Fathers Dues

I woke up, my back ached like I had been sleeping on rock instead of my new mattress. Wait a mintue, this looks nothing like my room, where am I? The walls were brick and the floor was hard stone. I shot up, my head hit the ceiling. This definitely wasn't my room, it was too small.

My hands felt metal bars across the bed, it was cold and smooth. No mattress, just the metal bed frame. The room was picth black, I couldn't see anything, but I knew I was in some sort of room because of the bed frame I was sleeping on. Beside the little light coming from the window.  A window! I ran toward it, but my arms were pulled back and I fell down.

I tried again but the same thing happened, I was pulled back again and again. No matter what happened, I always ended up back on the bed. I started to freak when I lifted my hands up in the light, hand cuffs. Why was I cuffed?

This isn't right, I told myself. Why am I chained to a bed? Oh god, I went home with someone last night. Could he had done this? Stay calm, relax and don't panic. I sat back down on the bed and waited, but that didn't last long.

I started to scream and rattle the chains. I felt like an confined animal. Tears started to flow and I don't make a habit of crying. I wasn't one of those girls that cried all the time, I never did. But this time I did and I couldn't stop.

A door knob started to twist and shake like someone was trying to get in, but the door was stuck or something. Suddenly the door opened. A man in all black walked inside and left the door wide open. I forced myself in the back of the corner and whispered, "W-Who are y-you?"

"Chad." A one word answer, wow.

"Why.. why am I here?" I asked, hoping for more then a one word answer.

"Your father." Two words, improvement.

"What about my Father?" I asked. "Does he have anything to do with this? Where am I?"

"Why don't you SHUT UP, BITCH! You're giving me a migraine!" He shouted, and ran toward me, only taking a step back when he calmed down. But a whole sentence, I thought, that was good, even if it was shouted at me.

"I just want to know why I'm-I'm here?" I asked, whispering, kind-of scared.

"Your Father cheated me, a very stupid thing to do." A voice said from the door way. It was harsh and loud.

"Cheated you?" I asked, confused. "I-I don't understand, how'd he cheat you?"

"Yes, he kept that part of his life away from you, he didn't want you to know. But, he did know that if he didn't pay it would be dangerous." He said, flashing a knife.

I screamed as Chad slapped me across the face. Hitting my nose, hard. It was girlie, but he had enough force behind it to make my nose bleed. I sat still, shaking.

"Chad, you've really got to control your anger." He said, shaking his head. Disgusted.

"I KNOW! Okay, I just wanted her to shut UP!" Chad shouted, storming out of the room.

The man was still in the shadow of the door way when Chad left. I was scared when he took a step forward and knelt down. I tired to move away, but he grip my wrist, keeping me still. He took the back of my neck and brought me down to his face.

"Call me Snake, your father knows me and... what that name means." He teased and smiled, standing up.

"What did my father do to you?" I asked. I always had a way of getting on a persons nerves with just talking, and this time I should've kept my mouth closed.

"I already told you, he cheated me and now I want pay back. He forgot the fee. I want my money back." He hissed.

"What fee?" I asked.

"The fees you pay when you buy my products." A smile was on his face.

"W-what products?" I asked, wanting to know answers, what they were saying made no sense. My Father would never do anything bad, ever.

I could tell I was getting on his nerves, but I wanted to know what my Father was up to and why he got in my trouble. He knelt down beside me and got his knife out again. I held my breath when he put the knife up to my cheek. Snake grabbed the back of my neck and pulled me closer, slashing my cheek open. I held in a scream, I stiffened and felt the blood drop over my cheek. I felt tears start to fall and my lips quiver.

"You are really annoying, do you know that?" He asked, hissing in my ear.

"I just want to know what's going on." I told him, crying when he moved the knife to my other cheek.

"Okay, I'll tell you. He used my girls and some pills, they don't come easy, you know. You've got to have connections, and well, I do." He put his tongue on my face and licked the blood. I cried and opened my eyes.

"He would never do that! Never, he couldn't!" I shouted, and pushed at him. He caught my wrist and pulled me forward. I gulped and froze, was he going to kill me?

"He was my best client, but then, he cheated me. Never payed for the last time he used my girls, then left and never gave me a forwarding address." Snake teased. "And know I want my money back, and if he will give it to me, if he ever wants to see you alive again."

"He'll pay for you, won't he?" Snake asked me.

"We've been fighting lately." I lied.

"You can't cheat me! Do you think you could pull that on me?" He asked me, tightening his grip until I winced. "I hadn't started planning this yesterday, I've been watching you."

"I'm sorry." I whispered and he pushed me back on the bed.

"You know, if he doesn't pay for you, I might just keep you for myself." He smiled.

Snake walked out and locked the door behind him, but I could still hear Snake and Chad outside. I was shivering, hoping my Father would pay for me. When I lay down on the bed, I listened carefully to their conversation.