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Chapter 7 - Finally, A Note of Hope
2 days went by and there was still no sign of Crystal. Nick waited by the phone all day and all night, never eating but occasionally drinking by demand from Brian. On the second night, nick was waiting by the phone when it rung, making him jump. He snatched it up and answered quickly. "Hello?"
-silence-
"Hell...." he was cut off by a raspy voice.
"You want to talk to your girl?" the raspy voice asked.
"What have you done with her you bastard!?"
"You want to talk to her or not?"
"Yes!" nick yelled.
He heard a muffled groan and a sob.
"Nick?" a voice asked, shaken with fear.
"Baby, is that you?" nick yelled.
"Yeah it's me." she responded hoping he would bust the door down at any minute and rescue her.
"Did they hurt you? Did they?" nick asked angrily.
"Yes, they.......they........." she couldn't finish.
"I love you Crys."
"I love you too Nickay."
"I will find you, I will."
"Please hurry. I am hurti......" she was cut off.
"Times up pretty boy!" the raspy voice said in a pissed off tone. "What do you want from me? From her?" nick asked upset that his only love was stranded in a place where he couldn't get to her. "Oh 2 million would do, I mean I really hope you can pay that, or you know I might just have to kill her or something. We wouldn't want that now would we?"
"You touch her, and I will kill you!"
"Too late pretty boy!" the man said.
"Then I guess I get to kill you."
"If you can find me."
-click- The line went dead. Nick sat on the bed with angry thoughts and tearful eyes. All the guys had gone out to lunch so there was no one he could talk to. He rummaged through his jean pockets on the floor and pulled out a card with the officer's home phone number on it. He picked up his cell and dialed quickly.
A young girl picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Yes is officer Parker there?"
"Yes, may I ask who's calling?"
"My name is Nickolas Carter."
"Okay, hold on Nick." he knew she knew, but oh well, at least she didn't scream. Or so he thought.
"Dad! Nick carter is on the phone!!"
"I got it!" he yelled.
"Bye nick." she said as she hung up.
"Hello Mr. Carter, what may I help you with?" he said laughing at his daughters earlier actions.
"Mr. Parker, I need some help. I was wondering if we could set up a phone tap. I just got a call from the kidnappers."
"What did they say?"
"That they wanted 2 million dollars!"
"Well, did you get to talk to her?"
"Yes, she sounded bad, she said they hurt her."
"Okay Nick, give me your number and I'll call you when I set things up." "Okay, just make sure no one else gets it. I am trying to be careful with this number. When fans get a hold of it......well it gets bad." "Okay no problem!" Nick gave him the number, and they hung up. Nick sat by the phone awaiting his call.
**Graphic scenes**
Crystal looked up at the man who stood above her. He had a video camera and a rope in his hands. He lowered his head to her ear and spoke loudly. "Pretty boy's gonna see you on camera baby!" Crystal feared the worst since the men that had violated her before were once again in the room. The man set the video camera on record as they began their tape. A masked man sat on a chair in front of the camera while 2 men violated her, hitting her. 20 minutes later, they shut the camera off, and talked amongst themselves. "Call him tonight at 10:00 with the demand, and if he doesn't comply, then we kill her" 'nick, comply.......comply!' she yelled in her head. She then fell into a deep sleep.
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