Overcoming Darkness That Is Headed Right For You

Circles Of Confusion- Chapter 8

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Karen's Cafe

The detective looked up at crowd of upset people in front him. He wished he could tell them it would be okay and that Nathan would be ok. But there was so much he didn't know. He didn't who took Nathan, where they were, if Nathan was okay, and he sure didn't know if he was ready to hand 3 million dollars over to a bunch of mobsters. The last time he tried to trick them with money didn't work out very well. These people were smart and dangerous. He felt so lost.

Lucas- Well? What are we supposed to do?

Detective- Look, son, this just got really complicated. I need to know who we're dealing with.

Brooke- So you're just gonna leave Nathan in there?

Detective- No. It is just hard to tell what we are going to do at this point.

Haley- Where do we go from here?

Detective- We wait. When they call back, we can try and trace the call.

Danny- You must be kidding...you honestly think that will work?

Detective- It is all we can do for right now. I think it would be best if you all stayed together. I don't understand why he called Lucas if he wanted to talk to Dan. We don't know who he will call next.

Lucas- Why do you think he is calling different people?

Detective- I honestly don't know.

Peyton- I can't believe this is all happening.

Haley- I know, they got their money. Why can't they just leave it alone.

Detective- Something tells me that these people are higher up in food chain then we realize.

Lucas looked up at him with seriousness in his eyes.

Lucas- What do you mean?

Detective- The way they are handling everything. Calling different peoples cells and getting rid of the tracking device... it just seams odd.

Haley- There's something else.

The detective looked at Haley.

Detective- What?

Haley- He knew who we were...

Detective- What are you talking about?

Brooke- He knew everything about us. He knew that Luke and Nate were brothers, that Nate and Hales were married, that I was the president, and Haley went on tour. He knew almost everything.

The detective looked down and knew that this was really bad.

Detective- This doesn't look good.

Dan- What do you mean?

Detective- I mean that I don't think the whole taking Nathan thing was random.

They looked at him confused.

Detective- Think about it. What are the odds these guys knew everything about the four kids they just happened to take hostage. I think they planned this before it happened. I think they planned on getting you kids to be the hostages and planned on taking Nathan for some reason.

Keith- Okay, then why Nathan?

Detective- Well his family has the most money.

Brooke- Not, I have the most money. At least my parents do. I am sure they knew it too. They seamed to know everything else about us.

The detective thought for a few minutes and then a thought struck him.

Detective- Dan...

Dan- What?

Detective- That's probably the reason why. Your the mayor. You control everything that goes on in Tree Hill. They think that if anyone can get a lot of money out of the city it's you. And they're right too.

Dan just looked down and regretting running for mayor at this point.

Random House

Nathan was moved into some room and was just sitting on the bed. It wasn't the Hilton or even like his room but he wasn't going to dare complain about it.

Nathan- What the hell am I gonna do?

Nathan looked around the room for means of escape and spotted the window. He thought it would be perfect if only he was 2 feet tall. Then maybe he would be able to fit through it. He heard talking going on outside and walked over to the door and started listening in.

Ralph- Okay, where's my cut?

Janus- Hold tight, my friend.

Ralph- Listen, man. You got your money from the school. Why are you still holding the kid here? Even with my cut you will have 900,000 dollars.

Janus- I thought this would happen.

Ralph- What would?

Janus- The last person I need working for me is a softy.

Ralph- I just feel bad for the kid. It's not his fault his daddy's the mayor.

Janus- I don't care and neither should you. He's just a kid for christ sakes and as long as his dad pays up, he should walk away unscathed.

Ralph- He already saw all of our faces. You don't think he is going to say anything?

Janus- I already have a plan for that.

Ralph- And that is?

Janus- As far as I am concerned, you have already done your part. I suggest you mind your own business. What I do with the kid from now on is my thing, not yours.

Ralph just looked at him and walked away.

Nathan stopped listening and sat back down on the bed. How were they gonna make him not say anything. He wouldn't say anything anyway but even if he told them that, they wouldn't believe him.

Janus smirked as Ralph walked away. He turned to one of his men and whispered something in his ear. The man nodded and as Ralph was about to walk out the door, he took out his gun and shot him. Ralph was dead. Nathan heard the gunshot and looked up with fear in his eyes. Who was just shot? Nathan stood up as the door to the room opened.

Nathan- W.. What happened?

Janus- Don't worry about that. I would worry about you.

Nathan ignored that.

Nathan- Was it R.. Ralph? Did you shoot him because he was defending me?

Janus- No, I shot him because I like money.

Janus walked up to Nathan and pushed him to sit on the bed.

Janus- If I was you, kid, I would take my advice and stop asking so many questions. Remember that I don't need you in perfect condition to get what I want.

Nathan just looked at him in fear. He didn't know what to say, so he decided nothing was best. Janus patted Nathan's face as Nathan flinched away. Janus smirked at him and just left the room. Before walking out he turned to Nathan.

Janus- You better hope your daddy pays up.

With that, Janus left the room and Nathan sat back and simply prayed for a miracle.