Disclaimer: still down own anything! Just the cute little dog begging for a treat right now…
Summery: what will happen when Brett shows up at the house? Will he show up with Scott, Taylor's crush? Or will Brett show up alone? Will Jeremy decide to stay at the house longer? Or leave during the night with the girls?
It had been a few hours since Taylor sent the text to her father; she was hoping he would get there soon. Samantha sat in the window seat looking outside, not looking at Taylor she broke the silence and said "do you hate me?" Taylor looked over at her from her perch on the edge of the bed, "no, I don't hate you. I'm mad at you yes but I don't hate you." they were silent again, Taylor got up after a few moments and walked over to Samantha and asked "so why did you do it? Why did you create the fake profile?" Samantha looked up at her with tear filled eyes "I thought I was protecting you from Scott… I'm not real sure why I did it, and I am so sorry that it went so far. I'm just glad the truth came out before anything else could happen, I hope you can forgive me Taylor." Taylor looked out the window and said "I probably will in time, but its going to be hard to be friends the way we were before. It's going to be hard to trust you again after this." "I know."
"But I am willing to try." Samantha looked out the window again; she began to just stare off into space when she saw movement down below in the bushes. "Tay… do you see some one down there?" Taylor leaned over and looked down, she saw a figure down below and said "yea I do see some one, but I can't tell who it is? Check you phone, see what's going on, on the site and see if any one has said anything." Samantha got up while Taylor watched the figure down below, after a few moments Taylor heard Samantha swear, she turned and faced her "what happened?" "You know what? Lindsey is such a bitch." "I know this, did you for get my comment that got my computer taken away for 3 days?" "No, just listen, 'huh Sammie and Taylor are not in school… bet you big money that they are off doing drugs and having sex for money.'" Taylor stared at her in disbelief "what? That little bitch, I would never do that!" "I know neither would I." "This is getting ridicules why won't she just leave people alone on that site?" "I don't know but I am getting sick of it."
Samantha looked further at other posts, she noticed something on her screen she had a friend request, she clicked it and it was Eric. Taylor's brother was sending her a friend request? "Tay does Eric have an account on here?" Taylor frowned and got up and said "no, I wouldn't make him an account, he wanted me to but I told him no." "That explains why he hacked your profile, but look at this, look at his status 'please help find my sister, she is missing and we can't find her.' Taylor had tears in her eyes as she read his status "I always thought he hated me? Especially after what he did a wile back." Samantha knew that Eric never hated her, but he was just getting her back for telling him no, "Tay do you think we should comment?"
Taylor nodded "with any luck he is online right now." Samantha clicked on comment and typed to Eric 'Eric, this is Samantha and Taylor, we are both fine. We have been kidnapped and are being held in some abandoned house by a lake.' they watched it for several moments but he didn't reply, just when they were about to shut Sam's phone off a new comment came up 'Taylor? Sam? Where are you two?' it was Scott Ozsik, Taylor's crush. Taylor took the phone and typed 'I'm not sure of our exact location but my dad knows where we are and said that he was on his way.' it took a few moments but he replied 'then I'm coming too.' before Taylor could hit reply the phone battery gave out and the phone shut down. Samantha gave out a loud "oh shit!" as her phone powered down, Taylor said "well at least we still have my phone, it will be ok." "did what ever that was in the bushes ever come out?" they walked back to the window, because of the distance it made it difficult to identify who or what it was down there but the figure never moved so they just figured it was just shadows they were seeing.
Several miles away Scott Ozsik sat at his computer, he was grateful that the girls were alive but he wanted to know where they were. He had helped Eric get the account online so that he could help look for the girls. Scott didn't believe any of the rumors that were flying around about Taylor, he hoped to god that she knew that. He remembered that Taylor had given him her number about a week ago, Eric had told him that Taylor was keeping in touch by text messages. Scott typed on his phone to Taylor, 'Taylor, its me Scott, are you two doing ok? I need your dad's number Taylor I am going to come with him to get you.' After several moments Taylor returned the message 'Scott? Thank god its you, Sam's phone died so we can't get online anymore. My dad's number is 555-0120, please just be careful.' 'I promise I will be careful ok, you too. What is this guy's name?' 'He calls him self Jeremy Petitious, but I don't know for sure if he is telling the truth or not. Uh oh gotta go I will be in touch soon.'
Scott called Taylor's dad, after a couple of rings he picked up "hello?" "Hi Mr. Hillridge, I'm a friend of Taylor's from school, I really care about your daughter and I want to go with you to get her back." "What's your name son?" "My names Scott Ozsik, please sir can I go with you to help Taylor?" "Its fine but I am leaving later this evening, Taylor told me a wile ago that Jeremy or who ever this guy is leaves them alone after a certain time of day." " Ok can I meet you at Taylor's house?" "Yes that is where I am at right now." "Ok I will see you this evening then." after they hung up Scott just prayed that they got there in time to save the girls.
Back at the house Taylor had just sent Scott a message when Jeremy opened the door, Samantha stood in front of her quickly so that Taylor could put her phone in her pocket. Unfortunately he saw her, "you have a phone? Have you had that thing this entire time?" he walked into the room, Samantha could clearly tell that he was angry, he pushed Samantha out of the way and grabbed Taylor by the arm "give me your phone now!" she just shook her head and whispered "no." He shook her slightly and said "fine then I will take it by force, he took her hand that was still in her pocket and found the phone still in her hand. He squeezed her wrist hard trying to make her relies the phone, she pulled away and said "no you cant have it!" still holding her he dragged her out of the room, Samantha tried to follow and he said angrily "follow and she's dead." her eyes grew wide at the sound of that and she stopped in the door way as they went into the room that had nothing in it. He threw her to the ground and said "ok Taylor, who have you been talking to?" Taylor looked up at him and said "no one, I-I- haven't had any contact with any one, I don't have any signal out here."
