Okay, thanks for reviewing. I didn't want to leave you with a cliffhanger for too long. I'm sure you're all wondering who the man is...

Chapter 17

"It's," she said, now scared more than ever. "You."

"Great assumption, Bolton! I knew Jack's kids were brilliant," the man said sarcastically. He turned back to the wheel and sped off toward the high way. There was plastic bags over the windows in the back seat so Mack couldn't see where they were going.

"So Mack, hows my son? Has he gotten bored with you yet?"

She stayed silent. Calum had told her his dad was nuts...

"Why did you take me," she asked.

Now it was his turn to stay quiet. He looked at her quickly and then back at the road. "Because. You ruined my son's life and there for ruined mine."

"You ruined your own life. If you hadn't been drunk all the time-"

"Stay quiet or I'll shoot you now." He pulled out the gun, just to show her he had one.

She gulped. She really didn't want to die. Then her eyes widened, he phone vibrated in her pocket. She pulled it out and very secretively looked at the number. It was Bailey, no doubt looking for her. She opened it and then flipped it back down as fast as she could, hanging it up. The one thing she didn't need right now was for Bailey to scream and Daniel Boucher to find out she had her phone on her.

Then, she had an idea.

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"She's not picking up!"

"Don't panic, she probably just can't hear it."

"Maybe we should ask the guys for help."

Keisha gave her a look. "Bailey, are you crazy? Calum just broke her heart and now you want them to help us find her?"

"Calum knows her hiding spots. It's worth a try."

Keisha sighed and shook her head. "Lets get this over with."

The two made their way to the gym, where Calum was basically beating himself up over his ruined relationship. "Do you know where Mack would hide," Keisha asked.

"Are you kidding me? She never hides, she runs to someone," Calum said. "Try her cellphone."

"We tried, she hung up."

"Try Troy's, she might be with him," Calum said. "If she's not there, I don't know."

Keisha dialed Troy's number, slowly and waited for him to pick up.

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Troy groaned as his phone rang. Gabriella rolled off of him and looked him in the eye. "Do I have to pick it up," he asked.

"It might be important," she said.

He shook his head and looked at the number. "It's Keisha, it can't be important. The girl doesn't know the meaning of important."

"The faster you pick it up, the faster we can get back to what we were doing."

Troy rolled his eyes and answered it. "Keisha this better be good."

"Is Mack with you," came her voice.

"No, why would she be with me?"

"I don't know, but she's gone."

"Gone?" Troy's voice was worried and he looked over at Gabriella, her face looked just as worried as his voice sounded. "What do you mean she's gone?"

"She ran off and now we can't find her."

"Did you try the house," he asked standing up.

"Adam just called, she's not there."

"Alright, where are you," he asked.

"We're in the gym."

"Okay, stay there. Me and Gabriella are on our way." Troy hung up and looked at Gabriella. "My sister is gone."

"I figured. Now, we got get over there." She grabbed onto this hand and they ran over to the gym. When they arrived, Calum had a fairly large bruise on his forehead from banging it on the nearby wall and the other four looked worried.

"Did you check my dad's room," Troy asked.

"No, we didn't want to worry anyone else," Bailey said. "This isn't like her."

"I know," Troy said. "That's the scary part. Gabriella and I will go up to my dad's room and every one of you keep your phones on. If she's not up there, she's not on campus."

They nodded. Troy squeezed Gabriella's hand as they walked up the stairs to Coach Bolton's classroom. When they got there, Troy sighed. "She's not here."

"Who's not here?"

Troy turned to his father who was sitting at his desk. "Mack."

"Why would she be here," Jack asked.

"She's...missing."

Jack's red pen dropped on the paper he was correcting. "Have you looked everywhere?"

"She's not at the school and Adam called home I guess, she's not there either."

"How long has she been gone?"

"Half an hour, maybe more," Troy guessed.

"And no one's seen her?"

"Yep," Troy said solemnly. "What are we going to do?"

Jack picked up the phone and dialed for an outside line before dialing three numbers. "We're going to call the police."

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"If you do anything, I'll kill you. Got it?"

Mack nodded. Daniel walked out of the room and closed the door. She was tied to a chair, how could she do anything? She could barely move, barely breathe. But, she was in a better situation than most girls who get kidnapped. Daniel hadn't touched her- except to tie her up.

She knew he would hurt her if she did anything. She looked out the window. There was one window in the room that wasn't shut with blinds. She could see roofs of houses.

Then she remembered she had her cellphone and she was alone in the room. She tried to get her hands free, but they only got tighter. She laid her head back on her chair ready to give up, when a memory flooded her mind.

"Troy?"

"What?"

"How do you get into heaven?"

Troy looked hard at the then six-year-old Mack and then laid his head back on the pillow. "Why do you care about getting into heaven? You'll get in when it's time, don't worry about it yet."

"I just want to know."

"Never give up. Quitters never get up to heaven."

"Whys that?"

"They never make it all the way up there, they quit."

Mack smiled, then she became serious. "Are you scared?"

"About what?"

"Heaven."

Troy shook his head. "Why would I be. Its supposed to be better than down here."

"There will be no machines up in heaven," Mack said, pointing to the heart monitor. "There will be no bad guys either."

"You've never met a bad guy."

"Yes I have. He's in my first grade class. His name is Calum, he says that you're bad and that you deserved to fall off the playground."

Troy looked at her. "He's not a bad guy, he's just a bully. Bad guys are like the guys on television that rob banks or kill people."

"Well, there'll be no bullies in heaven either. Will you tell me what heaven's like after you go?"

"I can't."

Mack looked outraged. "Why not, I'm good at keeping secrets!"

"It's not that. If I go to heaven, I can't come back."

"Then don't go!"

"I'm not planning on it. Not yet."

"Never give up," she whispered. She tried to get one hand out. Her wrists were beginning to hurt, but she kept trying at the ropes. Finally, she got her hand loose. She ripped off the duct tape that was on her mouth and grabbed her phone.

Speed dial 1: Troy.

Okay, she got free after remembering a conversation with Troy. How sweet!

For those who don't remember, in the beginning of Stay Away from MY Sister, Calum remembers the only time he's seen Mack cry was in first grade when Troy fell off the playground and got knocked unconscious. That memory that Mack had was when she was visiting Troy in the hospital. She had been talking about heaven in class earlier that day because of a book they were reading together.

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