I stood there, looking out the window at my minimum wage job. I worked as a bartender at a truck stop on the side of the highway. Most people who stop here at truckers who just want a drink and plenty try to get us lady’s to come to there trucks for sex but obviously no one ever did and the ones that did go to there trucks got fired because of it.

It was late afternoon in August the sun was just

going down and the bar was starting to fill up with truckers, bikers, and people who just needed a break from driving across country.

Since the bar was 4500 km from the closest motel or house most people just pull over and rest some sleep in there cars and most truckers who have bin driving over 12 hours pull over to nap or sleep though the night.

I was making drinks for people and taking orders for food, when one man came in who immediately caught my attention. He was tall, lighter skin, with dark brown hair, and a grey sweater on with blue jeans, He had to be in his 20s.

I was only 19 at this time, I am a short brunette with a slim build, heavy in the chest and have a decently sized ***. I knew I was hot and everyone around me knew that too that’s probably why I had so many guys try to pick me or why I had so many boyfriends that used me for my body.

I was making a dirty martini for a older women who came in often after she drove her rig for the day, when this young man who caught my attention from before walked up and sat in the bar stool next to her. They made slight eye contact and had a small conversation about their day and job before I had time to walk up and ask him what I could get for him.

“Hey there what can I get for you today?” I asked with a friendly smile and tone.

“Can I please just get a shot of whisky and then a glass of water,” he replied quickly with a smile.

I made him a shot of whisky along with his water and sat it down in front of him smiled once more before tending to my other tables for the rest of the night but couldn’t help myself from looking over at him for time to time.

It was closing time now and the end of my shift roughly 4 hours from when this man had come in to the bar and get he was still there aloud now stilling sipping his water and watching the tv that went from football to cold case files since it was about 3am and that was the only thing on. I decided to walk up to him.

“Hey, it’s closing time now could you please clear out for the night.” I explained with a tired smile and my now messy bun.

“Of course beautiful want to come hang out with me for a bit?” He smiled and winked at me and I’m not going to lie it did make me blush.

“No thank you,” I smiled and started towards the back of the bar to start cleaning up before I left.

The man got up and left and the bar was now

empty. I immediately got a werid feeling and the other girls in the bar were leaving so I was once again locking up for the night, it was a normal thing for me to lock up and I have no problems with that most of the truckers were already in bed and were all very nice if there were up having smokes or just hanging out.

I locked up and headed for the back door towards the back lot where my car was. I started towards my car across the lot and heard a noise behind me and quickly turned around and called out.

“Hello?”

No answer

Must have just bin hearing things

But no I wasn’t because seconds later I felt a cold wet pain in my ankle and let out a sharp scream but it was muffled by someone’s hand and cloth rag and that’s when everything went black and I felt my body collapse...

My eyes shot open... blood and lots of it everywhere

... around me I was lying in blood, my own blood it was coming from my ankle where it had bin sliced open and my tendon cut open gushing out blood with my every heart beat. ...

I screamed so loud my ears started to ring, I started screaming even more.

“AHHHHHHH!! HELP ME! AHHH!” I screamed that over and over and over again for a good 10 minutes until my voice started to crack and I got light headed before collapsing again.

...****************...

“Shit... is she alive?”

“I don’t know... I shouldn’t have cut her that deep..”

“You shouldn’t have cut her at all you fucking idiot!”

*Smack*

“Yo! Why did you do that!”

“What good is she to us dead!”

“You don’t think I know that!”

“Go upstairs and stay there while I figure out what to do with her.”

“Yes sir.” *sigh*

...****************...

These voices were booming loud and I was to scared to even open my eyes at this point. I was in so much pain that I physically couldn’t open my eyes I tried to open them but my body wouldn’t let me.

I felt a hand grab my hair and pull my head up

and my eyes shot open once again.

“Good your awake” a tall, slim, old man stood before me, his face wrinkled from the sun and a cut on the side of his face that was healing over.

“LET ME GO!” I screamed I didn’t even have time to think of what I was going to say or even where I was.

“Oh honey shut the **** up or I’ll have no choice but to slit your throat and eat ur body,” he answered with a smile.

“Please... I’ll do what ever you want..” I started to sob now.

*sigh* "yes you will do want we want” he looked disappointed now and like he was sorry for me.

I looked at my hands and they were free but my one leg had a chain attached to it and was connected to the brick wall. I was in a basement from what I could tell, or maybe a small dark room. It wasn’t that big but big enough that there was a bed and a door on the other side of the room there was a tv and a sink also along with a table and two chairs.

“Well faith, will you let me wrap up ur cut so you don’t bleed out on my floor?” He looked at me kindly.. but also darkly he had this werid look in his eyes.

I sobbed loudly once I heard my name and he sighed deeply and started wrapping up my sliced ankle.

He then turned around and walked to the door across the room and opened it to a stair case, closed the door behind him and locked it.

I sat there in the dark sobbing loudly and finally cried myself to sleep on the cold floor praying for someone to find me...

I was scared to see what this new day held, I hadn’t slept well what so ever and I was starving since I hadn’t eaten since the morning before my shift started.

I heard foot steps coming down the stairs and then the door unlocked and opened.

It was the man from last night holding a plate of what seemed to be food, my eyes lit up as I was starving but I knew I couldn’t trust him.

“Eat” he set a plate down in front of me

Peas and mashed potatoes with a slab of meat.

I stayed quite, and just studied his movements, he was fixing up the bed sheets and Fidding with the counter tops and then one light that hung over the sink. I looked down at the plate of food in front of me and wanted to just shovel it in my face I was so hungry.

“Go one eat kid,” he glanced over his shoulder at me and spoke like I was his granddaughter or kid or something.

“Why am I here?” I softly asked holding my tears back.

I didn’t want to cry in front of this man again and show my weaknesses.

“Your family now,” he spoke like he had known me my whole life.

“What’s ur name?” I questioned him what was a big mistake on my end.

He ignored me and just kept playing around with the light.

“There, you guys have light now!” he flipped the light switch and smiled at his work of a lit door,

“You guys?” I questioned him once again.

“Shut up and eat ur fucking food and stop asking questions!” He turned and scared at me which broke me and I started crying again.

“I just want to go home...” I sobbed again

He stormed out of the room and locked the door behind him and stomped up the stairs and I could he muffled yelling and then talking then I heard soft steps coming to the door and it unlocked and in walked a female, she was blonde and a older lady with a bit of weight on her and she started towards me after closing the door.

“Hey there..” she softly said as she slowly walked towards me.

“My names melody,” she smiled and pulled a chair from the table and sat down across from me.

I had stopped sobbing and was know looking at her confused.

“Please I just want to go home!” I sobbed even louder.

“Look hunny I’ve bin here for years, they won’t hurt you, they just want you to be safe and happy, nothing else matters to them but that,” she said all this is a genuine concern and haft smile while looking deeply sorry at me.

“ I was happy we’re I came from!” I shouted loudly at her, making her jump back in her seat a little bit.

I felt a cold hand smack across my face, stunning me for a second and leaving me looking puzzled.

“LOOK I DIDNT WANT TO BE HERE ETHER, BUT I COMPLAINED THIS MUCH!” Her voice cracking and getting all waving like she wanted to cry.

I didn’t say another word, I was speechless and just looked at my feet the rest of the time until she stood up, pushed in the chair, and started towards the door before turning to me once more.

“They won’t be back for a few days now, they went to prepare are new house, so I’ll be bringing you down a snack in a hour or two. I exspect you to be sitting in that chair at the table ready to have a nice conversation with me.”