The Repairman 10

The Repairman 10

Sarah eased into her driveway and pulled to a stop next to her husbands prized Jaguar. He loved it more than her or so it seemed most of the time. He certainly spent more time with it than he did with her. She sat in her car for a few moments longer to remember the wonderful evening she just had with John. The thoughts of it were enough to make her smile and tingle all over. She wished she were still there in his arms right now. The thought felt like heaven sweeping through her body as she felt relaxed again. She opened her car door and let it bump into her husbands prized Jaguar. Sarah smiled and began to step out of her car but was stopped by a hand that grabbed her wrist in a determined but somehow gentle way. Sarah wanted to scream but the other hand was placed quickly across her mouth to silence her before she had a chance to make any noise at all. She turned her head and two bright blue eyes were starring back at her pleading for her to be quiet. Sarah tried to squirm but it was quickly apparent she would not be going anywhere unless he wanted to let her do so. He smiled “I am a Detective and we need to talk right now. I know you are having an affair so please do not yell because I am sure you do not want your husband to find that out tonight. So we are going to talk now. If you scream that is fine as I am not going anywhere. He will come out and we can talk then but it will not be pleasant for you. If you understand then please nod your head in agreement.” Sarah looked at him and decided she had nothing to lose at this point by just hearing what he had to say as long as he didn’t ask her to be going anywhere with him. Sarah nodded and relaxed as his hands let go of her and he withdrew from her space. She looked at him with fear as he reached for something behind him. “No need to worry. I am just getting my badge to show you so you can see I am telling the truth. I am not here to hurt you Sarah but I am here because you are in danger. What we need to talk about is serious and you will need to listen carefully to my partner and I. She is over in the car waiting for us. Please join me over there. “ he said. Sarah looked carefully at the badge now before her and it seemed real enough but what did she know about badges anyway. I t could look real but it could look real fake and she wouldn’t be able to tell. It wasn’t the same as a Luis Vuitton Bag and a fake one which she knew the difference of in a blink of the eye. “How do I know this is real? Where is your partner? Tell me what this about now!!” Sarah said with a renewed confidence due to her freedom from his hands. “My name is Detective Moe Burma. My partners name is Detective Samantha Raines. We are here to ask for your help in a serious crime spree that has been going on for six months or so. Please come to the car and let us explain so you can decide on your own rather your husband hears this or not. Please come with me now.” Sarah looked at him and could tell he was serious and seemed to be getting a little frustrated with her right now. If he had wanted to hurt her he certainly could have done that by now. So she got out of the car and followed Detective Burma towards the car parked at the end of the driveway. She felt comforted by the fact that he walked in front of her although she knew if she turned to run that he likely could catch her anyway but it was comforting all the same to her. They neared the car and she was able to now see a dark haired woman in the drivers’ seat of the car. It looked like a cop car to Sarah or at least what they looked like on TV. The drivers’ window rolled down and the woman inside spoke, “Hello, I am Detective Samantha Raines. I am glad you are going to listen to us Sarah. This could save your life and maybe save others lives as well. Thank you.” Sarah paused as the woman spoke and felt that same chill she had felt earlier in the night slip back into her. Detective Burma opened the door to the back for Sarah and shut it behind her before going around to the front seat. Sarah suddenly felt a deep fear inside of her headed towards the surface.

Meanwhile, John had headed upstairs to tend to Janet. He entered her room and she was awake but not really sure of what had happened or where she was until her eyes met with John’s. Then she quickly was brought back to reality. She longed for a different reality right now. Anywhere but here and anywhere but with John was what she wanted. She remembered meeting him in an online chat room after she had divorced her husband. She had been lonely and he had been so wonderful to her. She needed someone and he was just absolutely perfect. He seemed to be able to say and do all the right things at all the right times. She remembered that she was nervous going into the chat room for all alumni of her old high school. She didn’t remember John but that was not surprising as he was a freshman when she was a senior. She probably hadn’t even noticed him back then as she was into the jocks or even the college boys. She used to cheer and with it came special privileges or what seemed like them back in the day anyway. She would love to go back to redo some of her high school days. John though just was at the right place at the right time and before she knew it they were involved. He was everything she ever needed in the beginning but then he was just too clingy and would not give her room to do her own thing. He was saying he loved her and just pushing so hard for things that just didn’t need to be pushed for at all. Things started to go down hill as she tried to pull away from him and he tried to hold tighter. She had kept the relationship a secret from her friends and family since the divorce was still very fresh and she didn’t want to seem too much in a rush to them. Now she just wished someone had known and then maybe she wouldn’t be here, trapped anymore. She wondered how she could disappear for this long and nobody was still looking for her or so it appeared by the newspapers John let her read. She was no longer even mentioned. She knew though from the papers that she was not alone here anymore and that John had taken two others besides her. She wished she could talk to them somehow just to have some interaction with another human other than John. See just wished she had been a little smarter and maybe she wouldn’t be here and maybe the other two wouldn’t either. Maybe, just maybe it would end. She winced with pain as John dabbed at her face with peroxide to make sure the slight cut she suffered was clean. He did care in his sick way but it was a sick twisted way. He was just so careful not to let her have any shot of getting away and if she tried there was always a price to pay. Then he would take care of her and then he would have make up sex as he called it. She told him over and over it was not making up anything, it was just RAPE. He didn’t like that and was rough with her but she said it still as it seemed to get under his skin. John knelt before her with a tender look on his face. He smiled as he looked into Janet’s eyes. Janet gave John a devilish smile right back and then spat in his face. John fell backwards like he had been shot and dabbed at his face. His eyes changed from tender and caring to a burning rage in a mere second. He was on his feet and headed for Janet.