Page 107 of Together in Harmony
He spins me round so we are facing each other. I see the weapon is not a gun—it’s a taser.
“I’ve had good old dad as my plaything ever since his stroke,” Screech tells me. “But I’ve missed you so much. We’ve got a lot to catch up with!”
“Dad? I don’t understand.”
“I’m his power of attorney, didn’t you know that? It’s superb. He can't speak, so I just get to do whatever I want with both him and his money. Recently I’ve been telling himallabout poor little Frenzy, and how much I had fun with you as a kid. Must be blowing his poor addled mind. He just sits there drooling and has to listen. But enough chit chat…on with the show. You are going to just disappear again. You are good at that, aren’t you, Frenzy?”
Asa! Where are you?
He raises the taser, I start to scream, but then he pulls the trigger.
ASA
The cabin is empty. No Harmony. Some cleaning supplies are out on the table, a couple of drawers are open, but my babe is nowhere to be seen.
“Harmony? Sweetheart?”
I call her cell. It goes to voicemail.
Then I call Hugo. She’s not at the house.
This just doesn’t seem right.
I call our security.
“Haven’t noticed anything,” says Roger. “I can check the video feeds for the last hour?”
“Do it.”
I send messages to Hugo and Lennox then move outside, calling her name. Lennox comes running down the driveway. “What’s going on?”
“I can’t find her.”
My cell rings. It’s Hugo. “I’m with security. The camera by the cabin has been disabled. I’m calling the police.”
“You think it’s Screech?”
“Don’t you?”
Fuck.
Lennox is off again. “I’ll get my bike, maybe get lucky and catch up with them?”
“I’m calling Waldo,” I tell him.
Every second takes our baby further away from us.
Fuck.
I summon every ounce of calm I have, if I want to get her home, I need to use my brain not my brawn.
But damn, I am ready to smash some shit.
HARMONY
Iknow I’m in a car, but my brain is so fuzzy. I can’t quite remember who I am or what I’m doing here. I'm so tired.
ASA