Jeremy advanced on her and she scooted to the wall he got down to her level and said harshly "remember the fun we had in the other room? Well it's going to be a blast if you don't give me the damn phone now!" Taylor hesitated still holding the phone tightly in her hand, she said "what are you going to do to me?" Jeremy didn't see that while Samantha was hiding Taylor briefly that Taylor had activated the audio recorder on her cell phone, so every threat he made towards her was being recorded. The recorder would only record for about 5 minutes so she kept him talking, buying her self more time. "Well first off if you don't give me that damn phone I am gonna beat you senseless and then take it from you."
"Why don't you pick on some one your own size?" he scooted closer to her, he was so close that she could smell the alcohol on his breath. He said in a threatening voice "because, there isn't any one here that is my size, just a couple of shrimp girls that want to get hurt because they don't listen to me." he raised his hand back as to hit her and she said "ok fine here's the damn phone." she had hit the stop button while the phone was at her side and then shut the phone down. Being a child of the 90's can pay off some times, you get wittier with age. She handed him her phone and he said "thank you, but unfortunately for you, since you didn't give it to me the first time I asked for it you get to stay in here for the rest of the day." he got up and left the room pulling the door shut behind him and locking it. Samantha was standing in the doorway with tears running down her face she said "what did you do to her?" he turned to her and said "nothing… yet, she doesn't get to come out of that room, so you just stay the hell away from the door. I am done messing around with the two of you." Samantha got the feeling that it wasn't just company he was after, he continued talking "I am going out for a wile, I will be back later this afternoon, you had better not even try to let her out of that room!"
Samantha swallowed hard and said "ok, I wont." she waited for Jeremy to leave and then went to the door that she knew Taylor was behind "Taylor? Are you ok?" she heard movement and could tell that Taylor was walking over to the door "I'm fine, he didn't hurt me, but he has our only means of communication." Samantha examined the keyhole and said "hey Tay, I think I may be able to pick this lock hang in there." "No! Sam I don't want him to hurt you." Samantha looked back and said "its ok Taylor he left for a while." she didn't give Taylor time to argue she ran down the stairs and into the kitchen and rummaged threw drawers, then she noticed that by the back door was a copper colored key hanging there. She walked over and picked it up, she noticed that the lock that Taylor had tried to pick earlier was the same type of lock that was on the bedroom door. The way Taylor made it sound that there was a deadbolt on it. This was a key hole meant for a skeleton key, she didn't understand why Taylor couldn't pick the lock with the hair pin she was trying before. She did notice how ever that there was a dead bolt but it wasn't locked, using the copper key she put it in the key hole and was shocked when the lock turned and the door opened up to the outside. She could suddenly hear Jeremy's car returning she quickly shut the door and locked it back up putting the key in her pocket. She quickly walked to the fridge and got out a bottle of water pretending that she was doing something constructive. Jeremy walked back in and saw Samantha standing there water in hand "doing anything stupid?"
Samantha shook her head no knowing what he meant by that and said "no I'm just getting some water." he glared at her and said "good, I had better not find out other wise." he got his wallet off the counter and walked back out the door locking it behind him. She watched from the window as he drove off again, she waited about half an hour before going upstairs. When she got to the empty room she said "Tay are you still doing ok?" "yea I'm fine, I got worried when I heard him come back." "so did I." she put the key in the hole and could hear the sound of the lock coming undone, she opened the door and embraced Taylor "I'm so glad that your ok, I was so scared when he dragged you out of the room." they both had tears in their eyes when Samantha let go, "does he still have my phone?" she shook her head and said "no he put it in his room and locked the door." she looked at the lock and noticed that it was the same lock that she just used the key for, she unlocked the door and sure enough sitting on his dresser was Taylor's phone. Samantha walked in and picked it up and turned to her friend "go get my phone." Taylor gave her a questioning look and said "why? It's dead?" "I know that Tay but listen, we can switch the two phones, they look a lot alike. That away we can still have contact with people, and you won't be so board in that room tonight." Taylor smiled at her and said "you have a point." She ran from the room and got Samantha's phone and brought it to her. Samantha laid the phone down just the way the other one had been, she handed Taylor's phone back to her and said "ok lets go get something to eat I am starving."
The girls went down to the kitchen and Samantha made some soup and sandwiches for lunch. Around 1:00 Samantha said "well I hate to do this Tay but I think you have to go back to that room." Taylor frowned and asked "why?" "Because, Jeremy didn't tell me what time he was coming back, he just said this after noon. And its after 1 in the after noon, sorry, I will let you back out later ok?" Taylor and Samantha started up the stairs and Taylor said "you're keeping the key on you?" "Yes, I will probably let you out late in the night so you can sleep on a bed. I have noticed that it is usually around midnight when Jeremy goes to bed, so I will let you out in twelve hours ok?" Taylor knew her friend was just trying to protect her but she didn't argue. Taylor went back into the room as Samantha locked the door behind her. Before leaving the area Samantha rolled a water bottle into the room under the door, there was a two inch gap between the floor and the door so it was easy to push the bottle under. Samantha pocketed the key and went to the room that they were both supposed to occupy. It wasn't until around 2:30 that Jeremy returned, Samantha was grateful that she had put Taylor back in the room when she did. She had washed the dishes too so that it only looked like Samantha had eaten. She made sure that the house looked exactly the way Jeremy had left it when he left that morning.
