Rising Up: Finding Me book 1 (24 page)

It's Detective Garcia that speaks next.  "Did he or can you remember if he said anything to you before he left?  Take your time Imogen please because this is important."

Her face clouds over as she thinks back all those years and then gasps.  "He did.  He did say something I thought it was strange at the time.  He said.  'Watch your back Ginny because they never will, and I can't.  I'm sorry.' 

The next morning he was gone and his name was never mentioned in our house again.  I can't believe I forgot that.  I wonder where he is now."

I look up at Lucas and shake my head, she needs to be the one to ask for him to be found, the fact that we already know irrelevant.  I haven't made any contact with him so he doesn't know anything about us yet.

"Do you know where he is Detective?"  Ginny is never one to beat about the bush.

"Actually we do.  Your brother contacted us late last night when he saw Mr. Williams face on the news.  He lives here in the States now and has done for a long while, he is married and has a young family, and he would like to meet with you but he isn't sure if you would want to. 

It seems a guilty conscience runs through the pair of you, and he feels he is also to blame for what has happened because he never came back for you, or spoke to the authorities about what was happening.  Would you like to meet him?"

Just then Lucas has a phone call and suddenly starts shouting.  The detectives' cells also start ringing and all hell breaks loose and all three of them race out of the door.  Lucas shouts back.  "Lake, Mason shift your asses, Imogen, do not, I repeat DO NOT leave this apartment and do not open the door to anyone.  We will call you when we are on our way back.  Do you understand me Ginny!  Do not leave and do not open the door.  You too Maddie!"  Then he races off out of the apartment.

Imogen

I look over at Maddie.  "He must be here, shit Mads!  Lock the door quick."  I rush to the window to see if I can see anything.  "There's loads of police cars down there, come and see.  Can you make out anything or anyone down there?"  Suddenly I see two policemen leading someone towards a car. 

"Shit Ginny, that's a woman.  Do you think it's your mother?"  Maddie is glued to the window peering down at the emerging scene.  "Look there's Lucas!  Who is he talking to, do you recognize them?"

The color has drained from my face.  "That is my mother, she doesn't seem to be cooperating and Lucas seems to be shouting and waving his arms at the cops and her, then she looks around.  What is she doing here?"  Just then my phone rings.  "It's Mason.  Hi, what's going on?  I can see my mother, what is she doing here? Okay, I'll wait for you to get to the door before I unlock it."

Turning to face Maddie I tell her.  "They're on their way back up.  I'm waiting to see them through the spyhole before taking the deadbolt off."  A few moments later there is a light knock on the door Maddie quickly moves across the room to get to the door. 

"There's no one there Ginny, what should I do?"  Her face looks confused but concerned too.

"Just leave it!"  I can hear the panic rising in my voice.

"But why would there be a knock and nobody's there."  Her hand goes to the lock and starts to turn it.

"NO!  Don't do it, Mason said to wait till we saw him!"  But it's too late and the door is quickly pushed open and I watch as Maddie is shoved hard against the wall and falls down hard.  My blood freezes in my veins when I hear his voice.

"Well hello precious.  You seemed to have caused me an awful lot of trouble don't you think?"  He steps past Maddie as she starts to stir but turns back to give her a swift hard kick in the ribs.  "Hurry up bitch we've got to move fast before lover-boy and his sidekicks get here.”

"No! No!  I'm not going with you, you sick fuck!"  I start to kick out at him and start throwing some punches at him.  I get one good solid one on his chin and his head whips to the side and his lips split spurts blood over him and me.

Wiping the back of his hand across his mouth and looking down at the blood smeared over his knuckles he grabs me and snarls. "You really shouldn't have fucking done that you whore, you're only making it worse for yourself."  I'm dragged across the floor.

"Worse?  How can anything be worse than you finding me?  I know you're going to kill me so I'm sorry asswipe I don't see how it can get worse."  I'm pulling hard on his wrists trying to break free.

"Oh believe me precious, the way I plan to kill you has just got a damn sight more painful for you.  So stop trying to pull away and be a good girl for once in your useless pathetic life, and shift your skinny arse out of here." 

I'm dragged down the hall and I can hear my cries but they seem so distant I'm sure no one will hear them.  We reach the service elevator and he punches a code in and the doors slide open and I'm thrown inside.  Cowering from him in the corner I see him take out his phone and start texting someone. 

