Captured

Chapter 15

Kristine woke up from her unconsciousness and felt that her hands were hurting. Then she remembered what happened earlier. She was waiting for EJ to pick her up from work. She was waiting for him on the shed when someone put a handkerchief in her nose and she blocked out.

She's in a well-lighted room but she was still tied up and her mouth has tape plastered on it. The door opened and an evil man came in carrying a tray of food. He went near her and peeled off the tape covering her mouth.

"Bascon!" She was surprised to see him here.

Vincent flashed a grin "I deserve a better greeting than that."

"What are you doing? Please let me go." Kristine asked him.

Vincent placed the tray of food on the table and grabbed her face harshly. "And why would I let you go?"

"Please. Please. Let me go. What did I do to you, for you to treat me like this?" Kristine questioned him.

"You're asking me that? You're asking me?" All of a sudden Vincent turned to a crazy person upon her eyes. She remained quiet while she try to pick on the knot tied to her hands.

"You! I have waited for you for a long time! I did everything to please you but you never saw me as a man but just a co-worker! A co-worker!" He started laughing and crying at the same time.

"I did everything Kris! Everything but you still don't like me! I accepted the order to go to Hawaii to forget you but when I came back you still treat me the same as before! Do you know how that hurts?" Vincent's voice was loud and she was starting to be scared.

"I tried to go back to teaching but they don't want to accept me back! Why? Coz this fucking PTSD! Can you believe it? They said I have PTSD. The mighty Vincent Bascon? No one can tell me that I am disabled because of that! Then when I came back our company was near bankruptcy. My father lost his last money to that shrewd Russian businessman."

Vincent sat in front of her and stared at her like a maniac. "But you know why I'm like this? Ask me why?" His voice was still loud. She was scared and didn't want to interact with him. She got startled when he shouted "Ask me!"

She put her head down while her tears are rolling down her face. "Why?" She said between sobs. Vince grabbed her face and held it tightly. "Because of you! If you agreed to be my girlfriend in the first place, this would not be happening. I would marry you to save my father's company and have control over your family's money! I would kill each one of your family members so I'll get all the money that I want. Then Rivera came to the scene! The bastard that told the government that we're doing under the table transactions selling properties!"

Kristine finally understood what Vincent wanted. Money. He wanted money and power in society. Her father is not a politician but her family is one of the well-known families in Midea. Vincent's greed was taking over him to the point that he would do something stupid to destroy his family's reputation.

Vincent undid the knot tied to her wrists and left the food on the table. "Eat. I may be bad but I still have a conscience for your baby." He left the room and locked the door. Kristine did not want to eat but she forced herself for the sake of her baby.

She sat on the couch and silently prayed that EJ would save them and nothing bad will happen to them. Her hands were at her belly when she felt a sharp pain. She winced and tried to calm herself. "Baby, I know you're scared but hang on in there for mommy and daddy. We will overcome this situation safely. Be strong for mommy." She felt the pain fade away but she was still worried if the pain was just Braxton hicks or she might be showing signs of pre-labor.