Chapter17 – Are You Afraid?
“Hello” was mumbled into her
ear as an arm slithered around her neck.
She tired to
jump back, but the arm held her tightly.
“Ryan?”
she stuttered without even turning around
“That’s
daddy to you sweetheart” he laughed as a cold object glided
onto her neck
“Go away,
please go away” she cried as if it was all just a bad dream
“No I don’t
think so. We need to talk” he announced gesturing for her to
stand
“I'm not
going anywhere with you” she announced stiffly
“Oh yeah
you are” he smiled flicking the knife in front of her eyes
“get up” he ordered
The knife had
her mesmerized in fear as she slowly stood, the knife inches away
from her neck. He wrapped his arm around he waist and tucked the
knife into his pocket.
“Scream,
and I’ll gut you like a fish” he whispered in his ear
as they walked past a group of people
Jet bit her
bottom lip as she walked along in his pace.
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
“Wuz Up?”
Seth announced as he answered the phone
“He man,
is Jet there?” Nick inquired chewing on a piece of chicken
he’d ordered from room service
“Na, she’s
out getting your surprise numbnuts” Seth laughed
“My
surprise? Huh?”
“The note
you sent her, she’s waiting at the park”
“I didn’t
send her anything”
“What the
fuck?”
“Whats
going on?” Devin called looking up from the couch.
“It’s
Nick, he says he didn’t send Jet any note to meet him
anywhere” Seth answered holding the phone down by his chest
Devin snatched
the phone from him.
“What do
you mean you didn’t send her anything?” he shouted down
the phone
“I mean I
didn’t, I didn’t send her anything”
“Shit,
someone sent her something, and if it wasn’t you, then I can
only think of one other person it would be” he hissed,
slamming down the phone
He grabbed his
coat and keys and raced to the door, as he flung the door open, 1
policeman and a detective stood on his doorstep.
“Are you
Jet McKennith’s brother?” the policeman questioned
“Yeah”
Devin replied
“We think
you’re father has gone after you sister”
~ 10 MINUTES
LATER ~
Devin told the
officers pretty much everything he knew about where Jet was
going, and what she was supposed to be doing. Within seconds they
had policemen combing the area, but neither Jet nor Ryan were to
be seen.
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
“Something’s
wrong” Nick mumbled pacing around the room
“Yeah,
you’re not ready to go on stage, we leave in like 5 minutes
Nick” Brian laughed adjusting his belt
“I'm not
going, I gotta fly home” Nick announced gathering his things
“Have you
forgotten that where half way around the world, by the time you
fly back she will have come home a thousand times over”
“No, no
something’s wrong”
“What
about the show?”
“What
about it?” he smiled running out of the room
“Whoa,
where’s he going?” AJ inquired as he stepped from his
room down the hall
“Back to
Florida” Brian sighed as the watched the elevator doors
close
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
Ryan watched
from the back of the black van, it’s tinted windows giving
him an opportune look out without been seen himself. A second
plains clothed officer walked past.
“Come on,
do your thing” he instructed under his breath as he held the
knife down by Jet
“I really
do hate to do this to you Jet, you are my daughter. We need to
talk, and this was the only way you’d listen” he
whispered as jet’s mouth quivered under the silver duck tape
across it.
“You need
to stay here and be quite” he added climbing over into the
front seat.
The engine
started loudly, and calmly he pulled off onto the road, laughing
to himself.
~ 2 HOURS
LATER ~
“So that’s
it, I suppose they just vanished off the face of the earth”
Devin hissed as the handful of officers moseyed around the house,
which now looked like a set from some detective movie.
“We’re
trying our best” Harold responded, trying to calm the
situation
“Yeah?
Well your best is shit. I’ll go out there myself” Devin
announced grabbing his coat from the rack
“Please
Devin, just calm down, we suspect he’ll be calling to make a
ransom demand of some sort and –“
“You’re
fucked up aren’t you? He doesn’t want god damn money,
he wants justification, he’s not going to call asking you or
me or anyone else for anything, because what he wants is pretty
simple, the fucker wants revenge”
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
“Would
you like a beverage Sir?” the airhostess inquired as Nick
sat chewing his nails in mid air. Fortunately, there had been a
seat available on a flight to Florida, and after pushing his
status he was able to board the plane immediately on his way
back.
~ AT THE SAME
TIME ~
“Would
you like anything to eat?” Ryan inquired as Jet sat on the
other side of the rickety table
She shook her
head, as she stared at him in disgust.
“You’re
still angry with me huh?” he inquired as his pecked away at
a sandwich
They were
located somewhere on the very outskirts of Florida, some rural,
almost farm area that was vacant for miles around, in a simple
wood cabin with small glass windows and a falling apart decking.
Jet remained
silent.
“You know
I’ve made mistakes, I'm not perfect”
“Why are
you doing this?” she snapped
“Because.
I needed to talk to you”
“No
because you need to feel power don’t you? That’s all
you care about making sure that people are still scared of you,
because that’s all you have” she cried as she giggled
her arms that were tied behind the chair
“Well
tell me Jet, are you afraid?” he questioned leaning in
closer to her