Hostage

Chapter 9 - Before: Part 2

        Fog drifted along the roads, as sprinkles of water fell from the night sky, onto the windshield of the car. Jane, Zoey's mom was on the way home from dropping Zoey off at Tahlia's party. Lily was dead asleep in the back seat. Jane glimpsed at her in the rear view mirror of the car. She smiled at the sight. She focused on the end of the road as she pressed down the pedal, she was already going 65 in a 55 speed limit zone, but there weren't any cops around at the moment, so she didn't really care about the speed limit. All she cared about was getting home to read her book. Albeit, Jane's phone began to vibrate in her lap. she reached for it, and slowed down her speed so she could see what was notifying her. Zoey was calling her. She immediately answered the phone.

"Hello?"

No one responded. Murmuring breaths inhaled and exhaled into her ear, giving her chill bumps.

"Zoey, you there?" Jane asked crinkling her eyebrows together, while looking at her phone to see if the call had dropped. Jane immediately called Zoey back, she began to overthink and become worried about her. The dial tone rang in her ears, as she patiently waited for Zoey to pick up.

"Hey it's Zoey! Leave a message after the beep!" [beep']

Jane rolled her eyes anxiously and dropped her phone in her lap. She couldn't think of anything positive about this situation. Anxiety attacked her thoughts.

"What if she is being raped, or if she is in a dangerous situation" She thought to herself.

Jane gently slammed on breaks in the middle of the road, turning her car around, heading back to the party. Something didn't feel right to her, she just knew something was wrong, and she wasn't about to take that risk.

As Jane was driving, headlights flashed behind her. beaming into her car from behind. They were riding her ass. Jane glimpsed into her rear view mirror and back to the road.

"Get off my ass, bastard." Jane whispered to herself in annoyance

Jane picked up her speed while slamming the pedal to the floor board. She started to get annoyed with the driver behind her. A couple of minutes have already passed, and the driver was still there. It was like he was following her.

Jane turned down a dark side road, to see if the car would follow. Albeit, it did. Janes heart started to pound. She started to get nervous. Jane picked up her phone and dialed Zoey's number once again to see if she could get ahold of her. Of course, she got her voicemail.

        "Zoe, please call me when you get this to let me know that you are safe. I love you. Bye."
Jane pressed the red end button, rolling her eyes to the rear view mirror, to only see that the car was still following behind her. Jane stopped at a gas station that was only a mile up the road near her house, to see if the car would follow. She turned her blinker on, turning into the gas station, the car behind her did also. Jane started to get a bit freaked out. She opened her middle console in her car, and reached for her gun that her ex-husband had let her hold for safety. She cocked it back, loading it, ready to shoot. Jane placed the loaded gun in the front of her pants, hiding it with her shirt. She glimpsed over at Lily, and she was still sound asleep. 

        Jane opened her car door and stepped out, shutting it behind her. She walked into the gas station just to see if the anonymous person would follow her inside, which whoever it was. didn't.
"Mrs. Can I help you find something?" An old women said who was behind the cash register.
Jane was startled. She smiled, and waved at the elderly women.
"No ma'am, I'm fine. I'm just making sure my daughter is okay out there by herself." Jane said, faking a smile.

The elderly women understood and let Jane continue what she was doing. Jane opened the door to the bottled drinks, and reached her hand out to get a Mountain Dew. She approached the elderly women and placed her drink on the counter. The women scanned it and put it in a plastic bag.
        "$1.29, please." The elderly women said sliding her things closer to Jane.
Jane handed her a five dollar bill.