In Exchange for Jackie Part Seven

Hello,” Mitch answered. “Jackie where are you?” His tone irritated.

“Answer him,” Trevor whispered, startling her.

Jackie looked around the room, to see if she could tell Mitch about her surroundings, but a nudge in her back with a pistol caused her to gasp and focus on the phone.

“Mitch, I’ve been umm….”

“Tell him you’ve been kidnapped.”

“I…I’ve been kidnapped,” She repeated loudly with a shaky voice.

“Are the kidnappers with you?”

“Yes.”

Mitch cleared his throat. “Know this, whoever you are,” there was a pause, Mitch was thinking, making sure his next set of words were spoken clearly as possible. He didn’t want there to be any misunderstanding about what he was going to say.

Jackie inhaled, swallowed and with the men in the room, she waited to hear from Mitch. Her life was in his hands, her next breath only possible if he does what the men want. He exhaled heavily over the phone, pins and needles prickling over Jackie’s skin as she gets nervous knowing what he is going to tell them.

“I will not pay a ransom. She’s your problem now.” He hung up the phone.

The room was silent. Jackie’s wide eye and trembling lip were the start of her reaction. Water filled her irises, her heart would sink to her stomach, if one was there to do so, but it was lost long before the men took her. She let out a sharp breath shocked by Mitch’s response since they were legally divorced; there really was no need for him to want her back. But a small part of her thought he would at least be hurt by her being gone or at least want her to be safe.

Trevor and Stuart looked at the phone as it faded out after a minute and then looked at each other. Stuart whispered first. “Damn dude, did he say—”

“Shut up man, let me think.” Trevor had to scratch his head. He wasn’t sure what had just happened.

“What are we gonna do?” whispered Stuart.

“Call him back,” Trevor came to stand by her ear, waving his hand at Stuart.

There was hope yet. Another chance for her to be free.

“What?” Mitch snapped.

Trevor prepared himself to sound threatening, determined this will get him the results he wanted. “We will kill…..”

Mitch didn’t give them a chance to finish before he cut them off. “Look, if you’re going to f**king kill her, then do it so I can make arrangements and move on with my life, if not then let her go so she can come home and then you can go about your lives. I told you I am not paying the goddamn ransom.” He hung up again.

A second time, tears in her eyes, her heart broken. Jackie let out a small cough of a cry lowering her head.

“Damn bruh’ he not….”

Trevor scratched his locks again unsure of what to do. “Shut up man…..f**k!”

Trevor noticed the stifled cries of Jackie; she had to be devastated after hearing her husband’s words. He wanted to offer her some comfort, but he couldn’t, it wasn’t in the plan. Neither was keeping her. He shook his head walking to Stuart. The least he could do was to let her have a moment to grieve. They both left going upstairs. She was scared, hurt and alone in a dark room. Her soft sobs were nothing in the stillness of her prison.