The Last Victim Chapter Six
''If something happened to my son I will never forgive you.'' Rouvas said bitterly looking at Roderigo.
Roderigo didn't reply, he's been blaming himself since Niko disappeared. He would never forgive himself either. How come he let that happen?
''How could he know Rouvas?'' Maddy, Rouvas's wife, protested.
''He encouraged him to do it behind my back!'' he said in rage.
''Your son is not a child! He'll be 20 in few weeks, other boys his age travel around the world.'' She said indignantly ''And why are you so sure that he was kidnapped? Maybe he just ran away!'' She continued.
''What's wrong with you? The last time he was seen was with a man who filled the form with false information, covered his face while passing under the camera, and my son's clothes were found smeared with blood!'' he shouted.
''It happens! Some kids plot their own kidnappings to get away from their parents!' she shouted back.
''NOT MY SON'' he yelled consistently.
''Your son, your son, your son, everything is about your son!'' she said scornfully.
He was just going to throw another word in her face when the phone rang, he jumped to pick it up.
''Mr.Rouvas I believe we identified the kidnapper.'' Detective Morris said on the other side.
In less than 15 minutes Rouvas and Roderigo were in the police station talking to detective Morris.
''Fortunately, when he hid his face from this camera, he didn't notice that there is another camera on the other side that caught about quarter of his fa…..''
''Who is he?'' Rouvas interrupted impatiently.
''When we showed the picture to the mansion's owner he said that he is the man who designed his garden, his name is David Lukas.'' Morris said ''We haven't found him yet.''
''What do you mean?''
''We went to the address registered in his profile, the landlady said that he left the place two years ago.''
Rouvas looked at him disappointedly but he continued ''We distributed his picture on every police officer in town and it will be shown in the evening news.'' Then he said encouragingly after a pause ''don't worry, we will get your son, go home now.''
''Don't worry? I barely felt any other emotion since my son disappeared.'' He said bitterly with a choking voice.
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After 28 days in captivity, Niko was not the same anymore. He's become silent, submissive, passive and subdued. He was ready for anything to be done to him at any time. He's lost a heap of weight, he's become pale, his eyes sunken with dark shades around them not to the mention the redness in his eyes resulted from hours of crying and crying and crying. Red, blue and purple bruises filled his body that it was difficult to notice his skin color.
He was stretched on the sofa and David doing it. Hard, fast and painful as usual, that time he wasn't crying, he was begging, he wasn't screaming, he was just staring at the ceiling feeling numb. His mind has been disconnected from his body. When David was done he fell on him out of breath. He was heavy and his sweat had a strong odor. After few moments he kissed him on the cheek and said ''You've been great.'' Then he winked and said ''As usual.'' Nothing could describe the inferiority Niko felt at this moment, the dirtiness and shame.
David's cell phone started ringing relentlessly and he went to answer it. He talked with somebody, probably a client, how normal he looked while talking in the phone, Niko thought. He left the cell phone on the dining table and went to take a shower. In a moment, he kept lying there staring to the ceiling but suddenly, involuntarily, he looked at the dining table, the cell phone was there and David in the bathroom. He stood up slowly and shuffled to the table and picked up the cell phone with shaking hands. He dialed his father's number,
''Hello'' his father said on the other side.
''Dad'' Niko whispered not helping the tears that started running on his face.
''Niko, where are you? Tell me darling I will come to get you.'' Rouvas jumped of the chair.
''I don't know, Dad, help me!''
''I will, just try to know where you are, a bill….mail….anything anything..look around you!'' Rouvas said wanting to jump through the phone.
Niko heard David walking out of the room so he said ''I've got to go, Dad I love you.''
''Fight, Niko, fight….fig….''
Niko put the phone in its place quickly and sat on the sofa again. His mind was now working, working to get out of there. His father's voice made him remember that he has a lot of things to fight for. He will fight. ''I will get out of here'' he thought.
His father's words were echoing in his ears ''anything..look around you!''
