Once Upon A Sunny Day (Ch2)
"What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose."
- Henry Ward Beecher
3 days (86 hours) earlier
Frank sat there not moving, not eating. Even thought he wanted to do something to find his wife, he new he couldn't. Then after 10 hours of patient waiting, the phone rang as a disguised voice spoke.
"Hello Frank, before I tell you how you can get your wife back, hear me out"
"NO, whoever you are, I want my wife back now or--"
"or what? Your going to call the cops, then I guess I'll kill your wife right now"
"No, fine, just tell me why your doing this?"
"Why? Id rather not tell you 'why' at the moment Frank, I will tell you how you can get her back"
There was 10 seconds of silence.
"HOW? And WHO are you?"
"Well, Do you want to play a game Frank?"
"No, I want my wife back"
"You wont get her back, until you play and win. Do you want to play Frank?"
"YES, yes lets just get it over with"
"The games called Simon Says. My names not ‘Simon’, but you can call me that if it makes you feel comfortable. I will tell you to do stuff for me and you do it, if I don't say 'Simon Says' and you do it, your wife dies"
"O.k., o.k, what do you want me to do?"
"I will call you in 22 minutes"
"No, n--"
'Click' the line went dead.
Frank Started pacing back and forth.
20 minutes.
He kept glancing out his window to see if anyone was watching him.
18 minutes.
Frank stared at the phone, waiting till it rang.
10 minutes.
'Ring'
Frank picked it up in a hurry.
"What?"
"Frank, calm down, its your mom, why are you so jumpy?"
"Mom, I can’t speak to you right now"
Frank hung up in a hurry, perhaps regretting cutting off his mom, considering she never calls.
5 minutes
Frank sat there, motionless, waiting.
'Ring'
He picked up the phone in a quick scoop of his left shaking hand.
"Hi frank, I'm surprised you haven't gone to the police yet, I don't see why not?"
"QUIT PLAYING GAMES, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?"
"I'm not playing games just yet, my friend, let’s start though. I want you to go to the nearest bank which is probably 1500 steps from your house and I want you to withdraw 10 thousand in 1 dollar bills before the clock strikes 12 am"
"what! I don't have that much money"
"Frank, I know you do, don't play games with me"
'Click' the line went dead.
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