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and then everything is silent again. I wonder if
it is only my mind playing tricks with me and there really was no
noise after all. Still I wait in nervous anticipation, because it
could have been Shayne and Amanda coming to my rescue. Later,
though, I hear the hatch open and a glass with the crimson liquid
is pushed through it.
I ask desperately, “Ethan, please. I’ll give
you anything. Just tell me what is going on. Please let me go.”
I hear a gruff voice, a voice I do not
recognize. “Ethan is not here.”
“Where is he?”
“Gone.”
“Who are you?”
He replies hesitantly, “Juan.”
I plead, “Juan, please let me go, I promise I
will give you anything you want. I have money.”
“I do not need money.” I hear a faint French
accent.
“ Are you French?” I ask hopeful. “I am
French too, I have an old château. It is in disrepair now but I
will sign it over to you, if you let me go.” I whisper softly, but
I know he can hear me, “Please.”
I sense him hesitate, but then he turns away
from the door and the hatch falls into place loudly.
Despondently I wonder why Shayne and Amanda
have not come to fetch me yet. Perhaps they have contacted friends
and are planning on the best action to take. Maybe they cannot find
me. I behaved like a spoilt brat the day before Ethan kidnapped me
and maybe now they are happy to be rid of me.
I sit down in the corner across from the
door. I sink my head onto my arms folded across my pulled up knees
and I close my eyes miserably.
Chapter Nine
It could have been days, it could have been
weeks.
I hear a grating noise from upstairs and I
feel the earth shake violently under me. The dust from the basement
roof sifts down onto me in a thick white cloud and covers
everything in an ashen color.
I hear screaming, growling and shoveling
above me and then I hear someone fumble with the latch outside my
door. Moments later, to my astonishment, I see Andrew fall through
the doorway and into the room.
Unbelieving, I scream aggravated, “How?”
“Why?” I ask accusingly. Loudly, I realize, “Are you part of
this?”
He chokes in the dust, which is hanging heavy
in the room and shakes his head no, while gagging, gasping for
air.
“ Then what are you doing here?” I would
rather stay here in this basement forever; perhaps convince Juan to
bring me some books to read, than have Andrew here. In a while, he
will realize who I am. He will then be one hundred percent
convinced that I am the monster he sees flashes of after the
accident. I suddenly remember, “Why aren’t you still in
hospital?”
He struggles to breathe while he pulls at
my arm. “You have been here a long time, but now we have to get out
of here. This whole place is going to collapse.”
I pull back determinedly.
“ Jeez, Susie! Just come with me. It’s okay,
I know who you are.”
I pull my arm out of his grip, shocked. I
hear Amanda calling from upstairs and I look at him confused.
Something in his face convinces me, so I
follow him up the stairs, running as fast as he is ahead of me
toward the sound of Amanda’s voice.
I am halfway up the stairs when I feel the
heat. It is unimaginable hot. I feel my skin blister. I step
backwards down the stairs again and I shake my head in denial.
Andrew turns around and looks back at me
pleadingly. “Susie!”
“I can’t go out there!”
“Why not?” He yells over the noise of the
creaking house above us.
I shake my head from side to side. “No! I
cannot go up there.”
He comes down the stairs again and I see his
eyes, pleading into mine.
“You said you know! Well, I cannot go out in
the sun. Do you know or do you not know the truth?”
Realization dawns in his eyes and sadly, I
grasp that he does know the awful certainty of me.
Just then, the house above us collapse.
Splinters and bricks fall down around us and without thinking I
pull Andrew down the stairs behind me. We run as fast as his legs
can carry him. I want to physically
it is only my mind playing tricks with me and there really was no
noise after all. Still I wait in nervous anticipation, because it
could have been Shayne and Amanda coming to my rescue. Later,
though, I hear the hatch open and a glass with the crimson liquid
is pushed through it.
I ask desperately, “Ethan, please. I’ll give
you anything. Just tell me what is going on. Please let me go.”
I hear a gruff voice, a voice I do not
recognize. “Ethan is not here.”
“Where is he?”
“Gone.”
“Who are you?”
He replies hesitantly, “Juan.”
I plead, “Juan, please let me go, I promise I
will give you anything you want. I have money.”
“I do not need money.” I hear a faint French
accent.
“ Are you French?” I ask hopeful. “I am
French too, I have an old château. It is in disrepair now but I
will sign it over to you, if you let me go.” I whisper softly, but
I know he can hear me, “Please.”
I sense him hesitate, but then he turns away
from the door and the hatch falls into place loudly.
Despondently I wonder why Shayne and Amanda
have not come to fetch me yet. Perhaps they have contacted friends
and are planning on the best action to take. Maybe they cannot find
me. I behaved like a spoilt brat the day before Ethan kidnapped me
and maybe now they are happy to be rid of me.
I sit down in the corner across from the
door. I sink my head onto my arms folded across my pulled up knees
and I close my eyes miserably.
Chapter Nine
It could have been days, it could have been
weeks.
I hear a grating noise from upstairs and I
feel the earth shake violently under me. The dust from the basement
roof sifts down onto me in a thick white cloud and covers
everything in an ashen color.
I hear screaming, growling and shoveling
above me and then I hear someone fumble with the latch outside my
door. Moments later, to my astonishment, I see Andrew fall through
the doorway and into the room.
Unbelieving, I scream aggravated, “How?”
“Why?” I ask accusingly. Loudly, I realize, “Are you part of
this?”
He chokes in the dust, which is hanging heavy
in the room and shakes his head no, while gagging, gasping for
air.
“ Then what are you doing here?” I would
rather stay here in this basement forever; perhaps convince Juan to
bring me some books to read, than have Andrew here. In a while, he
will realize who I am. He will then be one hundred percent
convinced that I am the monster he sees flashes of after the
accident. I suddenly remember, “Why aren’t you still in
hospital?”
He struggles to breathe while he pulls at
my arm. “You have been here a long time, but now we have to get out
of here. This whole place is going to collapse.”
I pull back determinedly.
“ Jeez, Susie! Just come with me. It’s okay,
I know who you are.”
I pull my arm out of his grip, shocked. I
hear Amanda calling from upstairs and I look at him confused.
Something in his face convinces me, so I
follow him up the stairs, running as fast as he is ahead of me
toward the sound of Amanda’s voice.
I am halfway up the stairs when I feel the
heat. It is unimaginable hot. I feel my skin blister. I step
backwards down the stairs again and I shake my head in denial.
Andrew turns around and looks back at me
pleadingly. “Susie!”
“I can’t go out there!”
“Why not?” He yells over the noise of the
creaking house above us.
I shake my head from side to side. “No! I
cannot go up there.”
He comes down the stairs again and I see his
eyes, pleading into mine.
“You said you know! Well, I cannot go out in
the sun. Do you know or do you not know the truth?”
Realization dawns in his eyes and sadly, I
grasp that he does know the awful certainty of me.
Just then, the house above us collapse.
Splinters and bricks fall down around us and without thinking I
pull Andrew down the stairs behind me. We run as fast as his legs
can carry him. I want to physically
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