FALLING FOR MR J

Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE

By the time somebody found me, I was curled up in a ball. I was so cold. It was the only thing I could do just to feel any kind of warmth. There's that, and I was also breaking in two. The shock of everything was hitting me and I couldn't control it.

My friend Ryan came to my rescue. He was frantically asking where I've been and what's happened to me. Even so, I couldn't speak. I was too far gone to even attempt it. To be honest with you, I've no idea where they'd taken me. I didn't stick around long enough to find out. I just wanted out of there.
SHIT! THE CATS!

"W-What... what the hell, Kat. I'm frantic here, worried shit about you! Jesus, the first thing you ask is about those fucking crazy cats?" He asked and a nurse stands by my side.
She's checking me over, making sure I've not broken anything. She's taking blood samples and urine. I'm not sure what for? But this moment, though, I don't care.

"Sorry, Ry, but are they okay? Did they get them back? I tried to stop them, but they were too strong. Oh god, Ry, they..."

I attempt to tell him but break out into sobs again and he pulled me close. He hushed me and said, everything will be okay now.

"You're back and I won't let anyone near you again. As for the cats, I've no clue of what's going on. All I know is that after I'd received a call from your tutor, everything's been crazy. He asked where you're at and everything just stopped. Then after making a lot of calls to your phone, I realised something was wrong. You always answer your phone. So I called the police. That's when they said you and the cats missing.
Katelya, I've looked everywhere for you. We've been worried sick, and all the police have said was they'd find you. It's been almost a week since you'd left for work. We hadn't heard anything about your whereabouts."

My brows nip together, wondering why? I mean, didn't Ste tell them they had me too?

"The Charlton's, didn't they know about them taking the cats?"

He tilts his head, looking like he has no clue.

"Ry, it was Stefan... their adopted son. He'd not only taken the cats for ransom. But because I found them in the act, they'd taken me. That bastard did this to me and left me for dead. Somehow, I had woken in a strange bed and I escaped. Have they found them? Do the Charlton's even know they're missing?"

Now he's looking weird. He knows something, but he's not ready to tell me. Only he's interrupted when a police officer walks in and says my full name.

"I'm arresting you on suspicion of kidnapping Mr and Mrs Charlton's three cats. Tink, Toby, and Prince, and attempting to use them as blackmail. I'm sorry, but once they've checked you over, you must come with us to the station. We need to ask a few questions to determine why you'd taken them."

No! No way! I didn't take them. I didn't do this. Naturally, I tell him this.

"I mean, COME ON! Do I look like I've been harbouring CATS? It wasn't me! It was their son Stefan and his friend Vincent! They'd broken into their home while I was in the shower. So when I heard them banging around, I moved to investigate. They not only took the cats, but they took me too! Look at me, damn it! JUST LOOK!"

More tears fall, and that is when Ryan tells them they have it wrong. He's telling them how I take care of the cats, and how much I loved my job.

"She'd never do this. Come on, you can see they'd done a number on her. You need to go back and get your facts right because she did not do this. I know she didn't. Trust me, she loves that job. Yeah, the cats are crazy but they're house cats so it's kinda a given. Even so, she would never harm them. She'd never do this because she has no motive. They pay her a pretty decent wage, so why the fuck would she take the cats?
I think if you look up Stefan Thomas-Charlton? You'll see that he's more than likely the one you're looking for and to be quite honest with you. Well, I'm surprised the Charlton's would think that of her. Trust me, Kat has done everything for them. They swan-off, travelling around the world doing god knows what... all the while my friend here takes care of not only their cats but their home."