"Who has meeting at this time of night?" I asked Baron. It was nine at night. I knew he always worked crazy hours, but this was getting insane.

"I guess people need to buy things this late." He shrugged.

"You sell paper. That isn't exactly something that someone needs late at night."

"Life is weird sometimes. People have weird paper needs. Look, I am going to be late."

"Baron, I don't want to be alone. What if something happens? Mrs. Carter's house just got broken into. What if they come back?"

"You will be fine." He kissed her head. "Trust me, I will always keep you safe."

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As I woke up, my head was throbbing in pain. I moved my hands to my head, but my left arm wouldn't move. Something was stopping it. I moved my right hand to it. There was something metal on my arm. It was a handcuff. I jumped up trying to look around. It was dark the only light that shown through was a small window. Where the fuck was I? How did I get here? My mind was racing. I could hear the bed I was on creak under me as I tried to move and look around.

Suddenly a door opened and lights flicked on. I blinked a few times letting my eyes adjust. I looked around to see where I was. The room was empty except for the bed I was on and three chairs nearby. There was a small room in one corner and stairs in another. I heard the stairs start to creek. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was the three men from the restaurant. They were dressed differently. Instead of normal street clothes, they wore all black. I bit my lip as they got closer. The skinny one with long hair approach me first. He reached for my head. I flinched away from him.

"I am not going to hurt you. I just need to look at it." I bit my lip scared, but I slowly let him look at it. "The swelling went down at least. I think she will be fine. Does it hurt at all?" He asked me looking me in the eyes. I nodded slowly. "I'll go get you something." He told me as he began to walk back upstairs.

I didn't look over at the two other men in the room. I didn't need to to know they were looking at me. They didn't say anything to me. Just remained in silence.

The other one came back with a couple of pills that looked like ibuprofen and some water. I didn't want to trust him though. I was locked in a strange basement with three strange men. Taking pills had to be the dumbest idea. I shook my head at him.

"It will help with the pain. I promise you it's nothing bad." I still didn't take it.

The man with short reddish hair spoke up, "Dollface," he said getting closer to the bed. I looked up at him. His face was stern. "You can either sit here in pain or take the medicine. Pick." I slowly reached with my unhandcuffed hand and took the pills putting them in my mouth. I took the water next swallowing it. My hands shaking the whole time.

"We're not going to hurt you." The man who gave me the pills reassured me.

"Seth," the bigger long haired man said.

"What?" He said looking back at him.

"What are you going to do with me than?" I asked my eyes moving between them.

"Nothing. All we are going to do is keep you here until your boyfriend pays up."

"What?" I was confused. "Look, I think you got the wrong girl."

"Baby doll, we got the right girl." The short haired man told me. "Isn't your boyfriend Baron Corbin." I nodded slowly. "Than we got the right girl." He said putting a piece of hair behind my ear.

"How does he owe someone money?" I asked.

The man cocked his head to the side. All three of them looked confused. "He has an office job and I don't remember getting any money, especially getting money from someone with the mob." They all chuckled at this.

"You don't know what your boyfriend does do you?"

"He sells paper." I said quietly.

The man in front of me grabbed the necklace around my neck. "Do you really think a lousy ass paper salesman can buy you something like this? Or any of that jewelry you where?"

"H-how do you know what jewelry I wear?"

"We've been watching you, Madison." He winked.

"Stop it, Dean, you're scaring her." Seth said pushing him away from me.

"We locked her in a basement. She was already scared."

"You don't have to make it worse by being creepy."

"I wasn't being-"

"Stop it, both of you." The man in the back boomed. "Look, Madison, we were sent to kidnap you by a man named Kurt Angle. Your boyfriend isn't a paper salesman at all. Not even close. He sells drugs."

"You're lying." I said trying to laugh. "This has to be a prank or something."

He shook his head. "I wish I was, baby girl. He is a notorious drug dealer. We thought you knew."

I shook my head trying to wrap my brain around it. I couldn't tell if it was the pain in my head or what, but I couldn't do it. How was the man that I was with for years could have a separate life that I knew nothing about. I felt like I was in the twilight zone or something. I tried to stop the hot tears that began to hit my eyes.

"What are you going to do with me?"

"Nothing. We are just keeping you til he pays and you leave." The man told me sternly. "We have strict orders you go unharmed. Kurt just wants to scare him into paying which is why he got us."

"We aren't exactly known for not hurting people." Dean told me. "If I wanted to I could you right now with my bare hands"

I flinched at the thought. "What if he doesn't pay?" I asked shakily.

Dean shrugged, "We snap your neck."

"Dean, knock it off!" The other man warned. "There's no point in scaring her more." He was still a couple inches from the bed. The other two men were sitting on the bed with me.

"What happens to me til he gives the money?"

"You stay with us. We will switch off who watches you. We will let you off the bed to use the restroom and feed you. I am Roman." He pointed to the other long haired man, "That's Seth and Dean. Once he pays you forget we exist. Got it?" I nodded slowly.

"Good. Seth, you got first shift. Dean, come here." He said grabbing Dean by the arm. Both of them went upstairs leaving me alone with Seth.

I felt the bed shift as Seth got up. He grabbed one of the chairs moving it next to the bed. He sat down in it. He stared at me in silence for awhile.

"Are you just going to stare at me?" I asked still not looking at him.

He shook his head, "I am not sure what to do. I just have to make sure you don't go anywhere."

I moved my handcuffed hand, "How exactly?"

"You never know. I mean of course you look sweet and innocent. You may not be. This could all be an act. Like, you not knowing he sells drugs."

"I didn't." I told him flatly. "I didn't know any if it." I looked down ashamed. I felt stupid for not knowing what Baron was actually doing for money. I should have known shouldn't I? I was always suspicious of something else going on, but I always pushed those thoughts to the side. It made me feel like even more like an idiot. Why was I so trusting of him? Did love make me blind to see the truth of what's going on? My mind couldn't stop racing about it. My hand moved up to the necklace he gave me playing with the heart. I spun it around the chain. Hot tears falling from my eyes onto the bed.

Seth moved from the chair touching my leg. I flinched at his touch. "Sorry," he said moving his hand to the back of his neck, rubbing it awkwardly. "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I don't exactly know how to deal with a crying girl."

I nodded, "it's okay." It was weird. Seth seemed like such a sweet and caring guy compared to the other two. It made me feel somewhat better about being held in a dark basement.

"What do you know about Baron?"

Seth shrugged, "Not much. Just that he owes a lot of money to Kurt and Kurt wants to scare him into paying. That's about all I know."

"So, you don't know what types of drugs he sells or anything like that?" Seth shook his head. I sighed falling back into my seat. I pushed my head against the cold metal headboard. "This is a nightmare."

Seth looked sympathetic at me. "How about you get some rest? You need some anyway. Dean hit your head a little harder than was needed." He pulled one of the blankets over me. He reached for the light shutting it off. I sighed lying down. It was hard to get comfortable with my hand chained up. I sighed starting to softly cry again. I hoped Seth didn't notice. I just couldn't help myself. In one day, I went from being excited about the possibility of Baron proposing to getting kidnapped and finding out everything I knew was a lie. Did Baron even really love me or was that another one of his lies?