Chapter 8.
Sheelagh opened her eyes and looked around. She couldn't see Des. She quietly sat up and put on her clothes. Trying to make as little noise as possible, she crept to the window and opened the curtains enough to splash a little light in the room. She looked round again and still couldn't' see Des. She relaxed a little then turned round and looked out of the window. A smile crept onto her lips as she saw Gary and Honey conversing with a couple of SO19 officers. At least they knew where she was.
"What the hell are you doing?" Des said angrily, coming up behind her. He put something down hastily and roughly grabbed her and pulled her back. He shoved her down onto the sofa before going and pulling the curtains closed again. He turned into Sheelagh angrily. "Nobody'll know you're here, and it's isolated so nobody will hear you scream." Des growled. Sheelagh winced and tried not to show Des how scared she was but had a feeling that she was failing terribly. Des seemed to lose a bit of his anger. "Please Sheelagh," he almost begged, "don't make me have to hurt you." Sheelagh shook her head mutely and it seemed to satisfy Des. "Good girl." He smiled, he turned away and bent down.
"If no-one knows I'm here and nobody can hear me, why did you pull me away from the window?" Sheelagh asked bravely. Des swung round and fired his gun at a spot on the wall above Sheelagh's head. Sheelagh screamed and put her head in her hands. These were the noises that Gary reported. Des put his gun down then forcibly removed Sheelagh's hands from her face.
"See? I didn't want to do that," he said, bending down and looking Sheelagh in the eyes. "But you made me, please don't ask anything. Just do as you're told and nobody'll get hurt, okay?" Sheelagh nodded and couldn't stop the teas spilling out of her eyes and down her cheeks. Des sat down next to her, put his arm round her and pulled her so she was clasped to him. Sheelagh tied to resist but Des was too strong for her. Sheelagh sobbed into her hands and Des kept his arms round her, but not to comfort her.