She could hear Jeremy come up the stairs, he came in to the room and said "so Samantha, did you do anything stupid while I was gone?" Samantha looked up at him and said "what do you mean?" "Did you let Taylor out of the room at all?" Samantha shook her head and said "no, you told me not too, I haven't even checked on her." he could tell she was lying to him but he didn't let her know that, he said "ok, so if I go ask Taylor if she has been out she is going to tell me no?" "That's right." "Ok. But if I find out you're lying to me…" Taylor could hear what he had said through the wall and put her phone in her pocket, she could hear the lock being turned. She quickly put the water bottle in the closet and sat on the mat that was in the room. He came in and saw her and asked "so, have you learned how to cooperate yet?" "Like hell I will cooperate for you." he walked over and stood over her and said "have you been out of this room?" she put on her best act and said "nope, I haven't even heard from Sammie all day. I've been sitting here board out of my damn mind." her father always told her she was almost too good at lying, Jeremy had just caught Samantha's lie when he saw the water bottle in the closet on the shelf. He said to her "where did you get that?" Taylor looked over and felt her blood run cold when she saw the bottle, she didn't have an answer for him. He reached down and yanked her up by her arm and said "your coming with me." she tried to fight him but his grip was too good, Samantha had been listening and came running out of the room and said "no don't hurt her please!"
He turned to her and said "your next get back in there." he dragged Taylor to his room and slammed the door shut locking it in the process, he said "ok, remember what I told you would happen if I found out you lied to me?" he was speaking directly into Taylor's ear, she could smell the alcohol on his breath it was stronger then it was earlier. He threw her against the bed and said "get up there now!" what the drunken idiot didn't see was Taylor reaching into her pocket when he had turned for just a second to unlock his door, she handed Samantha her cell phone so it wouldn't get discovered. When she didn't move fast enough he walked over and picked her up and threw her on the bed. She was down right terrified of what was going to happen next, he got up on the bed and said "well Taylor I guess you will get your first time after all…" she scooted to the head of the bed and tried to curl up into a ball, he just grabbed her leg and pulled her back down. She could hear Samantha out in the hallway crying, but she soon stopped and began to beat on the door screaming "no! Don't hurt her! Take me instead! Please don't hurt her!"
Jeremy looked at Taylor and said "do you think I will hurt you?" Taylor didn't know how to answer that, she looked at him but then looked back down, he got up to her and ran a hand threw her hair and said "ah now come on… you know that I wont hurt you… besides I told you it only hurts for a minute…" Taylor felt like a rock had been dropped into her stomach, she felt helpless, she knew if she tried to run then he would catch her and if she stayed there he would hurt her. She was at a loss here, and didn't know what to do next, he took a hold of her ankle and pulled her down. She tried to fight him but his grip was too tight, she could still hear Samantha's cries from out side the door. He pinned her legs down and took the hand cuffs and restrained her hands behind her with little difficulty.
Even though she was wiggling and squirming to get away from him, once again he began to touch her arms and then trace a line down to the top of her pants. She kept pleading with him not to do it, he just smiled evilly at her and said "its ok Taylor, it will only hurt for a moment." this time he fiddled with the button on her pants, and then traced the line to her zipper. She had tears streaming down her face as he did this, she just only hoped it was like before where he just messed with her mind. She wasn't so sure when he unzipped her pants but left them buttoned, she tried to scoot away from him and kept pleading saying "no! Please don't!" Samantha screams became louder and she banged on the door harder hearing her friend's cries not knowing what was happening to her. Jeremy looked back at the door and said to Taylor, "how about a group participation?" he got up, she watched helplessly as he went to the door and opened it, Samantha nearly fell in the door way, Jeremy caught her and said "how would you like to join in on the fun?"
Samantha looked up at him with hate filled eyes and then looked over at Taylor who had scooted off the bed and tried to hide in the corner of the room. Samantha said "go to hell Jeremy!" he took her by the arm and dragged her the rest of the way in and closed the door. He saw that Taylor had moved and just ignored her for now, he went over to his night stand and brought out a second pair of handcuffs, Taylor watched horrified as he handcuffed Samantha's hands behind her. Samantha had tears running down her face as he threw her up on the bed and he said "so, have you been with anyone? Your friend over there is a virgin, so what are you? Are you one too?" Samantha turned her head away from him, the smell of alcohol was getting to be too much, he said "so… I am willing to bet that you're not a virgin… so this should be more fun…" Samantha looked at him and said "don't even think I am going to allow you to touch me you sick bastard." he grinned at her and looked over at Taylor, "hey Taylor wanna make this more fun and join us?" Taylor looked over and said "go to hell!" he shrugged and turned back to Samantha who was squirming under his tight grip, he ran his hand over her stomach and played with her button on her pants. Taylor watched in horror as he unbuttoned her pants and unzipped them, knowing that her hands were restrained she jumped up and ran to the bed head butting him in the side.
