Lost Love; Danny

How Long; Danny

Chapter 5

Day 371

Day 3 of being taken.

I figure i should keep track of how long i am in here and what is happening. I don't know when or if i will ever be free again.  I am not allowed to leave this room I was told. I pace around this small room waiting for something, anything. I end up thinking that it could always be worse. These men could have thrown me in a basement with nothing. They seem to think that they are doing me a favor. Taking me away from my mother and my life is a favor? If they want to do me a favor, they should let me go. I am still wondering why i am here. Did they kidnap anyone else? The leader of the group is Trevor, i over hear their conversations, he is the one with all of the authority.  Trevor sends Derek in to check on me almost every hour. Derek seems familair somehow, I have heard his voice before. I am wondering if he is a boy from my school. He is kind to me and brings me meals, and actually talks to me a bit.  These men never seem to remove their masks in front of me though.

I heard someone coming up the stairs so i quickly finished my enrty.

They are coming. Danny, i miss you. I love you. Until i die.

-Jaymie

There was a slight knock on the dorr then the dead bolt unlocked. Derek came in with a small tray and set it by me. There were two peices of toast and a glass of water.

He sat in the chair against the wall.

"How are you today?" I nodded slightly and grabbed the glass of water with my bound hands. "Oh sorry, i almost forgot." He came over and placed the water back on the tray. He untied my wrists and sat back down. "Better?"

I nodded again.

"So is this room ok?"  He asked.

I looked around and shrugged.

"Alright. The other guys are going to the store and told me to watch you. Do you mind if i talk to you?"

I shook my head and took a bite of the toast.

The engine turned on outside and they left.

Derek talked for a bit and asked me some questions. My answers were silent guestures that he seemed to understand.

"Why are you with them?" I whispered.

He seemed surprised that i spoke but answered anyways. "Well, they said i owed them. I still don't get it."

I nodded. A couple moments passed. I felt a rush of impulsivness and went with it.

I got off the bed and bolted out the door and down the stairs.

I could hear Derek running after me. "Jaymie, stop! Jaymie!" 

I got stuck at the door for a minute, which gave Derek a chance to catch up to me. I took the porch stairs two at a time. Which was a bad idea because i fell onto the pavement with alot of force. I got up and ran through the pain. Derek was gaining on me.

I had made it to the tree line when he caught me. He grabbed me by the waist and held my arms so i couldn't hit. I had tears of anger in my eyes.

"Let me go." I said, barely above a whisper.

"Jaymie, You can't run. I can't let you leave, I'm sorry. If you run, they will kill you. They will find you and they will kill you. I can't let you die, you didn't do anything. Please just stop."

His words got to me and i stopped struggling.  He loosed his grip and we walked back to the house.

We went into the living room and he sat me on the coach.

"Stay here. I need to clean that off." He said looking at my knee. I looked down and saw that my jeans had a gaint rip in the knee and the fabric was covered in blood. Derek came back with some rubbing alcohol and a bandage. He cleaned the wound then wrapped me knee.

A TV report came on then. My mom was there crying and telling the reporter what happened.

"Sh-he called me and my daughter rarely speaks, she screamed for help. She was at her friend's birthday party and someone took her. I heard her cry for help and i-i couldn't help her. I just want my daughter back." She sobbed.

Sarah's mother put a comforting arm around my mom and the camera panned to show Sarah and her family also in tears.

"Mom." I whispered.

 Derek clenched his hands on the coach and turned away from the TV.  "Come on." He said. I stood up and he picked me up. He tensed at my touch for some reason. "I don't want you walking on that knee, they can't know that you tried to run." 

He carried me up to the room and a wave of sadness came upon me.

Danny used to carry me like this when i fell asleep on the coach. I thought.

He set me on the bed and put my pajama pants by me. "Put these on." He said then left.

I stuggled with switching my pants but managed it. I threw my damaged jeans at the door.

Derek opened the door slowly and grabbed the pants. He picked them up and sat in the chair. "They can't know that you tried to escape. They will kill you if they knew."  He was more talking to himself than he was to me. He looked at me then, through those sunglasses he never took off. "I need to know that you won't try that again. Promise me, please."

I nodded.

There were a few minutes of silence then we both jumped at the sound of the engine in front of the house.

That was fast, I thought. We must be close to a store or gas station.

Derek jumped up and grabbed the rope. "I'm sorry." He whispered as he tied my wrists back together. Before he left he pointed to the jeans he left on the chair. "Hide those please." Then he left and locked the door behind him.

I got up carefully and a shock of pain went through my leg. I limped to the bookshelf and hid the pants behind some books. I went to the door and listened.

I could hear the men come in as they gretted Derek.

"How is she?" Trevor asked.

"She didn't try to escape did she?" Another asked. They all burst into laughter at that.

I hoped to the bed and got my journal back out. The important facts need to be written down.

-I tried to escape.  In my attempts i injured my knee pretty badly but i have learned very valuable information.

1. We are in a regional mountain area in Nebraska. I want to say that we are close to Green River, but i am not sure.

2.There is a store or gas station near by. My guess is within a ten mile radius.

3. Derek said if i run they will kill me. "They will hunt you down, and they will kill you. I don't want you to die, you didn't do anything." His words ring in my head. At least he cares right?

4. Derek.... I know him. He is so familiar but from where? I don't know.

5. There is a way out of this, i know there is.  I haven't lost hope yet.

I am going to get out of here Danny, even if it kills me.

-Jaymie.

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please let this chapter be captivating. Hope you like it!

-LA