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Chapter 13
Jo was desperately trying to free herself from the chair as Brett paced around the room. He had told her that Mac was going to become involved in this mess and that scared the hell out her. She didn't want him involved; she didn't want him to have anything to do with this. She couldn't stand the thought that it would put him in danger, get him hurt.
"How shall we get him up here with us, Jo?" Brett asked.
Jo ignored him and continued trying to pull on her restraints, she didn't care if he saw her trying to escape or not. She figured if he was to see her it would distract him from getting Mac to join them, but part of her hoped Mac would have realised by now that she was missing and so if he did come and join them he would not do so alone.
"I don't want him to bring any back up with him, so I wonder what I can say to make him come alone," Brett said as if reading her thoughts. He leant down in Jo's face, "I wonder if he cares about you enough to risk coming alone, because if I see him step out of that elevator with anyone else then I will kill you, then I will kill him and anyone else who is with him."
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Mac was in his car, he was about to go and check Jo's apartment, to see if for whatever reason she had returned there. He'd rung everyone he could think of and was becoming desperate. He had just placed his keys in the ignition when his cell phone began to ring, the moment he saw Jo's name appear as caller ID he answered with a sigh of relief.
"Jo, where in the hell have you been!? I've been calling you for hours, have you suddenly forgotten how to answer your damn cell phone!?" he barked.
"Is that really anyway to speak to a lady?" a voice that wasn't Jo asked Mac.
Mac's heart skipped a beat and for a moment his brain seemed to stop functioning as panic spread through his body. "Where is she?" he growled through gritted teeth.
"She's here, but she's a little tied up at the moment." Brett told him.
"I want to see her."
"You can, but only you."
"Where?" Mac asked, trying to mask his anger.
"Oh, we're in the building, but I swear Mac, if I see you step off the elevator and you're not alone, I will blow Jo's brains out before you even spot where she is."
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Mac's heart was pounding in his chest as he rode the elevator up. It finally came to a stop and the hesitation between the doors opening seemed to go on for hours but finally, and slower than any elevators doors had ever done so, they opened.
Mac stepped out of the elevator and stared right down through the corridor. Right at the end of it, in an office and tied to a chair he saw Jo. He went charging towards her but he only made it past the first office on his right when he was struck hard on the head.
Jo watched as he hit the floor. She had tried warning him but the gag in her mouth muted her desperate calls. She tried to beg Brett not to hit Mac again but he didn't hear her and she could only watch as Brett slammed the butt of the gun against his head again.
She felt tears stinging her eyes as she watched Brett drag an unconscious Mac down the corridor towards her. He dragged him into the office and struggled to pull him up into the chair he had previously occupied. Jo's tears continued to fall as she tried to pull free of the rope tying her down.
"Now this is a real party." Brett said as he finished tying Mac up. "I probably shouldn't have hit him so hard, now we have to wait for him to wake up."
"You sick fuck!" Jo growled at him through her gag.
"I'm sorry I can't hear you!?" he growled back at her as he stormed over to her and ripped the gag from her mouth."
"You sick fuck!" she roared at him. "Why are you doing this?"
"Because of you!" he yelled in her face, "Ever since the day I met you, you have been driving me crazy. I can't get you out of my head, Jo, I am obsessed with you and I hate that he has touched you the way only I should be able to."
Jo could see the look in his face, the determination his words held. It was something that terrified her. Both she and Brett glanced over at Mac as he groaned and began to wake.
"Mac, Mac are you okay?" Jo called out.
The sound of Brett slapping her hard across the face with the back of his hand echoed around the office. The anger it fuelled within Mac was enough to cause adrenaline to surge through his body and fully wake him up but it did nothing to relieve the throbbing pain in his head.
"You touch her again and you will regret it." Mac warned him.
"Oh really, you're tied up, Mac, so what you going to do about it?" Brett mocked.
"Come on, Brett, just let her go."
"Shut-up!"
"I'll stay here, whatever it is you want…" Mac began.
"The only thing I want from you is to watch what I'm going to do to Jo, once she's dead then I'll kill you!" Brett growled at him as he grabbed hold of the arms of the chair Mac was tied to and leaned in close to him.
"Why do you want to kill her? Why did you even come back here looking for her when we had no idea where you were, why show up here and risk us catching you?" Mac questioned as Brett remained in his face.
"Because I wanted to be caught, but not before I've tortured Jo some more, make you suffer watching her die, slowly and painfully."
"You love her, don't you?" Mac asked knowingly.
"I wouldn't call it love…to be honest, Mac, I truly have no idea what I'd call it, but all I know is if I can't have her then no one else will."
Suddenly Brett felt something hard crash down against his head. He turned around in time to see Jo swing the bottle of wine at him again, this time he was able to grab it mid-air and pull it from her grasp. He threw it across the room where it slammed against a wall and shattered. He had no idea how Jo had got free but he certainly didn't appreciate being hit across the back of his head by her.
She threw a quick and hard punch into his face, the crunch in her hand was sickening but it was nowhere near as painful as the blow Brett returned to her. His huge fist slammed into her face, knocking her right into the wall behind her. Before she could turn to face him she felt a familiar pain serge through her body. She knew it was the taser gun and the shock Brett gave her from it never seemed to end; all she could do was cy out in agony.
"Damn-it you'll kill her!" Mac bellowed at Brett. "Stop!"
A moment later Brett let go of the trigger. Jo whimpered in pain as she tried to stay standing but with nothing to grip onto on the wall she was standing against she slid down until she was almost on her knees, it was then that Brett moved over to her and took hold of her.
Jo felt like she no longer had control over her body, she was in too much pain and her limbs which felt like lead seemed completely useless. Brett easily supported her as he moved over to a small cd player that Jo hadn't even noticed was there. He hit play and once more Jo whimpered as she heard the song that began to play. It truly did haunt her and she was sure this was Brett's reasoning for it.
Anyone who ever held you
Would tell you the way I'm feeling
Anyone who ever wanted you
Would try to tell you what I feel inside
Brett held Jo close against his body and softy swayed with her as he danced them around the office. All Mac could do was watch and try to pull his wrists free. He could see the disgust on Jo's face as Brett held her tight against his body. He hated that Brett had his hands on her at all, especially as they seemed intent on roaming over Jo's body.
The only thing I ever wanted
Was the feeling that you ain't faking
The only one you ever thought about
Wait a minute can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Straight into your arms
I, I feel you
I hope you comprehend
The harder Mac tried to pull free of the rope around his wrists the more it cut into his flesh, he could see similar wounds on Jo's wrists and knew she had gone through the same pain to break free.
For the man who tried to hurt you
He's explaining the way I'm feeling
For all the jealousy I caused you
States the reason why I'm trying to hide
As for all the things you taught me
It sends my future into clearer dimensions
You'll never know how much you hurt me
Stay a minute can't you see that I
I wanna fall from the stars
Mac had only taken his eyes off Jo for a minute when he heard a thud and heard Jo yelp in pain. Brett had spun her round and slammed her against a wall, sandwiching her between his body and the wall. His heart began to pound loudly in his chest as he saw Brett grab the bottom of Jo's dress and pull it up slightly. Brett then began to tug at his belt and Mac knew if he didn't break free soon he was about to witness Brett rape Jo.
TBC
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