Amy called Michelle to tell her of her suspicion. “You should trust your instincts, and call the police, tell them you think someone is after you. The guy who raped and tried to kill you is still out there, it maybe him.”
Chapter 8
Jabar was like a lion watching its prey. He spent his afternoons sitting outside the apartment complex, watching, learning Amy’s routine. He decided that the best time to grab her would be on her afternoon jog. He noticed she always went about 10 minutes after getting home from work. He made plans to follow her along next few days to see if the had a regular route she took. He headed home to dig his running shoes out of the closet.
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Amy had felt someone watching her the past few days, and that gave her the creeps. When she came home in the afternoons, there was always this truck sitting at the entrance of the complex, but she didn’t have proof that it had anything to do with her. She ran past the truck on her jog and tried to see who was sitting in the cab, but he turned away as she ran past. As she went on her way, she felt eyes burning into her back, and chills ran up her spine. Was she just being paranoid, or was she really being watched? When she came back from her run, the truck was gone, and for some reason, this struck her with overwhelming fear. Amy hurried up the steps, and hurriedly unlocked her door. After she had locked the door, Amy called Michelle to tell her of her suspicion. “You should trust your instincts, and call the police, tell them you think someone is after you. The guy who raped and tried to kill you is still out there, it maybe him.” What Michelle said didn’t make her feel any better, but it was true . She called the police next. They promised to strengthen the patrols in that area.
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All that week, while Amy ran, she always saw that truck, and felt someone watching her. Seeing more officers in the area helped to calm her nerves, and after a while she began to think she was just being paranoid. By the end of the week, Amy had begun to shake that feeling of eyes always being on her. She was enjoying her runs again, and not being afraid every moment.
One afternoon, Amy noticed a man running behind her that she had never noticed before. He kept close as he ran, but not close enough to be seen. He was medium build, a little taller than she was, but he wore a hood, so she never saw his face. He acted like a runner, as if he did it everyday, but his running shoes looked almost brand new Amy noticed. All at once, he passed her and She thought that was the last that she would see of him, but as she rounded a curve in the road, someone grabbed her, and started dragging her in the bushes. His hood fell away, and Amy saw w/ alarm that this was the same man that had raped her, and killed her husband. She tried to scream, but he covered her mouth with one huge hand. She realized he was dragging her to his truck, where he bound her hands and feet, before throwing her in the bed of the truck and covering her with a blue tarp. Amy’s mind was reeling, how was she going to get out of this? No one could even see her since she was covered, and her hands weren’t free to remove the tarp. At that moment, she noticed that the tailgate of the pick up wasn’t latched all the way. If she could scoot herself toward it, maybe she could kick her hard enough to knock it down, then scoot off the end when he stopped at a red light. Amy didn’t know if it would work, but she had to try. While she was tossed about from the unlevel roads, Amy tried to scoot as close to the tail gate as she could get, scooting down until her legs were bent a little, giving her a chance at one good kick. If she didn’t get it in one, her kidnapper might figure out what she was doing back here. She felt his slowing to a stop, and wasted no time to preparing to escape when the truck was stopped completely. Amy started kicking the tailgate, and it fell w/ a BOOM, urgently, she wormed her way off the end, falling hard on the pavement and rolling to the side of the road. The driver in the truck didn’t seem to notice, speeding away when the light was green again. Amy breathed a sigh of relief, before she realized that she was still bound, and was now in need of help. She tensed when she heard a car coming, thinking it was her kidnapper coming back to find her, but relaxed when the small, green Honda pulled into my view, and stopped at the light. Amy desperately pulled herself up on the road, where the woman at the light could see her. The woman looked alarmed at the sight of a bleeding, bound woman lying beside the road. Quickly she got out of her car, and ran to tie Amy, and help her up. “Are you alright ma’am?” the woman said as she helped Amy to her car.” I’m fine, I think.” Amy stated, still a little dazed. “ I need to call the police, I just someone just tried to kidnap me. “ Here, use my cell phone.” The woman offered, handing Amy the phone. Amy dialed 911 and told them what had happened. The dispatcher promised to send an officer out to take her statement, and told her to stay put. While Amy waited, the woman introduced herself as Carol, telling she lived not far from where they were. Amy felt strangely comfortable around Carol, and began telling everything that had happened in the last 2 months. The sound of sirens ended their conversation for that moment. Carol insisted on following her to the hospital, and staying with Amy while she was checked out.
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Amy was glad Carol had followed to the hospital; it was nice having someone there with her. After she was released, Carol insisted on driving Amy home. She was too tired to resist.
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A page-turning novel about a relationship between best friends that is interrupted because of betrayal , deceit, sexual promiscuity and pregnancy happens!
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