Falling over he said loudly "you little bitch." he got up and walked over to Taylor he took her by the arm and threw her to the ground and said "you just costed your self coming out of that room for the rest of the time we are in this house. If I feel like feeding you I will." he took her arm and dragged her to the empty room, uncuffed her and threw her inside. She hit the floor hard, she looked back at him and said "you will never get away with this!" he walked over to her and smacked her across the face and said "oh don't try and butter me up sweet heart. The damage has been done, you're stuck here permantly!" he turned and walked out of the room leaving her alone, he locked the door and walked back to his room and said "well, you get to go back to your room now." he uncuffed her and dragged her back to her room and locked her in. Samantha laid on the bed and cried for what seemed like a long time, she had Taylor's phone, and the key to the door. She was scared, after a few more moments she got a renewed sense of hope when it sounded like Taylor was closer then she thought. She could hear Taylor crying, she walked around the room looking for an air vent, she found one in the closet, she looked threw it and could see directly into the other room. She whispered loudly "Taylor! Taylor, hey!"
Taylor was lying on the floor near the wall crying, she suddenly could hear her name being called and looked around, she saw the air vent on the wall and saw Samantha's face. She scooted over too it and said in a whisper too "are you ok?" "I'm fine, what about you?" "I'm ok, he smacked me so my face hurts. My shoulder hurts too from the several times the threw me down. But other then that I am fine." they were silent for a moment, Taylor saw that there were no screws that held he vent in place. Samantha watched as Taylor got the vent off, Samantha followed the suite, since her vent was in the closet she just left it off. Taylor would have to put hers back on, Samantha spoke first "good thinking Tay." "Thanks, but hopefully he doesn't catch me, I'm scared Sam I am so scared of what is going to happen next." Samantha took Taylor's phone out of her pocket and handed it to Taylor and said "you take this and keep in touch with your dad ok?" just then they heard a lock turn, it was on Samantha's side. Samantha got out of the closet and half shut the door, she sat on the bed and put her face in her hands pretending to cry. Jeremy walked in and said "you know? I was thinking…" from the other room Taylor could hear every word and said to her self 'there goes the neighborhood.' Jeremy continued "I was thinking, now that your little friend is out of my way, how about we go back to having some fun?" Samantha looked at the door and then back to him and said "not a chance you sick bastard." he stepped closer to her and put his hand under her chin "you're so pretty, I think you would be a lot of fun." Samantha jerked away and said "go to hell."
In the other room Taylor wished like mad that her dad would come and get them, just as she was thinking this her phone vibrated, she went to go check it 'look out side.' was all it said she saw that it was Scott. She walked over to the window and looked down, sure enough Scott was standing in the yard. She smiled and waved to him, he didn't see her but she was happy to see him. She didn't see any one else down there but suddenly a noise could be heard through out the entire house, it was the sound of the doorbell. She could hear Jeremy leave Samantha to go answer it, "hey Taylor…" she went back to the vent and said "what's up?" "Do you think we are saved?" "Oh yea, I think that's my dad. Scotts out in the yard, I saw him out there."
Downstairs Jeremy answered the door, he saw a shorter man, with a receding hair line, blue eyes, and a goatee. He knew this was Taylor's father, he said "can I help you?" Taylor's father wanted to just run in and get his daughter but kept his cool and said "is Taylor here?" "Who's Taylor?" "My daughter, she was kidnapped the other day and I have been looking for her." Jeremy tried to remain calm and said "I have know idea what your talking about, there is no Taylor here." just then his phone went off, he looked down at the text and read what Taylor wrote 'don't believe him dad, I am here. I am alone in an upstairs bedroom locked in.' he played it cool and said "can I have a look around?" Jeremy was getting agitated at this point and said "no, you have no reason too, there is no Taylor here." in saying Jeremy shut the door in the other mans face, Brett Hillridge was not a man to get angry quickly but this man ticked him off fast, he pounded his fist on the door and said "open up, I know my daughter is inside." while the door was shut Jeremy went over and got something from his desk drawer, he had this in there the entire time just incase he needed it.
He walked back to the door and opened it, he saw the horror written all over the shorter mans face when Jeremy pulled a gun on him. Brett felt his face grow pale as he saw the barrel of the gun, he swallowed hard when Jeremy said "ok, now your going to cooperate or the girls get hurt." he motioned for Brett to come in, keeping the gun focused on him Jeremy lead Brett up the stairs "you want to see your daughter right? Well now I have a hostage." he got his key out and unlocked Taylor's door and shoved Brett inside and locked it back." Brett looked around the small room and his gaze fixed on a small figure in the corner, the figure jumped up and ran to him. He opened his arms as his daughter ran into them crying she said "dad, oh my god are you ok? What happened?" Brett felt the tears in his own eyes as he said "this man has a gun Taylor, he pulled it on me and said he was going to hurt you. Where is Samantha?" just then they both heard Sam reply from the vent "over here Mr. Hillridge." Brett walked over and knelt down to the vent and said "are you ok?" "I'm fine, I am just really scared." "It's going to be ok. I am not alone, Eric stowed away in the back of my car and Scott is right outside. The boys have there instructions if I were to get caught too." Taylor frowned and said "what instructions would those be?" Brett looked at her "you will see soon enough, Eric saw me come in so he will tell Scott, lets just pray that they can get us all out of here."
Outside Eric watched in horror as his dad had been lead inside by gun point, it took him a moment to find his legs as they were so shaky from the scene that unfolded before him. He turned and ran for the other side of the house where Scott was, he said softly but loud enough for Scott to hear "hey Scott, my dad got caught." Scott let out a deep sigh and said "ok, don't panic, we have our instructions." he motioned for the younger boy to follow him, he found the cellar door and noticed the padlock on it. Scott reached into his pocket and got a thin piece of metal and started to pick the lock.
