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Chapter 48- Part of the Plan

There were two more shots, one scream and then something heavy hit the floor. Then the blindfold on Annie's face was removed, from behind her, so she couldn't see who had done it. She tried to look around, before finally turning her attention to the scene before of her.

In front of Annie was the scariest thing she had seen sense she had watched her father lie lifeless in a coffin at a church. Josh lay on the floor, red blood spilling from his left forearm and from his lower stomach. The crimson liquid soaked his white dress shirt for the final scene.

"Josh!" She exclaimed.

A wild and familiar laughter burst from behind her. She knew who it was, and more than ever she wanted to kill him. She screamed out in exasperation. She kicked, unsuccessfully against the twine around her ankles, giving herself a aching rope burn.

"Damn it!" She exclaimed.

"Now, now." Said her abductor from behind her. "You'd better watch your mouth, young lady." He walked around her and placed one hand on either of the arm's of the chair. "I knew you weren't good enough for my brother, you…"

Annie spit defiantly in Hayden's face. He pulled back and slapped her hard on the cheek. The pain made Annie jump as much as possible in her confinement. "That was just uncalled for." He said, wiping his face, on Jayden's black 'Don Juan' cloak.

"Jayden!" Annie exclaimed.

Hayden laughed. "Don't worry, I haven't hurt him. Not yet." Hayden turned away from her. "I need him, if I am going to keep family name clean…" Hayden turned to Annie, an evil smile on his face.

"And that's were you come in." He said. He walked over to her, and folded his arms over his chest. "You little slut coming along and messing up with my perfect plan." Annie glared at Hayden, not sure what to say.

"He could have done anything. He could have been a doctor, or a lawyer…" Hayden looked like he was in thought for a moment, then he laughed. "Alright, so not a lawyer. He is too honest…" He laughed again.

"Then why did you drop a piece of scenery on him!" Annie demanded.

"Oh, contraire." Hayden smiled, broadly. "I dropped that backdrop on you. It just hung about twenty seconds too long."

"But Michelle…"

"Not even smart enough to figure that one out are you?" Annie cringed. "The water was meant for you. I saw the outfit, and mistook her for you, as it was rather dark. I took a little page from Leroux, and used a bit of vocal chord paralizer, also known as brimstone." He laughed a small chortle. "Funny how things work out, isn't it?"

"But even so," He rounded on Annie, angrily. "You were not part of the plan, and so…" Hayden raised the pistol in his hand. "I have to rid my perfect brother of you…"