Discovered

After what seemed to be an eternity, the phone started to ring again. Again the answering machine picked it up -- 4:45 the clock flickered on the nightstand. 'That must be some accident -- she's really running late,' I thought to myself.

As the time passed I started to relax. My thoughts started to wander and seemed to be skewed. I drifted off into a semi-consciousness state; sleep was setting in. I lay there totally relaxed and closed my eyes.

At the sound of a key entering the deadbolt on the door, my eyes opened. 'Thank goodness, she's home,' I thought to myself. I heard the door open and expected her to call for me. Only to my horror, it wasn't her voice I heard. Instead, I heard a deep rough voice, "Chris? Hey Chris, you home? It's Steve; your neighbor..."

My heart skipped a beat then started to race... I thought to myself, "Don't make a move, he'll quickly leave and never even know I'm here."

I laid there listening. I heard Steve moving around the house, "Chris, Kaitlyn needed a phone number she jotted on her desk... She asked me to use the spare key I have to run over to get......." Just then he opened the bedroom door and gazed in shock at what he found, "....it for her"

I glanced at Steve. I'm sure my eyes were about to pop out. He looked upon me and just smiled at what he saw.... I struggled at the ropes cinched around my wrists in desperation to be free -- only it was no use. I was there for whatever he had in store for me... I could only look at him; I blinked a few times in a futile attempt to ask for mercy from him.

He then closed the door some as he headed back down the hall. I was able to hear him in the home office pick up the phone, "Hi, Kaitlyn... I have the number you needed, its 208-555-3594. No, I don't see Chris here; I don't know where he is. Alright; if I see him I'll let him know."

He hung the phone up and started back down the hall towards the room. My heart was racing; it felt like it was about to beat out of my chest.. When he got to the door, he slowly pushed it open. "Kaitlyn said if I see you to let you know she's stuck working on some important project and will likely be home around 8:30," he said as he looked down at me. I broke the lock to his eyes and looked over at the clock; 6:07 flickered on the display...