Chapter 85: Chapter 85

It’s been five years, I haven’t heard anything from Lena since I left her. I maybe have to check on her and call her, asking about how she was, or take her out for dinner as a friend, maybe. I lied to myself if I say that I do not miss her, I miss her, badly. This thing makes me wanted to disappear to clear my mind from Lena. Otherwise, I spend these past years with Ben and helping my dad at his office, living the 120 different degrees lifestyle like I used to.

I’ve been watched and stalked in these past few months. The same car parked in my driveway every noon, the same guy with hat watching me from the distance, someone watched me walk to the parking lot at the office, even though when I’m in the elevator, he always watched me. I work as a CEO at my dad’s company, work distracted me from anything and for now, work is the only thing that can keep me sane, but I’m kind of tired of work, my dad, or Ben.

I pull my car over and waiting for the traffic light after back from work, no car around me, it’s just mine. I’m waiting for minutes and about to back home, it’s almost 3 PM and I need to back home early and prepare myself for tonight. I’m about to drive away but a man just gets into my car with a gun and locks the car’s door. “Whoo!” I shriek. “Shut up!” He replies, pointing the gun at my head. I gasp and look at the gun, I keep my mouth shut.

“Eyes on the road, Maia… Stay cool!” The man says. I heavily gasp and point my gaze to the road. “How do you know my name?” I ask. “Light’s green!” The man says. I look at him and gasping before I back my sight to the road. “Are you… are you wearing a wig?” I ask. “You have a green light. Let’s go, let’s go!” The man replies in a high voice, pointing the gun at me. I drive and follow the direction he gave me “Would you like my car?” I gasp.

“No!” He exclaims. “Okay, no...” I say as I heavily breathe. He points the gun to my head and tells me to shut the fuck up. “What do you want? I’m sure we can work something out” I say in dismay, my hands keep driving the car, shakily. “Just keep your hands at nine and three, just like cap Driver’s” He states. He reaches over his bag as the other hand with the gun keep point at my head. “What’s in there?” I ask as I glanced a little.

“Shut up!” The man yells as he scanning over the bag. “What’s in your hand…“ I whimper. “Shut the fuck up!” The man yells. He takes something from his bag and removes the gun from my head. “Holly shit” I mumble, my eyes keep point at the road. “I don’t think I can drive with these things on my…” I didn’t finish my sentence yet but he cut me off. “Sure you can” He replies as he starts to tie my right hand.

I gasped and keep point my eyes on the road, my legs shaking, and I breathe on the edge. He continues to tie my left hand to the steering wheel, I keep point my eyes on the road and keep driving. “You know, I’m supposed to attend at a very important engagement event tonight and if I’m not there, people are gonna ask…” I heavily breathe “People are gonna ask questions about where I am” I start to cry.

“Shut up and drive!” The man yells. I keep driving for hours and we finally arrive in the lonely hallway, it’s almost 5 PM here. I pull over my car as he asked me, there’s no one here, just the two of us. He takes my car key with him and the phone inside my bag and throwing the sim card out of the window. “Okay, hold tight a sec. I’ll be right back” The man says, he gets out of the car. I tried to move my hands but he tied me so tight.

I scream inside the car even though if there’s no one here. “Help me!” I muffle as I keep moving my body inside the car. The car shaking followed my body’s movement, I keep moving my hands which tied in the steering wheel, and turned the steering wheel to the left and the right. “Ahhhhh… Help me! Help…” I’m screaming “Help!” I keep screaming inside the car. “Help…” I keep screaming as long as I can before he’s pounding the windshield.

“Are you tough?” He yells outside the car. “Ahhh… Help!” I scream weakly. He opens the door and stares at me “There’s nobody around! Nobody can hear you” He states. I whimper and inhale deeply, try to settle down. “I’m gonna cut you free. Don’t make any sudden movements, okay?” He states. I nod and try to keep my mind clear as the man cuts the tied in my left hand to my right hand.

I tried to move and stretch the muscles in my hands that had just been tied. I’m stroking my hand gently to remove the pain. “Alright, let’s go. Come on!” He states outside the door. I get off of the car and look around the place, processing what just happened. He dragging me behind the car and asked me to get into the trunk. “Hop in!” He says. I shake my head as I’m looking around inside the trunk.

“Oh, no, no. I can’t go in there, I’m a claustrophobe” I say. “Seriously?” He asks. “No, yeah, I’ll go into shock to dead, so…” I heavily breathe. “Turn around!” He states as he points the gun at me “Turn around!” He yells. “Listen, this isn’t some ploy I’ve done absolutely everything that you’ve asked me to do up until right now” I gasp. He ties my hands again, my hands tied on my back and he pulls me into the trunk.

