Chapter Five
Day 6
Monday, April 24
8 AM
He falls asleep in the early morning hours. Nicole leaves the bed around 6 AM.
He opens his eyes and the room has the right amount of light coming through the window. He rubs his breaded face then realizes his hands are free. Instead of feeling good about it, he panics. He does not move from the bed. He lies there waiting for her. It could have been an hour or two, he does not know. Nicole has a sweet smile on her face as she enters the room. "Good morning Bobby."
I have always liked the way she says my name.
"It's ok, you can get up." He slowly sits up and then stands, not sure what to do next.
"I want you to take a shower and don't forget to shave. I have bought you some clothes, they're in the bathroom."
When he finishes his shower he shaves then puts on a clean t-shirt and sweatpants, he leaves the bathroom and sits back down on the bed. He looks up and Nicole is standing in the doorway. "You can come out here; I've made you something to eat."
He walks very slowly out of the bedroom, she walks ahead of him and he follows her. This is the first time he sees the rest of the house, very neat and clean. The room is small with two loveseats, coffee table and one end table. He does not see a TV but he does see a stereo system.
He follows her into the kitchen. She motions him to sit at the table. He sits down and she pours him a cup of coffee. Coffee tastes good, he is surprised, not sure why. He is not sure if he should talk, so he stays quite.
Nicole speaks first. "Is the coffee too strong?"
"No. It's fine."
"I hope you're hungry."
"I could eat a little."
While he sips his coffee, she opens the oven door and takes out a serving of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns and black pudding, an English breakfast minus the mushrooms and baked beans. As she puts the food on the table she says, "As a child I never cared for mushrooms and baked beans." He had to admit it looked good.
"Eat as much as you can. I hope you enjoy it."
If anyone, who knows both Bobby and Nicole, saw this, they would not recognize either one of them. This can't be happening, was it reality or was it fantasy?
Bobby was awake, but his mind was in another place and time, he had already repressed many of the events of the last five days.
Nicole was being very sweet to him and he started to feel more comfortable. He enjoyed the meal, under normal circumstances, he would have eaten more but he got full quickly. He starts to feel tired and his headache was coming back. He asks if he can go lie down.
"Certainly, follow me."
She leads him to the larger bedroom, she points to the bed. "You may rest in here."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course Bobby you'll be more comfortable in here."
"Thank you."
She turns and leaves him alone.
Later That Afternoon
Bobby sleeps for a few hours and is startled when he opens his eyes, he does not know where he is, he sits up quickly and then he sees Nicole at the door.
"I hope you had a restful sleep."
"Yes, I needed it." He rubs his forehead, "But I just can't seem to get rid of this headache." He gets up from the bed and goes into the bathroom.
"Nicole…………. Nicole."
"Yes. Bobby."
"May I take two aspirin?"
"Of course."
He opens the bottle and takes out two pills. He finishes the water in the glass but he is still thirsty. As he leaves the bathroom, he notices Nicole sitting on the couch. He opens the fridge and takes out a bottle of juice. He finishes the drink and as he leaves, Nicole grabs his arm. She pulls him close to her and he leans down to kiss her. Softy at first, then their tongues meet.
She breaks the kiss. "Bobby I want you to make love to me."
That sentence brings him back to reality. He shakes his head. Make love to you, Oh God No, never. You do not even know what love is.
He takes her hand and moves back as if he wants to lead her somewhere, with all the energy he has he hits her as hard as he can in the face, she falls to the floor. He slowly walks to the couch and sits down. He can't believe how weak he feels. He starts to cough uncontrollably. His chest hurts along with a slight headache.
After his coughing subsides, he goes into the little bedroom and gets the handcuffs, puts the key in his pocket and walks over to her. He handcuffs her to one of those old-fashioned radiators.
He begins his search; he opens every drawer, and cabinet in the kitchen. He does not find any mail, and there is no phone. He looks in the closet of the larger bedroom. In the closet, he finds his suit jacket and as he checks the pockets, he finds his wallet. Lying on the floor, he sees his gun, phone, knife and badge. Also in the closet is a little black bag. Inside the bag is the sedative that she used on him. He fills the syringe and injects her with it.
"See how you like it, bitch."
He sits down on the couch and flips open the phone. He stares at it for a few seconds then hits the on button. The phone is dead. "Son of a bitch!" He rises quickly and throws the phone across the room. It hits the wall and breaks apart. He sits back down on the couch. She has to have a cell phone here. He decides to go back into the larger bedroom. He finds her cell phone in the dresser. He picks it up and hits the on button, he gets a signal. He starts to speak aloud.
"Ok, I have a phone. Who do I call? 911?"
"They'll ask. Where are you? I have no fucking idea."
"I know. I'll call." He pauses. "What's her name?"
"Shit! Alex? Alex, that doesn't sound right." He says shaking his head.
"Wait. That is it. That's her name."
"Phone number. Oh God. Wait a minute."
He opens his wallet and takes out a small laminated card. On the card are a list of names and cell phone numbers of at least twenty people.
"Alex's cell 212-555-1516."
After all the searching, he suddenly feels very tired, and his headache is starting to hurt his eyes. He dials her number.
When Bobby's head was hit with the gun butt, he suffered a mild traumatic brain injury. Since he has not had much sleep or proper nutrition his symptoms do not improve the longer he tries to move and speak he becomes irritable, he has trouble with his balance and his speed of thinking has decreased also a headache that won't go away along with memory problems.
One Police Plaza
Captain Deakins Office
"Anything new."
Alex shakes her head. "No, nothing it's as if he's vanished into thin air."
Logan sits down, "He's been taken by someone and we all know whom."
Carolyn passes Alex's desk and hears her cell phone ringing, she picks it up and goes into the captain's office. "Alex your cell."
"Thanks." She flips open the phone and the caller ID says UNKNOWN NUMBER.
"Hello."
"Alex."
"Oh my God, Bobby. Where are you?"
"I don't know."
"Are you hurt?"
"My head hurts a little."
She puts the phone on speaker.
"Is anyone there with you?"
"Yes."
"Who?"
"Nicole."
"Where is she?"
"On the floor."
He sounds tired and annoyed that she is asking all these questions, he pauses before he answers her questions as if he is trying to remember the words.
"Bobby why is she on the floor?"
"I hit her."
Through the phone they can hear him cringe in pain and his breathing gets heavy, the phone disconnects. "Bobby, Bobby! Shit he hung up."
Carolyn says. "Sounds like he passed out."
"Call him back." Deakins says.
"It was a no name cell phone, not his. We can't call him back and we can't trace it."
Deakins sits down at his desk. "If he called you once, he'll call you again."
"Well, she took him, but why?" Logan asks, not really expecting anyone to answer.
After about an hour, Bobby's headache has subsided and he sits up. He feels a little stronger and he walks to the bathroom and gets two more aspirin. He passes Nicole and she is awake, he ignores her. He goes into the kitchen for a glass of water and looks out the kitchen window for the first time.
"Trees."
"What did you say?"
"Trees, every window you look out of, all you see are trees."
"Are you going to leave me here on the floor?"
"Yeah."
"Well it's not very comfortable, this floor is very hard."
"So."
"May I please have a pillow and a blanket? And I need to use the bathroom."
"Sure." The handcuff routine, "Leave the door open."
"What."
"I said, leave the door open." She finishes in the bathroom and sits back down, the handcuff routine.
TBC