When the day met the night Part 2

Chapter Sixteen

I looked around frantically, dreading who would appear. To my surprise it was a woman that appeared out of another room and into the lounge, when she saw me she walked over, smiling a very satisfied smile. "Welcome, welcome Harper, so nice to finally meet you" she said and clapped her hands, "thank you David" she said smiling at the driver. He merely grunted and walked off. "Who are you? What am I doing here?" I said with as much bravado as I could muster. She was blonde, probably mid to late thirties, she was dressed in clothes that were way too young for her. The smile she gave me was sinister, "a simple hello would have been more polite" she sneered. I didn't reply I just looked at her expectantly. "I'm Michelle" she said in a sickly sweet voice. "How did you... what do you want?" I said tremulously, "all questions will be answered! Have a seat honey" she said grabbing my arm and half pulled half pushed me towards the couch roughly. I sat down quickly afraid she would push me even harder. "Well well, I've been waiting so patiently, following you, waiting for the perfect moment to find you alone, and tonight luck was on my side" she said in explanation. "What do you want from me?" I said, terrified of the answer. "I want what you took from me!" she said her voice rising, "what I mean is ... you have something I want" she said as if it should have been obvious to me, I could tell she was trying to control her emotions. "And what is that?" I said, noticing that my voice was shaking even more, but I was hoping she wouldn't notice. "Jared of course and Jared's baby, my baby, cause it will be after you give it to me" she said talking to me like I was a child that needed an explanation. I was shocked for a moment, my mouth dropped, "what... what are you talking about?" I stuttered. "You took him, stole him from me, so now I want him, and you're going to give me that baby" she said with a laugh. "I didn't steal him from anyone, if I did then I didn't know about it, but this is my baby, you cannot have my baby" I said shaking my head and putting my hands on my belly protectively. I was trembling, my mind was going into panic mode, I stole him?! Were they going out and I didn't know???? I knew I had to hold it together if I was going to get out of this nightmare. "Well, he would have been mine, eventually, he just had to meet me a few more times and I would have made him mine, but that doesn't matter because now he will be" she trilled happily. "You can't be serious? You're ... you can have him, you can't have my baby" I said shaking my head, I had to refrain from calling her crazy, I knew that would only make her angry. "Oh I'm deadly serious, don't worry, we'll make this as painless and easy as possible" she said in a sinister voice. "Make what painless? what are you planning to do?" I whispered, barely able to get the words out. She looked like she was about to lose her patience, she stood up and put a hand up to silence me, "too many questions, don't you worry, I've got a doctor coming and he's going to help me, its all planned" she said in explanation, her manner calm and matter of fact. She walked over to the kitchen bench and grabbed something, I couldn't see what it was as she came back. "Are you going to kill me? Do you think Jared is going to want you after that?" I said raising my voice, my panic now well and truly showing. She walked over to stand in front of me. "Of course he will, we've met many times, I know he loves me. I'll have our baby and of course the other child, don't you worry I'll look after her as well" she said patting me on the cheek. "Don't fucking touch me!" I spat as I recoiled away from her, she lifted her hand and slapped me hard across the cheek. I gasped in fright and pain. "Don't you fucking dare talk to me like that!" she snarled. She walked over to the bench grabbing something then came back over. She was holding a pair of handcuffs. Before she cuffed me, she forced me to go to the bathroom, following me and waiting outside, the thought of trying to attack her and escape crossed my mind. But there was no way I could outrun the both of them and I couldn't risk hurting the baby trying. I was trapped. In no time I was cuffed by one wrist to a lamp table next to the couch, she put a hand on my belly and rubbed it briefly, "Not long till I meet you" she said happily. I tried to shrink away but there was nowhere to go. She took her hand away scowling at me. "Go to sleep, don't even think about making any noise or calling for help, David is in the next room and I don't want to have to ask him to keep you quiet" she said with a evil grin, "what about Jared, when are you planning on telling him?" I asked, afraid of her answer. "Tomorrow's the big day, don't worry I'll phone Jared and tell him once the baby is born" she assured me with a smile and walked out of the room. I sat there in stunned disbelief, a thousand questions running through my head. I was shaking in fear, for my life and for the baby. It started to kick and silent tears started falling down my cheeks. All I could think about was that I was going to die, the baby might as well. And I'd never get to see Bluebell and Jared again, I was quietly sobbing, I didn't want her to hear me and give her the satisfaction. I sat there wondering, waiting, thoughts whirling through my head. The one that was in the forefront was that I was going to die and there was nothing I could do about it.