“Get in” He states. “Okay, okay, okay” I whimper, shakily. I get into the trunk as he pulls me in “Watch your head” He states. “Okay, okay” I almost cry. I support the trunk door with my right leg, I’m using high heels because I just get back from work. I groan as he covered my mouth with tape, my leg still hanging on the trunk door. “Get your fucking leg down! I will fucking slam this on you. I’m not kidding, I’m not fucking around!” He exclaims.

I put my leg down and he closes the trunk door, I scream with tape covering over my mouth. I’m kicking the trunk with my legs, trying to find help. It’s been 20 minutes I stuck inside the trunk and I’m so fucking tired. My hands tied, my mouth covered with a tight tape, my body lay inside the trunk with no light, everything dark in here. He opens the trunk and I see light, I pant and scream inside the trunk.

He removes the tape from my mouth and covering my eyes with a scarf. He walks me somewhere and I don’t know where am I right now. I sit with my eyes closed and I can’t see anything. He removes the scarf from my eyes and I tell him that I need to go to the bathroom. He walks me from the living room to the bathroom, I get into the bathroom and pee. I try to calm myself down and walk off the bathroom, but he stands in front of the bathroom and waits for me to out.

I flush the toilet before I walk out of the bathroom and I think he takes me to his house because this place is more like a house than a warehouse or an empty old building. I take a bottle of perfume with me on the sink before I open the bathroom door. I walk out of the bathroom and toss the perfume to his face. “Oh, shit!” He screams, his face getting red because of the bottled perfume. I scream and I try to run but he catches me from behind.

I scream louder as he wrapped his hands against me from behind, he drags me to the basement and ties my hands behind the chair in which I sat now. I heavily breathe and gasp, the basement is so fucking dark before he turns on the light. My waist wrapped around the belt, my hands tied behind, I sat under a small lamp and the man stands in front of me. “Why are you doing this?” I ask. “Shut up!” The man yells.

I look around the place and gasp. “You’re Maia?” He scoffs. “La Luna?” He ends. I keep looking around the place and heavily breathe as I’m not hearing him. “That was a question!” He exclaims. “You told me to shut up!” I yell as I try to move my body. He lowers his voice and looks at me “Okay, are you Maia La Luna or aren’t you?” He asks. “Yes…” I say in a low voice as I gulped. “You are Maia La Luna, right?” He asks more. “Yes!” I say aloud.

“You work at LaLuna Corporate, the NYC branch?” He asks. “What is this about?” I ask as I point my gaze at him. “My employer has taken an interest in a certain client of yours, a woman by the name of Aleena” He explains. I sit in silence for minutes before I answer him “Aleena?” I shock. “Are you sure you’re pronouncing that correctly?” I ask. The man sighs as he looks at me “Listen Maia, this can either go very smooth for you or very difficulty” He states.

“What?” I state, with a tight belt wrapped around my waist. “Aleena file, where is it?” He asks. “Who is Aleena?” I yell. He groans and walks circles in front of me “Okay!” He exclaims and he about to makes his way out of the basement after. “LLC doesn’t represent anybody by that name” I say in a high voice. “If I could help you with this, don’t you think I would have already?” I end. He makes his way back to me and staring at me.

“Don’t fuck with me, Maia!” He yells as he points his index finger at me. “There’s a lot of Aleena's name out there! And we don’t have any client by that name” I state. “You’re gonna get us that file, Miss LaLuna. One way or another” He replies, pointing his index finger at me. “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” I respond. “You can’t just keep me here like this” I start to cry. “People are gonna be looking for me” I end.

“Choose?” He asks as he shows me the ball gag and scarf in his hands. “Oh, come on. No!” I groan. “Miss, I don’t ask twice” He responds as he held the things. I heavily breathe and sighs “That one” I point the scarf with my mouth. He starts to cover my mouth with a scarf, I muffle grunt, and try to scream but I’m too weak, he turns off the light and makes his way out of the basement.

“Well, I hope you’re more cooperative tomorrow, for your own sake!” He states. I try to screams but I can’t. I could hear his footsteps climbing the stairs as I tied alone in the cold dark basement, it’s really dark in here and I couldn’t breathe normally or see anything. I think it’s almost 9 PM and I supposed to be at the ring engagement with Ben now, but here I am free from work, daddy or Ben, and tied at a stranger cold basement.