The Witness

The Phone Call

Blake

I boarded up the window in the Landry room and cleaned up the glass. I wasn't expecting Anne to try and escape again after what Frank did to her, I guess I underestimated her. Thank god I found her though. I think she was expecting me to be pissed at her when I bought her back, how could I be, I got her into this, I hated seeing her hurt. i didn't think I would care about what happens to her as much as I do.

I'm not sure what will happen after the trial but i know one thing, I'm not going to let my boss turn her into a criminal. When the time is right, I will tell her about my plan and hopefully she will help me, I can't do it without her expertise, I know nothing about computers apart from how to switch them on and send an email, she is my link to a new life.

I made a sandwich and some coffee and took it into my bedroom, she was curled up asleep where I had left her handcuffed to the bed. I put the tray on the side and sat, stroking my fingers down her arm making her jump, she opened her deep green eyes and looked at me.

"Hello sleepy, I bought you some food"

"I'm not hungry" she said turning away from me

"Come on Anne, I don't want to have to force feed you" i was joking with her, I was worried she hadn't eaten since breakfast yesterday

She sat up and I handed her the coffee, I put cream and 3 sugars in it. She took it and looked at it

"Is it drugged?" She asked before she sipped it, she still looked really sleepy

"'No it's not drugged, how are you feeling?" I asked as I felt her forehead, she didn't answer me. I should really have put her back on the antibiotic drip but I figured she'd had enough of me prodding and sticking needles in to her.

"You feel a bit warm Anne, you really need to continue with the antibiotics"

"I think you enjoy sticking needles in me Blake" she replied as she looked at me through her eyelashes

"How about pills?" I asked, Ralph had bought some with the supplies he dropped off.

"As long as they are antibiotics and not sleeping pills again" she replied

"I promise no sleeping pills, I will go and get you some, eat your sandwich" I said as I left the room.

I went into the kitchen and opened the draw to check her phone, there was another message from her mom,

"please call home Annie, we are worried about you xx" I felt a wave of guilt. I was tempted to let her call but would that be a mistake?

I went back into the room with the pills, she had eaten the sandwich

"Thought you weren't hungry?" I laughed as I handed her two pills, she just scowled at me and swallowed them with her coffee.

Her sweat pants had traveled up her leg revealing a graze on her shin "you cut you leg, let me clean it" I said

"Please stop doing the doctor thing Blake" she said as I went to touch it

"Hey sorry, I'll stick to doing the kidnapper thing" I smiled holding my hands up and she rolled her eyes. She leaned back against the headboard and hugged her coffee cup.

"What did Ralph mean when he said you should have let your boss kill me?" She asked, she was direct, I liked that about her

"My boss wanted the witness dead, I convinced him otherwise" I replied

"Why would you do that?" She frowned

"I know you think I'm a scumbag Annie, but I do have a conscience" she probably wouldn't believe me though