## An Education: The Perils of Patty

Post by KP Presents » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:11 am

“Cassie Craig has got to be the luckiest girl in the world!”
Rachel nodded as we walked through the park, heading towards the town centre so that I could spend some of the money I got for Christmas. She had been dropped off by her mum and dad, and was spending the day with me while they went off – well, I had no idea where they were going, but when mum said it was all right for the two of us to go into town together, on our own, we both felt really grown up.
It was a cold January, so I was well wrapped up, with a pink sweatshirt and joggers, a white t-shirt under the sweatshirt, and a white padded jerkin over the top of that, as well as a white scarf wrapped around my neck and white gloves.
Rachel was wearing a long brown duffle coat over a grey jumper and jeans, while both of us had on black Ugg boots. I like Ugg boots – they’re comfy, they keep my feet warm, and I can get in and out of them easily.
So Rachel, my best friend, turns to me and looks through her glasses before she says “why is Cassie Craig the luckiest girl in the world?”
There are times, just sometimes, when my best friend in the whole world can be spectacularly dumb.
“Why do you think? She gets to spend the entire Christmas holiday in different houses, wearing lovely dresses, tied and gagged most of the time, having fantastic fun – and I only got to join in with a little part of that!”
“Well yeah,” Rachel said as she pushed her glasses up with her gloved hands, “but it was her thirteenth birthday as well, remember. You told me what happened when Jenny turned thirteen – perhaps her mum and dad just wanted to do the same thing for her?”
And that’s why Rachel Rigg is my best friend – she always sees why some things happen the way they do, even if I don’t understand.
Well, maybe I don’t want to understand, but you know what I mean.
Anyway, like I said, we were making our way into town to spend some of my Christmas money, and we were walking through the park, when Rachel saw that the cafe was open, and said “can we stop here first and get a drink?”
And that was how the whole day started – because Rachel and I went to get a drink, and we decided to stop and have it before we went shopping.
Rachel got herself a hot chocolate, and I bought myself a hot Vimto, and we sat outside, holding them in our hands so that they would cool down enough to start drinking. I know, I know - they are meant to be hot drinks, but we didn’t want to burn our mouths, did we?
There were two men sitting at the table next to us, who were talking to each other in quiet voices. They both had heavy black jackets on, like the men who dig up the roads wear in winter, dark trousers and boots, and woollen hats on their hats. I saw the tool bag next to one of them on the ground, but didn’t think anything of it as I looked back at Rachel.
“Hey – did you see that program on the television this week?”
“I watch a fair bit of television, Rachel,” I said as I watched the white steam coming off my drink, “which one are you talking about?”
Rachel looked round and whispered “the one where that gang took over the house, and forced the family into one room.”
“Oh, that one – yeah I saw it,” I said quietly. It was an American program that they show on the Nickelodeon channel – a bunch of teen sleuths who look into crimes in their towns.
On this one, a group of three armed men had forced their way into this rich family’s home, and taken the mum and kids hostage while they forced the dad to do something for them. I think they had meant it to be frightening, but this was kid’s telly – and besides, I know what that’s really like.
Several times over, if truth be told. I mean, I’m not in the same league as Lady Cassandra, in terms of being held captive by robbers and other assorted bad men, but I’ve had my fair share of encounters – one or two of which Rachel has also been caught up in.
“Do you think that sort of thing happens round here?”
“We both know it does Rach – at least in terms of being held hostage.”
“I know – but even so, gangs who would threaten to kill the others if they do anything stupid while they’re been held captive?”
“Who really knows – well, I guess Mister Hampton might, but look around us, Rachel. Do you think a ruthless gang of robbers might be planning a break in right now?”
“Who knows? Maybe the lady who served us our drinks is a robber, or the two men over there.”
I looked at the two workmen, who glanced in our direction as I said “Indoor voice, Rachel – they might think we think they’re really robbers.”
They had been talking quietly to themselves, and glancing at us from time to time, but then they both stood up and walked off. We talked and had our drinks, and then stood up and started to walk towards town again – and that was when our day went to pieces, and something very different happened.
As we left the park, there was a big black car parked across the entrance. The door at the back opened, and one of the two men who were sitting at the bench near us got out.
“Hello girls,” he said quietly, “I need you both to get into the car please.”
“I’m sorry,” Rachel said, “what did you just say?”
“I said get in the car,” the man repeated, and this time he opened his jacket – and we both saw the gun that was stuck in the waist of his trousers.
“Oh god,” I whispered quietly, and Rachel gripped my hand – but we both got in, sitting next to the second man as the first man got in and sat opposite us, closing the door.
“What the... Why the hell did you bring those kids in here?”
I realised it was the driver of the car ho was speaking to us. I could only see the back of his head, as the first man said “they overheard both of us talking in the park, when we were waiting for you. They know we’re planning to rob the Hewton house.”
Rachel and I looked at each other as the second man said “Don’t be afraid girls – we’re not going to hurt you, but we can’t let you tell the police what you heard. You’re going to have to come with us and spend the day somewhere else, but you’ll be back with your parents before it gets dark, all right?”
Well, they had the guns, and they were trying to be nice – but they weren’t in the Jay Edwards league, I can tell you. Anyway, I looked at Rachel, and then said very quietly “you promise you won’t hurt us?”
“We promise,” the car driver said, “come on, we need to go now.”
As the car started, Rachel and I looked at each other, too afraid to say anything, so we just sat quietly, trying to think of where we were going. I’d never heard the name Hewton, but whoever they were, these three men were planning to rob them.
And we were right in the middle of it.
When the car pulled into a set of gates, we stopped a little way up the tree lined driveway.
“Out please girls,” the man with the gun said as he put it in the large bag on the floor of the car. He and the second man had pulled the hats down over their heads, and we could both now see they were actually black balaclavas, covering their heads so that only their eyes and mouths could be seen.
As we got out, we saw the driver had also pulled the hat down over his head, looking at us as he said “So how are we going to get in?”
They all looked at Rachel and me, as one of them said “You girls are going to come with us to the front door, and ring on the door bell. When someone answers it, you say that you’re lost, and you need to phone your parents. Nothing else, understand?”
We both nodded, too scared to say anything. I kept quiet because I wanted Rachel to stay calm as well, as we walked up through the trees to the very large house. Not as big as Wissenden hall, but still...
“We need to be quick,” the man who had driven the car said, “the head of the family is out of town, but I want us out of here and everything finished well before he’s due to return.”
The other two nodded as I whispered to Rachel “I’ll do the talking – I can see how scared you are.”
“Thanks,” she whispered back as we went into a patio, and the three men stood wither side of the door. I could see one of them had taken a big gun, like a shotgun but shorter, out of the tool bag.
Standing in front of the door, I took a deep breath and then pulled the handle that was on one side. We could hear a bell ringing somewhere in the house, and then the door was opened by a woman, not much older than mum. She had on a black dress with short sleeves, and a white apron tied around her waist, as well as dark tights and black shoes.
“Oh,” she said as she saw me and Rachel standing there, “what can I do for you girls?”
“Please,” I said quietly, “we fell asleep on a bus, and we have no idea where we are. Would it be all right if we came in and called my mum to come and collect us?”
She looked at both of us, and then smiled as she said “you poor things – of course you can come in. I don’t think Mrs Hewton would mind if you used her phone.”
She stood to one side, but as I walked in I said “I’m sorry.”
“For wh...” She stopped talking when she saw the masked men walk in behind us, one of them pointing the funny gun at her as she said “Be very, very quiet. Take us to Mrs Hewton.”
She looked at us, and then at them, as one of the men walked behind her and took something from his pocket, pulling her arms behind her back. Rachel and I looked at each other – we could guess what he was doing, as the driver put his hands on our shoulders and said “walk with us, say nothing.”
The man then made the woman walk in front, as we could see her wrists were tied together behind her back – but that was all, as we approached a door and she said “in there.”
The third man opened the door as we were pushed in, and one of the two women sitting there looked at us, and said “What the...”
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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:58 am

