Hidden Motives

Movie Theater Man

Maddox looked at me and I knew he saw Max staring. "Fuck" he said. "We messed up. He's mad."

"There's nothing to be mad about. He's here with Scarlett and it's not like we are dating or anything. Besides, jealousy looks good on him" I responded looking up at Maddox.

"Well, you should tell that to him. He's coming" Maddox whispered. I turned and he was right. Max was approaching with Scarlett beside him. He was looking at me, fire in his gaze. He stared me down and I knew he liked what he saw. Max was jealous.

 Just as I thought Max was going to speak to us, he shot Maddox a dirty look and turned to the bar. He got some deep colored whiskey and I knew he was going to end up doing something stupid tonight. Scarlett didn't seem to care though. She joined in, getting the same dark-colored drink. 

"They're going to be wrecked at school tomorrow," I thought. I then began to wonder who was hosting this party. It was weird that someone just randomly invited the whole college to this big property for the first day of school party.

"Hey Maddox, who's throwing this?" I asked. 

"I don't think you want me to answer that" he sighed.

"Tell me!" I nagged.

"Dylan and Max. This is their party. They throw one every year for the college. This is one of their dad's properties that no one knows about. No one really knows who this place belongs to, but I do. Max is.. I mean was.. my best friend. He and Dylan threw these even when they were in high school just to have some fun with the college kids. Their parents never cared and it gave Dylan and Max a reason to get wasted. But you can't tell anyone no one knows. Not even Adyline. Everyone just kinda shows up every year with no questions asked."

"Oh" I mumbled. "That's not what I expected."

"Yeah those two have lots of secrets as you already know" Maddox whispered.

Max got a bit closer for some reason as if he was attempting to listen in to our conversation. "Umm.. I'll be back Maddox I have to use the lady's room. Do you know where it is by any chance?" I asked.

"Yeah.. right down that hall on the left." Maddox directed pointing me in the right direction.

"Ok, thank you! I will be right back!" I said while scurrying off. 

The truth is I just needed some air. I couldn't be that close to Max or Scarlett. Especially while they were together. It was just a mess waiting to happen. I walked around for a little before I noticed this room in the hall. A man was inside and it didn't seem like he was supposed to be in there. I watched him for a minute before he noticed me. "Umm...er.. I am so sorry I was looking for the washroom! Do you know where it is by any chance?" I said in an attempt to cover up my horrible snooping skills.

The man looked at me before pulling me into the room. "Thanks for making my job so much easier Sierra. I thought I was going to have to look for you, but instead, you just came to me. How convenient!" he laughed.

My heart began racing. This was the third time someone had tried to kidnap me while I was in England. 

"Oh someone looks a bit scared!! Don't be scared, I am just here to collect my prize! I hear that you are quite the catch. The day at the movies when I tried to get you the easy way I got a fist full of Payne! But that won't happen this time. This time I've got you!" he snorted.

That's when I realized this was the man from the theater. It was him! He was back and this time it looked like he had been successful in kidnapping me. There was nowhere to go. I was trapped.

"Trapped" I thought to myself. This was it. I was stuck in a room with someone who was obviously a criminal. He was possibly connected to my father. It was definitely over for me.

"If you're not gonna talk and just stare at me like that there's no fun. Might as well put you to sleep." laughed the man.

"HELP!!" I screamed. I felt hopeless and that's the only thing I could think of doing to save myself. 

"Shut up Sierra! I'm not playing games!!" said the man while running over to me. That's when I felt a fluid being injected into me. I had been drugged. My body began to feel numb. Then my head hit the floor and everything went black.