13 May 2012
Roxy raced to her car, reading the text as she went along.
"Go to the gas station on Brooke street. There is a pay phone just next to it. You have 10 minutes to answer the phone or this will be the last you hear from Miles and Jacob."
Upon reading this, Roxy leapt into her car, turned the ignition and pulled out into traffic. She only had ten minutes. Ten minutes that could destroy her life or give her hope of seeing her family again.
"I have to keep calm, I have to keep calm," She kept telling herself, although scenarios kept creeping uninvited into her head. Miles on the floor, blood dropping from his head after they'd beaten him up. Jacob sitting next to him, crying out for his Mummy and his bedtime story.
Roxy put her foot down on the accelerator. She had to make this phone call. The rush hour traffic pasted by in the other lane, unaware of the battle Roxy was facing to see her family again.
One minute to go. Roxy turned the corner and saw the gas station. Relief flooded through her. She'd made it. She could still see her family again. Roxy climbed out of the car and began searching frantically for the pay phone mentioned in the text. Panic began to set in. It has to be here, it just has to be.
And then she heard it. In the distance, about 50 metres down the road. A phone ringing. Roxy turned suddenly, all of the negative thoughts flooding back to her. "What if I miss this phone call?" "What will I do?" "Will I ever see my family again?"
She had to make that phone call. Roxy began to run.
Kidnapped Part 2 • Opuss № I