Nice!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:21 am

Patty is in trouble!

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Post by Tom Ford » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:22 am

Oh my God! Patty is caught up in the middle of something big! And with no Cassie too! How will she manage this situation? Hopefully, the robbers will just leave them there when they are done robbing the place.
And so, he have Patty’s first peril! And all due to Rachel’s big mouth! Who would’ve thought that it was Rachel who would lead them all into trouble by making those two men think that they overheard them planning a robbery.
And those robbers would be too stupid to realize otherwise.
Still, I can’t wait to see what shenanigans would Patty have up her sleeve!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:50 am

Patty got herself and Rachel in trouble! And somehow, I'm not surprised!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:39 am

Great chapter!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:41 am

Great update!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:10 am

Great start!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:31 am

Please please update really really soon!!

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Post by William F Somebody » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:35 am

So this is why it’s called the Perils of Patty! Patty is now in deep trouble, and Rachel too! And the worst thing about this is that Patty had seen their faces so she could identify them to the police! Hopefully, they are just robbers, and nothing more.
Hope Patty is prepared to face whatever she has to face! Let’s hope that without Cassie or Jenny go guide her, she could face this one with flying colors. How will Patty handle it? Will her love for being bound and gagged overcome her common sense?

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:47 am

Hope you update soon!!

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Post by abductionfan » Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:40 pm

Nice start,hope more coming soon

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Post by KP Presents » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:28 am

