Fragrance of Revenge (17 page)

Chapter 46

I was entering my apartment when I
heard the phone ringing.
Maybe that is Mercedes.

“Hello.”

“Scott, its Stephen. You need to
come over to my office right away.”

“Is this about the money drop?”

“
No.
Drop everything you
are doing and come over right away. Something terrible has happened.”

I heard the click and then the
dial tone.
I hope he hasn’t done anything drastic. He said he wasn’t going
to take much more of this shit.

I quickly put the things which would
go bad into the fridge and headed to his office. Unfortunately, the drive is
not that long, but long enough to think about several scenarios that were not pleasant
at all.
Maybe I should have called Mike. No, that didn’t make any sense as I
didn’t know what I could tell him.

My car bottomed out as I entered
his parking lot much too fast. I wondered what damage I might have caused, but
would worry about that later.

I took the stairs two at a time
and went into Stephen’s office. He was sitting with a half empty glass in his
hand looking out his window at the Charles River. He turned around and gestured
toward the liquor area. “Get yourself a drink; you’re going to need it.”

I went over and poured double the
amount of bourbon I normally take.

“Scott thanks for coming so
quickly.” He got up and went over to the liquor area and refilled his drink. He
sat down in the sitting area and took a long hit on it. I sat down across from
him and took a small taste of my drink.

“About an hour ago I got a call
from Max Gordon who is Mercedes’ director. He was calling from Venezuela. He said he wanted to let me know what happened before it got reported by the
news agencies.”

Oh no. I don’t like the sound
of this at all. Please God don’t let this be—

“Scott, Mercedes and another FBI
agent Ralph Reynolds, were kidnapped just a short while ago. They were forcibly
taken from their hotel room. I also learned she was kidnapped and rescued
earlier in the day. Mercedes was being sent home on the first flight tomorrow.”

I heard what he said, but it
wasn’t making any sense.

He continued talking. “Director
Gordon didn’t have too many details, but given the situation, they wouldn’t be
able to keep it under wraps. He wanted me to be aware of what was going on in
case I heard anything, or someone contacted me for any ransom demand. He gave
me two numbers where I could reach him.” Stephen downed the rest of his drink
and headed over to the bar.

“Stephen, maybe you should slow
down in case something develops, or someone calls.”
I felt uncomfortable
advising him that, but I had no idea how many drinks he had consumed.

“Perhaps you’re right. I should be
home waiting for another call, or –“

“Thanks for calling me to come
over. I’m glad you didn’t tell me about this while we were on the phone.”

“Scott this is one of the worst
things that could happen. Not just that she has been kidnapped, but because my
wife will not be able to cope with this new development. If she hears this on
the news, well…her condition might get worse. I don’t know if I should tell
her, but my gut says to keep her from hearing anything about this.”

“What about the money drop?”

He went over to his desk, unlocked
his middle drawer and pulled out a brown paper bag. “Here it is. You’ll have to
make the drop.”

Chapter 47

I could feel the room spinning.
Maybe I drank too much too quickly. If Stephen was talking I couldn’t hear him
any longer. Mercedes was kidnapped twice. I felt so helpless at the moment.
There wasn’t anything I could do to rescue her. I tried to play back our last conversation
but I couldn’t recall it. I tried to consider that this was a dream, but I
could feel the glass in my hand.

Stephen took the glass from me.
“Scott…Scott close your eyes.”

I closed them but I could still
feel the room spinning. I got this strange taste in my mouth and went running
for his office bathroom. I was sorry that I hadn’t eaten anything, and glad I
hadn’t. I felt my insides coming out and couldn’t control my reflex. I kicked
the door closed to the bathroom. Hugging the toilet didn’t seem to stop the
feeling. I tried taking deep breaths, and realized I needed to flush.

When I finally came out there
wasn’t any sign of our drink glasses. I took a seat in the sitting area and
waited to make sure I had truly passed the danger point.

“Do you feel better now?”

“To be honest, I’m not really
sure.”

“This was a shock to me, and I can
tell this was for you too. I should have been more delicate relating the news.”

“You did fine. I just can’t
believe this happened, and happened twice in the same day. Did Gordon give any
indication of whether they knew where they took them?”

“He did say they were working
closely with the local police there, but there were some issues. He didn’t
elaborate. There’s nothing we can do. Look Scott, you can understand I really
need to be home in case the people make a call for money.”

