Her Addiction

Chapter Twelve

Helen had made his favorite food, ran him a warm bath and massaged his aching muscles, it felt so good, afterwards he watched sports and drank cold beer. The match finished late and when he finally got into bed, it was 1:30 am. He didn't mind staying up late especially since it was a weekend. He put his arms around his beautiful wife and switched off the lights.

The sharp ring of his cellphone woke him up. He cursed out loud regreting his forgetting to switch it off. He looked at the clock and it was just 2:45am. He picked the call.
'The is Felix' he said grudgingly
As he listened, the sleep suddenly cleared from his eyes.
'Which road? He asked and then listened some more
'Okay, no one should touch anything, get more officers, and stand by, am on my way'
He stood from the bed stirring Helen and started dressing rapidly
'What is it dear' she asked
'Nothing sweetheart, go back to sleep, I have to go out for a while'

He kissed her, took his keys and left.
He couldn't believe it, the missing girl Prisca has just turned up alive, badly wounded but alive. And more so in an area outside the comfort zone of the chopper, he would search every nook and cranny of that area if that is what it will take. It was the break through that he had been hoping for, he hopped she would live long enough to help catch the bastard.
He entered his truck and sped off into the night.

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Jasmine could tell that something was wrong, at first when she heard him shout, she thought he was getting excited and she felt a hot flush of jealousy. Afterwards the house became very quiet, even Charlene who was on duty for the day didn't bring her any meal. The room was dark and so she couldn't figure out whether it was night or not. She wished he could come to her or at least show he remembered her. She kept waiting for him till she fell asleep.

She was awakened by a loud noise, she thought the house was collapsing, the noise continued and then stopped. She started hearing footsteps in the hallway. She smiled a weak smile thinking he was coming to her at last.
As the footsteps got closer. She heard voices and opening of doors and she became afraid.

After what seemed like eternity to her, she heard a loud bang on her door and it opened. Bright lights immediately flooded the room blinding her momentarily.
'We found a survivor' a voice screamed and others came running
'Call the medics here' another voice said.
Someone reached out and opened her chains. She grew more afraid, and when a hand touched her she screamed.

'Hey it's okay, we are here to help you, we are cops' the voice said
But Jasmine heard none of that, she couldn't stop screaming, she wanted her Prince charming, she wanted him, she didn't want to see anyone else and she couldn't understand why he sent those people, unless he no longer wanted her. Everything was so good between them earlier, why would he suddenly not want her. She felt a severe agony, she couldn't bear to the parted from him.

She continued to scream as tears rushed down her face, some clothing covered her and two people carried her placing her on a stretcher. she kept struggling and screaming till a needle pierced her arm and she was sedated.