by Eddie Munster
Rebecca Edwards, wife of Millionaire W. T. Edwards was alone in her mansion. It was the servant's day off and she had to be there to let in the carpet cleaners. Her favorite oriental rug needed a good cleaning and she called a company that picks up the carpet and brings it bag after cleaning. The man she talked to seemed nice. There is no way she could have suspected what was about to happen.
The doorbell rang. A couple of big men in uniforms were at the door. "Mrs. Edwards, we are here to pick up the rug. Can you show us where it is?" Rebecca led them to a parlor room. "There it is, guys. Thanks for picking it up." She no sooner said this than a cloth covered her face and one of the men grabbed her. "Take a deep breath, Mrs. Edwards. You're coming with us." Rebecca struggled, but she had breathed too much of the chloro already. She started to pass out. She could hear one of the men say, "I'll bet W.T. Edwards will pay a lot of money to get this little prize back home." She was being kidnapped for ransom. It was the last thought she had before passing out.
After she was knocked out, the kidnappers laid Rebecca on the edge of the oriental rug. They then rolled the rug around her until she was totally trapped inside the rug. The men carried her out of her mansion with no one aware of the precious cargo inside the rug. They put her in the van and drove off.
The next thing she knew was waking up on a bed in a run down cabin. She was groggy, but shook off the effects of the chloro. She heard some men talking in the next room. They said they would ask for 5 million dollars for her safe return. While her husband was rich, she wasn't sure he could get his hands on that much cash in a short time. She was scared. She looked out the window and didn't recognize where she was. It looked like she was in the middle of nowhere. She pushed against one of the windows and managed to get it opened. She started to climb outside, hoping that she would escape. Without warning 3 attack dogs surrounded her and cornered her. Unfortunately the kidnappers were alerted. "I TOLD you we should have tied her up!", one of them said. One man grabbed her and carried her kicking and screaming into the house. With the help of two other men they forced her into a chair. One man held her wrists behind her while another man tied tights ropes around them. Rebecca screamed for help. Another man said, "This will shut you up!" He shoved a think cloth into her mouth with muffled her screams. Then he took a necktie and tied it very tightly around her mouth to keep the cloth in there. She was mmmpphing quite a lot, but she couldn't be heard outside the cabin. After he tied her wrists very tightly another rope was tied around her waist, securing her to the chair. Then each of her ankles was tied to a chair leg. She was completely helpless, overpowered and TOTALLY at the mercy of these bad men.
"That little escape attempt cost you your freedom to move around the cabin. If you will just calm down, I will tell you why you're here. We want $5 million from your husband or he will never see you again. I'm sure he will pay up, because he probably couldn't bear to lose a doll like you." She didn't like the way he said that, nor the way he was looking at her. She could tell that he was letting evil desires rise up inside of him. The other men were looking at her the same way. She hoped that her hubby would fork over the cash soon, or she was in terrible danger.
Rebecca manged to calm herself down and try to think through the situation. The men left her tied and gagged in her little room after the leader said something about, "not messing up the merchandise before they get paid." She figured that bought her some time. She was tied so tightly. She didn't have any hope of getting loose or working the gag loose to call for help. These guys knew what they were doing. She was scared to death that they would try to touch the "merchandise", but she tried not to think about that too much.
About an hour went by. One of the men came back in. He un-gagged her. She was relieved to have that thing out of her mouth. "Please let me go...W. T. will give you all the money you want. Just let me go." The leader seemed to enjoy her pleading. "Mrs. Edwards, if you are telling the truth, then you have nothing to worry about. If he doesn't come across with the money, or it takes him a lot of time, we will probably make it less comfortable for you until we are satisfied with our payment. You look like you are worth every penny of what we are asking. I'm sure he will come up with it." She REALLY didn't like the sound of that. She wondered what "uncomfortable" meant. Rebecca never felt more scared.
Another hour passed. The leader and two other men came in. He said, "Your husband said it will take him 2 days to come up with the cash. We don't like waiting that long, Mrs. Edwards. I told you we would make you more uncomfortable."
"What the Hell do you mean?", Rebecca yelled! Instantly one of the men gagged her again. Rebecca was struggling so hard and screaming into the cloth gag that tightly held in her mouth. The leader slowly unbuttoned her blouse. With each button, he could see the fear in her eyes. Her helplessness to stop them was intoxicating him. His eyes lit up as he exposed her very sexy black bra. He pushed her blouse over her shoulders. She was very exposed and humiliated. "Lucky for you, Mrs. Edwards, that I can't take a chance on messing up the "merchandise". I will fax a picture of you with your blouse off to give your husband and incentive to hurry up with the money. She moaned and struggled. It only served to make the leader take pleasure in the power he had over this extremely beautiful woman.
What will happen to Mrs. Edwards? Will she be released or rescued before anything worse can happen to her? Can she come up with a plan to escape?
TO BE CONTINUED!