“Are you looking for someone?” He asks smugly. He is smiling at me and I would feel rude if I did not return the gesture. Therefore, I briefly smile at him.
“I am looking for Adrian I don’t suppose you’ve seen him?” Chad takes me by the hand and I quickly pull my hand away from him.
“Alanna, I was only going to take you to him.” I feel bad for my sudden reaction so I again smile at him.
“Where is he?” I ask quietly.
“If you come with me I will show you.” My heart races but I need to know where Adrian is, so I take Chad’s arm.
Chad leads me out of the room and along the hallway to the study. We enter the room and I notice that we are alone. Chad closes the door behind him and he walks over to the wooden desk that sits in the middle of the room. I look at him nervously as he rummages in the desk drawers. He pulls out a bottle of scotch and two small whisky glasses. He begins to pour two drinks and he hands me a glass. I politely take it from him and I watch as he instantly downs the scotch. My heart starts to race as I feel that I should not have come to this room with Chad. I place my drink down onto the desk and Chad looks at me in amazement.
“You really are a good girl aren’t you?” He says as he reaches for my drink. I try to hide my fear as I respond.
“I don’t know what you mean and you said that Adrian was here?” He laughs at me.
“Oh don’t worry love he will be here.” His voice is smug and very repulsive. I take a deep breath as I start for the door. Chad rushes over to me and he grabs me by the arm.
“Now, now love you need to stay here.”
“Why?”
“Adrian will come for you and then you will see why I brought you here.” My heart is pounding as my fear is building. I pull away from him but he instantly grabs me.
“What are you doing, you’re hurting me,” I protest.
“If you didn’t struggle then it wouldn’t hurt!” He shouts.
“Please Chad let me go,” I say as I again try to pull my arm from his grasp. Chad’s eyes are bolting and he grips me tighter.
“No, I didn’t want to do this but you leave me no choice.” Chad drags me over to the desk chair and he roughly pushes me down onto it. I hit my back on the hard surface of the desk as he does and the pain is overpowering. Chad rummages in the drawers and he takes out a roll of duct tape. I stare at him and I fear for my life. The rage that is in his eyes is terrifying and I cannot breathe. Chad pulls my hand on the arm of the chair and he applies a thick layer of tape. He does the same to my other arm and then he tapes my ankles to chair. I try to loosen my arms and legs as soon as he turns his back but he notices and turns to me.
“Don’t fidget,” he shouts. My heart is beating so fast and I try to compose myself as I look at Chad. I cannot believe that he fooled me into coming to this room with him. I cannot take in that I am tied to a chair and that I don’t know where Adrian is. Chad is a pyscho and I am terrified of him. I don’t know what to say or what to do all I know is that I am trapped. I don’t know Chad and I don’t know what he is capable of. All I can do is hope and pray that he does not hurt me and that Adrian will come and find me.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Chad shouts as he downs another glass of scotch.
“Like what?” I say desperately.
“With those huge, judgmental eyes, if you only knew what Adrian has put me through?” I stare at him and I realise that this is all because Adrian slept with his wife. My mind rushes into overdrive as I feel that maybe I could talk Chad out of whatever he has planned.
“I know what he did and it was a disgusting thing for him to do. But you cannot blame me for that. I didn’t even know him then and you don’t have to prove anything. Zara chose you, she loves you, and you have the most beautiful little boy. Please you can stop all this craziness right now all you have to do is untie me. I won’t tell Adrian a thing he doesn’t have to know about this.” Chad laughs at me.
“You think I blame you? You are the crazy one; the only way I can hurt Adrian is by threatening you.” My mind is racing and I feel that I have to compose myself as I try again to convince him to let me go.
“He won’t care; he doesn’t love me like you think he does.” I lie and I hope that Chad believes me. However, I realise that he does not when he bursts into laughter.
“You think that I am that stupid? Adrian looks at you and he melts, he worships the ground that you walk on and he would rather die than be without you.”
“Even so I haven’t done a thing to you, what about your son, William what he would think if he saw you here with me.”