The woman who spoke was older than Mum – she had a bit of grey in her short hair, and was wearing a grey dress with a round neck, tights and shoes. There was another woman with her, who didn’t look much older than Angela Bowden, and was wearing a blue top, black leggings and black fabric boots. She had a look of fear in her eyes as she looked at us.
“Hello Mrs Hewton,” the man with the woman who opened the door said, “just sit quietly and do as we say, and this will be over quickly.”
“I see – so this is a robbery? And these two young girls?”
“They heard us planning to come here, so don’t blame them – isn’t that right kid?”
“That’s right Mrs Hewton,” I said as I held Rachel’s hand, “I’m really really sorry.”
“She was meant to be alone here,” another of the men said.
“Good point – anyone else in the house?”
Looking round, I could see why they were asking that question. There were plenty of photos of the older woman, with her sons and daughters – two of each, but none of them was the other woman sitting there.
“No,” she said, “my kids are at my mother’s, and my husband is with his father in town.”
“All right,” the man with the maid said, “tie them all up.”
The men behind us pulled our hands behind our back, and I felt them using some rope to tie my wrists together. That was it, just the rope around and between my wrists – and believe me, I was really tempted to say something, but I looked at Rachel, and saw the tears started to form.
“Just be brave Rach,” I said quietly, “we’ll get through this together, all right?”
She nodded as the two men went behind Mrs Hewton and the other woman, as she said “What are your names girls?”
“I’m Patty, this is Rachel, and I’m really sorry,” I said quietly as I watched the men bind their wrists.
“You’ve nothing to be sorry about Patty – this is not your fault,” she said as they were made to stand. We were then marched up the stairs, and into a large bedroom that had a large TV hanging on the wall, and a very large bed against the wall.
“Sit on the floor, all of you,” the man with the gun said, and so we sat in a row, before the other two men tied our ankles together, side by side, and then our legs below our knees – in the case of Rachel and me, taking our boots off first – before they pressed a strip of white tape over our mouths.
“Let’s get on with it,” the man said as we were left alone, sitting there. I sat still for a few minutes, trying to process what was going on here – and for once, trying to think the way Cassie or Jenny might think.
Mrs Hewton and the other two women were just sitting there, too scared I think to do anything – but Rachel was scared as well, looking at me as if this was the worst thing that could have happened to her. She could easily escape from this – I know I could – but the fact this was no game had got to her.
So, I guessed it was up to me to do something about this, so I started to wriggle round, and managed to get my arms under my bottom and bring them up to my mouth, and then peel the tape away.
“Heddudtht,” Mrs Hewton said as I started to pick at the knot holding the ropes around my wrists. It came away fairly easily, and I then untied my legs.
“Cnuurlssmmm,” Rachel said as they all looked at me.
“In a minute or two,” I whispered, “if you can stay here for a minute, I’m going to go and see what they are up to.”
Rachel nodded as they watched me walk slowly to the door of the bedroom, and then open it slowly, slipping out and closing it behind me. I listened for a moment, but I couldn’t hear any noise upstairs, so I walked along the hallway and started to walk down the stairs – but stopped at the bend when I saw two of the masked men standing in the hallway.
“Nice haul – once we’ve got that safe open, even better.”
“Yeah – and those kids meant we got in with no trouble at all.”
“True – maybe we should do a kidnapping more often?”
“Nah – I prefer our usual way of working.”
“So are we still on for tonight?”
“Boss says so – some big financial adviser?”
“Yeah – name of Craig. We’ll hit them late on – they’ve got kids, but I don’t think they will be a problem...”
I froze when I heard that – they were going to rob Cassie’s place? Now, I wasn’t exactly afraid for them – I just knew that I had to stop it!
So I went back upstairs as quickly as I could, and back into the room, before I went behind Rachel and looked at her wrists.
“We’ve got to raise the alarm,” I said as I looked at Mrs Hewton and the other two women, “or else...”
“Or else what?”
I looked to the door to see the third robber standing there, smiling as he looked at us.
“Now how on earth did you manage to get free,” he said as he looked at me.
“Errr – I got my arms in front of me and untied my hands,” I said as I looked at him and smiled.
“Did you now? Well, we need to make sure you can’t do that again,” he said as he walked in, and picked up the ropes I had left on the floor. “Hands behind your back please.”
“I’m sorry,” I said quietly as I looked at the others while he re-tied my wrists, and then sat me next to Rachel again as he tied my ankles and legs. Going to the door, he called down “someone bring me some more rope up here,” and then waited until one of the other two men handed him in some more lengths.