Back in the house Jeremy was sitting in the living room thinking, 'what will I do now? I have a hostage situation now. I can't just let him leave, there is one other option though he could just kill him. But then I would be in even more trouble then just kidnapping, but I bet I could have some more fun with Taylor now that I have her father here… I could use him as leverage…' he got up and walked up the stair, he could hear shuffling in the room at the end of the hall that had Taylor in it. He unlocked the door and said "ok Taylor, your coming with me for a little wile." he could see how protective Brett got instantly, "listen, if you don't let her come with me then I will make things that much worse for all of you." Taylor swallowed hard and looked at her dad, "I will be ok dad." Taylor walked slowly to Jeremy, once close enough Jeremy grabbed her arm and said to Brett "glad you see things my way, don't worry she will be back soon." Brett glared at him as Taylor gave him a pleading look as Jeremy pulled her out of the room and locked the door. He spoke in her ear sharply and said "ok, now, you're going to do exactly what I say and exactly how I say it or you will never see your father again." Taylor felt a fresh round of tears and said "please don't hurt him." Jeremy held her arm tightly and dragged her down the stairs, he pulled her into the kitchen, and once in the room he let her go and started to go threw the drawers.
He found some cleaning supplies and turned to her, "this room is a mess, and you are to clean it in under an hour. If I come back and you have stopped or you are not done then there will be some major consequences." she wondered what his game was this time, she walked over to the chemicals and picked up one of the bottles "this isn't for house cleaning? Or at least not in the kitchen?" he glared at her and said "you are to use what I laid out, there are rags in the cupboard by the door. You have one hour now get going." Taylor looked at the bottle in her hand, it said 'Ammonia' she knew this stuff was dangerous, she looked at the other chemicals and found that another he set out was bleach. She decided to not use the Ammonia and use the bleach instead.
Taylor twisted the cap off and poured some into a cup near by and then filled the sink, she knew that she couldn't use too much bleach. After it was mixed well she took a rag and began to wipe down surfaces, she was surprised by how dirty the kitchen actually was. She drained the sink for clean water three times before the counters, fridge and stove were done. She went to pour more for the floors when to her horror she found that the bottle was empty. She looked at the clock, she had 15 minutes left, she ran up the stairs and said threw the door "dad, is it safe to clean with bleach; then with ammonia?" Brett was confused but answered his daughter any way "no, if the two become mixed they are explosive. What have you done so far?" " With bleach the counters, fridge and stove, I haven't gotten to the floors yet and I have 10 minutes left." Brett was silent for a moment and then said " ok, use only one cap full, no more then that Taylor. Make sure you rinse the sink well before mixing it, try and keep away from the sink when you mix it with water ok? I will warn you the odor is nasty and very strong. Your hands may burn a little but rinse them under running water after your done. Please be careful." Taylor raced down the stairs and back to the kitchen, she rinsed the sink out very well then poured one cap full of ammonia with the water, her dad wasn't kidding about the smell.
She found a mop and put it down in the water/ammonia mixture, when she rinsed the water out of the mop her hands burned slightly at first. She got as much of the water out as she could, she looked back at the clock 5 minutes now. She worked quickly, she had just finished up when the front door slammed shut. She reached her burning hand into the water and unplugged the sink, she ran cool water over her hand. It felt so good on her hand, she looked at it and saw her left hand was bright red, she hated to know what would have happened if she had used more then just one cap full of that cleaner. After drying her hand she opened a window to get the fumes out, Jeremy walked in and said "damn, how can you breathe in here? Wow you did good, and just in time too. Now, it's nearly lunch time, I want you to fix us something to eat." Taylor opened the fridge door and saw there was a carton of milk, a stick of butter, 1 apple, half eaten piece of pie that she had know idea how long had been in there, and lunch meat that wasn't fit for a dog to eat. She opened the freezer and saw that there was 1 frozen dinner and a large bag of ice. She turned to Jeremy and said "what am I supposed to fix? There's not even enough stuff in here for 1 person let alone 4."
Jeremy walked over too her and said "that frozen dinner is mine, I don't care what you do for the three of you." she swallowed and took the frozen dinner out, she cooked it in the microwave and gave it too him. She looked in the cabinets and found a half bag of noodles. She took it out and made the three of them egg noodles with cheese. She had to be creative but it was barley enough for them to eat, she put some in three bowls and carried them upstairs she waited as Jeremy unlocked the first door and she handed a fork and a bowl to Samantha and then to her father. She went to walk into the room and Jeremy stopped her, "no, you stay with me." She followed him down the stairs and back to the kitchen, she was glad that the ammonia smell was drifting away. She ate her noodles and cheese, after she was done, she put her bowl away, Jeremy stood up and said "now do the dishes, I will go get their bowls and you get to do the dishes."
