Taken

Chapter 9

Henry guided me into the back of a Range Rover. I quickly moved to the middle seat and clipped in the seatbelt. Henry climbed in next to me and readjusted his suit. The door beside me opened and Matt sat in next to me. I recoiled slightly when I recognised the man who was driving as the blonde one from the store. Henry noted my reaction and gently put his hand on my thigh. I quickly turned to him. My face must have said enough.

"Matt will be with you at all times." I nodded and looked down to my lap.

The drive was relatively quick to the city. Alex stopped in front of a fancy restaurant and Henry quickly climbed out of the car.
"Be good." He said before quickly kissing my forehead then closing the door. The car quickly took off and I turned to Matt.

"We're in LA?" I asked. Matt nodded in response to my question.
"We didn't take you all that far away." He said looking around.
"Henry told me to just drive around. Sorry but no special places today." I nodded, saddened by the rules.
"Are you sure we can't go to the museum or something? Please? I just feel like I've been cooped up for days." Matt nodded beside me.
"Henry said I was to make the decisions. He told you to just drive around but he also said if we need to go somewhere that it was okay.... alright it sounds like a good idea. Alex take us there." I watched as he nodded in the rear vision mirror. Within a few minutes we arrived at the Museum. Alex quickly parked then climbed out the car. Matt opened the door and gently guided me out the car.
Matt gently pushed me up against the car and pushed his body against me. He had his right hand resting on the car by my head, and his left was cupping my waist.

"To do this. I have one condition." I stared at him as he gently nudged his nose against mine.
"You stay close to me and hold my hand. Pretend as if we are in a relationship." I nodded and looked down. Without saying anything he slipped his hand in mine and we began moving off.

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We had been walking through the museum for a few hours before Matt's phone rang. He looked serious as he answered the call, and kept looking at me. He quickly hung up and called out to Alex who had been maintaining some distance from us.
"Time to go. Now. Henry got a call." Nothing more was said, but it felt as if Matt was dragging me back to the front of the museum.

"What is going on? This isn't where we parked the car?" I questioned, stopping when we neared the front. Within a few seconds Henry, Max and Erik walked in and straight over to us. Henry gently grabbed my cheeks in his hands and kissed my forehead before grabbing my hand and pulled me along with him to another awaiting Range Rover. He opened the door and didn't waste any time in lifting me in. I quickly moved to the middle seat only to have Henry push me along slightly to the furthest seat.

"Alex will be taking the other car. We are going in one car, you'll need to sit on my lap."
I recoiled at his statement. "No?" I said unsure of his demand. Henry shook his head.
"This is no time to fight me, you'll sit on my lap willingly or I'll have to get Erik to drug you."
Tears welled in my eyes as I stared at him. His face softened.
"Please Anna." I barely nodded.

Henry sat in the middle seat and gently pulled me onto his lap. Matt got in on our left and Erik on our right. Max sat in the front seat. The car quickly sped off and through the streets. Before I knew it we arrived back at the house we had left earlier. The car pulled into the undercover driveway and no one moved until the doors closed behind us.

"What is happening?" I asked, leaning forward slightly to Max who turned and looked at me.

"Your fucking father." Was all he said before he got out the car and walked away. Erik also got out and followed Max.