figured the gun was enough?”
“Yeah, that’s true.” I shivered as I remembered the gun. I could feel that I was about to start panicking again as my brain was five steps ahead of my body. My only consolation lay in the fact that if our kidnappers had wanted us dead, they could have just shot us. Unless they thought that was too easy. Maybe they were testing us to see how deeply into despair we’d go. Maybe this was a test to see how depraved human beings could be? Get it together, Bianca . I knew that this was not the time for my overactive imagination to kick into high gear.
All of a sudden my stomach growled, and I felt hunger gnawing at me from inside. I tried to ignore the pangs and cravings that had suddenly emerged inside me. How were we going to eat and drink? I thought back to a movie I’d watched as a teenager called Alive . It had been about a plane crashing in the Andes, and one of the men had eaten the flesh of his dead friend to survive. The movie had been based on a true story, and I could still remember the documentary I’d seen about the man who’d eaten his friend’s flesh as he was interviewed. His eyes had a haunted look as he spoke about what he’d done, but he’d had to do it for survival. My eyes popped open, and I shuddered as I thought about the possibilities of what could happen. What would Jakob and I have to do to survive?
“Take a chill pill, Bianca,” I muttered to myself as my brain ran away with all the craziest scenarios it could think of.
“Sorry, what did you say?” Jakob asked as he continued moving.
“Nothing,” I whispered back, feeling tears coming to my eyes.
“Oh no, are you okay?” His voice changed, and he sounded concerned. “Don’t cry. They didn’t shoot us. We’re okay. I think I nearly have the blindfold off. Once I do, we can work on getting these ropes off and figuring out what’s going on.”
“No, I’m not okay.” I gulped. A seagull flew past then and dove into the ocean. I scowled as it ascended with a fish in its mouth. “Go ahead and mock me, why don’t you,” I shoutedat the bird, jealousy in my stomach as I thought longingly of the fish in its mouth, and Jakob’s body stilled.
“Are you losing it?”
“No, I’m not.”
“Just remain calm, Bianca.”
“Whatever.”
“I’m surprised my charm hasn’t won you over yet,” he said softly.
“What are you talking about?” I frowned at his words. Something he’d said had made bells go off in my head, but I wasn’t sure what.
“I’m just trying to make small talk.”
“Well, don’t,” I snapped. “Just work on the blindfold.”
“I’m trying,” he snapped back, and fell silent again.
I moved my head to the left and the right as much as I could, but all I could see was sand and ocean and some trees in the distance. I tried not to think about who or what was lying in wait for us while we struggled with the ropes.
“I think it’s moving!” he gasped excitedly, and he started moving more and more energetically. His back rubbed against mine, and I kept my mouth shut, even though I wanted to tell him that moving his whole body around wasn’t going to help shift the blindfold on his face. “So, Bianca, are you in the habit of wearing blindfolds?”
“Are you asking about my sexual proclivities, Jakob?” I answered him, my body on high alert as he rubbed back against me.
“I wasn’t asking what you ate last night, that’s for sure.”
“You’re an ass.”
“I know. You told me that already.” He laughed. “But yes, go ahead and continue talking about what you can remember from last night, and we can try to figure out why we’re here.”
“Last night, I was waiting for my friend at a bar. I hadn’t seen her in a while. I wanted to tell her about some stuff that was going on.” I bit my lower lip as I thought about Rosie. “I remember looking at the menu. I was going to have the steak.” I sighed and thought back to the previous evening. Or
“Yeah, that’s true.” I shivered as I remembered the gun. I could feel that I was about to start panicking again as my brain was five steps ahead of my body. My only consolation lay in the fact that if our kidnappers had wanted us dead, they could have just shot us. Unless they thought that was too easy. Maybe they were testing us to see how deeply into despair we’d go. Maybe this was a test to see how depraved human beings could be? Get it together, Bianca . I knew that this was not the time for my overactive imagination to kick into high gear.
All of a sudden my stomach growled, and I felt hunger gnawing at me from inside. I tried to ignore the pangs and cravings that had suddenly emerged inside me. How were we going to eat and drink? I thought back to a movie I’d watched as a teenager called Alive . It had been about a plane crashing in the Andes, and one of the men had eaten the flesh of his dead friend to survive. The movie had been based on a true story, and I could still remember the documentary I’d seen about the man who’d eaten his friend’s flesh as he was interviewed. His eyes had a haunted look as he spoke about what he’d done, but he’d had to do it for survival. My eyes popped open, and I shuddered as I thought about the possibilities of what could happen. What would Jakob and I have to do to survive?
“Take a chill pill, Bianca,” I muttered to myself as my brain ran away with all the craziest scenarios it could think of.
“Sorry, what did you say?” Jakob asked as he continued moving.
“Nothing,” I whispered back, feeling tears coming to my eyes.
“Oh no, are you okay?” His voice changed, and he sounded concerned. “Don’t cry. They didn’t shoot us. We’re okay. I think I nearly have the blindfold off. Once I do, we can work on getting these ropes off and figuring out what’s going on.”
“No, I’m not okay.” I gulped. A seagull flew past then and dove into the ocean. I scowled as it ascended with a fish in its mouth. “Go ahead and mock me, why don’t you,” I shoutedat the bird, jealousy in my stomach as I thought longingly of the fish in its mouth, and Jakob’s body stilled.
“Are you losing it?”
“No, I’m not.”
“Just remain calm, Bianca.”
“Whatever.”
“I’m surprised my charm hasn’t won you over yet,” he said softly.
“What are you talking about?” I frowned at his words. Something he’d said had made bells go off in my head, but I wasn’t sure what.
“I’m just trying to make small talk.”
“Well, don’t,” I snapped. “Just work on the blindfold.”
“I’m trying,” he snapped back, and fell silent again.
I moved my head to the left and the right as much as I could, but all I could see was sand and ocean and some trees in the distance. I tried not to think about who or what was lying in wait for us while we struggled with the ropes.
“I think it’s moving!” he gasped excitedly, and he started moving more and more energetically. His back rubbed against mine, and I kept my mouth shut, even though I wanted to tell him that moving his whole body around wasn’t going to help shift the blindfold on his face. “So, Bianca, are you in the habit of wearing blindfolds?”
“Are you asking about my sexual proclivities, Jakob?” I answered him, my body on high alert as he rubbed back against me.
“I wasn’t asking what you ate last night, that’s for sure.”
“You’re an ass.”
“I know. You told me that already.” He laughed. “But yes, go ahead and continue talking about what you can remember from last night, and we can try to figure out why we’re here.”
“Last night, I was waiting for my friend at a bar. I hadn’t seen her in a while. I wanted to tell her about some stuff that was going on.” I bit my lower lip as I thought about Rosie. “I remember looking at the menu. I was going to have the steak.” I sighed and thought back to the previous evening. Or
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