Hard to Kill by C.M. Sutter

Author:C.M. Sutter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C.M. Sutter
Published: 2020-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

“Can I use the toilet?”

Josh grinned. “Piss your pants.”

“Don’t be an ass. Let me use the bathroom, please.”

“No can do, Detective. You’ll sure as shit pull something. I can smell it already.” He laughed. “Damn, I’m pretty good at the play-on-words thing.”

“Fine. Then you better keep your distance because it’s going to get pretty pungent in here after a while.”

Josh stared at me as if he was thinking about how to make my request a possibility without giving me the opportunity to escape.

“Come on, man. Prove you can be a decent human being at least once in your life. All I want to do is take a leak. Are you that afraid of me?”

He snickered as he stood and came closer. “I’m not afraid of you at all.”

“Then prove it.”

Josh crossed the room and disappeared into the kitchen. I couldn’t see him, but I listened carefully and tried to recognize the sounds. A door opened and closed—he must have gone into the garage. Minutes later, he returned with a plastic bucket and placed it in front of my legs.

“What the hell is that?”

He wrinkled his forehead. “It’s your toilet. Take it or leave it. I’m going to cut the tape off one hand, and the rest, you can figure out yourself. Like I said before, your only other choice is to piss your pants.”

I nodded. “Fine, I guess it’ll have to do.”

“Don’t try anything funny.”

“Right, because one free hand is enough to take you down with.”

I watched as he went to the table and retrieved the knife. That would be my only chance to make a move, but my odds were nearly impossible at best. If I tipped the chair, those ropes would tighten around my neck, and I’d be choked. Even if I tried to headbutt him, the ropes would still squeeze the airflow out of me.

Do I let this one pass and try to gain his trust? He’s going to be on guard and ready to attack if I do something now. I’d be ruining a better chance for later.

He stood within inches of me, slid the knife under the tape, and jerked it upward. The tape gave way, and my hand was free.

“Now hurry up and do your business.”

I would bide my time. Hopefully, his guard would be down later if I showed him now that I wasn’t a threat.

The sudden ring of the doorbell seemed to cause Josh to panic. He spun, set the knife on the coffee table, and headed for the window, which gave me just enough time to lift the nooses from around my neck.

In his distraction, it seemed he’d forgotten what I was capable of doing with one free hand. If I stretched out far enough, there was a chance I could reach the knife. If I didn’t get it in time, I’d probably be killed. My fingers were within inches of it as I stretched, yet I had to watch his every move. He separated the blinds and craned his neck to look out onto the porch.

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