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were perceived much more ominously
than he had intended them to be.
    “Take care of me?” she squealed.
    “Jesus!” Evan finally lost his temper with her.
“Just shut the fuck up now, okay?”
    Jaime let out a horrified gasp at his profanity
laced outburst. She clamped up then, the wheels spinning inside her
head. He was easily annoyed. Maybe she could use that as a weapon
against him. It might backfire on her, but then again, she was
desperate.
    “I need to get some food,” Evan said after
several minutes of tense silence between them. “I'm gonna use a
drive-thru so you won't find a way to escape, but don't you dare
alert them about anything.”
    “My name is Elizabeth,” she said in a sudden
lie.
    He looked at her with confusion. “No, it's
not.”
    “Of course, it is! How dare you say that to
me?”
    “And I'm the king of England,” he laughed. He
wondered if reverse psychology would work on her. It wouldn’t hurt
to try, he surmised, and promptly found that it did. “Listen, you
don't have to tell me your real name. I don't give a shit
anymore.”
    Jaime sighed deeply. “If you must know, it's
Jaime.”
    He pulled into the parking lot of a Burger King
and smiled at her. The sweetness of that smile momentarily took her
breath away. “Would you like anything then, Jaime?”
    “Why do you believe me now?” she whispered with
confusion.
    “I'm good,” he replied as a matter-of-factly.
“Don't ever lie to me again. I'll know.”
     

CHAPTER 4

     
    As the afternoon sun began to sink low on the
horizon, Evan began to have a troublesome time staying awake long
enough to drive. He felt himself nod off every so often, only to
jerk awake again. Shaking his head to rid himself of the fatigue,
he continued on, gazing at Jaime, every now and then.
    To make matters worse, he saw that she had
fallen into a light sleep, pressed against the window as she sat
beside him. He knew he had to get some rest very soon, but how
could he do it and secure her at the same time? He had a sudden
epiphany, but knew that he would need to stop at a store in order
to achieve an end to his own means.
    The setting sun crept across the back country
roads as he headed west through Pennsylvania. It wasn’t long until
Evan pulled into a convenience store for the purpose of filling the
Acura’s tank and buying a few supplies. He pumped the gas first.
Luckily, Jaime was still dozing as he did so, but he didn't trust
her to still be there if he went into the store. Once he was done
with the gas, he hurried toward her side of the car and yanked the
door open, jolting her awake.
    She looked dazed and disoriented, at first;
temporarily forgetting about the situation she was in while she
napped. It all came back to her as she saw Evan standing above her,
his hand extended toward her. When she didn't move, he bent down
and tightly grasped her upper arm.
    “Come into the store with me,” he demanded
softly. “And don't say a word once we’re inside!”
    Once out of the car, Jaime noticed as he let go
of her upper arm and clasped her hand very tightly. It actually
felt good to her, feeling her hand in his. She had often daydreamed
of such a thing, except in her mind it was with a boy at school
that she had a crush on and the two of them were walking hand in
hand. It was a favorite fantasy of hers, although she never
fantasized about anything more than that.
    She was a virgin and wasn't even sure she could
fantasize any further. She truly had no clue as to what love-making
would be like, so she didn't think about it at all. She had never
felt the arousal of sexual sensations before, either, but this felt
good. A real man other than her father holding her hand! Yeah, he
was her kidnapper, but still . . . And then she remembered, with
terror, what if he raped her?
    Evan led her into the store and seemed to be
focused on finding something in particular. She didn't want to ask
him what it was and allowed him to drag her along. She saw him pick
up