Hostage

Chapter 22 - Home sweet home.

Zoey was stopped on the side of the road, rummaging in the console and through out the whole car for a charger. That phone was the only thing she could rely on to get her home and to get in touch with Jason.

Zoey sighed an audible breath in annoyance when she came to the conclusion, there was no charger to be found. She gently slammed her head back against the head rest of the her seat and closed her eyes.

She reached into the console, finding Harry's wallet. She flipped open the leather flap, finding his license and a few cards he had in the slots, she opened the middle, finding a couple of hundred dollar bills hiding behind one another. Her stomach dropped.

"Oh my god." Zoey took out the straight aligned bills and counted them,one by one. There was a total of six hundred dollars, and there was probably more than that on his cards, but there was no way she could get the money out if she had the last four digits to his card.

Zoey pulled back onto the road, behind a red sudan. She admired her surroundings, thinking to herself how beautiful the place was. She always wanted to travel the world and explore. She was so adventorous. 

Zoey looked for the next convenient store she could find. Maybe they had a car charger that would fit her phone. Since she had six hundred dollars to her name, maybe more, she could get anything she needed. Including food, and clothes, since she has been wearing the same thing since she arrived to England. 

Zoey stopped at the red light, finding an open convenient store. She waited for the light to turn green and turned into the parking lot, making the car come to a stop.

Zoey slammed the door behind her, locking the door behind her. She entered the store. There was an old lady that was waiting behind the counter, she looked drained and ready to leave, but also very polite.

Zoey nodded and smiled at the elderly woman and walked down the aisles. There happened to be a car charger for the iPhone 5s, she was in luck. "Thank god." Zoey whispered underneathher breath. 

Before she got to the counter, she picked out oa couple of snacks that she could eat and a couple of drinks to keep her hydrated.

She grabbed a bag of sour patch kids, which she only ate the red and blue ones. A bag of taki's that were little flaming toquitos and a couple of Dr. Pepper's. She was set until she ran out, which probably would be soon. She could eat all day long. 

Zoey made her way up to the counter and placed everything on the counter. "Will that be all miss?" The old lady asked, pulling down her glasses, looking at Zoey with a slight smile. Zoey nodded her head. :"Yes Ma'am, that'll be all." 

The lady rung up all of the items. "Your total is $5.96." Zoey reached into her pocket pulling out a single hundred dollar bill and placed it into her wrinkled hands. She broke the bill and handed Zoey back her change. 

"Thank you." Zoey said politely and grabbed her items. The old lady nodded at her. Zoey exited the store and unlocked the door to the car with a press of a button making the lights flicker and beep.

She opened the door with her free hand and placed her snacks to the seat beside her and slammed the door. Before she left, she plugged the car charger up and hooked her phone to it. It was going to take a minute before the phone would come to power. It always turned on 5%.

It took about five minutes before the phone turned on, and Zoey typed in the address into the maps app and went on her way on the road, following each direction the device told her to go.

Zoey reacged over, opening the bag of taki's, reaching her hand into the bag. She picked up the rolled up flavorful stick and bit into it. Her mouth watered at the taste. Zoey smiled in delight. She hasn't had a good snack in a while, especially Taki's.