asked.
The Guy put his cell away. “Yeah, he’s gone.”
“ Thank you.” I said in all honesty.
“ You’re welcome.”
“ I didn’t get...I didn’t get your name.” I said.
“ I didn’t give it.” He responded. “What’s so special about you, Madison?”
“ Wait, you know me? You know my name?”
“ I know a lot of things, Madison Amber Rose.” He continued. “But that’s not important. What is important is why YOU.”
“ I don’t understand. What’s going on? How do you know me?” I was starting to get afraid again.
“ That gun, that’s a Colt 1911.” He stated. “Did you know that?”
I went to speak, but he just continued talking, not really waiting for a response.
“ Of course you didn’t, but that’s beside the point. That gun is worth over three thousand dollars. If you need money, if you really need cash, like as in right now, you don’t carjack a person with a three thousand dollar gun.”
I could hear someone calling my name in the distant. It was Ethan. He would be here in just a few seconds.
“ So what you have to ask yourself, Madison Amber Rose, what’s so special about you? What’s so important about you in particular, that a man, using a three thousand dollar gun, would try to kidnap you?”
“ He wasn’t trying to kidnap me.” Ethan where are you? “He, he just wanted the car is all.”
The Guy smiled. “Then you have nothing to worry about, do you?” He started to leave, walking in the opposite way of the voices calling my name.
“ Hey, where are you going?” I called out.
He gave a smile that did anything but put me at ease. “Behind the boathouse.” He motioned for me to follow. “I’ll show you my dark secret.” Then just like that, he was gone. But I don’t mean, gone, as in ran off. I mean gone, as in vanished, disappeared. He just dematerialized in front of me like some ghostly apparition. He was just there and then he wasn’t.
“ Madison!”
I spun around, suddenly afraid again, but it was Ethan, running towards me. I could tell by the look in his eyes, those gorgeous glowing eyes of his, that he was worried. Not far behind him trailed Abigail and Aiden.
“ Madison! What’s going on, are you okay? I thought I heard... something.” The look on his face, the sheer determination to keep me safe made me realize that there was anything he wouldn’t do to keep me from harm.
I collapsed into his outstretched arms, comforted by his protective embrace, the tears welling up in my eyes, a waterfall of emotion that I could no longer contain. “I just wanna go home. Just take me home.” That was all I could manage in-between sobs.
“ What’s wrong? What’s going on?” Demanded Abigail, but I couldn’t answer her, not now. I couldn’t stop crying. It was all I could do to stand, let alone speak.
“ Oh my God, she’s bleeding.” Abigail noted in horror.
“ I don’t know what happened.” Ethan stated. “All she said was that she wanted to leave, to go home.”
Abigail was stroking my hair, trying to calm me down. “It’s okay, baby.” She whispered. “Everything is gonna be just fine. You wanna go home, we’ll go home.”
“ Where are the keys?” Aiden asked. “I’ll drive us.”
“ Goddamn it Aiden!” I cried out, furiously. “You’re not driving the fucking car, so stop asking!”
“ It’s okay, everything’s okay.” Ethan said. “Give me the keys, I’ll drive, everybody just get in, we’re leaving.”
I let the keys pass from my hands to his as he helped me into the back seat. Abigail climbed in with me and I wrapped myself up in her arms and continued to cry softly, my head against her chest as she continued to gently stroke my hair in a vain attempt to calm me down.
I had begun to shake again, the events of the past few minutes replaying over in mind. If it wasn’t for some random Guy, there’s no telling what would have happened to me tonight. I could be in a ditch somewhere, or worse. I just
The Guy put his cell away. “Yeah, he’s gone.”
“ Thank you.” I said in all honesty.
“ You’re welcome.”
“ I didn’t get...I didn’t get your name.” I said.
“ I didn’t give it.” He responded. “What’s so special about you, Madison?”
“ Wait, you know me? You know my name?”
“ I know a lot of things, Madison Amber Rose.” He continued. “But that’s not important. What is important is why YOU.”
“ I don’t understand. What’s going on? How do you know me?” I was starting to get afraid again.
“ That gun, that’s a Colt 1911.” He stated. “Did you know that?”
I went to speak, but he just continued talking, not really waiting for a response.
“ Of course you didn’t, but that’s beside the point. That gun is worth over three thousand dollars. If you need money, if you really need cash, like as in right now, you don’t carjack a person with a three thousand dollar gun.”
I could hear someone calling my name in the distant. It was Ethan. He would be here in just a few seconds.
“ So what you have to ask yourself, Madison Amber Rose, what’s so special about you? What’s so important about you in particular, that a man, using a three thousand dollar gun, would try to kidnap you?”
“ He wasn’t trying to kidnap me.” Ethan where are you? “He, he just wanted the car is all.”
The Guy smiled. “Then you have nothing to worry about, do you?” He started to leave, walking in the opposite way of the voices calling my name.
“ Hey, where are you going?” I called out.
He gave a smile that did anything but put me at ease. “Behind the boathouse.” He motioned for me to follow. “I’ll show you my dark secret.” Then just like that, he was gone. But I don’t mean, gone, as in ran off. I mean gone, as in vanished, disappeared. He just dematerialized in front of me like some ghostly apparition. He was just there and then he wasn’t.
“ Madison!”
I spun around, suddenly afraid again, but it was Ethan, running towards me. I could tell by the look in his eyes, those gorgeous glowing eyes of his, that he was worried. Not far behind him trailed Abigail and Aiden.
“ Madison! What’s going on, are you okay? I thought I heard... something.” The look on his face, the sheer determination to keep me safe made me realize that there was anything he wouldn’t do to keep me from harm.
I collapsed into his outstretched arms, comforted by his protective embrace, the tears welling up in my eyes, a waterfall of emotion that I could no longer contain. “I just wanna go home. Just take me home.” That was all I could manage in-between sobs.
“ What’s wrong? What’s going on?” Demanded Abigail, but I couldn’t answer her, not now. I couldn’t stop crying. It was all I could do to stand, let alone speak.
“ Oh my God, she’s bleeding.” Abigail noted in horror.
“ I don’t know what happened.” Ethan stated. “All she said was that she wanted to leave, to go home.”
Abigail was stroking my hair, trying to calm me down. “It’s okay, baby.” She whispered. “Everything is gonna be just fine. You wanna go home, we’ll go home.”
“ Where are the keys?” Aiden asked. “I’ll drive us.”
“ Goddamn it Aiden!” I cried out, furiously. “You’re not driving the fucking car, so stop asking!”
“ It’s okay, everything’s okay.” Ethan said. “Give me the keys, I’ll drive, everybody just get in, we’re leaving.”
I let the keys pass from my hands to his as he helped me into the back seat. Abigail climbed in with me and I wrapped myself up in her arms and continued to cry softly, my head against her chest as she continued to gently stroke my hair in a vain attempt to calm me down.
I had begun to shake again, the events of the past few minutes replaying over in mind. If it wasn’t for some random Guy, there’s no telling what would have happened to me tonight. I could be in a ditch somewhere, or worse. I just
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