Taylor filled the sink and found some dishwashing soap under the sink. She got it nice and bubbly and added the pot she used and any other dishes she had used including the bowls and forks that Jeremy brought back down. After every thing was done and put away, Jeremy said "ok, now… see all that trash in the dining room?" Taylor nodded "I want you to take it out and put it in the bins, if you try to escape your father is dead under stand me?" she nodded again as he unlocked the door long enough for her to take the trash out. On one trip she could hear cursing going on around the side of the house, she knew that Jeremy was watching her so she went back inside the house. She got another load, as she was going out Jeremy said "put the beer boxes out by the cellar door." she couldn't believe he had just said that, she had carried at least 8 or 9 out already. She sighed and took the boxes that were in her hands out to the cellar door. She was relieved when she saw her brother and Scott back there, they both looked up as she came around
Eric said "Tay? What are you doing? We were just trying to come in?" Taylor spoke softly due to them being under the open kitchen window, she pointed up as she spoke softly "you guys need to be careful, Jeremy has a gun and is threatening to shoot dad if anything happens." just then they could hear Jeremy shout "TAYLOR!" she said once more before breaking out into a run back to the back door "just please be careful." as she ran up to Jeremy she could see the angry look on his face he said angrily "where were you?" Taylor spoke with no emotion "I had to sit down and rest for a minute I got tired." He took her arm and said "you don't get a break until I tell you that you can have a break. Now get back to work." he shoved her up the stairs and into the house, she stumbled just a bit but caught her balance quickly. Every time she went out to the cellar she saw her brother and Scott, but they had heard what had been said and continued with what they were doing.
She finally was done with the trash after about 20 minutes to half an hour, Jeremy said to her "ok, now I want you to sweep and mop in the dining room." Taylor didn't want to use the ammonia again but she knew there was nothing else, she got the mop, found a bucket and filled it with water then added half a cap of ammonia to it. The odor was still strong but not as bad as before, after she swept and moped she put the mop outside to dry. Jeremy told her, ok, now we need to move the china cabinet over to the other wall. Her eyes grew wide at the size of the thing, she was glad it was wood floors but she prayed like heck she could even move it. She walked over and started to move it, it budged just a little, her shoulders burned because of the unusual way she had to stand to move the cabinet. After about 25 minutes she only managed to move it about 5 feet, Jeremy came back in and said "you do know you have five minutes to get that thing to the other wall?" Taylor didn't want to wine but she said exhausted "it's too heavy, I'm doing good getting it this far in 25 minutes."
He walked over to her and said "I don't care, move that thing now! You have 3 minutes to go." Taylor was glad the cabinet was empty but it was still heavy to move by her self. She pushed and pulled on the cabinet and tried her very best, her muscles ached, and she was sweating heavily as she tried hard. She got it to where she could now move it back against the wall when Jeremy came back, he shook his head and said "times up Taylor." Taylor leaned up against it breathing hard, she looked up at him when he walked up to her, and she was too tired to be scared. "your punishment is, you don't get to rest or eat until that cabinet is moved completely against the wall." with exhaustion in her eyes she said "can I have some water?" he sneered at her and said "no, now get back to work." she wasn't sure if it was tears or sweat that was running down her face as she continued to struggle with the cabinet. She kept thinking 'what is the point of all of this? What is he trying to prove?' It took another 20 minutes or so and she got the cabinet moved.
She was so sore by this point that she sat down on the hard wood floor breathing hard, she said loud enough for Jeremy to hear her "its done." she could hear him coming, he looked at her and then the cabinet and said "good job, now see that wasn't so hard now was it? I have another job for you to do, come with me." she let out a sigh and followed him. When then walked into the living room she said "ok, let me guess I have to clean this room too?" if she had the energy she would have smacked him when he patted her head like a puppy and said "good girl, now get moving, after this you get to rest and get some water." She sighed and went to get the ammonia she knew it was the only cleaner left. After another 45 to 50 minutes of cleaning she was done, she had purposely left the window opened a crack after the room was aired out. When Jeremy was in the other room she text her brother telling him about the window if they couldn't get the lock undone.
Jeremy came back and saw that she was done, he handed her a bottle of water and said "ok, you get to go back to your room now." she frowned and asked "with Samantha or my dad?" he sneered at her again and said "your dad." she was hoping it would be the other room since it had a soft bed in it. She followed Jeremy upstairs and waited as he unlocked the door, she went in and he slammed it causing her to jump. Brett walked to her quickly and said "are you ok? Did he hurt you?" Taylor couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into tears, Brett held her as she cried, and when he felt her go limp he lowered her to the floor. He noticed how red her left hand was, and just prayed that everything would be ok, he unfolded the mat in the room and laid it out. Samantha passed him a blanket and pillow for Taylor threw the vent, Brett lifted his daughter's tired body and laid her down on the mat and covered her up. Samantha asked threw the vent "is she ok?" Brett walked over and said "yes she is just very tired, she smells like ammonia so I would say he has been making her clean, she is not injured that I can tell. But she is exhausted, and is sleeping soundly for now." Brett could hear Samantha's door open and Jeremy came in.
Samantha walked out of the closet and said "what did you do to her?" Jeremy sneered at her and said "the same thing you're getting ready to do, come with me." Samantha frowned and followed him, he lead her to the bathroom and she saw the bottle of ammonia, she looked up at him and said "this stuff is dangerous to use. You got anything else?" he looked at her and said "there is a bottle of bleach in the basement, now, Taylor got one hour to do each room since your smaller then Taylor you get 45 minutes per room. Starting now, this room had better be done or else there will be severe consequences." he left her alone she could hear the front door shut, she looked out the window and saw him get into his car and leave. She went to Taylor and Brett's door and said "Mr. Hillridge, how should I use this ammonia?" she could hear him sigh "use it the way Taylor did, one cap full in water, please be careful, what ever you do don't mix it with bleach." she nodded and said "ok thanks." she went about cleaning watching the small clock that was in the bathroom.
