Chapter 7
Lance was pushed into a huge plush chair in Rachel’s living room, with wide scared eyes, as she paced back and forth in front of him. Every once and a while she would stop in front of him as if to speak, but then turn away again. Finally she stopped and leaned over him, as she asked a question that had been plaguing her for months.
“Lance, why did you do it? Why did you kill your band mates?” Lance glanced around her shoulder toward the door, but was quickly snapped back when she grabbed his chin in her hand.
“Why did you do it?” He hesitated nervously, trying to remember why he had done it. He couldn’t remember, and quickly decided that all of those pills he had been given at the hospital were affecting his memory.
“I don’t know.” She sighed and gave him an evil smirk.
“What do you mean, you don’t know?”
“I just don’t know. I can’t remember.” They sat in silence, staring at each other for what seemed like hours, but was probably mere minutes. Not only the surprisingly strong arms holding him down, but also the fear of what she would do to him froze Lance. He quivered as her stare stayed cold and mean, but then all of a sudden it changed. Her eyes turned warm and she grabbed him up in a sympathetic embrace.
“Oh, poor baby. Don’t you worry, little Poo Fu. I’ll take care of you.” She wept into his shoulder, and he nervously patted her on the back, as her crying escalated into intense sobs. After a while he attempted to shake her off as he still stared at the unlocked door just a few feet away from him. She spoke to him through her tears, as he tried again to shake her.
“Don’t Lance. I know who you are, so if you leave, than you are going straight back to the hospital. You don’t want that, do you?” He hugged his arms around her even tighter and shut his eyes in frustration. Then, the voices came again, laughing at the predicament that he had gotten himself into.
“Oh, poor little Poo Fu, she’ll take care of you! What a joke! I can’t believe you did this to yourself!” It sent harsh laughs up and down his spine until he screamed out in pain, and fell back onto the chair, clutching his head in his hands. The laughter got louder and louder until he felt that his eardrums would burst, and he curled up into a ball trying to push away the pain. He had completely forgotten that Rachel was even there, until he became aware of the fact that two small hands were running up and down his body in an attempt to bring him out of whatever possessed him. They finally rested on his hands, which were frantically covering his throbbing ears. She carefully rubbed little circles over the backs of his hands, until the voices were forced out of his mind, and his eyes opened, full of tears. He looked up at her, and she kissed each of his eyelids, before whispering to him.
“It’s all right, baby. I’ll keep you safe.” With that thought running through his head, Lance lost consciousness and fell back into the heavy padding of the armchair.
Lance woke up with a splitting headache, and rolled onto his side with his eyes still closed, but then opened them when he hit another body beside him. He looked over at Rachel curled up beside him, still in the dress she had been wearing the night before. He suddenly remembered everything that had happened and attempted to stand up and leave, but was pulled down by his wrist which was tied to one of the bedposts. He fell off of the bed in his surprise, and then looked up to Rachel staring at him from on top of the bed.
“I’m sorry about the rope, but I was afraid that you might try to leave again, baby. I need to go to work. Teacher work day, but I’ll tell them that you were sick, okay?” He found himself nodding faintly at the young woman in front of him.
“Now, get back onto the bed, hon.” He silently obeyed, and lied down next to her. She then pulled out another length of rope, and tied his other wrist to a bedpost.
“I’m sorry, I really am, but I can’t have you getting up and leaving while I’m at work, now can I?” He swallowed up the lump in his throat, and watched her walk into the bathroom to take a shower. Maybe he did want to go back to the hospital. I mean they would understand, right? They had told him that it wasn’t his fault that he had killed the other guys, so they would say the same thing now, right? He just had some problems that he was having some major troubles getting through. His thoughts were interrupted by Rachel coming out of the bathroom, and walking over to his side.
“I’m making some breakfast. You want some?” He shook his head no.
“Are you sure, hon? You look hungry.” He simply stared at her, with wide eyes.
“I’ll get you a banana, how about that?” She then walked out the door toward the kitchen and came back with a bagel and a banana. She peeled the banana, and tore off a bite size chunk, holding it to Lance’s lips. He opened them up and began chewing it.
“Why aren’t you talking to me, hon? I do love your voice. I can’t believe that I didn’t recognize it when I first met you.” He swallowed and then opened his mouth as if to speak, but when he didn’t say anything she pushed more food into it.
“Oh well, I’m sure that you’ll talk eventually. You’re probably just upset that I sort of, kind of kidnapped you, aren’t you? You know what though. You tried to kill me, so I think that we’re even. Don’t you?” He half way nodded his head, realizing that he had done something illegal and ultimately wrong, too, but then shook his head no, when he remembered what he had told himself while she was in the shower. That had not really been his fault. He opened his mouth to tell her his thoughts, but was silenced by a chunk of banana thrust into his mouth. She had an angry look on her face as she spoke.
“We are too even. I have to go to work, but I’ll be back in a while to check on you.” She then gave him an evil look, and left the room. Lance lay there silent, until he heard her car back out of the driveway and go down the street in a roar. When he finally knew that he was alone, Lance felt tears begin to creep down his cheeks, and let out a yell, so loud that he swore the neighbors would be able to hear him.
“Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!”
Chapter 8