Rage Factor by Chris Rogers

Author:Chris Rogers
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780553580709
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1999-01-02T02:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-seven

Patricia Carrera stood alone in the dark, her bladder so full she feared it might burst, and listened to the scrabbles and squeaks draw closer. How long did her jailers plan to leave her here?

Suppose they decided not to return at all?

Trying to escape had gotten her nowhere, although she had finally freed her hands, wrenching and pulling until the tape stretched, thinned, and developed a tiny tear. She worked the tear until it separated. Then she struggled furiously with the chain holding her to the slimy wall, bracing her feet and yanking with all her strength. To no avail. Following the chain to its connection, she found a metal eyelet in the plaster and tried to pry the chain loose with her fingers. When that didn’t work, she tried to break the lock that fastened the leather collar around her neck, digging her fingernails under the leather surrounding the lock.

Now her hands were torn and bloody, and she was exhausted. Yet nothing had changed. The chain still imprisoned her to the wall. She could not sit or lie down unless she was willing to have the collar choke the life out of her. Anyway, she’d rather die standing than sit on that filthy floor.

At first she’d heard the rustling and squeaking only around the walls, but after a while the mice—or rats?—had ventured nearer, until she felt one of them nip at her shoe. Darting away without thinking, she nearly snapped her neck. Now she remained as far from the walls as she could get, in this one spot for what seemed like forever, so tired she could barely stand up. Twice she’d nodded off, only to be jerked awake by the collar as she sagged against it.

She had to concentrate on keeping her muscles contracted so as not to lose the water from her bladder. No matter what else happened, she would not lose her water, would not squat like an animal, her own urine splashing up at her from the filthy concrete floor. That was too disgusting to think about.

Her jailers would have to return soon, demanding she sign their stupid papers. She would agree—but only if they let her out of this room first, gave her water to drink and the use of a bathroom to … wash up. Then she’d tell them to stuff it!

They couldn’t force her to sign. What could they do, other than kill her? She’d never been afraid of dying, and she refused to believe she was going to die now.

They wouldn’t leave her here indefinitely, would they?

She’d always gone back for Paulie.

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