Chapter 21

Charlie knew something was wrong the minute he opened his eyes. The last he knew he was sitting in Don's office. Now though he couldn't see a thing. He wondered for a moment if he was blindfolded but then decided that no, there was simply no light. He tried to roll over but found that not only did he not have the strength, but his hands were cuffed to something.

"Ahhh, the genius awakens…"

Charlie tried to turn his head in the direction of the voice but it sent a shooting pain through his skull, Have I been drugged?

"You must have known I would be stopping you. You should really be thanking me, after all if you had told that idiot brother of your anything I would have had to kill him. You should be glad I stopped you in time."

Charlie tried again to pull himself to a sitting position as a small lamp as flipped on. Charlie squinted his eyes at the intrusion of light. He could see now that he was in what looked like a small basement. There were boxes stacked against each of the four walls. He noted that his hands were chained around the support pillar. He finally met the eyes of the man he hated more than anyone in the world.

"Thanks a lot." Charlie grumbled.

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I really, really hate to complain about any review, but I have been very offended by several people reviewing my story entirely based upon my grammar or punctuation. If that is all that you care about please go and read some published works of literature. I am an amateur writer. I have never claimed to be anything else. Hurtful language, including being referred to as a "comma Nazi," really bother me. I would appreciate it if you would stick to the mantra "If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all" if you have ever received a review from me that is all that I give. Support is appreciated, but even silence is better than abuse. Thank you to all those loyal reviewers who can see past my atrocious grammar and rather sensitive ego and give me encouragement. Thank you for your kind reading.

:) Fishgirl

P.S. I didn't want to leave you wondering if Charlie was alive all week. So here is an addition to chapter 20.