Chapter 25


    Lizzie and te were still seated in the kitchen when the doorbell rang.


    “I’ll answer it”, te said, since he had relieved Mrs. Hale of her duties for sometime.


    “ate!”, a high and screechy voice weed him as he opened the door. It was E.


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    “I missed you so much te”, she continued then proceeded to kiss him. te dragged her off him and


    said, “Never put your slimy hands on me again”


    “But te, I thought we were okay. I thought you were going to marry me”, she continued, still


    screeching.


    “Look E, spare me, okay? Just go, hmm? Go!”, te said, obviously at the end of his tether.


    E looked at him sadly then went out but not without saying, “I promise you, you’ll regret what you just


    did”


    Lizzie came towards te and said, “Wow, I’m so proud of you, you obviously like my friend and not


    that t***”.


    “I don’t like E, I love her, and I’d do anything for her”, he replied, distracted. Then he continued, “I’m


    going to call my mom up, I need to speak with Callie”


    **Gisele’s ce of captivity**


    Gisele was sitting, embracing her knees to her chest. Her throat was parched and very dry; she had not


    had anything to eat or drink for the past twenty four hours. Her hands tied behind her back were also


    sore and getting numb.


    Apparently, this set of kidnappers did not understand the lesson of the well-being of the victim under


    Kidnapping 101.


    She was frightened when the rusted door open with a bang. Instinctively, she shifted into her cage and


    tried to make herself smaller.


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    “Well, well, well, what or rather who do we have here”, Gisele heard someone saying in an ironical way.


    Since she was blindfolded, she relied on her hearing only and the voice seemed familiar. It was like she


    had heard it before.


    “You thought yourself so high and mighty but look at you now, cowering with fear. Hahaha!”, she said,


    attempting tough evilly at the end, said attempt leaving her choking.


    “Anyways, as I was saying, you thought you had te’s affection but it was nothing but a game. You


    were and are nothing to him”, the voice continued.


    Gisele was trying to search her memories and think of who it was. Then she remembered something…


    “E?”, she asked, incredulous.


    “Yes, me. None of you thought me so intelligent to n something like this, right? Well you were wrong.


    I used Edith to spy on you guys and you didn’t even take notice of her. She told me you were going out,


    so I seized the perfect opportunity to call my guys to take you. Hope you bruised well”, she added


    cheerfully, as if she was wishing someone a happy healing instead of the contrary.


    Gisele couldn’t stay mum. She had to ask, “Why would you do this to me? We’ve met just twice”


    “And I hope you remember how you stepped on my toes those two times we met. te was giving you


    the time of the day, so I had to step in and do something.”


    Sheughed again, maniacally. “And it paid off, te kissed me”


    “You’re lying”, Gisele said, horrified.


    “Oh, no. I’m not, he did. And he dered his love for me. Listen”, E replied then removed something


    from her bag. It was her phone.


    She tapped on the screen then yed something.


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    “I don’t like E”, a voice that was unmistakably te’s said. Gisele felt a bit of hope but the next words


    broke her.


    “I love her”.


    **te’s house**


    “So, basically her phone is not signaling on your tracking device?”, Lizzie asked, looking at the


    detective the police had sent to them.


    They had finally called the police and te used some of his influence to get them one of the best


    detectives and also, refused to be excluded from all their activities.


    “Yes”, the man answered shortly. He had tried to track Gisele through her iPhone but the device


    couldn’t detect it, showing that maybe it had been destroyed.


    The detective, Detective Harris, turned back towards the machine and te looked defeated. All of a


    sudden, they heard a furious beeping sound.


    “What’s that?”, te asked urgently.


    Detective Harris’s eyes brightened. “They were not as smart as we thought. This is the location of her


    phone and probably where she is, too”


    te smiled for the first time since Gisele was kidnapped.


    “So what to do now?”, Lizzie asked, obviously excited.


    The detective rolled his eyes, indirectly saying it was so obvious.


    “We follow the signal with a few men and go and check. If she is there, we take action”, he replied.


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    Quite soon after, they were leaving. te’s heart was pounding, he hoped they found Gisele. She was


    his everything, he couldn’t lose her when he had just started to love her. She was his destination, and


    he was damned if anything happened to her.


    ***


    Gisele heard a bang outside through her heartbreak.


    “Open up! It’s the police and we’re armed”


    Suddenly, Gisele heard the door her cage opened frantically and she was dragged out. She felt


    something strangely cold on her temple, just as heard the door go BANG!


    She felt the light blind her when E removed the blindfold from her eyes.


    “Don’te closer or I shoot!”, E shouted, with a crazy look in her eyes.


    So that was what was on my temple, a gun, Gisele thought grimly.


    She saw te trying to cate E.


    “E don’t do that. Do you really want to get your career into shambles because of this?”, he asked,


    looking at Gisele through the corner of him eyes.


    Gisele was scared but she gave no inclination to it. She tried topose herself.


    Everything else was in a blur. She heard someone scream, “Gisele!!”, and thest thing shr thought


    was, it’s te’s birthday today.