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man holding Audra yell out, ‘Ouch ,’ and he
swore at her. Audra let out one loud scream and was silent. He’d hit her and
knocked her unconscious. We were put into the backseat, and the men jumped in
next to us. The driver began to speed out of the alley with tires squealing,
and the accelerator had to be jammed to the floor. We were weaving back and
forth all the way down the alley. Just as we reached the street, I saw Farrell
standing there with a look of terror on his face. I guess he must have heard
Audra scream and came back to see what was wrong. He was standing there in the
car’s path, waving his arms frantically, trying to block it from exiting into
the street. The car was heading straight for Farrell, but at the last split-second,
he jumped out of the way.
“Audra was out
cold. We drove and drove for a long time before she regained consciousness. The
three men kept drinking beer, one after another, and tossing the empty bottles
out the window. We were way out of town by the time she awoke, high up on some
mountain road. I could see the lights of the city below us.”
Helen stopped and
caught her breath. “‘She’s awake,’ I heard the man holding Audra captive say.
The driver stopped the car. Audra was crying hard, probably knowing what would
happen next. I was nine and petrified – I didn’t move at all. Suddenly the door
opened, and I was dragged from the car and shoved into the front seat. The
driver climbed into the backseat with Audra and the other man. The dome light
was on. The man holding me kept laughing. I closed my eyes, but I heard her...”
Helen couldn’t go on. Tears flowed down her face.
“It’s okay not to
finish,” Stacia whispered as shivers commenced to travel through her because of
Helen’s chilling story. She closed her eyes and could almost experience the
heinous treatment Audra had been forced to endure.
“You’d think after
all these years, I’d forget, but I haven’t,” she said, unable to keep her voice
even. “I still have nightmares. I can see it today and remember every little detail
as if everything happened ten minutes ago.”
“Please don’t go
on,” Stacia pleaded.
“I have to. If I start
to tell the story, I know I have to finish it. I can’t let those deranged
monsters win everything all over again. Going on is the only way I can keep
from choking to death over the horror of what happened.” She lowered her head
and buried her face in her hands.
“Can I get you
anything?” Stacia asked, wanting to do something – anything – to ease the
burden Helen had trapped in her heart. Swept away in the terror of the moment
and unable to think of anything else, she grabbed at the obvious. “Water,
coffee or something stronger?”
Helen shook her
head. “No, I just need to finish what I’ve started. The two men in the backseat…”
She wiped away the tears in both of her eyes and continued with her story. “I’m
sorry, I can’t even say that horrendous word.” She swiped at her eyes again
before going on. “The man holding me captive would turn around to look back and
whenever he did, he turned me with him. I tried to keep my eyes closed, so I
wouldn’t see what was going on, but Audra was screaming so loud, I kept opening
them. I saw the men punch her body and face until she was bleeding profusely. Finally,
the man holding me said, ‘It’s my turn.’ He let go of me and got out of the
car. When he tried to get into the backseat, the other men objected. Suddenly,
it hit me. I could escape. I jumped out of the car and ran into the woods and
hid. The men didn’t realize I was gone. I could hear them arguing.
“A short time
later I heard one of them say, ‘Well, I guess she just spoiled our fun. Too
bad, you didn’t get your chance, Jordan.’ Then they must have realized I was
gone because one of them said, ‘Where’s the kid?’ I heard a guttural voice answer,
‘Let’s find her. We can get some ransom for her, instead of the dead
swore at her. Audra let out one loud scream and was silent. He’d hit her and
knocked her unconscious. We were put into the backseat, and the men jumped in
next to us. The driver began to speed out of the alley with tires squealing,
and the accelerator had to be jammed to the floor. We were weaving back and
forth all the way down the alley. Just as we reached the street, I saw Farrell
standing there with a look of terror on his face. I guess he must have heard
Audra scream and came back to see what was wrong. He was standing there in the
car’s path, waving his arms frantically, trying to block it from exiting into
the street. The car was heading straight for Farrell, but at the last split-second,
he jumped out of the way.
“Audra was out
cold. We drove and drove for a long time before she regained consciousness. The
three men kept drinking beer, one after another, and tossing the empty bottles
out the window. We were way out of town by the time she awoke, high up on some
mountain road. I could see the lights of the city below us.”
Helen stopped and
caught her breath. “‘She’s awake,’ I heard the man holding Audra captive say.
The driver stopped the car. Audra was crying hard, probably knowing what would
happen next. I was nine and petrified – I didn’t move at all. Suddenly the door
opened, and I was dragged from the car and shoved into the front seat. The
driver climbed into the backseat with Audra and the other man. The dome light
was on. The man holding me kept laughing. I closed my eyes, but I heard her...”
Helen couldn’t go on. Tears flowed down her face.
“It’s okay not to
finish,” Stacia whispered as shivers commenced to travel through her because of
Helen’s chilling story. She closed her eyes and could almost experience the
heinous treatment Audra had been forced to endure.
“You’d think after
all these years, I’d forget, but I haven’t,” she said, unable to keep her voice
even. “I still have nightmares. I can see it today and remember every little detail
as if everything happened ten minutes ago.”
“Please don’t go
on,” Stacia pleaded.
“I have to. If I start
to tell the story, I know I have to finish it. I can’t let those deranged
monsters win everything all over again. Going on is the only way I can keep
from choking to death over the horror of what happened.” She lowered her head
and buried her face in her hands.
“Can I get you
anything?” Stacia asked, wanting to do something – anything – to ease the
burden Helen had trapped in her heart. Swept away in the terror of the moment
and unable to think of anything else, she grabbed at the obvious. “Water,
coffee or something stronger?”
Helen shook her
head. “No, I just need to finish what I’ve started. The two men in the backseat…”
She wiped away the tears in both of her eyes and continued with her story. “I’m
sorry, I can’t even say that horrendous word.” She swiped at her eyes again
before going on. “The man holding me captive would turn around to look back and
whenever he did, he turned me with him. I tried to keep my eyes closed, so I
wouldn’t see what was going on, but Audra was screaming so loud, I kept opening
them. I saw the men punch her body and face until she was bleeding profusely. Finally,
the man holding me said, ‘It’s my turn.’ He let go of me and got out of the
car. When he tried to get into the backseat, the other men objected. Suddenly,
it hit me. I could escape. I jumped out of the car and ran into the woods and
hid. The men didn’t realize I was gone. I could hear them arguing.
“A short time
later I heard one of them say, ‘Well, I guess she just spoiled our fun. Too
bad, you didn’t get your chance, Jordan.’ Then they must have realized I was
gone because one of them said, ‘Where’s the kid?’ I heard a guttural voice answer,
‘Let’s find her. We can get some ransom for her, instead of the dead
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