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Chapter Eighteen

We drive for a while and my wrists and arms are getting sore. "Where are we going?" I question. "It's a surprise, Sweetie. We've still got a little bit of a drive though." His deep voice comes out dripping with honey.  "When we get there, are you gonna take these cuffs off me? They hurt." I say flatly. "Are you going to behave?" He quips back. So. Fucking. Hot. NO CARTER NO. "Are you going to give me my fucking dog back?" I say, frustration evident in my voice.  He chuckles softly, "I get what he sees in you. I love my girl a little feisty." What who sees in me? AJ? "You didn't answer my question." I state. He chuckles again, "Good girls get rewarded. Remember that and you'll have Blue back in no time."
I don't know how long we drive for. At some point I dozed off, and I know that sounds insane. Must be from the lack of good sleep the night before and then all the shit from today. I open my eyes and stare out the passenger window into the darkness. "Rise and shine Sleeping Beauty." I hear the deep voice say from beside me. "We're almost there." I don't respond. I do, however, notice something odd. Even though I am handcuffed in a car with someone who has been stalking me, I don't feel scared. I was scared thinking about being watched and who the person would be, but now that I am with 'Unknown', I'm oddly calm. I don't feel like this guy would actually hurt me, or hurt Blue. Not to mention his voice is really fucking hot, and he's tall. I let out an audible laugh when I think about Maya. She has a habit of ignoring red flags in guys because "they're tall". I never really understood until now I guess.
"What's going on in that head of yours?" The deep voice shakes me from my thoughts. I deflect the subject, and instead find myself asking "Are you going to tell me your name now?" Now it's his turn to laugh. "Well, it depends who you ask I guess." I turn to look towards him and scoff, "What does that even mean?" Just like I deflected his earlier question, he deflects mine now. "We're here."
We pull up to an old ranch style house, out in the middle of nowhere. The only light coming from the house is single dim porch light. You can tell it's old but it looks like it has been well kept. Mystery guy puts the car in park and pulls the key from the ignition. "Wait here" he says, "Oh, and don't try anything silly Sweetie. It's almost time for your reward." I don't say anything, just nod my head yes. Blue. It has to be Blue. I watch him walk towards the house, open the door, and walk in. He leaves the door open and then a few minutes, he emerges and walks towards the car. In the porch light, I manage to catch a slightly better glimpse of his face, but it's still very obscure. From what I managed to see, I think I have seen him before, but I can't place where. I figure I must have just seen him in passing and never paid much attention. He IS my stalker so, it would make sense I guess.
He approaches the passenger side door, opening it when he gets close enough. He helps me out of the car gently, and waits while I gain my balance as I stand up. "Sorry doll, another precaution I have to take." I hear him whisper in my ear. Next thing I know he is tying a blindfold around my eyes. "Ok, I'm going to guide you inside Sweetie. Let's go." He says as he slowly starts guiding me, presumably towards the house. I take a few steps, and then he carefully guides me up the stairs, giving directions and holding me so I don't fall. He lets me know when we're inside, and I hear the door close. "Let's get you to your suite hmmm?" He says in that rich tone of his. He has me turn left and then guides me straight again. Are we going down a hallway?
After a few more steps, I hear a door open. He guides me inside what I assume is my "suite". I feel him grab the center of the handcuffs. "I'm going to take these off now. Are you going to be good?" I haven't decided if I am ACTUALLY going to be good or not, but I nod my head yes anyway. I feel the cuffs come off my wrists and my first instinct is to pull them to my front and rub them. Those fucking things hurt. I feel the man who cuffed me walk closer to me and press the front of his body against my back. He gently wraps his arms around me and leans into my ear. "Good girl. Now wait here, I have a surprise for you. No peaking Sweetie." I feel his body leave my back and I stand frozen. I hear the door close behind me. He was so warm. And smelled so good. I contemplate ripping the blind fold off, and trying to escape out a window or something. Who knows if there is even a window in this room? Plus, you need to get Blue back. I decide to be a Good Girl and wait. Maybe 5 minutes pass, and I hear the door open again, and hear the jingling of....DOG TAGS! Blue!!
I go to take off my blind fold but freeze when I hear "Not Yet!" in a demanding tone.  I hear the door close behind me a millisecond later, and then hear a muffled voice say "Ok Sweetie, you can take it off now." I rip the blindfold off and tears are already pouring down my face. "Blue!" I yelp and immediately sink to the ground and hug my sweet boy. He licks my face and happily wags his tail. He's such a happy go lucky boy that he probably doesn't even realize what is happening honestly. I really need to teach him stranger danger. I sit on the ground cuddling and sobbing into my pup. "I'm so sorry Blue. I will never leave you again like that." I say through muffled cries. He just continues to wag his tail and try to lick my tears away. It makes me giggle. I love this fucking dog.
I hear another voice break through my cries and mumbled words. "I hope you're happier now Sweetie. Listen, I gotta go take care of something but I will be back soon and I will bring you some food. You should try to get some sleep doll." My mind starts racing and trying to plan my escape. I look around for windows and see there aren't any. Fuck did old houses not have building codes they had to follow? What bedroom doesn't have a window? In the left corner there is a twin size bed, with what look to be freshly laundered sheets on it. I hear a little knock followed by "Did you hear me?" I nod my head and then remember he can't see my nod. "Y-yes. I heard you." I respond hesitantly. "Ok. It's also polite to thank someone when they give you a gift..." A gift? A gift is not giving someone back their dog THAT YOU PUPPY-NAPPED.  I almost say the thoughts in my head out loud, but I don't want to risk him taking Blue back, or worse, hurting either of us. "Thank you." I respond in the sweetest voice I can. I hear the footsteps move away from the door of my "suite" , and towards the front door, I assume. Once he's gone I will figure out how to get out of here.
I hear what sounds like the front door opening, and feel the slight shake in the house when the front door closes. Shortly after I hear a car start, and it sounds like it is reversing out of the driveway. I wait a few more minutes to be sure he actually left. I don't hear any noises for several minutes and figure he must have left, just like he said he was going to. I immediately jump to my feet, startling Blue who was happily laying next to me on the ground, probably about to doze off. I go to grab the door handle and sure enough, it's locked. Of course it's locked bitch. I look around frantically, feeling like the room is closing in on me. The panic is back when I realize, I'm alone, apart from my puppy, in the middle of nowhere. I close my eyes, and feel like I'm about to pass out. Suddenly, a memory flashes through my mind. I gasp, "Maya's watch!"