Hey, sorry but I'll try to post whenever I get the chance. Hope you enjoy the chapter. It's going to be short because I wasn't feeling all that great when I wrote it.

Please R&R, it means a lot to me when you do. lol.

Special thanks to my beta reader Htr17. Thanks so much for all your help and support. You're great.

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Scared and alone, Christine was left sitting by herself in the dark foreboding house. She had tried now for several minutes to loosen the ropes that bound her hands together, but it was of no use. The knots were just too tight. Christine was frightened of what Raoul was going to do her when he returned.

"Will I ever be able to see Erik again?" She whispered into the quiet room.

Anger began to build. "I would rather die than live my life without him, my love, my Erik." She thought to herself as hot tears began to run down the length of her porcelain cheeks. Christine was angry at Raoul for stealing her away from Erik, and for him being so selfish and for her not finding a way to get herself free from these damn restraints!.

Why was this happening to them?! Was there nothing she could do to stop her world from falling apart?!

Wanting to forget where she was, Christine gently layed her exhausted body back down on the cold, hard floor and began to close her eyes. She prayed that she would get out of this mess and be reunited with Erik again.

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The police had now formed a search party and were now on their way to finding Christine, but Erik and John decided to start looking on their own. All that was important to Erik right now was finding Christine and bringing her back home, safe and sound.

They searched everywhere and in the most likely and unlikely of places. There were abandoned buildings and homes that they looked through, but came up empty handed. They even kept their eyes pealed for Raoul's car. From what John had told Erik, it was a green mini van. How many green vans could there be?

This was gonna be harder than they thought. Every time they saw a green van, they would speed up to the side of the car and gaze into the window only to find a complete stranger in the drivers seat and not Raoul.

"What if he took her out of state? What am I going to do if I don't find her? I can't go on without her!" Erik thought.

"No, No...I can't think this way... I have to find her, I will find her! Giving up is not an option right now." He said to himself.

Just then John spotted another green mini van, parked outside of the Store Plaza, up ahead on the right. Erik nodded, "Lets go check it out." John pulled into the parking lot and parked the car a good distance away, so that they would not be spotted by Raoul.

They both got out of the car and walked over to where the van was parked. Erik looked in to see if Christine was inside, but no one was in the car. He had no clue as to where Raoul was. "Where are you, you bastard?" Erik thought to himself angerly.

He then turned to John "Both Christine and Raoul are not in the car and I think we should take a look around, just to be sure if this is his van."

"Good Idea," John Replied.

There were different variaties of stores to choose from.

There was Julies Jewelry Store, Food Lion, Mellon Bank, a Rite Aid, and many others. They then decided to split up and begin their search. This would help them cover more ground faster.

John checked the Rite Aid and the Mellon Bank, but didn't see Raoul anywhere. Erik decided to check the jewelry store. Although he thought that would be the last place he would be, Erik decided to try it out. As he approched the store, he couldn't believe it. Erik was right. He knew Raoul would be there. "What is he doing?" He thought to himself. And just then Erik's fears were coming true Raoul, was picking out a ring. Erik decided he had to find John and get back the the car before Raoul saw them.

John walked out of the Bank and saw Erik, motioning to him to come back to where he was.

"Did you find him?" John asked.

"Yeah, I found him, Erik hissed, he's was in the jewelry store, picking out a ring! We need to get back to the car and wait for him to leave, so we can follow him back to where he has Christine."

John nodded in agreement. They climbed into the car and waited for him to come back out.

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Just then Raoul exited the jewelry store with a bag in his hand. Erik told John to start the ignition and wait until he was a few feet ahead, but not to far.

They pulled out of the parking lot and Erik kept a close eye on where Raoul was heading.

"Don't worry Christine I'm on my way, just hold on!" He whispered to himself.

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Please R&R