Spot Conlon: A New Adventure [2]

Chapter 17

Ise groan. Me breathe bounces off of a sack and back onto me face. Ise suddenly rememba what happend and struggle ta get da sack off me face, but me hands are tied behind me back to da back of da chair Ise sittin' on. Me legs ate tied to da chair, too. 

"She's awake." Ise hear. A woman's voice. Da bag is lifted off me head. A woman wit black hair and me fadda are standin' in front of me. 

"You!" I cry. Ise try ta lunge at him, but me moves are limited. 

"Feisty, isn't she?" The woman chuckles.

"That she is." Me fadda muses. 

"What do youse want wit me?" Ise ask. 

"I want you to be bait, which you have no choice about that. You are going to lure Tony and the love of your life to me." Fadda said. 

"Da love of me life?" Ise cocked me head. 

"Spot. Don't play dumb with me." 

"He ain't da love of me life. He's jus' a good friend." 

"Oh, stop it. I've been watching you three for the past two weeks. You seem very attracted to him." 

Ise thought back to da beginin' of da week and all da past events. He was right. Ise did seem attracted to Spot. And he seem attracted to me. 

"This is news to you?" Fadda asked, surprised. Ise nod me head. Fadda shrugs. 

"That doesn't matter. They will be here, sooner or later, sooner if they got my message." 

"What message?" Ise ask, glaring' at 'im. 

"I sent them a message through one of my... friends. If they don't come within three hours, you will die. It's been two hours already." Fadda smiles. Ise frown. 

"You monsta!" Ise scream. "Youse might as well kill me know!" 

"No. I want you to suffer. Tony was never as... social as you were. You loved people, never wanted to leave the company of a person. Killing them will make you suffer, and killing Tony will be how I get my revenge on him." 

"So... even if they don't come witin three hours, youse gonna keep me alive?" Ise ask. Fadda can be confusing at time. He always has been. 

"No, I never said that. If they don't come within three hours, you will die. But, lucky for me, they will come. They both need you to make them feel whole. They love you, just like I loved your mother before she was killed. They spared me, to make me suffer the same way I'm gonna do to you." Fadda frowned. He never looked me in the eye, not the whole time I had been awake. Ise looked towards da woman. 

"Who's da lady?" Ise ask. 

"I'm Elizabeth." The woman introduced herself. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. That's when Ise realised Ise was in da basement.

"Elizabeth, keep our guest company." Fadda left da room to answer da door. 

"Listen, girl." Elizabeth said softly, comin' up close ta me. "You are going to cooperate, you hear me? I've got my own feelings towards that Conlon kid, and you're not going to mess this up for me. If you do, he and Tony won't be the only ones who die." Elizabeth finished just as me fadda came down da stairs, holdin' a small box. 

"My weapon has arrived, Elizabeth." Fadda grinned evilly and opened the box. He slowly lifted a small dagger. 

"My murder weapon, sharper than the one you caught me with a few days ago." Fadda explained. Ise suddenly hear glass shatterin' above me head. Ise look up, dreadin' what Ise might see. Ise was right. Spot and Race come jumpin' in, both limpin'. Jack, Crutchie, Mush, Blink, Skittery and Boots follow them.