38 The Proposition

KYLE'S POV

"Stay put babe-I'm leaving right now. Get Richard to stay with you okay? And ask Rita and Jamie to come over until I get there. Stay safe okay? I love you." I dropped my phone on the table and pulled on my hair.

"Hey, is there a problem?" Michael asked.

"Yeah..Maya was almost abducted-again. I'm sorry Mike I have to go-I need to make sure she's safe. I need to be with her-she needs me." My voice was shaking.

"It's cool, I understand. Maya is more important. Let me ask the pilot to get the jet ready so you can leave right away." Michael said and left the studio.

I drove back to my house, packed a small bag and waited out front for David to come and pick me up.

A different driver pulled up and opened the car door for me. I didn't think it strange at the time that David wasn't driving me to the airport but my mind was all over the place. I was a nervous wreck and my main focus was to get to Maya.

The driver seemed to be taking a different route so I became concerned.

"Hey! You're going in the wrong direction." I called out to him but he just ignored me.

"Hey-" I grabbed his shoulder and he turned slowly to face me.

"Goodnight," he said to me and those were the last words I heard as he pierced an needle into my arm.

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I slowly regained consciousness and tried to recollect my thoughts.I tried to get up but my body felt like dead weight. My body was strapped onto a bed and I could hardly raise my head. I looked around the room and it looked like I was in a basement.

Maya was probably going out of her mind with worry but I'm sure she had figured out what had happened to me. That must have added considerably to her stress. It was probably JP up to his tricks again but at least I wasn't trapped in a cliff..not yet anyway.I heard the door rattling and in walked Jean-Pierre.

"Bon jour," he said cheerfully as he perched at the edge of the bed.

"Nice of you to drop by." I croaked, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I hope your room is to your liking. I know you're used to so much better." He gave a lopsided grin and looked around.

"I should have told them to bring you a piano or a guitar or something to keep you busy. Maybe I can arrange it?" He laughed at his own joke.

"Let's cut the chit-chat Jean-Pierre. What do you want?" I grunted.

"I want to kill you." He said simply.

"Good luck with that." I rolled my eyes.

"Well by the looks of it you're rather defenseless right now, so I can pretty much do whatever I want to you.At least with you out of the way, Maya and I can be together." He said as he crossed his legs.

"If that's what you think then you're dumber than you look. She hates you."I scoffed.

"You can insult me all you want but I know Maya and I will be together once I get rid of you. You're just a minor hindrance. I know she still loves me." He waved his hand.

"Aaah..okay. It's that simple right? You're just forgetting that she's married-to me." I said.

"Yes,that's just a small technicality.I love Maya-" He began.

"No! You don't!" I cut in.

"You think that you're the only man that loves her? That's capable of loving her? " He raised his eyebrow.

"If you loved Maya-then you wouldn't have left her to die in a cave that you had carved in a cliff! Chained like some animal!She was in that hole for almost three weeks. Lying on a wet, hard floor in a camisole, with no food. I will never forgive you for that!" I said with anger.

"I don't need your forgiveness Kyle. It's of no value to me. But if you really must know- I told those imbeciles not to harm Maya but clearly they failed to follow a simple instruction. Then it was unfortunate that they died before they delivered her to me.At least you found her on time so no harm done." He dusted his hands.

"No harm done huh? Do you know that we almost lost her? Do you know that she still has nightmares and panic attacks huh? So don't tell me there's no harm done and don't tell me that you love her cos you don't!" I lashed out. If only I wasn't tied up I would have shown him.

"I love Maya. No matter what you may think. I know she suffered tremendously- but she's fine now-so no need to dwell on the past now is there?" He dismissed my outburst.

"You know what? I'm not going to waste my time trying to talk sense into you..you're a lunatic." I said.

"Maya and I were happy before you came crashing into the picture. You changed her-she was a strong woman and now she's just like a weepy lovesick puppy." He spat out.

"You don't know Maya. You never did." I stated.

"Anyway let's get down to business. I have a proposition for you-it's either you sign these divorce papers, that I have right here or.." He waved the papers and produced a pen.

"Or what?" I narrowed my eyebrows.

"Or you die.So decide-your life or you walk out of here a free man. So what's it going to be?" He stared at me.

"I'm not going to sign so go ahead and kill me." I calmly stated.

"Okay..Have it your way then." He stood up and gave me one last look.

He walked to the door and gave one last parting shot.

"You must really love her. But I hope you've made the right decision. " He turned and left.

I needed to get out of here but how?