“You are obviously a very clever girl,” he said as he looked at me, “but I need to make sure you can’t bring your wrists back round again.” He then tied one length around my waist, holding my wrists to my back, and then another length around my tummy, keeping my arms to my side.
“I guess I’ll need to do this for all of you, in guess you get tempted to copy her,” he then said before he put a fresh strip of tape over my mouth, and then went to Rachel, adding the extra ropes to her as well as to Mrs Hewton and the other two women.
I watched as they all wriggled round, and yeah – I knew both Rachel and I could usually get out of this – but she was still scared, even after she saw me get free!
So I had to think – What Would Cassie Do? And I realised what she had said in the past – she was right, sometimes the best thing to do is nothing, but wait until you are able to do something without being stopped.
I saw the man smile at us again, and then heard him in the next room, before the footsteps went downstairs. Sitting still for a few minutes, I then nudged Rachel and said “Rullrrtt?”
“Ysssbtmscrdndbrdd.”
She had a point in that – the worst thing about doing nothing was just that. Nothing was happening. So I wondered once again – What Would Cassie Do?
Looking round the room, I could see the remote for the television set was on a stool, and I had an idea. Pushing myself onto my feet, I jumped over, the three older women watching and Rachel shaking her head as I turned round, picked up the remote, and then looked at Mrs Hewton.
I could see the smile on her lips under the tape as she nodded, and I turned the television on, finding a kid’s channel and then hopping back.
As I did so, the three masked men appeared in the door – the noise of the television obviously telling them I’d done something – and looking on as I jumped back and sat myself down.
“You are one plucky little girl,” the man who had re-tied me said. “Come on – let’s finish this off.”
So they left us there, watching the television as I saw the others starting to relax a little. I guess I finally got what Jenny and Cassie keep saying to me about doing the right thing and thinking about it...
About a half hour later, the men came back in and made Mrs Hewton, the other woman and her maid stand up, before they made them jump out of the room. Rachel and I looked at each other, before two of them came back up and carried us down the stairs.
The three older women were sitting next to each other in front of the couch, their eyes now covered with folded headscarves, and as we were sat next to each other on the floor the third man folded two more, and then used them as blindfolds on both of us – removing our glasses and putting them safely to the side first.
“Right,” I heard the man say, “don’t move. I’m sure you can manage like this until someone comes home – and I’m really sorry you got caught up in this, girls.”
“Let’s get out of here,” another man said, and we all listened as the front door opened and closed, and then a car drove away.
“Rsshhl?”
“hmm?”
“Ltsddtthss.”
I turned myself round so that I could feel Rachel’s hands with mine, and then I let myself slide down, until I could feel her fingers on the edge of the scarf over my eyes.
“Wntmmtpll?”
“Yspllls,” I said, and as she held the scarf I pulled my head down, so that although I was lying on the floor, I could at least see now.
Sitting myself up, I pushed myself over to an armchair, and then turned myself around as I looked at Rachel, who was trying to get the tape free from her mouth, and at the three other women.
SO I pushed myself onto my feet, jumped over and pulled Rachel’s blindfold off, letting it drop to the floor as she looked at me and said “fnks.”
I then jumped over and used my hands to remove the blindfolds from Mrs Hewton and the other two women, the older woman blinking and then watching with her eyes wide open as I made sure the other two could see, while Rachel repeated what I had done and managed to get to her feet.
We then jumped over and stood back to back, me standing quite still while Rachel started to untie the rope around my waist, and then around my wrists. Once the was free, I was able to wriggle my arms round and pull the other band of rope up and over my head, before I sat down and untied my legs.
Standing back up, I peeled the tape away from my own lips, and then started to untie Rachel as Mrs Hewton said “hwdduddtht?”
“I can’t explain right now,” I said quietly as Rachel removed the tape from her mouth. “Rachel, you start to untie Mrs Hewton and the other two women – I have to call the police and tell them what’s happened?”
I walked to the other side of the room and picked up the handset – but before I could start to punch the numbers, the door to the room opened and three men came in, also dressed in boiler suits, and wearing black gloves and balaclavas.
I froze – had they come back? Rachel also looked at me as one of the men looked at all of us for a minute, and then turned and looked at me again.
“Put the phone down, lass,” he said in a Geordie accent, “You know I’m not going to hurt you or your friend, but you need to do as I say.”
I looked at Rachel, and Rachel looked at me – the day had just got much stranger...
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Post by skybird137 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:44 am

