Chapter 27

Casper Hart:

Five hours later…

Like a joke, Carmmy's shopping had turned into something else. Her phone was found a few blocks away from the mall.

I sighed heavily and looked at dad and Jason that were discussing the mystery some meters away from me "Casper, be calm she will soon be back" Lexi Ryan reassured me for the hundredth time "She won't. Don't tell me 'she will'. It's obvious she has been abducted"

"Casper"

"She is my everything" I said as tears rolled down my cheeks "and I don't have any idea what is going on with her right now"

"I'm sure she is okay"

"JUST STOP LEXI! JUST FUCKING STOP! IT'S NOT WORKING"

"I'm sorry" she said and left me to my pain "Mr. Casper" the commissioner of police called I raised up my head and looked at the commissioner of police. Dad had told him about I and Jason since the beginning of the search "Come with me"

I got up and followed him to his office "Can you think of anyone that could have done this?"

"No. No one. We're still new here"

Carmella Hart:

I woke up slowly and scanned my environment. I was in a small room and the only light in the room came from a small window that was at the upper side of the room.

I slowly sat up and started wondering where I was. The last thing I remembered doing was shopping.

The door opened and someone stepped inside the room. I cringed in fear but still tried to talk "Who are you? Where am I?"

The person laughed. It was a man and that made me cringed more "You're finally awake. You slept longer than my expectation"

"Who are you?"

"Why do you want to know Carmella?"

I gasped and cringed more.

"He knows who I am. He knows my name" I thought.

"Why am I here?"

"Because someone wants you here."

He pressed a switch and the only light bulb in the room turned on.

Now, it was easier for me to scan the room. The only thing in the room was the bed that I was sitting on.

"Here" the man said and put a bowl of rice on the bed "Eat it"

I eyed the rice and eyed him too. What if it was poison? I wasn't stupid.

"There is nothing inside the rice. Eat"

"I don't want to"

"It's not a request, it's an order"

"I'm not hungry"

"Of course, you are. You've been out for hours."

I eyed the bowl of rice again and angrily kicked it off the bed "If you want me to eat, you've to let me go. I don't know you" I said angrily "Motherfucker" the man swore and was in front of me in seconds "Who the fuck do you think you're?" He spat onto my face as he grabbed my chin "I'm Carmella Hart, the wife of Casper Hart. Let me go before it's too late"

He smiled at me "You still don't understand what is going on"

"What is going on?" I asked "What do you think is going on?" He asked "Kidnapping for ransom" I replied The man shook his head and dropped my chin "You're on the way. But it's something higher than that"

The way he said his last statement gave me chills, but I still tried to talk.

"What do you want from me?"

"Nothing, Carmella," he replied and started heading out of the room. "I will get you another bowl of rice."

"I'm not hungry."

"You must eat. Either you eat by yourself or I force you to eat it."

He said, closed the door and locked it When I was sure that he was gone, I quickly got out of the bed and started looking around the room. I was looking for something that I could use to defend myself, but I found nothing.

Five minutes later, I heard his footsteps, he was heading toward the room that I was. I quickly sat down on the bed and waited for him "Here" he said and dropped another bowl of rice I said nothing "You have to eat it. In front of me"

I picked up the spoon and slowly put it inside the rice, but I made no move of eating it "Give me the spoon" the man said I thought he wanted to force me to eat it, so I said "I will eat it"

"Just give me the spoon"

I handed him the spoon and he ate the rice "I told you that the rice is safe," he said as he dropped the spoon inside the bowl.

I looked at him for some seconds and started eating the rice.

"What is higher than kidnapping for ransom?" I asked after I finished eating.

He walked toward me, got hold of my right hand and handcuffed it to the bed.

"Kidnapping and killing," he replied, carried the bowl of rice and started walking out of the room.

"Wait!" I screamed, "Wait! Let's make a deal!"

"That is your fate," he said and turned off the bulb.