She was finishing up the toilet when the front door opened and slammed shut, she hurried and finished up. When he walked into the bathroom he said "huh… did you mop the floors? Or clean the windows?" Samantha looked around her and said "they were fine…" he slammed his hand down on the counter making her jump "you were told to clean the bathroom! That includes the window and floor! Since you failed to do so you don't get to use the mop, now get going I'm only giving you 5 minutes to get it done! Other wise there will be some severe consequences." Samantha was glad the bathroom wasn't that big, she ran some more water with a cap of ammonia and washed the windows and the floor. Jeremy came back in just as Samantha drained the sink, "now, was that so hard? At least Taylor did it all on time." Samantha looked at him with hate filled eyes and asked the very question that had been going threw her friend's mind just an hour prior "what is the point of this? What did Taylor and I do that was so bad that you think you have to make us clean your disgusting house?"
he walked up to her and said hotly "because, I want to see who is the best one to take with me out of the country, I want a woman that knows how to cook, clean and do laundry. So I am going to test the two of you to find out who is better, so far Taylor is winning." Samantha had a sinking feeling in her gut, he motioned for her to follow him, he lead her to his room and said "in here I just want you to scrub the floor, pick up cloths and put them in the hamper, take dirty dishes down to the kitchen, dust and clean the window. You have 45 minutes, starting now."
He left her, she looked around the room and then got busy, and she didn't want Taylor to go out of the country with this guy. She was scared of him hurting her best friend, she worked very quickly. She got down on the floor after it was swept and scrubbed it by hand, it didn't really take that long to do. After every thing was done she looked at the clock, to her surprise she was done in 30 minutes. She walked to the door and shouted down the stairs "I'm done!" she could hear Jeremy coming, when he got to the top he said "for as long as it took you to clean the bathroom?" he looked in to his room and was shocked, he looked under the bed and said to her "you even did under the bed?" she nodded, she had opened the window long enough for the fumes to go out, but the smell of ammonia was still relatively strong. What he didn't see under the bed was the rag she used to clean the floors with. It was still heavily wet with ammonia, she knew that over time he would get sick from exposure. He looked back to her and said "ok, now go do the same thing to your room." she went back to her room and knew it wouldn't take her any time at all, when she figured out what he was doing downstairs to Taylor she went about cleaning the room in case Taylor had to clean the room too.
She was done in under 25 minutes, she once again called down the stairs to Jeremy, as he came up the stairs he was saying "it hasn't been 25 minutes." he walked into the room and said "wow, you do move fast don't you, ok there is one more room up here you have to do." he went over to the room Taylor and her father were in, he opened the door and said "ok, you two clear out for a wile." he saw that Taylor was sleeping, and walked over to her and kicked her lightly causing her to groan in her sleep, "get up lazy, you cant be that tired." Brett walked over and said "get away from her."
Jeremy looked down at him and said "get that little shit out of here, go to the bathroom with her and shut the door. I will come for the two of you when you can come back in." he turned to Samantha, "this room should take no time at all since there is nothing in here, now get started." she sighed and got to work, she picked up the mat along with the pillow and blanket and set them out in the hall. She didn't use ammonia on the floor since Taylor was sleeping on the floor, she went down to the basement and sure enough there was a bottle of bleach. She went back upstairs and filled the sink in the second bathroom, she was done in there with in about 15 minutes. She opened up both windows to air out the room, she didn't want Taylor exposed to bleach any more then she wanted her to be exposed to ammonia. She yelled down the stairs again, Jeremy came up and said "well, you're doing quite well, ok since it does take a while to do it, you are to do the laundry now. This time there is no time limit, laundry takes some time to do."
She wondered what the catch was, but she went and got the hamper and lugged it down two flights of stairs. Once down there she was surprised to see that there was a new washer and dryer, along with everything she would need to wash cloths. Jeremy came down and said "ok, wile your down here you are to clean the basement, knock down cobwebs and things like that. Stay busy, there is no rest for the wiry." he went back upstairs, she began the first load, and she noticed out the small window Scott and Eric standing out there. She walked over to the small window and opened it, she had to stand on a barrel to reach but she got it opened. "What are you guys doing? Wait till dark you dofaces, I heard him on the phone a little while ago, he is going out for a while." Eric was startled but said quickly "ok, come on Scott." Scott walked over to the window "is Taylor doing ok? She looked exhausted when we saw her a wile ago." Samantha looked behind her for a moment then turned back to Scott "yes, but she is sleeping, I heard her crying then she went to sleep. As far as I know she is still out, did you guys get her message?" "Yes we did, how long with this guy be out?" "Who knows, could be an hour could be longer who knows." "Ok we will be back." both boys took off, Samantha went back to cleaning the basement.
Upstairs Taylor began to stir, she looked around the room, her entire body ached, and she saw her dad who was supporting a worried look. "Honey are you ok?" Taylor frowned slightly and said "yea, I'm fine, just a little sore." She moved to a sitting position, the door suddenly opened up and Jeremy walked in "well nap times over, your coming with me." Brett stood up and stood over his daughter staring daggers at Jeremy "she just woke up, give her time." Jeremy looked at the other man and said "keep in mind that there are, two, girls in this house… I can still harm them you know… if not Taylor then Samantha." Taylor stood up and said to her dad "dad its ok, please, I don't want any one to get hurt." Brett looked at her then back to Jeremy "fine, but if you harm a hair on my daughter's head I swear to god…" Jeremy walked closer to him and said "you're in no position to be making threats old man, keep in mind what I have in my pocket and then think twice about threatening me." Brett knew he had been beat and stepped aside for Taylor to pass.
