3 Chapter 03

Surrounded by blankets, Naomi rolled over in bed in a cozy sleep, when she heard a loud knock on the door that woke her half-asleep. She thought it might be Mr. Noboru who had come to collect the rent.

"hmm..." Naomi did so as she stood up. "Mr. Noboru is very punctual. But it is so early that it still seems dark."

When Naomi picked up her cell phone and looked at the time, and seeing that it was about 2 hours until sunrise. Then all the sleep she felt at that instant dissipated. A certain distrust invaded her, without making a sound she went to the door, to see through the magic eye. When she saw that there were four men in black suits, they seemed to be security guards or something. While the one at the door was knocking, the other three were talking among themselves, and she noticed that one of them was carrying a cloth bag and another had a revolver in his waistband. thought Naomi:

"Who are these guys? What do they want?"

The knocking on the door continued, every moment the knocking got louder, and then Naomi heard the chilling voice of one of those men saying:

"Come on, girl, I know you're looking at us through the spyhole, so open the fucking door. I promise we won't hurt you."

Seeing this, Naomi silently turned away from the door and returned to her room. She changed out of her sleeping clothes into jogging pants and a simple T-shirt that had hung on the hanger, picked up a pair of shoes, and put them on. In a backpack, she put her laptop and went to a window in her room, where she prepared to jump.

"Tsk! Damn it." Naomi said as she saw that it was and louder than she thought. "But it's the only outlet I have right now."

That's when she heard a loud bang coming from the front door, and the men rushed in and went into the bedroom, and found Naomi on the windowsill about to jump.

"HEY! GIRL!" shouted one of the men.

"Bye! bye!" said Naomi.

In one swift movement, Naomi jumped, as she landed, she felt a pain in her ankle, and just as she prepared to run, one of the men shouted from the window:

"There she is! Seiji, catch her! "

Getting out of a car parked in front of the apartment complex, a tall, bald man got out and started running toward Naomi, who was also running desperately, hoping that the pain wouldn't stop her from running. With her heart racing, she looked back every few moments, trying to see if the man named Seiji was nearby.

"What the hell, what do I do?" Naomi thought. "These guys will kill me if I don't run away. Maybe I can get away if I go to the main avenue..."

Naomi was running in the hope that she could escape down the next street. But when she got to where she wanted to go. Suddenly a mysterious black car stopped in front of her, and one of the doors opened. Startled, Naomi looked inside the car from where a voice saying:

"Hello, Naomi, where are you thinking and going?"

At that moment, the same four men who had come through her apartment door got out of the car and surrounded Naomi, giving her no chance to react. They pushed her over the hood, quickly handcuffed her, and covered her head with a bag.

"Grrr! Who are you? Let go of me." Naomi said in desperation. "Where are you taking me?"

"Ah! Don't worry about our identity. Now you annoying girl, keep quiet so I can do my job." Said one of the men.

But when they tried to get her into the vehicle, Naomi kicked the door and took advantage of the careless moment to run. However, she felt a strong hand grab her arm and pull her back. And even though Naomi was struggling so hard, kicking, jumping, it wasn't enough to get free of that hand that held her so tightly. Upon opening the door again, one of the men lifted, and another grabbed Naomi's legs and put her inside the car without explanation.

"No, let me go, help. Please, help." Said Naomi.

"Haha! She looks like a bush animal." Said the man while carrying Naomi. "Haha! Look how she moves."

"Hey! Stop laughing and quickly get her into the car." Said the man while carrying Naomi. "Bah! Be quiet, you naughty girl."

Even with all her efforts to escape, Naomi cannot help but have them place her inside the car.

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The car began to move. Naomi tried to keep calm, to think in a more rational way, of how she could survive in that situation. The bag over her head prevented her from visualizing the route taken, and the separate handcuffs hurt her wrists. With this, the best solution was to stay still. Naomi and asked:

"Hey! Where are you taking me?" Naomi asked. "Let me go, if this is a kidnapping, I have no money to pay for a kidnapping and I have no relatives living in the city. So can you let me go?"

Then, for the first time since he got into that car, she could hear the voice of one of the men say:

"Don't worry, we know all about you, Fukui Naomi. But even if you had relatives or money, it wouldn't do any good in your situation."

Fear had settled inside Naomi. And the thought that those men would kill her resonated in her mind, filled with torment.

"W-why are you doing this to me?" Said Naomi with her trembling voice. "What are you going to do to me?"

The answer to her questions was silence. Naomi let the tears run down her face, feeling like a condemned man headed for the electric chair. But she was soon filled with determination and convinced herself that she could not die. Perseverance was her best weapon.

For moments like that, the only option Naomi had was to get as much information as possible. She would find a way to break the barrier of silence that had arisen between them.

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