chapter 4 - where am i?

Mia just stood on the porch looking around as the officer and Charlie unloaded the Bronco. It was already sweltering out despite the sun having yet to rise above the surrounding ridges.

“Where am I?”, she asked them as they pulled crate after crate out of the back of the Bronco. Charlie turned to look at her, then just went back to unloading the Bronco. Mia looked about her. The house was old, but big. The clear river ran fast a couple of feet in front of them, just down a short hill. Around her with nothing but forested high ridges.

“How do you even have electricity out here?”

“Thank FDR for that.”, the officer said as he lifted the last crate out. He turned to Charlie and said, “She is all ya’lls now.”, then got into the Bronco, started it, and backed out. Charlie watched him as he drove out and along the river, then turned and looked at Mia.

“I will take you up to your room, you can shower and clean up, then we will feed you.”, he said, then motioned for Mia to walk into the big house.

The walked into a large entryway and Charlie pointed to the stairs, “It’s upstairs.”

Charlie followed closely behind Mia as she walked upstairs. At the top, he pointed down the hall. He followed her down the hall to door on the right at the end. Charlie took a key out and unbolted the door, then with a push, shoved Mia into the room. “Shower and then I will feed you”, he said, then closed the door behind her and bolted it.

Mia turned and tried the door, but it was locked. She looked around the room. It was a large bedroom with two double beds. There were a couple of dressers, a small table with a mirror and various skin products, and little else in the room other than a bible.

On the right side of the room, a door led into a large bathroom with a walk-in shower. There were multiple shower heads in the shower, and it reminded Mia of an old gym shower back in high school. Mia walked back into the bedroom and looked around the ceiling for cameras. Not seeing any, she stripped down laying her shirt and shorts on the bed. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. By the sink there was a large bottle of expensive body lotion and a sign above it that read: “Always moisturize your body after showering.”

She turned on a showerhead and stepped in. It had been over a day since she had last showered, and the warm water felt good. The body wash and hair products looked expensive as well, “wtf” she thought to herself as she lathered up.

After a few minutes she got out, dried herself off, and walked back in the bedroom to find that her clothes had been taken. In their place was a pair of short cutoffs and some vintage looking t-shirt. “Where are my clothes?”, she called out but received no response. She walked over to the door and tried it, but it was locked. She called out again, “where are my clothes”, but again got no response. She walked over to the dresser and heard what sounded like people talking in the next room. She pressed her ear to the wall.

“uhhhh” and then deep breaths.

“Charlie I am so full please no more.”

“You aint full yet.”, she heard Charlie say.

“Charlie please, I will let you feel it, please I am so full.”

Mia heard what sounded kind of like gulping and then gasping for air.

“See that’s enough.”, she heard Charlie say.

“uhhhh” then deep breaths.

“I got you a friend this morning.”, Charlie said, then she heard footsteps.

Mia darted to the bed and jerked on the cutoffs and t-shirt. She had just buttoned the tight shorts when she heard the key in the door. Charlie opened it, looked at her and said, “Come on, let’s get you fed.”