Chapter 22
"What are you gonna do to me?" Kim asked through tears. She had never been so
scared in her life. James had pulled off the side of the road and was
dragging her deep into the woods. HE was holding a very sharp, large knife to
her neck. The bouncing of their walking and her slightly struggling had
caused it to cut her neck. The blood had started to run down and stain the
collar of her white T Shirt.
"Well, there were several things I was thinking of. The first one I came
up with was tying you into a car and driving over the edge of a hill with you
in it so it crashed, just like my little girl. She dies in a car crash
following your bus after a concert. I thought that one was a good idea, but
decided against it."
"Look James, I am very sorry about your daughter. I never even heard of a
car accident after one of our concerts. I had no.."
"SHUT UP BITCH!!!!!!!" James yelled at her, interrupting. "You aren't
even worthy of talking about my baby. She worked so hard to get money to buy
tickets to your show, to see you, and she died because of it. She worked to
go and die.... because of YOU!!!!"
he yelled. Kim just sobbed harder.
"Stop here. Now go and stand against that tree over there." James said as
he pointed to a big tree that was silhouetted against the moonlight. Kim did
as she was told. James took the rope that was around his arm off and
proceeded to tie her to the tree. Kim was sobbing to hard to fight anymore.
She had struggled so much already. Trying to get out of his car at stop
lights, struggling and fighting with him when they did get out. She had
bruises across her face where he had struck her, trying to get her to
'behave'.
"Now, what I did decide on doing to you. I am just gonna leave you here.
That way you can die slowly from dehydration and heat, thinking about how
lonely I am without my baby girl. Alone, like you are as soon as I leave. I
will leave a water bottle for you, but I am gonna sit it over here on this
tree stump. Whoops, you can;t reach it. Oh well. have a nice life." James
said as he turned to walk away.
"Wait, James. Please. Don't leave me here to die. I really am sorry about
your daughter. If I could bring her back, or keep her from leaving in the
first place I would, but I am not God. I can't. Please don't leave me here to
die like this." Kim said as tears continued to stream down her face.
He stopped in his tracks. "You know, you are right. You aren't gonna die
like this. It's not harsh enough, not enough bodily damage. My little girl
was all cut up and bleeding." James said. He went over and made a slit down
her legs where her shorts had exposed her skin and down her arms. Not enough
to cause her to bleed to death, but enough to hurt and to leave scars. He
then stood back and laughed at his handy work, finally satisfied in his
revenge. Kim felt defeated. She didn't even fight back when he cut her. When
he turned to finally leave, skipping through the woods, leaving her with no
flashlight and water that was out of her reach since she was tied up, very
well, to a tree, she just felt hopeless.
"God, please help my family and friends know that they are always a part
of me, and that I am sorry for and hurt and trouble I have caused for anyone.
And I hope you let JC know how special he is to me. I never told him that I
loved him at all, let alone how much I do. I will always watch over and be
with him." Kim sobbed as she made her amends. She was resolved to her fate.
"Shh. I hear something." Brandon said as he ducked behind James's car,
pulling Lynn with him. They had moved her car a ways down the road, out of
sight, in case James came back. They saw a dim light start to come through
the woods, whoever carrying it singing a happy tune. After he crossed the
street they noticed it was him, James. They moved out of sight and he opened
the trunk to throw what appeared to be a knife into the car.
"Oh damn. I thought I left me keys in the car." He said out loud as he
sat down, noticing they were missing.
"Looking for these?" Lynn asked as she moved into his field of vision.
Police sirens could be heard off into the distance.
About 20 minutes later, they shut off the TV. None of them were watching
it.
"I'm gonna go to bed. I'll see you all later." Chris said as he walked up
into his room. He opened the door to find Cheryl flailing her arms and legs
in a nightmare.
"Cheryl, sweetie wake up!!!" Chris said as he went over to shake her. She
sat straight up and took a gasp of air.
"Chris, oh my, it was so scary." Cheryl sobbed into his chest. He had
moved and was holding her tight.
"Shhh. It was just a bad ream. " Chris comforted her.
"Hold me." Cheryl said as she laid back against the bed after finally
calming down.
"All right. " Chris agreed as he lay down beside her, wrapping her in his
arms. She placed her head against his chest and closed her eyes. "I love you
sweetie." He whispered as he kissed her forehead and he closed his eyes as
well.
JC got up and went to his room, closing the door behind him. "Should
someone go check on him?" Chelsea asked.
"No, I think he just needs some time to himself. He will let us know if
he needs something." Joey said as he wrapped his arm around Chels, placing a
soft kiss against her cheek. For the first time, he realized how lucky he was
to have her in his arms at that moment. Suddenly Katy just got up and ran out
of the room, shocking everyone. Lance looked at Joey and Chels before getting
up and chasing after her. He caught up with her in the rec room. She was
leaning against the door frame crying.
"Katy, what's going on, I thought you were all right?" Lance asked,
concerned as he wrapped his arms around her.
"I did too, I am just so, so scared. For Kim, what's happening to her,
for us, everything. I have never been this scared in my entire life." Katy
sobbed as she held on tightly to him.
"Katy, it will be all right. I'm right here with you and I'm not gonna
let anything happen to you. " Lance said as a tear started to fall from his
eyes. "I'm scared too, we all are, but we just gotta keep the faith." Lance
said, trying to comfort her as much as we was himself. He wiped the tear off
his cheek then pulled Katy's face up to his. He softly kissed her lips before
pulling her back close to him. They walked over to the couch and pulled a
blanket over them, before settling in to try and get some sleep.
"What are you doing with my keys?" James yelled as he stepped out of his
car in a rush.
"Keeping you from getting away, now where is Kim?"
"I don;t know what you are talking about. Give them to ME!!!!!!" He
yelled, trying to grab them. Instead Lynn threw them into the dark woods on
the side of the road.
"What did you do that for?" He yelled at her, looking to the flashing
lights coming up the road with a worried look on his face.
"To keep you here. Now where is Kim? I see the blood on your hands. Now
TELL ME!!"
"Never. I won't ruin my revenge." He yelled as a police officer got out
of the car and walked over to them.
"Arrest him." Lynn stated as he cuffed James and began reading him his
rights.
"So what do we do now?" Brandon asked. "We got James, but where is Kim."
"Well, let me get some flashlights out of my car and we can start
searching the woods. I'll tell one of the officers to organize a search party
in the mean time." Lynn said as they started to run off.
"Kim!!!!!"
"KKIIMM!!!!!!"
"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIM" They yelled into the dark night air. They had NO idea
where they were going.
"This is useless we are never gonna find her like this. "Brandon said as
he kicked a rock.
"Just be patient and keep looking." Lynn cheered as they continued their
search.
"Now what do I do?" Kim asked herself. She was terrified, hearing all the
sounds of the night. Not to mention the fact of her predicament. She was
getting weaker and it was starting to get very cold. She had goose bumps and
was shivering uncontrollably. She wasn't bleeding as bad any more, but her
wounds were throbbing with pain, burning incessantly. She was trying to think
of ways to calm herself down. She started to think of the first time she and
JC kissed. They were in a park in the woods, not to unlike the ones she was
in right now. She drifted into her dream, remembering how it felt to be in
his arms, holding her tight. The way his eyes looked into hers. The way his
lips felt when they were just micrometers away from hers, anticipating a
wonderful kiss. Her dreams were interrupted when she thought she heard
someone yelling her name.........
Chapter 23
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