The doors open in the basement, I've never been down here but there is a large black SUV parked by the doors and the driver’s door opens and a man I've never seen before walks over and throws me over his shoulder and dumps me on the back seat, causing my head to hit the opposite door with a heavy thump and pain shoots down my spine.  Jake gets in the driving seat now and the other man climbs in next to me.

"Do you remember Stefan, Heidi my love?  He remembers you he has loved all of your films.  Haven't you Stef?"

The man runs his hands up my legs and starts to pull them open.  "Oh yes, especially the last one.”

I start to kick my legs at him but he just grips them tighter and pulls my jeans off me.  "Get your fucking hands off me, you piece of shit!"  I manage to spit out at him but he backhands my mouth and blood quickly fills it as my teeth bite into my tongue.

"Now now, less of that please.  I never managed to get a taste of you so I think I'll take one now.  What do you think Jake, should I get a taste now?"

"Take what you want now because when we get to my room she's all mine and you've got a very important film to make to send her lover-boy.  I bet he doesn't satisfy you as well as I do Heidi."  He laughs and turns his eyes back on the road.

Stefan pulls at me and rips my legs apart and holds them tight as his face goes between them and he starts licking and biting at me.  "She tastes as good as she looks Jake, I'm really going to enjoy this so make sure you take lots of detours to throw any one off our trail." 

He goes back in between my legs and shoulders them further apart his hands reaching up and he starts to jab his fingers hard inside me.  "She's fucking tight man I can't wait for her to clamp these muscles over my cock."  His other hand reaches down to his jeans and undoes the button, I can hardly hear the zip slide down over my sobs but soon his hand releases his dick and I'm seriously panicking now.

"No, no please don't do this.  Please you're hurting me."  His hand has moved from between my legs and is now squeezing my breast painfully, pinching my nipple with his thumb and finger twisting and pulling making me yelp.

"She likes it rough doesn't she, can you hear all the noises she's making?"  He moves up between my legs and roughly rams himself inside me.  "Fuck she is so tight I'm not going to last long.  His hand comes up and covers my mouth. "Stop crying!  You're ruining this for me."  He starts to pump harder and harder, I'm so dry inside I can feel the tender walls tearing.  Then he grunts twice and I feel him pouring himself inside me, my stomach starts to churn and I start to gag, I know I'm about to throw up.

His hand pulls away from my mouth and he tucks himself back into his trousers when I lean over and vomit over the floor of the car.  Even through all my pain I can't help feeling pleased that I managed to get his shoes and the bottom of his jeans covered.  That feeling soon disappears when he slaps me hard.  "You bitch!  You got that all over me, I'm going to be stinking all day now."

"Good, I'm glad.  Shame I didn't reach your face."  I shrink back as his fist comes up.

"Hey Stefan, pack it in, we're here.  I don't want to make anybody suspicious.  Put her trousers back on her and get her to walk out of the car.  Don't let fucking go of her or she'll do a runner."  He climbs out and opens my door and stands on my left while the other bastard climbs out and grabs my right arm pulling it tight behind my back, I can feel the strain on my shoulder joint.  It never fully recovered from Jake dislocating it a year or so ago, I know it's ready to pop again.

The door to a seedy motel room opens and I'm pushed in and that final shove was enough for my shoulder to pop, I can't stop my scream of pain.  Falling to my knees I try to crawl using my left arm as support but my legs are pulled from under me and I'm dumped on the bed jarring my shoulder again.  

Sweat has broken out all over my body from the pain.  But as I pull myself up I get to look around the room and suddenly I'm more scared than I've ever been in my life.  There are two cameras set up and the bed has shackles at each corner I can see various large implements that can only cause me pain, I can also see a riding crop and a whip leaning up against the dresser.

Jake walks towards me, a callous smile on his face and slaps my face.  "It’s show time Heidi and I want you to put on your best performance because this is getting streamed straight to your cunt-eating motherfucking boyfriend.  Now I think you need to learn your lesson."  He picks up the whip and the blows rain down on me.

Mason

Lake and I exit the elevator and rush down the hallway but stop when we notice the door is open.  Lake looks at me.  "What the fuck is the door open for?"

I rush in and see Maddie sat on the floor, her hair is covered in blood and the cut above eye is still bleeding, clutching her ribs she looks up at me panic-stricken.

"Shit Maddie what happened?  Where's Ginny?"  My head is whipping round as I look for her.

"It's my fault I opened the door, she told me not to but I thought it was you."  Her head falls back onto her knees, her hair covering her face as she sobs.  "He got her, he took her.  I tried to stop her but he was too strong."

