There was an older man standing there. He looked similar to this man who's been torturing me for information and was probably in his 50s or 60s. I watched as he strode over to the man holding a gun against my forehead, letting out a scoff the bastard glanced at him. "What is it, Dad?"
"I have something to discuss with you, Jasper. It is important that you hear what I have to say, right now before you do something irreversible." the older guy says, nudging the gun away from my face and staring the man in the eyes. It was then that I finally realized my kidnapper's name... he glances back at me and narrows his eyes at me.
"Fine, behave..." he said as he stepped away from me. "I will take care of you after I get back, watch her closely guys." He then turned his back on me and quickly walked out of the room. After taking a deep breath, I glance at the guys still in the room that were still watching me. Sitting back down in the chair, I let my tears fall down my face... I couldn't think of anything else to do but sit here and cry.
Just outside the room...
Jasper's POV
"What is it?" I ask him annoyedly as soon as I close the door to the room. He waves a document in front of my face.
"That girl is innocent Jasp... she is utterly and completely innocent. You have the wrong girl..." he says through gritted teeth. "In this file, I have documented everything I have found out about that girl. I started looking into her life the moment you brought her here, and this is all the information I was able to obtain about her," he said handing me the file.
Despite being utterly confused about her being the wrong girl, I quickly snatch the file out of his hands and open it up... scanning all the details contained within:
Name: Gracelyn Lauder Age: 19 yrs old Father's Name: David Lauder (Terminally ill, given six months to live. Unemployed) Mother's Name: Lacey Lauder (Deceased) (Mother died in an armed robbery, while father and daughter were out to dinner. 1 year ago.) Siblings: Only Child College: Unknown Marital Status: Unmarried Boyfriend: You! (Talking to her on Match.com) Best Friends: Zoey Ferguson, Cloe Betton, Rachel Hall, and Daphne Richardson Contacts with any known Gangs: None Relation to any known Gangs: None Involvement with any illegal operations: None
"You mean to tell me that I had the wrong girl? She really doesn't know anything?" I snap, watching as he shakes his head at me. Oh my god, what the heck...
He sent me an understanding smile, as he said "That's not even the worst of it. She is the girl you have been conversing with online for the past several months. The one you really seem to like, and now she knows that you're a gangster, willing and able to kill an innocent girl all out of ignorance!"
"I don't care what she thinks of me... what I really care about right now is why the hell Black planted that drive in her purse? He played a very sick game with me, it was almost as if he wanted me to kill the girl." I snap out of it, realizing something... perhaps that was it, maybe he was looking to get this woman killed and thought it would be funny if I did it for him.
Taking the file out of my hand, he adds "Yeah I really don't understand it much either. Why use an ordinary girl like this one?"
"I want you to dig a little deeper, you know... get some more information about her. I want to know every little detail about her. Maybe we can find out why he wants her dead in the information that we find. He had to have a reason to want her dead." I suggested to him.
"I will look, I will find everything about that girl and why the devil would use her like this," he says, and I nod my head in agreement. With his eyebrows raised, he asks me "What are you going to do with the girl now?"
After a moment of staring at him thinking, I spoke "I believe I know what I have to do with her."
His surprise is evident when he asks "You're not letting her go are you?"
"No, I won't let her go," I said with a smirk.
Suddenly, he says "You better leave her alone!"
A smile spreads across my face as I glance back at him thinking about those plans. I couldn't help the smile that spread on my face. "Trust me, I have some good plans for her... you'll see," I told him.
"Wait... what plans?" he asks.
"Oh, you will know that soon enough," I turn around and wave him off. "See you at dinner!" I make my way back into the room, eager to see her face when she learns what her new fate is.
Back in the room...
Gracelyn's POV
It's been so long since he disappeared out the door, even though Ben, Granger, and the other guy are still present in the room, none of them has tried to touch or talk to me. They only stare at me, while I've been sitting here worrying about what was going to happen to me now. I sniffle quietly. Was he going to kill me, or would he just continue to torture me until I was dead?
As the door swung open, I glanced up to see him walking inside. My stomach drops as he approaches me a devilish smile appearing on his face. I knew right then and there that he was up to something and I wasn't going to like it. A shiver ran down my spine as I saw the danger radiating all around him. His voice echoed throughout the room. "Get out, get out all of you!" he shouts, "But Ben and Granger, you two stay close," he told them.