Taylor walked out of the room with Jeremy, she waited as he locked the door back, he turned to her and said "ok guess what time it is?" she looked at him annoyed and said "um, its dark out so I would say supper time?" he smiled at her and said "your getting good at this." she rolled her eyes and followed him down the stairs, as they walked into the kitchen he said "ok I bought some more food, just fix what ever. But only fix enough for 3 people instead of 4." she frowned concerned and said "why? Who's not eating?" he walked very close to her and said "your not, since you couldn't do what I asked the first time you are being punished." Taylor felt her stomach growl in hunger and she said "but you said that if I moved the cabinet then I could eat?" he put his hands on her shoulders and said "no, I said you could rest and get some water, I didn't say you could eat." Taylor swallowed hard when she realized that she had just fallen for another one of his twisted mind games. He smiled with satisfaction seeing the defeat in her eyes as she turned and started to go threw the fridge, he was enjoying this.
Taylor went about making hamburgers and French fries for supper, the smell was hurting her stomach, she hadn't eaten all day and this was true torcher. After it was done Jeremy came back and said "ok, now sit down at the table and stay there, you had better not move." he went to the basement door and called down to Samantha, then went upstairs and got Brett from the room. Jeremy knew the girls were not likely to fight back so he hand cuffed Brett so there wouldn't be any trouble out of the man. Brett asked him "where is my daughter?" as they got to the bottom of the stairs Jeremy shoved him and said "oh shut up, she is fine." he pushed the man into the kitchen where he saw Taylor sitting there, Samantha was next to her. Brett took the chair on the other side of Taylor. Taylor didn't look at any one as Jeremy put plates in front of Samantha and Brett, he put his plate in front of him. Brett noticed a tear running down his daughter's face, and then noticed that there were no more sandwiches made, he said to Brett "what about Taylor?" Samantha had been informed by Taylor that she wasn't allowed to eat and why, so she didn't comment Jeremy looked at him and said "she didn't do what I asked in the first place the first time so as punishment she doesn't eat." Samantha saw the tears running down her friend's face and said to Jeremy "if she's not eating then neither am I."
Jeremy looked at her and said "oh quit trying to play hero, she is being punished now eat." Samantha defiantly pushed her plate away and said "I didn't either, remember? I didn't clean the bathroom in under 45 minutes like you told me too? So how is it fair that she be punished and me not being punished." Jeremy was reaching the end of his patience with her and said "listen here, do what I told you too or you will stay in the basement the rest of the night." Samantha stood up suddenly and said loudly "I would rather stay down there then Taylor starve! It's not fair to her! You sick twisted bastard! All you are doing is torturing her! She has done everything you asked and more and all you have done is bully her!"
Brett could see the fire in Jeremy's eyes and knew something was about to happen, he suddenly said "Sam, sit down, please, don't let this escalate any further then it already has." Samantha looked at the older man and gave a frustrated sigh and sat down, but she refused to eat. Jeremy was done quickly and said to her "you had better eat, there are starving people in the world that would be happy to have it." Samantha crossed her arms and sat back and said under her breath "yea, and one of them is at this table." the entire time Taylor kept her head down and didn't dare to look up even when Samantha had her out burst she didn't dare look up. Jeremy was getting annoyed with Samantha quickly and said "ok fine if your going to be a spoiled brat about this then you can stay in the basement the rest of the night." Samantha slammed her chair back and said "I hope you get busted for this and go straight to hell you bastard!" she stomped out of the room and slammed the basement door hard causing Taylor to jump. Jeremy got up and followed her out of the room, Brett looked at his only daughter and asked "are you ok?" Taylor for the first time in more then 15 minutes looked up, her eyes were red from her silent tears as she said in a choked voice "no, I'm so hungry its not funny, before you came Samantha had given me a sandwich but with all the work Jeremy made me do I burned it off quickly." Jeremy came back and said to Brett "are you done?" Brett looked down at his half eaten sandwich and said "yea I'm done." he was made to stand and follow Jeremy out of the room, before he walked out Jeremy said "you better clean this mess up." he didn't say anymore as Taylor got up and cleared the table, she put Samantha's sandwich in the fridge and threw her dad's away. She wondered if she were to eat it if Jeremy would notice, she decided against it and just washed all the dishes and put them away. When Jeremy came back he said "what did you do with those sandwiches?" Taylor looked up at him and said "I threw my dad's away and put Samantha's in the fridge since she didn't touch it."
He checked to make sure she was telling the truth, when he saw she was he said "well… I think its time to have some more fun now that everything is cleaned up down here." Taylor frowned as he took her arm and lead her upstairs, she had tears in her eyes when she saw where he was leading her, right to his room again…
To be continued…
A/N: figured I needed to end the chapter since on my word processor says I'm on page 37. So this is part one, sorry that it took so long to get it up. I just got done moving and it has been hectic for the past month. On top of it all I am working on a book I plan to publish next year. Chapter 4 should be up some time after the New Year, hopefully sooner. R&R please no flames…
also i messed up some where in the story, I'm not entirely sure where but some where i messed up on a time line. if any one sees it let me know. (nicely please)