I open my eyes and lift my head. I see my mom and the five guys, including Tom (her boyfriend🙄). They're talking and stuff. All of a sudden, I realize that my hands and feet are tied to the chair I'm sitting in and there's duct tape over my mouth. I look around and see that the boys are tied up too but they're awake. They look at me when they realize I'm awake. A tear falls down my face. "Ahh you're awake. Good. Now I can tell you all my plan." My mom said. "Mmmm." I try to say something with the duct tape over my mouth. "I'll let you speak after I talk. Don't be rude, Riley." My mom said. I sigh and look at corbyn. He looks at me. I can tell by his eyes, he would say "it's okay, Riley. We'll get out of this together." I look back at my mom as she speaks. "I kidnapped all of you. That's the surprise! It was supposed to only be Riley but now that she brought you guys over, the surprise is so much better!" She said. "Mmm mmm." I said with the duct tape over my mouth. My mom sighs and takes it off my mouth, hard. "Ahh." I said in pain. "What are you so desperately trying to say?" She said. "Why are you doing this to your own child and five innocent people?!" I asked with a shaky and out of breath voice. "Because I need revenge. Revenge for how you took my daughter with these hooligans and ran off. And revenge for how you treated me for all these years. You're a horrible daughter, sister, girlfriend, and human being." My mom said as she gets closer to me. A tear rolls down my face and I look at corbyn, my eyes saying "I'm sorry." Corbyn mumbles something and so do the other boys. "Oh my god, shut up." My mom said. "Take off their duct tape." She said to the five guys. They all take off the boys tape. "Let us go! We did nothing wrong!" Zach said. "Oh shut it. I had to hear your shitty music around my house for 3 years straight. Trust me, you did something wrong." She said, laughing at her own joke. "Dude, just let us go." Jack said. "No." My mom said. Corbyns chair is next to mine. "We're gonna get out of this, I promise." He said. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." I said. "It's not your fault." He said. "Let's play a little game, whoever doesn't talk the longest, wins." Tom said. "What's gonna happen if we don't. Just fucking let us go!" Corbyn said, getting angry. "You shouldn't have done that." Tom said. I look at him and then, all of a sudden, he punches Corbyn right in the face and he passes out. "Corbyn!" I said. "Oh stop. He's fine." My mom said. "Corbyn, buddy, wake up." Jonah said. Corbyns head just lays down in front of him. His nose is bleeding so much. I feel so bad for him. I wish I could stop this. "Mom, his nose is bleeding so much. Please help him." I said. "I told you no talking." My mom said before she slapped me harder than she ever has. My ears ring and my vision is blurry. I hold my face as it throbs. I blink my vision back to normal and my ears stop ringing. "Anyone else want a beat down?" My mom asked the boys. They shake their head. I look at corbyn and see that the blood from his nose is dripping all over his shirt and pants. "So are we gonna kill them? If we let them go, we'll be goners for sure. I can't go back to jail; I just got out." Tom said. "We have to. There's no way we'll get away with this." My mom said. What?! No, I can't die. Not without saying goodbye to Jenna. "We won't tell. I swear." I said. All the boys look at me. "Right guys?" I said. "Uh, yeah. We won't tell." Daniel said with a shaky scared voice. "Yeah right. As soon as I let you go, you would go to the police." My mom said. "I swear we won't." Jonah said. "We don't believe you." Tom said. "Please believe us." I said. My mom looks at me. "Mom? You believe me right?" I said. She looks at Tom and then back at me. "Of coarse not." She said. That was my only chance. How could she do this to her only child. She's an awful human being. "Well, I have to get home. My wife will be mad that I'm late again." One of the five guys said. "Me too." Another one said. "Fine. You all can leave." My mom said. Four of the guys leave. Now it's just Tom and my mom. We out numbered them. If we can get out of these ropes, then maybe we can escape. "I have to get to bed. I have such a headache." My mom said as she put her hand on her head. "It's because you're drunk. Let's go to bed; we can do the nasty tonight." Tom said. I make a disgusted face. "Yes, lets get right on that." My mom said. Then she looks at me. "Don't be doing anything stupid, like trying to escape, okay?!" She yelled. No one says anything and her and Tom go upstairs in my moms room. "We need to get out of here." I said. "You heard what she said. She'll kill us if we try to leave." Jonah said. "She'll kill us if we don't, too. We might as well try to get away." I said. "You're right. But how?" Daniel asked. I look around and see a pair of scissors on the counter. "I can try to get to those scissors on the counter." I said. "Good idea." Jack said. I hop in my chair and it moves back. I have to be careful that I don't fall over or make too loud a noise that'll wake up my mom and Tom. I keep hopping until I get to the counter. "Good job. Now you just have to get the scissors." Zach said. I try moving my hands but the rope is so strong. I stand up in my chair but the chair is stuck to my but because of the rope around my legs. I turn my back to the counter and try to grab the scissors with my hands. "Got it." I said as I grab them. "Yes! Now hurry, I'm scared they're gonna wake up." Jonah said. I hop back to the boys as fast as I can without falling and being too loud. "Here, cut the ropes." I said as I turn my back to jonah. He turns his back to me and takes the scissors. "How is this gonna work?" He said. "I don't know, but we have to try." I said. "Okay." Jonah said. He tries to cut the rope around my hands without looking cause the rope around our hands is tied behind our backs. "You almost got it." Daniel said as he watches. "Yeah. Move farther back." Zach said. Jonah listens and gets the rope in the scissors. "Yes! Now just cut and we'll be free." Jack said. Jonah cuts as much as he can and, before I know it, the rope comes off my hands and I bring them back to the front of me. "Yes! Good job!" I said to him. I grab the scissors from him and cut the rope off of my legs. I get up off my chair and I'm about to cut Jonah's ropes before he stops me. "Check on Corbyn first. See if he's okay." He said. "Yeah, I should." I said. I walk over to him. He's still passed out, his head slouched down in front of him. "Corbyn." I said softly. I lift up his head and see that his nose stopped bleeding but there's so much blood all over his nose and mouth and shirt from before. "Hey. Time to wake up." I said. He groans and me and all the boys exhale with relief. He opens his eyes and sees me. "What-" he said before I cut him off. "Are you okay?" I asked, anxious to know. He looks around and looks at me. He looks out of it. "Yes? No? I need an answer." I said. "Yeah." He groaned. "Okay. I'm gonna cut Jonah's rope first cause he helped me. I'll get yours last cause you're hurt." I said. "Okay." He mumbled, not caring or even knowing what's going on. I start cutting Jonah's rope on his hands. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" I hear. I look up and see Tom walking down the stairs really fast at me. "I'm sor-" I said before he punches me in the face. I fall to the floor and my vision is blurry and my face throbs. "Hey, stop! What are you do-" I hear before he stomps on my face and I black out.
