Chapter 11

A Chapter by soliloquy

"Well,way to almost blow our cover back there."

I say to Alex when I get back into the truck.

“Oh. I get it.” I say with a very sarcastic grin. “We’re working together now aren’t we?” Then I roll my eyes again. I then smile and shove my wrists together in front of Frank's face,"I almost blew it didn’t I?” Without a word he ties my wrists and feet again.

“Be gentle please. You gave me rope burn last time."

Frank says,“If you didn’t pull so hard on the ropes you wouldn’t have gotten the rope burn silly girl."

I mockingly glare at him and somehow say with a sparkle,"A*****e." he finishes tying my wrists and legs,and moves back into the driver’s seat before driving off.

After a while,I sit back and my hair gets in the way of my face. I sigh and try to blow my hair to the side and fusses with it in frustration. Frank looks at me from the mirror and chuckles softly.

I then blurt out,"What’s so funny?" But he just shakes his head and continues the journey without a word. A half hour now goes by without any more conversation.

"Are we there yet, or is this an unending drive to Never Never land?"

I respond to Alex,"No, we’re not there. Just take a nap or something."

"Ha! You wish. I’m gonna just keep bugging you until we get to this place. Where are we going anyway? I think I have a right to know.”

“Don’t worry. We will have four walls and a roof over our heads. There is food there and we will even have a bathroom.” I smile at this too since I have a feeling she won’t like the outhouse.

“Great!”

I say as I set my head again on the back head rest.

I start to think about what I will do with my hostage when we arrive at the cabin. Should I tie her up inside somewhere and start making a few calls? Or, should we eat something before I do anything? Would it be a good idea to get some sleep first and then start to get going on making some real plans for what to do with the in the morning? Should I make a video of Alex first and send it to her parents?

A few minutes later I start to hear some measured breathing from the back seat. Has she finally drifted off to sleep in the approaching darkness? Just 10 minutes or so and we will finally be there. Too bad it will be dark. I have missed seeing the cabin. I really love the place.

I and my sleeping passenger arrive at the cabin just after eight o clock. I notice that a tree has broken off in the middle near where the main yard actually starts and is laying across the clearing near the fire pit.

I need to decide what I should do. Should I wake her up and have her walk with me into the cabin while tied up? Should I allow her to sleep in the truck while I open up the cabin and gets a few things ready? For one thing,I need to turn the water on. Should I just sit and chill for a while? I decide that this young lady simply looks too calm and agreeable right now so I decide to sit back and take this chance to relax and think.

I wake up to find Frank sleeping so I decide to make a run for it! I quietly slip out of the truck and try to shut the door without making any noise. Since he is sleeping I want take this chance to get away. I had been biding my time for the past several hours trying to placate Frank into allowing me some freedoms. I have easily gotten out of my hand restraints.

Dumb A*s! He doesn’t even know how to make a knot!

I know that I am a long way from freedom and my cell phone,even if the battery wasn’t already dead,certainly wasn’t going to be of much use in this wilderness. I need to find an access road in this darkness and hopefully get far enough along the road to be able to hitch a ride back to Dunlap. My problem right now is one of fatigue and hunger. I never ate lunch today.

I quicken my pace on the grass and am not concerned about the quickest way out of site of Frank. I just want to make an attempt to get out of here before things can get scary. So far I feel like I was doing a good job of appearing calm and relaxed. I have been trying to seem harmless to Frank in order to lull him into a sense of control.

However,I become immediately terrified when I hear something behind me running up to me.