This was one of the rare moments David left him unchained. He's got to make the utmost use of it. He went upstairs, he tried to look for anything….disappointingly, there was nothing….nothing..not even a piece of scrap paper. He descended slowly downstairs feeling more desperate than ever.
David was chopping cucumber on the counter when his cell phone rang again.
''Yeah, this is he……..prize? what kind of prize?......million pounds?...oh my God!.....mmmm…no coming to my place is not possible…I ca…''
While he was talking on the phone Niko was looking at the knife on the counter steadily. He was determined that he will get out of here, by hook….or by a knife, and the knife is available. He tiptoed to the counter and grabbed the knife in determination and walked to David who was giving him his back. David was finished at that exact time and turned around when he found Niko standing few inches away, ready to stab him. David caught his hand in the air and twisted his arm. Niko didn't let the knife fall out of his hand. Desperation gave him unusual power, he kicked David in the groin that he screamed out loud in pain and anger.
''You little bastard!'' he yelled.
The two men rolled on the floor, Niko trying to stab David, and David trying to make Niko's hand let go of the knife. The fight ceased with a loud scream of pain and agony. The knife pierced Niko's stomach, the pain was utterly horrible and unbearable.
''Oh my God, see what have you done?...oh…oh…oh'' David screamed in panic. He was hysterical. He carried him to the bedroom. He rushed outside leaving Niko screaming in pain and returned after 15 minutes with a doctor.
''Oh, my God, what happened?'' the doctor asked.
''A street fight….the blokes who assaulted him ran away…. I called the police.'' David said hastily. ''Do your work'' he continued.
''He needs to be rushed to the hospital.'' The doctor said.
David raised a gun to the doctor's head and said firmly ''Do what you've got to do here!''
It took the scared doctor more than two hours to get out the knife and make sure it didn't hit any vital organ, he gave him local anesthetic to abate the pain and started suturing the wound. Niko was wavering between consciousness and unconsciousness, the last thing he saw before everything blackens out was David stabbing the doctor to death.
To be continued......
Roderigo didn't reply, he's been blaming himself since Niko disappeared. He would never forgive himself either. How come he let that happen?
''How could he know Rouvas?'' Maddy, Rouvas's wife, protested.
''He encouraged him to do it behind my back!'' he said in rage.
''Your son is not a child! He'll be 20 in few weeks, other boys his age travel around the world.'' She said indignantly ''And why are you so sure that he was kidnapped? Maybe he just ran away!'' She continued.
''What's wrong with you? The last time he was seen was with a man who filled the form with false information, covered his face while passing under the camera, and my son's clothes were found smeared with blood!'' he shouted.
''It happens! Some kids plot their own kidnappings to get away from their parents!' she shouted back.
''NOT MY SON'' he yelled consistently.
''Your son, your son, your son, everything is about your son!'' she said scornfully.
He was just going to throw another word in her face when the phone rang, he jumped to pick it up.
''Mr.Rouvas I believe we identified the kidnapper.'' Detective Morris said on the other side.
In less than 15 minutes Rouvas and Roderigo were in the police station talking to detective Morris.
''Fortunately, when he hid his face from this camera, he didn't notice that there is another camera on the other side that caught about quarter of his fa…..''
''Who is he?'' Rouvas interrupted impatiently.
''When we showed the picture to the mansion's owner he said that he is the man who designed his garden, his name is David Lukas.'' Morris said ''We haven't found him yet.''
''What do you mean?''
''We went to the address registered in his profile, the landlady said that he left the place two years ago.''
Rouvas looked at him disappointedly but he continued ''We distributed his picture on every police officer in town and it will be shown in the evening news.'' Then he said encouragingly after a pause ''don't worry, we will get your son, go home now.''
''Don't worry? I barely felt any other emotion since my son disappeared.'' He said bitterly with a choking voice.
