Lies and Betrayal

Chapter 2: The Candy Store:

Today was Thursday; a day after Van's mother had come to visit him. Billie and Deaq were sitting at Billie's desk, waiting for Van to show up. He was an hour late and they just figured that he had slept in or that he was still trying to get past the previous days events.

Billie looked at her watch impatiently. "Where the hell is he? He's an hour late!" "He probably just slept in," replied Deaq, who was trying to calm Billie down. Suddenly Captain Parish showed up with a package in his hands. "What are you doing here?" Billie asked Parish. "This came to the police this morning addressed to Angela Ray. I didn't know who else to give it to because I know Van's got the same last name. So I just wanted to drop this off to Van and see if he knows who this Angela person is," explained Captain Parish. " Well Angela is Van's mother who actually came to visit the other day. I don't know where she is so I'll give this to Van when he gets here." Billie replied as Parish handed Billie the package. Parish said good-bye and left. Deaq and Billie looked at the package and wondered why someone would send Angela a package addressed to the police. They also noticed that the package didn't have a return address. "You think we should open it?" Deaq asked Billie. "I don't know. Van or Angela might get mad if we do. That may be intruding on their privacy." Billie responded. "Yeah, but they don't have to know. We can just put it back in the package without they knowing it," persisted Deaq. Billie finally caved in and they open the package. They saw that it was a tape wrapped in those bubbly wrap things that you can pop. On the tape was a white label that said, "Watch for your enjoyment and entertainment." They put the tape in the VCR and watched.

What was on the tape shocked them. There was a tall black man that said, " Dear Angela, if you ever want to see your son alive again, then you better pay up the money you owe the big boss. If you don't make the payment, well we'll start sending you your son by mail, bit by bit. The big boss wants 7 million dollars by next week. We will call with more directions. Just focus on getting us the money. Meanwhile, enjoy the show. This is just a little of what I'm going to do to your son if you don't pay up." Then the large black man advanced towards Van who was tied securely to a chair and began undoing his belt. Billie and Deaq held their breaths as they thought what he was going to do to Van. As the large black man began to hit Van quickly and hard with the belt, Billie and Deaq turned their heads away from the scene because they just couldn't bear to see him in pain. But they still could hear Van yell and scream in pear agony. After the large black man belted Van about three dozen times, he put his belt back on. By that time, Van was already in quite a lot of pain. Then the man untied Van and dragged him to another chair with many wires coming out of it. Van seeing the wires already knew what the chairs were for. He began to struggle as much as he could but was too weak to overpower the large black man. The black man tied Van securely to the chair and then he walked over to a power box and flicked the power switch. The next thing Billie and Deaq saw was Van screaming in horrible pain and agony as the electricity flowed through his already weak and hurt body. Then the large black man flicked the power switch off. Then he flicked it on again. Then off. Then on. Then off again. He did this several times each time leaving the power on for about a minute so that Van could suffer more. Deaq and Billie could only watch in sheer terror to see what the large black would do next to Van. Fortunately, he stopped and turned towards the camera and said, "Angela, if you want your son to live or for him to be safe, then u know what to do. Seven million dollars to the big boss in 72 hours or you'll get several special deliveries which I am sure, you will not enjoy." And with that, the man turned the camera off.

Billie and Deaq could only stand there in silence as they thought of the dreaded fate Van might come to. Billie was the first to recover and said rather shakily, "We are going to find Van. I'll call Captain Perish and tell him the situation and we'll round every cop in town to find Van. We'll find him Deaq, don't worry." And with that she walked to her desk and started on the phone. Deaq was still in shock and still trying to process what had just happened. His first thought was to find Angela and get the lying son of a bitch to tell him the truth. His second thought was to find Van. But will they find Van? And if they do, will they have already tortured him to death or will he still be alive? Deaq prayed to God and to the heavens that they would be able to find Van alive. But for now, he was going to find that S.O.B. mother of Van's and get her to talk.

Meanwhile, at the shack in the middle of nowhere:

Van had been retied to the chair he was tied to in the beginning. He was tired, weak and in pain as he sat there trying to figure a way out but failing miserably. All he could do now was wait and see what they will do to him and pray that Billie and Deaq would find him in time. But will they?

TO BE CONTINUED…

Note: I just want to thank my friend Livia who helped me think of the electrocution scene. I would still be stuck on that part without her so thanks Livia!