Chapter 6
Friday morning.
Tabitha could hear birds chirping as she woke. Then there was the sound of trees moving as a breeze blew them. Slowly she opened her eyes, then quickly closed them against the nearly blinding light of the sun that she hadn't seen in four days. She drew a hand to them and rubbed them before she realized that they were no longer tied. After a small gasp, she again opened her eyes, this time more slowly, and took in the sight surrounding her.
She lay on a small cot under a tree with a tarp propped up over her to shield her from the elements if necessary. Nearby was a stump that had a small sack on it and her cell phone. She was unsure of exactly what was going on, other than the fact that her captor had released her.
"Shit," she said to herself. "He didn't even fuck me." Tentatively, she reached for the bag and opened it to find two energy bars, a small foil package containing a wet nap, and a typed note.
"Tabby Kat," she read. "My love for you made it impossible for me to abuse you by having sex with you. If you had not been a virgin, I might have done so, but your first time should be made special, the way you described it. You mentioned a person who you wanted but was unattainable. I hope that you will try to make him attainable and that he will make your first time very pleasurable and all that you would want it to be.
"If you will look at the ground, you will see that I have used some rocks to point you to the closest road. Tell the person you call that they should drive south on Kennel Road from Santiam highway for about half a mile, then pull off the road. If they then honk their horn, you will hear it, or they can call you to let you know that they have arrived. I hope that you will be able to get back into a normal life easily. You will always be my Tabby Kat, and I will always love you. Charles."
Her captor was good. She realized that he had done nothing that would reveal his identity to police. The one thing that had any identifying significance was the ring tone of his cell phone that she had heard. Thinking quickly, she reached into her jeans pocket and smiled as she found that he had left everything there. She withdrew the disposable lighter she kept for camping and set fire to the note, making sure that it was completely consumed by the fire and the resulting ash crumbled and spread to the wind. Then she picked up her cell phone, turned it on, and dialed.
Dave sat at the table eating a small bowl of cereal. His nerves were on edge as he waited. He knew that she should be awake by now and figured that she would call their mom, Emily, any minute. She was already in the living room, once again trying to calm her own nerves about her missing daughter. She couldn't help thinking that she had been taken just over four days ago and they had only heard from her once. The thought again crossed her mind that it was possible that she might not see her alive again, and her eyes filled once more with tears.
Dave heard Emily's sniffles and wished that he could comfort her with the knowledge that Tabitha would be back today, but knew that that would expose him. He said nothing as he finished his cereal and took the bowl to the sink.
The familiar sound of the theme song from the sitcom "Friends" filled the kitchen. Dave picked up his phone and answered absently. "Hello?"
Emily could hear him through the open door, and thought that one of the people he had helping with fliers was calling for today's assignment. But her ears picked up and she raced to the kitchen as she heard his next words.
"Tabitha?" he said. It took a lot of effort to remember not to call her Tabby Kat. "Are you okay? He hasn't hurt you, has he?"
Emily's heart pounded as she waited while Dave listened. "Alright, sis. I got it. See you in about forty minutes. Be careful. We don't want to lose you again. Love you, sis."
"What'd she say?" Emily rushed to get information as Dave hit the button to hang up his phone.
"She's been released. She found herself alone in a wooded area this morning when she woke up. I'm supposed to drive out to Kennel road and go about half a mile south of Santiam Highway then honk my horn to let her know that I'm there."
"I'm going with you," Emily insisted.
"Mom," he began. "She said that she doesn't want anyone else there right now. If you go, the police will know that something is up, and she wants things to be done quietly. Just let me go get her and I'll bring her back here. Once she's inside the house, we can take care of all the other bullshit that has to be done."
Emily relented, but was not happy about it. Seven minutes later, Dave looked at her briefly as he opened the door of the house. "I'll call you once I have her with me and know for sure that she is safe," he said
Tabitha looked around her. The first priority was to find a place to relieve herself. The fact that there wasn't any toilet paper to wipe herself with bothered her, but she couldn't hold out any longer. After moving a little deeper into the woods, she took off her pants and panties, being sure that they were not in the way and squatted down releasing her piss. Once that was done she grabbed her pink panties and used them to wipe her pussy then dropped them back on the ground and put her jeans back on. She then picked up the soiled panties and carried them back to the campsite, holding them out away from her.
Back at the campsite Charles had fixed up for her, she dumped the contents of the sack on the stump and placed her panties inside it. The energy bars were the next thing. She used the wet nap to clean her hands then she retrieved and ate the nourishing food. Although she would have liked to have more, they were enough to hold her off till she could have lunch. After burning the wrappings of the used items, she looked up at the tarp.
It wasn't difficult to figure out how the tarp was tied, and it didn't take long to lower it from the makeshift poles and the tree. She was beginning to fold it when she heard the familiar sound of the horn of Dave's van, the "Fuck Mobile."
She walked to the edge of the woods and saw him sitting in the driver's seat looking first one way then the other to see where she might come out of the woods. Once he saw her, he quickly opened the door and rushed around to where she stood.
"Are you okay?" he asked as he pulled her into a hug. "Mom's waiting for me to call and let her know if that fucker hurt you."
"I'm fine, brother dear. But don't call her just yet. I need your help. There's a tarp and a cot back here that were used to keep me off the ground and out of any rain or anything. We need to take care of them and put them in your van before we leave."
"How did you know where you were at?" Dave asked as they walked back to the campsite. "This place seems a bit remote."
"He left me a note."
"The cops will want to see it. Where is it?"
"I burned the damn thing."
"What? What the fuck did you do that for?"
"Because it and the wet nap and energy bars were the only things that could possibly tie my captor to his real identity. I've burned everything except the sack they were in. I'm using it for something else right now. The only other things are the cot and tarp. I'm counting on you to keep everything hidden from the cops. There is no need to go through all the shit just to come up without a fucking clue as to who he is. Besides, I don't want them to know who the fuck he is."
They reached the site and busied themselves folding the tarp. "Did he fuck you, sis?"
"No," she said with a sad look. "That was the plan, I'm sure, but although he took care of my needs, he never put his cock in me. He even was nice enough to eat my pussy yesterday, and he jerked himself off, but he never fucked me. I was really ready for it, too."
"If that was why he took you, why the hell didn't he fuck you?"
"That was in his note that he left me. If I wasn't a virgin, he would have. But because I haven't been fucked before, he didn't want my first time to be done with someone who had me tied up and blindfolded."
"Well, isn't that just damn nice of the guy. Wait. Did you just say that you're still a virgin?"
"Yes, Dave. My pussy is still untouched by a cock."