Mike Dixon

The driver returned to the van and Barry unlocked the
handcuffs. Janet cowered in a corner and refused to cooperate.
She wanted to entice him closer. Get him to lay hands
on her … and suffer the consequences.
„Move!‟
She feigned terror but it didn‟t work. Something sharp
jabbed into her arm and she realized she‟d been stabbed.
The pain didn‟t trouble her but the injury did. Her ability to
fight was severely compromised. For the first time in her life
Janet Pulnitz was frightened.
The driver grabbed her by the legs and pulled her from
the van. She fell to the ground and Barry yanked her back
up, inflicting further wounds with his knife. An iron grill was
opened and she was pushed through it into an unloading
bay. From there a door led to a labyrinth of musty corridors
lined with rusting storage racks.
„Over there!‟
Barry led her to a pipe and clamped the handcuff on it.
„Okay, darling!‟
He shone his torch in her face.
„We‟re going to get the party boy. He wasn‟t home when
we called so we‟re going back for him.‟ He spat in her face.
„Our friend Footsie is already here, like I said. So don‟t think
you can scream for help. Because, if you do, Footsie will
come and cut your bleeding tongue out.‟
he electric mixer juddered to a stop, accompanied
T by blue sparks and a smell of burning. Humphrey
shot to the wall and hit the switch. He feared that he‟d
wrecked the machine and was dislodging pieces of coconut
from between the blades when the telephone rang. He heard
Kirstin‟s voice.
„Humphrey!‟
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