“I understand. Do you really want
me to make this drop tonight?”

“Yes I do, or you could just
kill
the son of a bitch. I really can’t deal with this situation any longer. I’ve
lost one daughter already; I don’t need to lose another.”

I wondered why he wasn’t
thinking about his other daughter. I thought about Melanie and noticed I was
rubbing my scar through my clothes.

Chapter 48

There was something powerful
having the doctor tied to the bed with his fate resting in her hands. Right now
something else was in her hand, and the other hand could easily remove it from
his body. She ran the back of the straight razor down his chest, across his
stomach and then in a circle around what she was holding. She felt him flinch.

“Close your eyes.” He resisted.
“You are in a very precarious position and need to trust me. Getting me upset
is not in your best interest. Now, do as I say. Remember, I am your master.”
She watched him close his eyes, but he wasn’t smiling at all. She ran the back
of the blade under his testicles. He flinched. “Careful doc, one false move by
either of us, and you might need to use the ladies room in the future.

“Why are you doing this?”

“Did I hear you correctly?” She
squeezed him and she felt his body’s reaction.

“My lady, please don’t hurt me.”

“That’s much better, but I thought
you liked it when I hurt you. You do don’t you?”

“Yes…but you could cause some real
damage with that razor.”

“Are you saying I’m not careful?”

“No. I know you are trying to make
me excited.”

“Is that right?” She looked at how
clean shaven he was. “There’s no hair here to cut any longer. Open your eyes
for a moment.” When she saw his eyes open, she reached down and felt for one of
her hairs and cut it. She took the razor and sliced it to make two. “I wasn’t
expecting it to be that sharp.” She jumped off him quickly and he gasped.

She went over to the drawer where
she found the razor. There was a leather strap in the drawer. “You must have
been a Boy Scout. Always prepared. Were you?”

“Yes, I was.”

“Open your mouth and keep your
eyes open.” He hesitated, but then responded.

“Once again I am not going to ask
twice. Don’t think about things, just do them. Understand?”

He nodded. She put the end of the
leather strap in his mouth. “Bite this and hold it tightly.” She pulled on the
strap from the other end and his head rose slightly. “Hold still.” She took the
razor and started to sharpen it on the strap. His eyes were bulging seeing the
razor flash back and forth in front of his nose. “Good boy.” The razor sounded
like a firecracker as she worked it back and forth.

“You can let go now.” She took the
strap out of his mouth and studied the razor, moving off him to stand by the
bed. She held the leather strap in one hand and the razor in the other. She
looked at him and noticed he was getting more excited. “Did you like the taste
of the leather?”

“It did have an interesting
taste.”

“Interesting taste huh?” She
brought it to her mouth. “It does have a flavor. She held it and licked it. She
noticed his body’s reaction but didn’t say anything. The end was quite wet now.
She ran the leather strap down across his mouth and down his body.

She teased his body with it for a
few minutes. “Close your eyes.” He closed them immediately. She dangled the
strap letting it touch his skin in different places. It was a game and she was
playing him like a fish. When he was getting comfortable with the game and
liking what she was doing, especially when she touched him in his special
places, she snapped the strap and hit him across the chest.

“Owe. That hurt.”

“Silence.” She struck him two
times on his upper body. His eyes were still closed but he was grimacing. She
couldn’t resist any longer and resumed dangling the strap against him.

For the next several minutes she
alternated between hitting him with the strap and kissing away the pain she
caused. She kissed the last place and she knew he no longer was in control.

*.*.*

It was about fifteen minutes of
pain and pleasure. She didn’t know what she liked more, pulling the strap to
cause him almost intolerable pain, or kissing his pain away. He eventually got
what he wanted and she received his confession about what he did with her
pictures.

“Master, I still have to go to the
bathroom.”

“Not yet. You haven’t earned that
yet. I have some questions to ask you. And this time, you better not lie once
or I will take the razor and make you regret you’re a man.”

He quickly nodded.

“I want to know about my family.”

He didn’t say anything or nod.

“I can ask you questions, but in
your condition there could be a risk in that. Or better, you can tell me what I
should know.”

“I will tell you, master. Will you
reward me?”

“We’ll see.” She moved up to sit
on his hips instead of his thighs. He took a deep breath. “Show time, doc.”

