Chapter 2: The abduction
I walk down the street, I do not use the car since the grocery store is just two blocks away from our house and for me it is quite near, and besides walking is a great exercise. Looking for my purse in my bag I do not notice a black BMW VBX6 car stops in front of me. When I look up, I see two muscular men standing, wearing black suits; they are like the Men in Black. Without saying anything they grab my wrist and force me to get in the car in a harmless way. I don’t know what happened to me but I am not able to shout and cry for help instead, I do what they tell me and get inside the car; tears are forming both my eyes.
I am trembling and so nervous. Lots of queries are forming on my mind. “What is happening? What do they want from me? Who are they? Are they going to kill me? Oh God please help me.” I said to myself.
My nervousness alleviate when I see a lady inside the car. I sit with my head down not looking on the lady sitting beside me. The silences break when she suddenly speaks to me.
“Look, I don’t want things to get tough, just obey everything and please don’t make things complicated. I am very sorry that this is happening to you.” The lady said in a calm tone. Listening to what she just said, I started crying, what the hell she means by saying sorry because this is happening to me? I am so confused, I want to ask her more questions but no words came out of my mouth.
“And don’t worry about your family; they will be taken care of.” The lady added.
Wait..... What???? Hearing the word family I get tense, my heart is beating faster. “Please don’t hurt my family. What are you going to do with them? Please I am begging you not them please, please.” I said still sobbing but not looking on the face of the lady. Tears keep running down my cheeks and it’s like no end. I got this heavy feeling on my chest and I can’t breathe, the lady didn’t say anything and just give signal to the driver to start the engine.
The car stops in front of a luxury hotel. I know the place but I don’t care, all I am thinking is my family, my husband and my twins. They are too young to be left away by their mother.
I can’t help the tears, I can’t even walk alone, one of the men in black helped me to stand up properly when I got out of the car, and he knows I am trembling in fear. We walk inside the hotel and everyone is staring at us when we enter the lobby going to the elevator. I can hear everyone chit-chatting in their best quiet tone and I know why? Maybe because they see me crying while walking with these two men in black behind me and this lady beside me. A bit intriguing huh I think they thought maybe.
It was as if I was stuck when we reached the top floor. It feels like I don’t want to go out in the elevator. “This is it.” I said to myself. “I need to know what is going on, maybe I just need to beg them so that they will eventually let me go.” That is why I am in my best behavior not to disobey, I will soon find out, so I calm myself though I am still shivering.
We are in front of the door when the lady holds my hands. That is the first time I look on her face. She is beautiful, she has this sweet face that is like a nymph, I think she is in her mid-fifty’s, I somehow feel at ease with her.
“Arabella, you will be safe, don’t worry okay? Just remember what I told you a while ago. Do not make things complicated.” She said calmly and with a smile on her face.
Huh? Wait? She knows my name? How come? I don’t even know her? But then again I was not able to ask those questions on my mind. What is wrong with these people? Who are they?