~Sugar Daddy~

Friday - 9

I texted Eric last night but he never texted back or even called, I was worried all night but I brushed it off thinking maybe he was just tired from taking orders all day and making drinks so I went to bed but when I woke up and went to work I still didn't get any messages he usually sent good morning texts it was odd, this wasn't like him, but I going to check up on him so on my break.

When it was time, I go to the coffee shop that was about 5 minutes away, when I walk in I didn't see Eric but instead I see Tobi at the cash register, "hey, is Eric here?" I ask, her expression changed to a worried one, "I thought he was at your place" she states, I begin to worry with her "no, he asked me to drop him off at the store" I say "well he isn't home and he hasn't come to work yet, I called him about 7 times but it went straight to voicemail" maybe the guy that was following him a month ago for him or maybe he just got lost, no, he lives right next to the store, something must have happened to him, "let me try" I grab my phone from my pocket and call him through my contacts, "it's ringing" I note, Tobi opens the latch for me to enter the back into the staff room, "uh... what's going on?" Jay asked, "Eric never made it home last night, Cam dropped him off at the store" she explains as the phone was answered, "Eric? are you ok?" I worry waiting for a response, I put it on speaker for Tobi and Jay, as we all sat down "wrong." It was a females voice, Poki's voice, fuck I should've known, "Poki? What the hell did you do to him? Where is he?" "Calm your tits, Cammy, he's right here safe and sound with me, say hi to your little whore" she turns on her camera, all three of us were on the edge of our seats and we watch the loading screen for the camera to load up, she was somewhere with poor WiFi connection or she's most likely using cellular data, then a dark image of the floor pops up, I would turn up my brightness but it was already at max, she moves the camera slowly showing Eric strapped to a wooden chair, arms strapped to the armrest of the chair and legs taped to the bottom on the chair, one light shined on him from above "oh my god" Tobi and Jay gasps quietly, he wasn't bleeding but he did have visable bruises on his arm and neck he had a black eye as well, Poki's boyfriend may have caused them since Poki doesn't have the strength to make bruises like that, he had a piece of cloth inside of his mouth that used as a gag ball she walks towards him as she got closer Eric panicked and a knife is shown "don't be scared" she lifts his head with a blade of the knife, tears stream down his cheek as his sobs, "I swear to god if you hurt him-"what are you gonna do? Nothing. Now you're gonna listen to me, I want everything you put in your saving account, and I know you have more than 500k in there so don't try to trick me, if I don't get my money by Friday, I will fucking kill him" she demands, I take her off the speaker and stood up pulling my phone up to my ear "you crazy bitch, if you dare even touch him I will make you regret it" "nuh-uh, I have the upper hand here, I'm the one with the knife and your lover..." after that I hear muffled sobs and screaming, I could hear Eric muffled begging for her to stop, I look back at phone screen but she turned off her camera before I say anything she hangs up.

"Fuck." I exclaim how could I let this happen, I shouldn't have left him alone especially after breaking up with her, "Cameron, who the hell was that? And why does she had Eric?" Tobi stood up "she's my crazy ex-girlfriend" I groan, "crazy? She's a fucking psycho" Jay got up, "what does she have to do with Eric?" Tobi questions "it's a long story I don't want to get into right now, we need to find Eric," I say just as I get a notification from Eric's phone it was an image I avoid wanting to open it since I already know what it is, "we need to call the police," Tobi says "no... if we do they'll put it on the news and she'll hurt him again or worse," I begin to pace, trying to think a way out of this one, "or you guys could call the police in secretly leading them to the meeting spot and wham bam we've caught her" Jay suggests like it was the easiest thing in the world, "but how do we know if she's going to bring Eric?" Tobi questions, "well shit, I mean I like Jay's idea but we don't even know where they are, nor has she sent any addresses to give her the money," I state, "it was somewhere dark and abandoned, it actually kinda looks familiar to me but I'm not sure from where though," Tobi says thinking hard "we need to think of something quick, Friday is less than 2 days away" I state "uhh, damnit where have I seen something like that" Tobi sighs "I'm too under pressure to remember right now" "we can meet up at my place, I'll send you the address," I say, they agree and give me their numbers.

⚠️Warning: blood, torture, and mention of death⚠️
Eric POV

I was strapped to a chair, I squirm around and sob a little louder as I feel the blade of the knife sink into my skin, with a strong pain as my skins feels like its being torn apart, I whimper and beg for her to stop but it was all muffled, she didn't go deep, so she could keep me alive, she chuckles and takes the knife out, it hurt more than going in, I look down at my leg and watch as the blood seep through my jeans, where it wasn't cut, itpaints my pants a dark red color, I sob harder as the pain intensified I hear her camera click and she walks up to me tossing the bloody knife on the floor, I look up at her, "you're so pathetic, out of all the people Cam could break up with me about it's an ugly faggot like you" she snarls and cringed her eyebrows, she takes off the cloth making my sobs more visible, "oh shut the hell up" she grabs a box I couldn't see what it was since my vision was quite blurry and watery from my tears, I looks back down and see a lot more blood it was quickly rolling down my leg, I panic making it even worse and soon pass out.

~~~Flashback~~~

I was shopping around for food grabbing some coffee beans, milk, and sugar as my last items, I check out feeling a presence staring at me from behind, I have been feeling this way for a long while, since I started my shift until now, I turn around and see no one besides a man on his phone, leaning over his shopping cart, I feel like I knew where they were I just couldn't see them like they're a ghost or my mind is just playing games with me, as I was checking every out I continue to get the feeling on the back of my head, it made the hairs on my arm and neck raise I begin to feel uneasy and disturbed, I quickly pay and get my things, what if it was the man that was following me last month, would he go so way to follow my every move from day to night. I walk out and towards my apartment, it was half a block away I could make with no problem but as I walk a bit faster I bump into someone, dropping some stuff from my bags "sorry" I say shyly "what was that pretty boy?" A man said, I look up to a group of men, about 3 or 4, they all looked at me with either angry or like they were happy to see me, but I've never met these men before "I'm s-sorry" I back away frighten, "well boys look like we found another faggot boys" another says with a growing evil smirk, "w-what?" I stagger but before I could do anything one grabs my arms and throws me in the alleyway, the concrete scraps my skin, "w-wait, please"  I tear up, then one of their fists meets my face.

I wake up from the scare in the flashback, "it's about time you woke up" I hear Poki say, I was laying down on an old dirty mattress, it had blood on it, but when I look at my injured leg it was bandaged up, my left ankle had a brace on it with a chain that was clipped to the cold smooth concrete floor, I struggle to move due to all the bruises and scrapes and obviously the stab wound in my leg, I hear her giggle to herself, "what do you want from me?" I finally sit up and look at her "I just want Cameron's money, he owes me" she says "then you're gonna let me go, right?" I nervously gulp, watching as she cleans off my blood from the knife, "no. That's what he thinks I'm going to do but I'm gonna lead him here and kill you right in front of him, I can't wait to see the look on his face when I slash your fucking throat" she spat "or should I shoot you in the head, no, no I don't want to alert people" I tear up, I can't die, not now, I don't want to, I need to find a way out or at least to my phone, without her noticing, but first I need to get her to leave.

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