Lovers in California: Held For Ransom

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--Nathan's POV--

Thursday 1am

I thought I wasn't going to be able to get any sleep. However, after everything that had happened today, I was exhausted and managed to pass out on the sofa while watching TV at about 10 o'clock at night. Clearly whatever I was watching wasn't very interesting.

I had already changed into a pair of old slim fit jeans and white T-shirt earlier after Andre left. It was too early to change into my 'comfies' (as Isabelle and I like to call them), and these work trousers and shirt were not it.

As I was fast asleep on the sofa in the lounge, still with the TV on, I obviously couldn't hear anything else.

Suddenly, I got woken up by a cloth being firmly held over my mouth. I thrashed around trying to get it off of me, I didn't know what was happening.

After a few seconds, a strong smell was filling my nose and I was starting to feel light headed.

I couldn't take it anymore and soon enough, I passed out.

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--Isabelle's POV--

Thursday 2am

Luckily I managed to fall asleep - it had been a long day. However, out of all the times I had been sleeping here, this was the first time where I had to sleep tied up, gagged and blindfolded, and trust me, it wasn't comfortable.

I got woken up by someone calling my name, "I've got you something!" The creep then said. I was surprised I didn't wake up to the door being unlocked like I normally did.

I then heard a loud thud, like something had been landed on the mattress right next to me (the one I had been sleeping on before). Soon after, my blindfold was slipped off my head. It took me a few seconds to adjust to the light, but once my eyes finally did adjust, I looked over to see what he had just dropped.

My eyes grew wide, I groaned and grunted into my gag and struggled slightly. It was Nathan!

He looked unconscious. His face was all battered and bruised, like he had been into a fight, and he also had a bandage on his left arm. That was obviously from where this creep had sliced him with the knife.

My eyes then shot up at the creep.

"Yup, it's lover boy!" He said in a sarcastic, jolly voice and went over to the board. I just looked over at Nathan again. God how the hell is he going to react when he wakes up? Part of me was happy that he was here, I might feel a little safer now he's around, but then the other part of me was a little worried. How were we gonna get out of this now if Nathan can't even give him the money?!

He came back over with a pair of handcuffs and cuffed Nathan's hands in front of him. "He's quite a handsome chap, isn't he?" He said while grabbing Nathan's chin and giving him a good look. "Shame, I'm not really into guys" he added after a few seconds of looking.

He dragged the mattress that Nathan was on over to the other support pole. He attached a short chain to the pole and cuffed Nathan's ankle to it, like he had done to mine before. However, the chain was way shorter than my one meaning he wouldn't be able to come over to me when he finally woke up.

Once he had done this, he stood up and just winked at me, then walked off out the basement, and locked the door behind him.

I just couldn't keep my eyes off Nathan, in fact I couldn't actually believe it was him to be honest. I hadn't seen him since Monday morning, and this was definitely not how I expected we would see each other again.