The Secrets Behind the Heart

Chapter 33

I dialed my mom. Her voicemail came on. I tried like five times and no answer. I decided to just wait 'till she comes home from work.

After I finished taking a shower, I decided to go by Simon's house. I wore a gray Hollister top and some skinnies.

It only took one knock 'till some hands grabbed me by the collar and pull me in.

I let out an "oof!" and fell to the floor. Somehow, I found myself land on top of someone. It was Simon. He was lying on the floor and I landed on his chest. He had a piece of strong duct tape taped on his lips and his hands tied behind his back with hand cuffs.

Everything was just a blur for a peer second until I saw Samantha. It looked as if she finally had a change of clothes and a bath. Thank goodness! The stink of her nasty toes last time lasted from here to Kansas; wherever Kansas was.

She wore a black "ninja" suit, some boots, and leather black gloves.

"How did you--?", I managed to choke out. She's starting to become my worst nightmare.

"Simon over here let me in. There's a lot you don't know about me dear.", Samantha rubbed her hands together, making an annoying squeak sound with her gloves.

"What did you do to him?", as I was about to get up from Simon's chest, he groaned; warning me not to do anything stupid. No promises...

"Nothing... YET.", she let out a sneaky chuckle and tied my hands together. Surprisingly, I did not see that coming. How the hell did she get these hand cuffs? I decided to leave that question aside. Samantha pushed me off of Simon and dragged us both to the couch. With some rope, she tied us back to back and attached the rope to the leg of the couch.

As she goes to Simon's side, I hear a loud ripping sound and a small yelp. Im guessing she ripped the duct tape off of his lips.

"OW! Okay, okay! You finally have us. What do you want?", Simon's bad side was revealed. I felt his cuffed hands and held them tightly, locking my fingers into his. He did the same.

She turned us both to her, releasing our locked hands. Now, we were shoulder to shoulder. Samantha went in squat formation and leaned closer to Simon. He stood still, trying not to move.

"I found out about EVERYTHING from my past. Now, you two are gonna PAY."

My stomach felt like a roller coaster. "How?"

She stepped away from Simon and stared at me with the greedy eye.

"Once I saw Max's scar I already knew everything. I remembered the electro shock to erase my memory, I remember the cruel adoption center the police threw me in, I remember being molested by my own father. Do you KNOW how bad that feels? DO YOU!?", she gives me a leather slap across my face.

"What do WE have to do with any of this?"

Samantha gave another toothless grin. Girl, brush your teeth...

"I want you to SUFFER.", she let out a giant gas cloud of bad breath by the last word.

"Why?! What have I done to you?!"

"You told me off to the teacher. You told me off to the principal. You told me off to EVERYBODY leaving me ALONE!",she slams the floor with her wimpy fist. Surprisingly, she didn't show any pain.

"I was a little girl! What was I SUPPOSED to do? I didn't know that this would happen to you. I was only trying to--"

" 'Help'?", she finished off my sentence. "Yea, what 'help' did you do? Throw me into an adoption center? Throw me into all that pain I went through!? You were my BEST FRIEND. You were suppose to keep secrets!"

"And what if I didn't tell? What would you have done then?"

A long, thorough silence filled the room. "I'll be back. Do NOT move!", Samantha walked backwards into the kitchen, keeping two eyes on us. Once she finally disappeared, Simon and I helped untie ourselves from the couch.

"Get the bobby pin in my hair and unlock the handcuffs. Quick!", I whispered to him. He nodded and got the bobby pin. His hands trembled as he tried to unlock my handcuffs. When I was finally free, I unlocked his and we ran to the door.

That's when I feel a sharp pain hit my head. The world froze as I let go of the grip in Simon's hand and fell into a distance.