She listened to him for a very
long time and he related everything she knew from the file upstairs and some
new things. Of course with every tidbit of information she moved against him.
He couldn’t get the story about her and her family out fast enough.

“Is that it?”

“Yes, master that is everything I
know.”

“What is going to happen to me
next?”

He didn’t respond not knowing how
to.

“You must have some thoughts about
where I stand. Share them.”

“Master, I have fallen in love
with you.” She inserted him and she almost had an orgasm with the feeling.

“You are no longer the ugly little
girl who came to the facility. You are extremely beautiful and I want to spend
the rest of my life with you.”

She studied him and when he opened
his eyes she didn’t penalize him, but she started moving her body against him.
His eyes closed. She thought of Chris, and if it wasn’t for him she might just
consent to being with the doctor for the rest of her life. She was quickly lost
in the feelings, but her fantasy right now was the picture of Scott Tucker.
That’s who she wanted and who she was going to have. Chris was coming soon, but
the two of them were coming now.

Chapter 49

This kidnapping was very different
from her last one. There were no men molesting her in the back of a van. They
were not tied up nor covered with hoods and she was not stripped. She tried to
remember exactly what happened, but she was asleep when they were confronted.

Ralph had said he heard something
in the sitting area and told her to stay put. There was a confrontation in that
area and Ralph yelled to her to get dressed. By the time she realized what was
happening three men were already in the bedroom area. They pointed their guns
at her and she thought they were going to shoot her right there. They yanked
the sheet away from her and were surprised she was naked. They yelled, “Clothes.”

There was no way to hide her body
from them as they encircled her. There were some words spoken in Spanish, but
this was not like the other abduction. She started to move to her suitcase to
get clean clothes and one man pointed his gun at her head. Unfortunately, she
never put out clean clothes to wear and had to explain by waving her hands in
front of her that she needed some clothes.

He smiled, said something to one
of the other men and studied her body, then felt her hair and then laughed. He held
the gun continually near her head still focused on her body as she found her
underwear and put them on, and then she put on black slacks and a white
sweater.

She started to head to the
bathroom and the man stepped in front of her. She motioned toward her feet and
he shook his head. He waved his gun toward the bedroom door and she knew he was
telling her to leave.

When she came out of the bedroom,
Ralph was lying in a heap on the floor. One of the men put his gun behind him
into his pants and sat Ralph up. A second man came over and did the same thing.
They lifted him up. Once Ralph had his bearings they were quickly ushered to
the housekeeping staff elevator. As they descended, Ralph was checking out the
men in the elevator. One of the men let go of him, pulled his gun and put it to
Ralph’s head.

When the elevator doors opened
they were in the hotel’s housekeeping main work area. She noticed women working
in the area, but they stopped what they were doing to watch what was happening.
One of the men waved his gun at the people and they froze. Once outside they
were both pushed into a van and two men got in the van with them.

Ralph was bleeding on the back of
his head and when she tried to help him, one of the men pushed her away from
him. She pushed him back and looked at his wound. His hair was matted and when
she looked at the bleeding it looked like it was stopping, or had already
stopped.

Twenty minutes or so later, the
van stopped, and then seconds later entered through an automatic door, which
immediately closed. Hoods were put over their heads and they were pushed and
pulled out of the van. A strong hand grabbed her wrist and she was guided through
the building.

They made a couple of turns inside
the building and when the hoods were removed they were in a small 8x10 room
with just two chairs in the center of the room. Nothing was said to them and
the men closed the door and left.

“Mercedes, are these the men who
took you earlier?”

“No. These are not the same men,
and seemed much more disciplined. They seem like they could be police, or have
that background. Let me see your head.”

“I’m sorry Mercedes.”

“What?”

“I promised I would protect you,
but obviously I didn’t follow through.”

“We’re both alive, which is the
important part.”

“They could have easily killed me.
One of the men had a silencer on his gun. They came prepared to do that if they
needed to. I’m glad it didn’t come to that.”

“Ralph, I’m sorry they struck you.
Obviously, they want me and you came along unfortunately for the ride. Misery
loves company.”

“Mercedes I don’t want anything to
happen to you. It doesn’t look good.”

“Thanks for being honest with me,
but our priority is to stay alive and see if we can learn anything about the
other missing people.” She remembered some of her captivity, and didn’t want to
experience it again.

“Are you worried?”

“Yes, I have to admit I am. If
this is who I think it is, I’m not sure we will be rescued this time.”