Lost And Found

Chapter Three

Rushing down the stairs of Darien’s house I slip a Blue Jays hoodie, which Darien had given me, on so that I would not be recognizable. As we slipped down the stairs we did our best to get out of the house undetected but we were unsuccessful. A loud voice screaming Darien’s name comes out of no where. Frightened, I stop in my tracks in search for this voice, but that was when I noticed Darien gesturing me to wait by the front door.

 Moving quietly and quickly towards the door I wait for Darien to come back. However, I hear an exchange of whispers coming from somewhere else in the house, mostly likely the kitchen. I can hear Darien’s and an unknown female’s voice talking in a foreign language which I assume is Portuguese, since Darien always cheers for Portugal during the World Cup.

As I swing my body back and forth I can now hear footsteps coming my way. A small lady with brown hair, blue eyes and bit chesty appears from behind the door. She comes straight up to me before she hugs me so tightly that I can barely breathe. I am confused and search for Darien in hope of getting some type of answer.

Running both hands through his hair Darien rushes over to the women saying, “We have to leave Mama. Sorry... But... Yeah. Bye Mom!!”

So the woman is his mother. That explains so much.

Grabbing my hand I feel Darien pull me one way while his mother pulls me the other way. I was stuck between the two until Darien’s mother, who is much stronger than him, manages to pull me over to her side. She starts to bombards me with questions which I am unable to answer, since I can’t comprehend half of what she is saying. Boy, does she talk fast!

I only managed to make out a few phrases from the jumble of phrases she said to me. What caught my attention the most was, “So you are the girl Darien has a major crush on? No wonder he won’t date any of the other girls. You are extremely pretty with you blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair... You guys will make the cutest couple in the world...”

I stand in shock, probably looking like an idiot, while I looked at her unable to answer her until Darien grabs my wrist and leads me outside. Finally regaining my sense of reality I yell back to the women a quick goodbye before entering the Mercedes Benz. During this time, I start to think about how Darien never had a girlfriend. The girls at our school would do anything to be his girlfriend but he never dated any of them. Was his mother right? I need to know more.

Driving to the edge of Toronto I question Darien about his secret crush on me but he denies everything his mother says. Laughing the whole car ride I finally notice this was the first time I had smiled since my abduction so many years ago. My body was no longer full of sad memories but full of happy thoughts. For once in my life I thought suicide was not the answer. This is a strange feeling.

Arriving at the bar I fling the hood, of the hoodie, over my head so I could cover my blonde hair. Darien then wraps his arm around my shoulders sending a jolt of electricity through my body. Entering the bar we go straight to the front where we find the bartender cleaning glasses. Staring at us, the bartender eyes us causing me to wonder if we will be unable to finish our plan. I am guessing that my idea of no one questioning two eighteen year old kids entering into a bar failed.

With a smirk the bartender asks, “What may I get you? I am guessing it can’t be alcohol.”

“Information…” Darien asked as he flashes the bartender an FBI badge which I am certain is not his but his father's. First he uses his father’s website to find out information about Gary and now the badge. I am certain we are going to go to jail for this.

Waving to the other bartenders, this man stares us down until I speak, “Gary Heidnik? Any information on Gary Heidnik?”

The bartender tenses up as he starts to explain Gary Heidnik's past.

Gary Heidnik is the son of Michael and Ellen Heidnik. He also has an older brother, Terry Heidnik. After spending about two years with both parents Gary’s father left his mother causing the boys to be sent away to their mother’s house. The boys only spent a couple of months with their mother because she was an alcoholic and slept around. Since their mother was deemed unfit to raise her sons they were sent to live with their father.

Their mother remarried three times before killing herself, their father only remarried once. After the death of their mother their father started to abuse the boys. He would physically abused and humiliated his own sons. An example of this is the least abusive and humiliating action was: anytime they - being Gary and his brother - wet their bed Michael would hang the sheets out the window to show the world what his sons had done. Michael was uncaring towards his sons, since he would severely beat them. This caused the boys to become suicidal and to later be in and out of mental institutions.

While growing up Gary was very interested in military and finance. He attended military high school for years and taught himself stocks. Due to his knowledge in stocks he gained a small fortune. During one of his stays in an institution one of the doctors deemed him a dangerous schizophrenic and incurable but they eventually released him.  It is unknown as to why they let this man free.

Due to the nature of his abuse, Gary always picked girls with a low IQ so that he could feel superior to them and have the control as well as power over them as his father had over him. During this time he married a woman of average intelligence but soon divorced her since he believed she was too smart. This caused Gary to go after women that he believes, by their looks, were mentally retarded. He either went after African American women or blonde women since, in his mind, those were the most idiotic type of women.

The bartender stopped speaking at that point because of my stunned expression. One thing was running through my mind. I need to get this man away from me as fast as I can. If not my life will be going to the dogs.