Cole

Life and Death

I patiently waited while they ate.  When Rick finished he came over to me and kicked me some more, this time in the head, which almost knocked me out.  I put my hands over my head which softened the blows.  After a while it annoyed Gold and he told him to stop it and get back to digging the hole, which he did.  He soon was outside again and I could hear the shovel and pick and his numerous curses.  I wondered what state Manda was in.  I had not heard a sound from her in a long time.

Whenever Gold went into the bathroom, or upstairs I would go at it again with the knots.  Their stupid "granny" knots were really starting to fall apart now, but I kept that hidden.  I then pulled on my left hand, which was still slippery in sweat, and was delighted when it finally pulled out of the ring of knots! 

I quickly used my free hand to untie the other knots, but whenever Gold came near me I went back to my mode of hiding what I was doing, not looking at him, or I would pretend that I was napping.

I soon was completely untied but I continued faking that I was tied for another half hour.  Rick came back in from outside and kicked me once hard in the back of the head and then went into the kitchen for something to drink.  Gold was still fiddling with something on his laptop.  He had finished the programming of the DaVinci robots and was now trying to get into my bank accounts.  I could tell he was doing that because he was talking to himself as he was doing it.

"I'm gonna go upstairs, take a shower, and then jump into bed with Amanda," Rick said.  "That body will be nice and warm to cuddle up to, especially after all this hard work outside."

"Okay. Enjoy yourself,", said Gold

My adrenaline just spiked again.  I felt ready to explode but barely restrained myself.  I wanted to wait until Rick was upstairs.  Gold was still at his laptop.

Rick then went upstairs and I heard him open the door to his or Manda's room.  I could hear him talking to Manda but Manda was not responding.  He was commenting on how she was beautiful and going to be nice, soft and warm to cuddle with.  I then heard the shower go on so I knew Rick had stripped his clothes off.  The shower door then closed so I figured he was then in the shower.

Now was my chance.

"Gold, come here, I need your help," I said.  I had not said anything in a long time and it surprised him.

"Are you awake?", he said " I thought you were in la la land.  I can give you more drugs if you want."

"Yes, I do.  I want your drugs.  They make me feel good," I said.

Gold chuckled.  "All you teens are the same.  You love this stuff.  I have made quite a bit of money selling this stuff in your high school, as well as other places."

"Really?," I asked.

"Yep.  How do you think I finance my neurosynth research. You may have a big bank account, but I don't. Rick found a guy named Tom that seemed to know you that wanted to sell our drugs.  He was great.  He apparently had connections with the football team, cheerleaders, and all kinds of other kids that like to party at your school.  The stuff I have is the highest quality.......I will prepare some for you.  You will see.......Tom hates you, by the way. He said you guys got into a fight," chuckled Gold.

"And don't worry about what Rick said about cutting your arms off with no drugs in you.  I will make sure your drugged up so it won't be so bad," he continued.

"Okay great.  Thanks," I said not knowing if I should have said anything, and regretting it afterwards.

Gold came over to me.

"Yeah, I have a huge batch of it already prepared for tomorrow.  It's in the refrigerator, but I also have a large stockpile in the downstairs closet.  It's easy to get."