They left the room in no time, leaving me alone with this horrible man. In spite of all the pain that radiated throughout my body, I sat up straighter in my chair as he stepped up to me. "Stand up, I know you can..." he ordered, but when I didn't immediately stand up, he yelled. "I told you to get up!"
Since I was so scared of what he would do to me next, I gathered up all the strength that I had and stood up. My legs were trembling under my weight as if they would give out at any moment. However, that didn't happen. Knowing that I was afraid of him, he drew closer stopping only with an inch between us. As his hand cupped my chin, I was forced to look him in the eyes. All the tears I had shed made my vision blurry, but at that moment I realized just how tall this man was... it was safe to say that he was at least six feet tall. Because I was just a mere five feet tall, and he was much taller. In a calm voice, he asks "So you tell me that you are innocent, that you have nothing to do with any gangs?" At first, I was surprised that he was being gentle. But suddenly my fear overwhelmed me and I was terrified of saying the wrong thing in answering his question. I just nodded my head in response, biting my lip to keep quiet. "So prove it to me," he replies with a smirk across his face.
With a gulp of air, I ask "H-how do I do that?" I was barely able to utter the words at all.
A smile flashed across his face before he lowered his placing his mouth directly next to my ear. I felt his breath fan against my ear before I heard his husky voice "Then marry me!"
He pulls away, and I felt my heart stop. Gazing into his dark brown eyes, I was completely and utterly speechless. He steps backward and releases his grip on my face. "N-no...!" I stammer.
A smile crossed his face. "I'm not really asking you though because I am not giving you a choice here. You are marrying me because unfortunately, I can't just let you go!" he says.
It was so hard to believe what he just said to me. Was he being serious about wanting me to marry him? "No... I'm sorry, but I won't marry you!" I said so quietly that I knew he barely heard me.
With an even bigger grin on his smug face, he asks "Is that right?" raising an eyebrow. "Well then, I guess I will just have to give you a choice here. I need you to remember here that I rarely give anyone a choice..." he stares at me. I nod my head to indicate to him that I am indeed listening. "Either you marry me, or I give you over to my men. Either way though, you will not be leaving this house. It is your choice, so which will it be?"
"Are you serious right now?" I ask him, and he just merely nods his head in agreement. Would he really give me over to his men like that? I pondered his words. Surely he couldn't be that cruel... could he? Therefore, I made my choice... my tone was stern as I told him "Sorry, but I am rejecting your offer!"
His grin faded quickly, and then he looked at me with a hardened expression. "As you wish!" he hissed. Turning away from me he began walking to the door. He opened it, "You can have her. Do whatever you want to but do not let her go!" he says and I watch in amazement as they both nodded to him and stepped into the room. I inched back as they both moved towards me as he shut the door, looking as if they had just won the lottery.
Then I shouted, "Wait... don't get close to me!" my heartbeat so fast. I watched them getting closer with horror, their eyes never leaving me. It was as if they were predators out for the kill, and I was their prey. The tears were once more streaming down my face as they reached out for me. "No, stay away... stay away f-from me!" I pleaded as I backed away from them but they just kept coming. After a few steps, I was backed against the cold stone wall. "Please... don't do this to me!" I begged them, but they just kept coming towards me. I glanced back towards the door, hoping to see him there but there was no one. The door was closed tightly, he was nowhere to be seen.
A male voice boomed out, "Oh, I am surely going to enjoy every single minute of this one. She must be a virgin." that caused me to burst out into sobs as the terrors of what was going to happen filled my mind. I knew they would take advantage of me and steal my innocence... and I just couldn't allow that to happen. Right then, I saw a calloused hand approaching me and I knew right then that I had to accept his damn offer.
"Please... please tell your boss that I accept his offer. Please will you go and tell him?" I plead with them both, as one trails a finger down my arm.
"Now why on earth would we do that, when he gave you over to us already?" Granger chuckles, leaning in closer to breathe in my scent.
"Please... just tell him, I b-beg you!" I croaked again as I cringed back into the hardness of the wall.
"Nope, sorry missy I am not interested in losing my fun... no, I'd just rather have my fun with you first, and then I will tell the boss." Ben insisted, wrapping his hand around my wrist and pulling me towards him. He laughed when I just fell forward onto my hands and knees. "Look Granger, easy access."
Again, I plead with them as I adjust myself into a sitting position on the ground. "Please tell your boss that I will marry him!" I beg them again. My attention was drawn to the sound of the door creaking open at that very moment and I glanced up to see him entering the room with a triumphant look on his face.
"Leave us," he ordered, and I watched in horror as the two guys scampered quickly out of the room.