The Hostage Box

Liam was always hated by his father and 3 older brothers just for being born and often called useless. One day he finds himself in the clutches of Eddie, a cold blooded killer and held for ransom. "My father won't pay. He doesn't care about me." He told Eddie. When his father shows up, without the ransom money, Eddie pressed a knife to his throat. "The money or he dies." Eddie stated. "Do as you wish." Liam's father said as he climbed back into his car and drove away. What was going to happen to him now? What was that smell? It's heavenly! Tantalizing! I wasn't sure how I had picked the scent out of the mob of people crashing into me on the sidewalk. What was that smell? Dessert? It was sort of sweet but not overpoweringly so. It led me into a shop that I walked right in without looking at the sign or knowing type of business it was. A coffee shop? How was I supposed to know that the scent would lead m to a man I would come to love so much and shared my dark fetish? Why would a hot-shot multi-millionaire buy our tiny local theater? Or even offer to fund us for a while? Me? Ryder wanted some of my time, to explain why our theater was so important. And what do I do? I yell at him, during rehearsing in a kimono, and fall off the stage with my legs spread wide open for him to see my briefs. I wanted a break from the drab, boring meetings day in and day out that I had grown weary of. But being mugged, held captive, and threatened to be sold off like cattle was not my idea of a break. I managed to escape but I collapsed in some alley way. When I woke up, some nice guy was standing over me offering me a homemade gourmet breakfast. He told me his name was Angel- he defiantly looked like one- and said he didn't buy me. But how could I trust him? Read more