt numb. Even if somehow a miracle happened and I was somehow cut loose and had a way to escape from this place, I would need a heavy dose of adrenaline to be able to sprint out of this place. Somehow, bet

Chapter 18Damon I could not just believe what I was reading!Okay, I know I have practically been unreachable by phone, but in my defense I had a very good reason for that.First, I could not think straight because Vanessa was ignoring me and pretty much everyone else, then I was over the moon because our relationship was finally even better than before for a little while, then my life became a complete mess after she was kidnapped!I had heard the beeps and the vibrations ever since but I paid no attention to them, I had more pressing matters at hand and nothing is more important to me than Vanessa and my family.Now I'm thinking that maybe I should have checked a few of those messages. Maybe then I would have known that Jessica withdrew this huge amount of money for whatever purpose I do not know.Yes, I gave her full access to one of my accounts so she would be able to get whatever she wanted for herself and the baby, but she practically emptied the account for no good reason,

Chapter 20Damon"How does it feel to lose the one you love?" These words kept on repeating in my mind like a broken record. It meant so much but at the same time revealed so little.One thing was for sure now though… this was certainly not about money. Whoever was behind this had a personal grudge but one which I could not actually decipher. It could no longer be ignored that I was at the center of all this. The note was addressed to me, that was quite obvious. Whoever did this knew about my feelings for Vanessa and it seems that was the main reason she was going through this ordeal. The handwriting on this note was a replica of the one in the previous note, so it was certain that this was from the kidnapper. This person was being vengeful but that was both scary and good. Scary because everything they did would be unpredictable and greatly influenced by emotion, but it was good because they were likely to make stupid quick decisions that would be to our favour. Still no matter