This is getting very weird, especially if the man with the Geordi accent is who I think he is.
If he is, then things could end up getting very complicated...

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Post by Headmistress » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:55 am

Good story with an interesting twist. Looking forward to the next part.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:18 am

Nice!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:53 am

Patty is plucky!!

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Post by Tom Ford » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:34 am

Patty is clearly a chip off the old block! Once she’s the oldest captive, and the one most responsible, she doing fine, just like Cassie did when she was the oldest and most responsible girl. Giving them responsibility for someone else makes them more mature and rational in their decision making, it seems.
And what’s this? The robbers would rob the Craig house next? And just as Patty would warn them or tell the police, a new set of robbers, who I think already knows Patty and Patty knows him too, arrived to prevent her from warning anyone at all!
What will Patty do in this case?

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:55 am

Great chapter!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:10 am

Great update!!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:34 am

Patty is a fast learner, especially from Cassie. Now she knows why Cassie and Jenny acted the way they do when they were the ones in charge of the other girls during hostage situations!

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Post by The Wrapster » Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:25 am

Hopefully, Jay will allow Patty to warn Barry Hampton about the earlier robbers when she explains what's happened. After all, Mark
is close to the Craig family!

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Post by William F Somebody » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:00 am

Patty, Patty, Patty! She gets to play the heroine, too bad someone very familiar interrupted.
She was magnificent! She was able to calm Rachel, who was scared stiff, and was able to think through it all despite the shock of being kidnapped and being used to effect a forced entry.
Now how would she deal with the second problem, especially now that she needs to save the Craigs from being robbed?

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:03 am

Please please update really really soon!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:04 am

Hope you update soon!!

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Post by abductionfan » Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:36 am

Great so far, hope more to come.

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Post by KP Presents » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:17 am

