As I drove to the address in the text message another arrived from Gill's phone, "Come for me Bob."
What the hell was that? Why in the hell would her kidnappers' allow her to use her phone? Or was it them? The message turned my stomach bringing back thoughts of the videos I'd seen for the first time a little over twenty four hours ago. Videos I'd been led to via an anonymous text message that I'd later learn came from Mary - our next door neighbour and friend.
My phone rang, "Detective."
"Call me Mark. Bob, I have one car on the street outside the building now. Dwayne has a couple of people on the door. They are not letting anyone in the building that doesn't live there. So we didn't get a chance to get anyone inside to scope out the place to confirm your wife is there and where exactly they are holding her.
"The building is known to us though. He owns it and provides homes for his working girls there but he doesn't allow them to work out of it. At least as far we know. It has sixteen units and we think only half of them are occupied by his girls. The others are real tenants we think. Rumour has it that the large penthouse apartment is his private pad for time away from his wife.
"In order to allow us to help you - given we've not had time to set up a wire - is have you use your phone as a wire. Basically, call my phone and leave it connected. Try to tell us where they take you. We'll assume the penthouse but if it's somewhere else you have to find a way to let us know. Even if it is the penthouse, confirmation would be awesome."
"Fine with me. Tell you what if I say Keystone, send in the cops."
He laughed, "Okay, I'm gonna hang up. Call me back when you get there. I'll be there along with a third car by then."
I hang up and thought about the last few hours. It had started with my almost having sex with my wife's niece then watching firefighters fight to save my house and Gillian's car. Discovering as we did that Gillian was missing and then that she'd been kidnapped and then getting a message calling me to the address I was now driving towards. Finally there was the two kisses when I got into my car to leave. Sharon's wasn't too much of a surprise but had been smouldering hot. Mary's was just as hot and full of the same promises Sharon's held. God, I hoped I made it back to explore what they meant.
Turning onto the street, I saw the building up ahead. It was a nice building and I felt anger build in me again fueled by the thought that my wife and other women's bodies had financed the purchase of this building for him. It was an older brick building but looked to have had a lot of money spent on renovating it and in a nice neighbourhood. I wouldn't mind living here, it would get me away from the neighbours that knew about the wife and reduce my commute to work. If I stay there, I'd agreed to it but I still wasn't sure a fresh start was a better option for me.
I parked in the only free spot I could find on the street. Just a couple of doors down from the his building, the one holding my wife. I could see the two men on the door that Mark had told me about. One I recognised from the videos.
I wondered how often I'd see people from those videos. I'd definitely see two of them on Monday. One a victim and the other was someone I'd gladly kill now if I had the opportunity and thought I could get away with it. Former friend and office roommate Charlie, he'd fucked me wife for revenge when I'd got a promotion that he felt was his.
Scanning the area, looking to see if I could spot Mark and his colleagues. I wanted some visual reassurance they were around and there to help when they were needed. Just passed the building on same side of the street I saw Mark in the car with two other men. He was easy to spot because one of the guys in the car was talking to a guy on the street who had a dog with him. Made me smile a little, this area must have a good neighbourhood watch program - it's just a shame they couldn't deal with the scum owners.
I continued to scan but couldn't pick out any other cars. I trusted Mark that they'd were there somewhere.
I called Mark then put my phone in the breast pocket of my jacket without saying a word and started to walk towards the door. They saw me as soon the car beeped proudly to let the world know it was locked.
The one I knew pulled his phone out and made a call keeping his eyes on me all the time. After his buddy patted me down, he led me inside and we started to climb the stairs. I was impressed with the ornate stairwell and the clean and shiny brass railings.
I felt a little pain was we arrived on the third floor and hammed it to see if I get get my guide to give Mark and his friends some information.I bent over railings sucking air, I asked, "How far are we going? I'm not used to this."
The guy laughed at me, "All the way to the top. To give you some motivation, the quicker we get there the less people fuck your wife. I don't mind you going slow though, I like em all sloppy."
Well I guess I knew what was going on now and were. The top floor was the place of the 'party' and my wife apparently was the centrepiece of it. Anger flowed through me, this guy had confirmed she was fucking up there and that he would join in once we got there. It was the lack of compassion for me. He just saw he'd get to have a little fun before whatever they had planned happened to me and her. The anger was tinged with compassion for my wife's fate being forced once more into sex with people after thinking it was all over.