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After 28 days in captivity, Niko was not the same anymore. He's become silent, submissive, passive and subdued. He was ready for anything to be done to him at any time. He's lost a heap of weight, he's become pale, his eyes sunken with dark shades around them not to the mention the redness in his eyes resulted from hours of crying and crying and crying. Red, blue and purple bruises filled his body that it was difficult to notice his skin color.
He was stretched on the sofa and David doing it. Hard, fast and painful as usual, that time he wasn't crying, he was begging, he wasn't screaming, he was just staring at the ceiling feeling numb. His mind has been disconnected from his body. When David was done he fell on him out of breath. He was heavy and his sweat had a strong odor. After few moments he kissed him on the cheek and said ''You've been great.'' Then he winked and said ''As usual.'' Nothing could describe the inferiority Niko felt at this moment, the dirtiness and shame.
David's cell phone started ringing relentlessly and he went to answer it. He talked with somebody, probably a client, how normal he looked while talking in the phone, Niko thought. He left the cell phone on the dining table and went to take a shower. In a moment, he kept lying there staring to the ceiling but suddenly, involuntarily, he looked at the dining table, the cell phone was there and David in the bathroom. He stood up slowly and shuffled to the table and picked up the cell phone with shaking hands. He dialed his father's number,
''Hello'' his father said on the other side.
''Dad'' Niko whispered not helping the tears that started running on his face.
''Niko, where are you? Tell me darling I will come to get you.'' Rouvas jumped of the chair.
''I don't know, Dad, help me!''
''I will, just try to know where you are, a bill….mail….anything anything..look around you!'' Rouvas said wanting to jump through the phone.
Niko heard David walking out of the room so he said ''I've got to go, Dad I love you.''
''Fight, Niko, fight….fig….''
Niko put the phone in its place quickly and sat on the sofa again. His mind was now working, working to get out of there. His father's voice made him remember that he has a lot of things to fight for. He will fight. ''I will get out of here'' he thought.
His father's words were echoing in his ears ''anything..look around you!''
This was one of the rare moments David left him unchained. He's got to make the utmost use of it. He went upstairs, he tried to look for anything….disappointingly, there was nothing….nothing..not even a piece of scrap paper. He descended slowly downstairs feeling more desperate than ever.
David was chopping cucumber on the counter when his cell phone rang again.
''Yeah, this is he……..prize? what kind of prize?......million pounds?...oh my God!.....mmmm…no coming to my place is not possible…I ca…''
While he was talking on the phone Niko was looking at the knife on the counter steadily. He was determined that he will get out of here, by hook….or by a knife, and the knife is available. He tiptoed to the counter and grabbed the knife in determination and walked to David who was giving him his back. David was finished at that exact time and turned around when he found Niko standing few inches away, ready to stab him. David caught his hand in the air and twisted his arm. Niko didn't let the knife fall out of his hand. Desperation gave him unusual power, he kicked David in the groin that he screamed out loud in pain and anger.
''You little bastard!'' he yelled.
The two men rolled on the floor, Niko trying to stab David, and David trying to make Niko's hand let go of the knife. The fight ceased with a loud scream of pain and agony. The knife pierced Niko's stomach, the pain was utterly horrible and unbearable.
''Oh my God, see what have you done?...oh…oh…oh'' David screamed in panic. He was hysterical. He carried him to the bedroom. He rushed outside leaving Niko screaming in pain and returned after 15 minutes with a doctor.
''Oh, my God, what happened?'' the doctor asked.
''A street fight….the blokes who assaulted him ran away…. I called the police.'' David said hastily. ''Do your work'' he continued.
''He needs to be rushed to the hospital.'' The doctor said.
David raised a gun to the doctor's head and said firmly ''Do what you've got to do here!''
It took the scared doctor more than two hours to get out the knife and make sure it didn't hit any vital organ, he gave him local anesthetic to abate the pain and started suturing the wound. Niko was wavering between consciousness and unconsciousness, the last thing he saw before everything blackens out was David stabbing the doctor to death.
To be continued......
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