“Hello,” I said finally as I put the phone down, “it’s you isn’t it?”
“It is,” Rachel said as the three older women looked at us, “but if you’re here...”
“Indeed,” the Geordie said, “but what are you two lassies doing here?”
“Whhrrruu,” Mrs Hewton said as she stared at the new arrivals.
“My apologies, Lady Hewton,” the man said, “if you will bear with me for a few minutes?”
She stopped struggling and nodded as I said, “well, you see, Rachel and I were walking through the park when...”
He listened as we told him about our day, but what I really wanted to tell him was what I had overheard about the Craigs. I was more worried about Cassie and Jenny at that point than us – a very very strange feeling.
Eventually, he nodded and said “Will you please keep an eye on Lady Hewton and the other two women – I think we need to talk to these two girls a little more. Lady Hewton, please accept my apologies – I will be back shortly and will introduce myself then.”
He motioned to Rachel to follow us, as we went into a very large dining room, and he pulled two chairs away for us to sit down on.
“Patty Pickering and Rachel Rigg,” he said after he closed the door, “what is it about you that means we keep running into each other.”
“I don’t know Mister Edwards,” Rachel said, “but I feel a lot safer with you than the other two men.
“So do I,” I said, “but our mums may be getting worried about us, and those men took our mobile phones.”
“Well, I can’t let you call them from here – one of my men has disconnected the phone by now,” Jay Edwards said in an apologetic tone, “and I’m afraid you’re both going to have to stay here as well. I know when we visited with Jenny Craig, I hoped that was the last time, but – well, here we are.”
“Jenny – Mr Edwards, I need to ask a favour.”
“Oh, what?”
“I heard the men who brought us here say they were going to rob the Craigs later tonight – I was going to warn them and the police when you came in, but now... Mister Edwards, can you get a warning to the police? I don’t want them to go through this.”
Jay looked at both of them, and said “how did you hear this?”
“They only tied our wrists and ankles at first – I got free, sneaked out and heard them. Please – can you do something?”
“Amateurs,” Jay said as he shook his head. “Look, I can’t promise anything, Patty, Rachel...”
“Well, will you do something else for us?”
“What’s that?”
“If you really can’t warn them, at least make sure we can’t move – I really want to be unable to move if we have to stay here.”
That was the frustration talking more than anything – I really felt as if I needed a time out, and it had been so long, and I was jealous of Cassie and Suzie, and...
“Me too,” I heard Rachel say, and I looked at her. “I missed it too,” she said as he looked at me, “and I presume the three women here are going to be treated the same way anyway.”
“All right,” Jay said as he made us walk back into the room. “Sit down, and keep quiet,” he said as we went in, seeing the three older women still sitting on the floor, “I need to call for some additional help.”
As he closed the door, I looked at the three women and said “I know you’re scared, but – and this is going to sound really funny – we’ve met their leader before, and you’re safe with him.”
They looked at each other, and then at me, as we sat down next to each other and waited. Eventually, Jay came back in and said “I’m really sorry about that – I need some very special help for these two young ladies. Lady Hewton, allow me to introduce myself – my name is Jay Edwards, and these are some of my associates. I must ask you to remain calm, and not to do anything to raise the alarm. If you and the other ladies agree to keep quiet, we can remove those gags and have a little chat. Do I have your agreement?”
They looked at each other and nodded, as the other masked men gently peeled the tape away from their mouths.
“I’ve heard of you,” Lady Hewton said, “and your reputation. Why are you here?”
“Well, to be honest, we wish your husband to make a rather large withdrawal when he gets back – which is when?”
“He should return at seven tonight,” she said as she looked at us.
“Good – now, I am aware of who you are, and you must be Agatha, the maid, but you,” he said as he looked at the third woman, “are a surprise. Why is your daughter-in-law here, Your Ladyship?”
“I called to visit,” the younger woman said, “My husband is coming home with Mark, and we were going to pick up my children from my mother later.”
“Hmm – then we need to do something first,” Jay said as he looked at her, “where is your mobile phone?”
“In my handbag – over there,” she said as she looked over the room, “why?”
“Show me the number on your contacts,” Jay said as he fetched it, “then tell her you and your husband have been invited to dinner by Lord and Lady Hewton. Can your mother watch the children tonight, and you will collect them tomorrow?”
As he looked at us, he nodded, and I hoped somehow our mums had got a message as well, as the younger woman talked into the handset.
“Good,” Jay said, “now that is settled, I need to tell you we will be staying until your husband comes home, and I regret to say you will need to remain bound until they return – but we will turn the television on, and make sure you are entertained. I also have to say, with regret, we really need to make sure you cannot move. First however, allow us to help you Emma, you Agatha, and you Samantha, to sit on that very comfortable looking couch.”