Lake is sat next to her and pulls her to him.  "Okay Mads, we'll sort it, we'll find her.  Let's get you cleaned up, and then I can see if you need to go to the ER."

"Excuse me Lake, but can you tell me please how the fuck are we going to sort it?  He's fucking taken Ginny because you Maddie…” I’m stabbing my finger at her. “You can't do what you’re fucking told!  Lucas told you not to open the door, was that too fucking hard for you to understand?" 

Lake puts a hand on my shoulder but I'm so angry I shove him away and pull out my cell.  "Luc, he got her.  Yeah, he got in and he's taken her.  I know, but Maddie opened the door.  You need to pull out all the stops now get the cops up here and help me get my girl back while she's still breathing."  I lean against the wall and slide down and rest my head on my knees with my hands over me.

"Mason, I'm so so sorry I.."

"Just leave it Madeleine there is nothing you can say right now, so just shut it!  You never really did have her back did you?"  I can't help the venom in my voice and I see her recoil from me her hand pressed to her mouth.

"Mason. Leave it, you'll regret what you’re saying later."  Lake stands next to Maddie and has her arm around her.

"I don't think it's my regrets you should be worried about right now, I think she might have done something just a bit worse than slinging a few words around.  Just take her somewhere, anywhere away from me for now please Lake."  Just then Lucas walks through the door and he looks as frantic as I feel, but at least he can be proactive and start the search for her.

"Maddie the cops are waiting to talk to you at Lake's so get yourself down there pronto.  Lake I need you here, so leave her there and get back in here."

I look up and see that Lake is unhappy about this but he nods his head and walks away down the hall to his place.  I try to pull myself up when Lucas reaches down and offers me his hand.  "Thanks man.  I don't know what to do, how can I help you find her?"

"You don't need to do anything yet, we are getting all the CCTV footage of every part of this building and we'll take it from there.  He must have had a vehicle to get her away from here, which means there is a paper trail somewhere so we're looking for a registration of his car and we are checking every hotel and motel within a fifty mile radius, and we will widen the search if we need to, but I think he's not going to have moved her too far in case we could chase him. 

I'm going to turn on all the laptops we have so I can run multiple teams all at once.  Everyone is ready to go as soon as we have a vehicle and my observers are in place looking for him.   I'm so sorry Mason, I feel I should have left someone with them but

he caught me out and that doesn't happen very often, but let me take the blame not Maddie."

"Easier said than done Luc, because she knew she shouldn't have opened it.  Ginny told her not to so it's pretty damn easy for me to blame her right now."  My hands rake through my hair and then lace together at the back of my head.

Lucas moves to the study and brings out my laptop and fires it up with his still on the table from earlier, shit was that only an hour ago?  It feels like a life time.  Lake walks back in and pats my back.  "I'm sorry Mason and so is Maddie.  Right Lucas, what's going on?"

Lucas looks up, a small smile on his face.  "We've got a registration, a black SUV entered the basement, the cameras show Jake getting out and walking towards the service elevator.  How did he get the code for that?  We need to talk to the doormen and the security team, someone must have done this." 

Detective Garcia walks in and heads straight to Lucas.  "Mr. Davenport we've got all the cameras in the city searching for that car, it shouldn't take long to pick up his route.  Mr. Reynolds, I've got to go back to the station and talk to the woman we've just taken in. Detective Mathews is still with Ms. Stevens but will be with you shortly.

I will keep in contact with you Lucas.  Don't go for him without a police backup.  This man is possible armed and is very dangerous.  I have a hunch that he will make contact with us very soon, men like him like an audience."

Just then his voice dries up as he stares at my computer screen.  Jake's face is filling the screen.

"Good morning Mason, I believe you have been fucking my property.  Heidi is back with me now and I thought we would put on a little show for you.  So sit back and enjoy… I know I'm going to."  The camera pans round to Imogen is cuffed on the bed her ankles and wrist are bound by wire and I can see it's already cutting in to her skin, there are welts on her skin from what looks like a whip lying next to her. 

I can see Jake walk towards her, he is naked and he starts to grope her body pinching and twisting her breasts and nipples.  As he climbs up her body I can see her head thrashing from side to side as she cries out for him to stop.

"You really should keep still precious or this is going to hurt even more."  His hideous lascivious voice cuts through me like a knife.

I can see her right arm is at a strange angle.  "Her shoulder is dislocated!"  I'm shouting at the screen.