All Kinds Of Kinds~Miranda Lambert

Where Am I?

Lacey POV
I awoke in a dark room, there was one strip of light on the far wall, but that was it.

I could feel something over my mouth and my hands were tied. "This will show you to run away you rotten child!" I heard someone yell through the door.

That voice sounded so familiar, but I couldn't place it! I sighed, or at least the best I could, and wondered if Miranda was okay. My arm throbbed, but I was thankful it was almost completely healed.

I shook awake as the door opened, light flooded the room. I shrunk back as I saw Mr. Matthews from the orphanage! He slammed the door and flicked on the light.

I quickly glanced around, trying to get a mind map of the room I was in. "Lacey, always the golden child, could never do anything wrong. Too bad you ran away." He sneered at me. He took off the gag and I glared at him.

"I don't think taking that off was the best idea. Why are you doing this!?" I asked, fuming. "Because, I can't get too much money out of a normal, everyday person. But a star that rules the country music realm? I can get as much money as I want. Milk her like a cash cow." He laughed, I rolled my eyes in response, forgetting I could now talk.

"Don't believe me? She'll be here in a few hours. And maybe I'll hold her hostage too, get more money that way." He smirked. "One problem, she's famous. The police will be here in minutes." I said, trying to keep my voice even. If I could keep him talking, I could figure out how to get out!

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, did the tree actually fall?" He asked me, leaning forward onto the balls of his feet.

"In other words, we're in an abandoned building and if no one knows about it, we can't be found." I said, an awful feeling in my stomach.

"You always were a smart kid, too bad you didn't keep that to yourself. Curiosity always kills the cat. Maybe not at first, but after a while, it will." He laughed before shutting off the lights and slamming the door.

Great. Now what was I going to do?

I worked my hands under and over my feet so they were now in front of me. I chewed at the zip tie, trying to break my hands free.

After what felt like ages, I hadn't made it very far. I tried a few more times and was finally able to chew through the zip tie!

I heard the door open and quickly put my hands behind my back. "Lacey!? Lacey!? Are you okay?" I heard the distressed voice of none other than Miranda!

"That wasn't our deal, Mrs. Lambert. You brought a friend." He said, coming up behind her.

Next thing I knew, he brought out a pistol! "I didn't...I didn't know she was following me." Miranda said, I could hear terror in her voice!

Kimberly!

Another man came walking in, leading Kimberly like a misbehaved dog in a chokehold. She looked terrified, but smiled when she saw I was okay.

Before I could do anything, he hit Miranda on the head! She fell and he, to my surprise, laid her on the ground.

Kimberly pushed up on the chokehold and got free. She tackled Mr. Matthews with the gun that was now aimed at me.

I couldn't do anything, my feet were still tied! The other guy got Kimberly and held her back. She kicked Mr. Matthews and he shot at her, grazing her leg.

They threw her down and tied her hands and legs up. She stayed down. They slammed the door, but forgot to turn off the light!

"Kimberly?" I asked. She looked at me, "y..yeah babygirl?" She smiled at me. "Miranda??" I called. I sighed in relief when she moved.

"What?" She asked grumpily. "Oh! Lacey!" She said, trying to sit up. "We need to get out of here." I said, bringing my arms to the front. I untied my legs and stood up.

"There's a table behind me and that's all that's in the room, I think." I informed them, trying to steady my balance.

I quickly untied Miranda and went to Kimberly. She had double zip ties! "Here." Miranda passed me a camo hunting knife.

I quickly broke her zip ties and then broke the ones on my legs.

"We need to get out of here." Kimberly said, holding her leg.

"I know we do..." But how?

(Apparently I don't like the last name Matthews. It's in my SpiderGirl Story too! 😂)