Opposites Attract.

Chapter 13 - Hostage.

Daniel's POV:

As I squint my eyes, it becomes perfectly clear that I won't be able to sleep any longer as the sun was boring into my face.

Reaching one hand up to my eyes and rubbing it, I realise that I'm lying down on a warm concrete floor. My limbs are sore and my body feels weak. Glancing around the room and beginning to take in my surroundings I realise that I'm lying face down in my basement with my legs tied to a thick, unbreakable metal chain.

"Help!" I scream pleading for someone to come to my rescue. The room remains silent and spins before me as I close my eyes and open them again wondering what was happening to me. It seemed as though near death experiences were becoming the norm for me.

A clock ticks on the cracked wall and reads 10:30AM. A faint smell of wood and paint hung in the air and the ceiling was making a drip-drop sound as water gushed down. The black walls felt as though they were caving in on me and I felt as though I was living a real life scene of SAW. The memories come flooding back like waves in a deep blue ocean.

After being driven back from LA, I recalled the that I tried to look for my mother but she had disappeared and I remember my father clutching a sleek black gun.

There were two theories that stuck in my mind as to why my father would do all of this. He was pathetically desperate for me to date Scarlett and disliked Mariam way more than I had anticipated or he had a secret to hide and I was going to find out what it was.

The sun began to creep back in and suddenly I could see a figure; tied down and laying on the floor limpy and unconscious. "Mum?" I asked in a choked voice. My mother slowly turned her head around. "Oh my God, Daniel honey are you okay?" She asked with a panic striken voice.

"Mum, I'm fine." I lied although I felt a little more than shaken up and confused

"Why's dad doing this?'

Mum pursed her lips as though as though she was afraid to speak but slowly and surely said "I threatened to expose his...secret."