Chapter 27
Tiffany curled up in the van’s corner, too scared to make a noise. She looked like a frightened little rabbit, her big eyes full of tears about to spill over enough to make anyone feel bad for her.
Usually, the kidnappers would tie her up to stop her from running off. But when they got the ropes out, Tiffany started sniffling, “Why are you doing this? I’ve been so good, why do you need to tie me up?”
She was a spoiled rich kid, after all. It made sense she’d be a bit of a crybaby. If her dad came to pay up and saw his precious daughter hurt, he’d make their lives hell
“So…. we just leave her like this? We’ll just lock her up, a fragile little thing like her can’t escape anyway,” one of the kidnappers suggested.
They talked it over and agreed. They just warned her, ‘Be good, don’t try anything stupid!”
Tiffany nodded, looking miserable.
The van smoothly left the city, heading further and further out until it reached a beat-up old factory in the middle of nowhere. This place had food and drinks – obviously the kidnappers’ hideout for now,
Gathering the ransom money would take time, especially since the kidnappers demanded it all in cash to cover their tracks. Getting ten million in bills would take until at least the next day
The kidnappers got out and locked Tiffany up in the factory, with a few of them taking turns keeping watch. If Tiffany even thought about trying to escape, they’d grab her in a heartbeat.
But Tiffany was playing it cool, not even thinking about running off. Instead, she started bossing them around, “Is this what you’re giving me to eat? What kind of junk is this? I’d rather starve!”
She threw a tantrum like a spoiled princess, refusing to eat the cold fast food and pouting in the corner.
The kidnappers looked at each other, totally confused. They didn’t have much here, and they were used to eating simple food without anyone complaining.Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.
But Tiffany was acting like a little queen, not at all like someone who’d been kidnapped.
“If you don’t want to eat, that’s your problem,” one of them said,
“I’d rather die of hunger than eat this! My dad’s coming to get me out tomorrow, and he’ll see his daughter starving. You think you’ll still get that ten million dollars easy peasy?” Tiffany fired back.
It was clear who had the upper hand, and Tiffany was the winner, hands down.
“Fine, Miss Kelley, what do you want to eat? I’ll go grab it now, okay?” someone said.
Without so much as a ‘please” or “thank you”, Tiffany listed off a ton of dishes.
One of the four kidnappers took off to get food for Tiffany, while the other three kept watching her.
Bored silly, Tiffany wandered around the factory, totally ignoring the three guys following her every move. When she came back Trom checking out a corner, she heard banging and kicking from a shipping container.
Tiffany had a gut feeling that someone was inside, all tied up, so she asked, “What’s in there?”
“Oh, nothing, just a sheep we’re gonna b**er. It stinks here, why don’t you go look around somewhere else if you’re bored?” a kidnapper replied.
“Open it up,” Tiffany demanded, raising an eyebrow. Her voice didn’t sound pitiful anymore, but rather bossy.
The kidnappers’ faces darkened. “Don’t push your luck! Just because we’re being nice doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want.
“Oh really?” Tiffany grinned. In one quick move, she grabbed an axe and swung it, breaking the lock off the container door. Before the kidnappers could even blink. Tiffany had already swing the container door open.
A girl came tumbling out, all tied up, landing right at Tiffany’s feet. The girl looked totally shocked, then started trying to talk through her gag, making mu**ed noises at Tiffany.
Tiffany reached out and pulled the cloth out of her mouth.
The girl took a big breath, then started cussing out the kidnappers like there was no tomorrow. “You jerks, kidnapping me, you’ve got some nerve! And you shoved me in this place crawling with roaches! How dare you?”
The kidnappers’ faces got even darker.
This girl was the one they’d nabbed yesterday. And the story behind it was pretty wild.
They were actually after one of her classmates, but when this girl saw her friend getting grabbed, she rolled up her sleeves and charged in like a bull!
It turned out to be four against one. Her classmate managed to hightail it out of there, while this girl ended up taking the fall
The kidnappers shared a look, then all stepped forward together, grabbing ropes to tie Tiffany up.
By now, they didn’t care if this delicate miss got a bit banged up a few bruises were no big deal, the main thing was to stop her from causing any more trouble.
The girl on the ground saw this and got mad as hell. “You jerks, ganging up on one person like that. Hey, knock it off!” She
arms and legs kept her stuck tried to jump in and help, but her tied
Frustrated, she was about to start yelling again when one of the kidnappers went flying, followed by a scream of pain and the sound of bones breaking-
Looking up, she saw Tiffany just standing there, not even breaking a sweat. All these three kidnappers were on the ground, rolling around in pain.
The girl looked at Tiffany like she was some kind of superhero, her guilt turning into total admiration. “Wow, you’re amazing!”
Tiffany chuckled, then went over to untie the girl. “So, how did you end up getting nabbed?”
Embarrassed, the girl began telling the whole story anyway. When she got to the part about her classmate bailing on her and running off, she still felt a bit hurt. The least her friend could’ve done was call for help, instead of leaving her stuck in this dark pit.
“Forget about it, no point bringing that up again. The carefree girl then held out her hand to Tiffany, beaming. “Hey there, my hero, I’m Zoe Steves.”
“Im Tiffany Kelley,” Tiffany said
And just like that, they became friends.
What a wild turn of events Tiffany was just going along with this whole act, but ended up actually saving someone for real.
After getting untied, Zoe looked at the three guys moaning on the ground. “So, what do we do with these jerks?*
“Tie them up.” Tiffany threw the ropes to Zoe, with a little sinirk. Make sure they’re good and tight.”
“On it!” Zoe replied.
Who knows how much Zoe had been through, locked up in here, barely able to breathe. Now that she had a shot at getting even, she grinned like the cat that ate the canary, making the three big guys on the ground shiver in fear.