Rachel and I watched as the two masked men helped them to sit down, while Jay opened a bag. “These two ladies have already proved themselves to be escape artists,” he said with a smile, “so I need to make sure they cannot raise the alarm on their own. Girls, hold your hands out.”
I had to stop myself from grinning as we both held the sponges, and then Jay covered our hands with tape.
“Why – they’re just children,” Lady Hewton said as we watched one of the men start to bind her arms to her side, the rope going above and below their chests.
“It is regretfully necessary,” Jay said as he took some ropes, and then knelt behind us, crossing our tape covered wrists and securing them tightly together, and then tying the rope around our waists, cinching it so that our wrists were held against our backs.
He then tied our arms to our sides around our stomachs, after standing up, and then saw the way the other three women were moving with the ropes above and below their chests.
“Well, you need to be treated the same way as your hosts, young ladies,” Jay said to us, “are you in agreement?”
I couldn’t remember the last time I had the extra bands of rope, especially around my shoulders, and I wanted to show we weren’t getting special attention – just in case the other women thought we were helping Jay.
“All right,” I said quietly, and was surprised to see Rachel nodding in agreement as well.
So Jay took a long length of rope, and passed it around my body, pulling it tight under my chest and then taking the rope around my shoulders and upper body as well. As he pulled it tight, however, I felt – funny. And that feeling just kept getting funnier as he wrapped it round several times more, and then tied it off behind me.
I’d seen for Lady Hewton and the other two women the men had taken the rope under one arm, round the back of their neck and under the other arm. Jay took a shorter length of rope and used that it tighten the two extra bands to my body – and that was when the funny feeling suddenly got much stronger, and as I squirmed round, and the ropes pressed down, it was both funny, and annoying, and irritating, and – I had no idea what else.
I wanted to say something – but unfortunately, the cloth that Jay pushed into my mouth stopped that, and then he tied a knotted strip of towel into my mouth to keep that in place.
“Hmmgddd,” I said as he then took out a roll of the white tape, and wrapped it round my mouth and head, before tying a folded black scarf over my mouth, and then walked me to a smaller couch, which he made me sit down on before he tied my ankles and legs.
“Are you all right, young lady,” Lady Hewton said as she looked at me, and I nodded, staying as still as I could as Jay laid me on my side. My mind went back to the weekend we were all held hostage, and how much Aunt Jennifer had complained about these extra ropes on Cassie and Suzie at the time – and somehow, I realised that I at least now understood why, at least from their viewpoint.
As Jay finished gagging Rachel, she looked at me, her eyes wide enough for me to know she was as confused as I was right now, before he sat her down in a large armchair, bound her ankles and legs and then tucked them under her.
As for me, I was getting bored, so I wriggled a little – and then stopped as those ropes rubbed on me. IT was driving me insane – and as Rachel moved and then looked at me, I knew she was feeling the same.
“Now then,” Jay said as I watched the other three women being just as tightly gagged, “allow me to put the television on – and we will make sure you are given drinks and toilet breaks if needed. Just grunt three times and nod if you need to go. Gentlemen – a word please.”
We all watched as Jay talked to the other three men, and then said “Forgive me, Ladies, Girls – I need to make a little trip, and will return shortly.”
I watched as he left, and the three men stood there, watching all five of us as we stayed as still as possible – except for the wriggling as the television programs came and went, and the ridiculous irritating different feelings running through me...
“Good afternoon Gentlemen,” a woman with a Scottish accent eventually said, “I was told I may be needed?”
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### Re: An Education: The Perils of Patty

Post by skybird137 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:36 am

It's nice to see Yvonne turn up to help Patty and Rachel, who are now having to deal with the irritating chest ropes.
Anyway, Mark doesn't have to call the police for help, as there should be other people willing to help out in this situation. There are two for a start who would help, and they could enlist the help of two more, at least.

### Re: An Education: The Perils of Patty

Post by KP Presents » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:31 am

> skybird137 wrote:It's nice to see Yvonne turn up to help Patty and Rachel, who are now having to deal with the irritating chest ropes.
> Anyway, Mark doesn't have to call the police for help, as there should be other people willing to help out in this situation. There are two for a start who would help, and they could enlist the help of two more, at least.

Hmm - well, one of them may be - otherwise occupied...
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### Re: An Education: The Perils of Patty

Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:55 am

Nice!!!!