Hit and Run VI

He was taking a shot of tequila when Jake called to say he had the girl. He was ecstatic, he knew he could count on Jake. Now, he wanted the little brat to suffer a little before he had his way with her. Then he’d personally end her miserable life. He’ll rape her till she died, he dreamed of the pleasures awaiting him. Two days, just two days and know one will even find her corpse to bury.
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“Alright, just keep me posted…thank you”, Kaycee hung up the phone. The ambulance had taken Hassan to the hospital, he was still in bad shape. He parked his car beside the security post at Daby’s estate and approached one of the security guards. He greeted and politely started interrogating them. “Did you see Miss Daberechi Ekeh leave the estate today?” The guard said no. “Did any non-resident come in this morning?” “Yes, non-residents come into the estate almost everyday, like you”, the guard replied, annoyed. Kaycee pressed harder, “please, we believe Miss Ekeh has been kidnapped, if you can remember anything, maybe something out of the usual that happened this morning, I’ll be really grateful.” The guard stared in disbelief, he was lost in thoughts, kidnap? In this estate? Under his watch? That won’t give him a raise or a promotion. His eyes glowed with knowledge as he remembered something, “a young man came to the estate this morning driving a black Toyota venza, he asked to see Miss Daberechi, he even had a written note from her, so I didn’t bother telling him to call her before letting him in. I must have been inside doing something because I didn’t see him drive out, maybe my partner was the one who let him leave.”
 Kaycee beckoned the other security guard and asked him about any black Toyota venza. “Yeah, I saw one, he was in a hurry to leave, even tipped me”, said the other guard. Kaycee was clearly troubled, someone had taken Daby and the two knuckleheads that were supposed to be guarding the estate let him go. He wanted to punch both of them. The first guard finally spoke up,  “I remember something else”, he took a pen and paper and scribbled some letters and numbers and handed it to Kaycee, “one of these is the plate number of the black venza, I don’t know how I caught it, but I hope it helps us find Miss Ekeh.” Kaycee was grateful, “thanks man, please keep on the lookout for the man, if you see anything or hear anything, call me”, he handed the guard his card. He went back to his car and looked at the plate numbers. He took a picture of the paper and made a call. “Jason, I’ll send a picture of some plate numbers to your mail, do what you do best and find out which one matches a black Toyota venza and it’s current location…. OK, I’ll be expecting your call.” Kaycee drove out of the estate and waited impatiently for the call. “Daby, I’ll find you”, he soliloquized, “seems life has a lot to offer you. Who just remembers plate numbers?”
He had driven to an eatery with the intent of eating but he couldn’t, he just kept thinking of Daby and the innumerable things he’d do to the guy who abducted her. An hour had gone by when his phone finally rang, it was already 4:35pm. “Jason, talk to me”, he said as soon as he picked the phone. “I’ll text you the address of about three locations I believe your Toyota black venza should be or should have been”, Jason replied and hung up. Kaycee waited for 30seconds then opened his message app as soon as the message came in. He didn’t waste time in leaving the eatery and going straight to his car. He spoke on his phone as he backed out the parking lot of the eatery, “Jason, call for backup, I’m not too far from those addresses, I’m heading there now.”
Daby felt numb. The only thing she could feel was the pain coursing through her hands and legs. The ropes used to tie her cut deep into her flesh with any movement she made. She looked around the dark room, she must have passed out about twice. She was hungry and thirsty and had no idea how long she had been inside the room. For all she knew, she might have been there for days. She heard the jangle of keys and one turning in the keyhole of the door of the room. The door flew open and the scary man who had abducted her came in with a ceramic plate. “Hello pretty”, he said dropping the plate in front of her, “time to eat.” He took off the tape covering her mouth without remorse and Daby screamed in pain. He roughly untied her hands. Daby looked at the disgusting food and the only thing she felt like doing was throwing up. Then she looked at the plate and an idea came to her.
 Jake was already yelling at her to eat. He didn’t understand why it took her time to pick up the plate and eat. When she finally picked up the plate, she dropped it sluggishly that it broke to many pieces. Infuriated now, Jake slapped her hard on the face and she bit back a cry. “Alright bitch, you’ll just have to stay hungry then”, he said as he tied her hands back and kept raining curse words on her. He shove her to the wall and quickly got a broom and dustpan to sweep the mess. In his annoyance, he left her ungagged and didn’t notice her pick a piece of the broken plate or care why her fists were clenched. He switched off the lights and locked the door behind him, leaving Daby alone in the darkness again. Daby counted to twenty before she laboriously brought up the piece of ceramic from her blood-stained clenched fists to her fingers and painfully started working on the ropes used to tie her hands.
Kaycee had gone to three different locations and had seen or heard anything unusual. He was left with the last address on the list and hoped and prayed it would be the place. He turned his car right into a deserted area and became alert. The street was quiet and had an eerie feeling with the water splashing at the end of the street. He didn’t drive for long when he spotted a black venza in front of an ugly building. Instinct told him to drive back to the entrance of the street and park the car there and walk to the building. He put his gun in his pocket and walked casually. Whatever was inside the building, he was going to find out.