
5 minutes later, Hannah
turned to Chris.
Your best mate's a bastard.
Oh, you think yours can do better? Chris threw her
his mobile.
Hannah went to key in Jess's mobile number then realised she'd
never learnt it. She decided to look in his inbox instead. She
worked down through 3 from Ben, 5 from Daniel and then came
across something from a 'Louise'.
'Hi darling, hope all goes well, see you when you get back, L
xx'.
Who's THIS!!? Hannah screamed.
My twin sister.
Oh. Hannah turned the mobile back towards her and
went to the most recent message it was from Daniel. Hannah
opened it and gasped. How DARE he??!
What? Chris looked up. Hannah shoved the mobile under
his nose. Oh, that.
What does he mean?
Well
LOOK, CHRISTOPHER! Hannah erupted. Our
marriage ain't gonna run so smooth if you keep exchanging smutty
comments about me with your bastard friends!
Keep your head, girl! Chris yelled. Now
remember that goddamn number!
Hannah shut her eyes and hundreds of numbers floated through her
brain.
Got it yet?
Wait.
Come on, Hannah!
Hang on!
Hannah frowned in concentration. There was only one thing for it.
She grabbed her phone. One one one one one one one one one
one one. Hello? Jess? Damn! Hannah hung up. One one
one one one one one one one one two. Hello? Jess? Damn!
Tell me you're not-
One one one-
Hannah, NO!
-one one one one one-
NO!
-one one three-
ARRGH!
Hello, Jess?
Is that your name?
No, where's Jess?
It's a felony to ring this number for any reason other than
an emergency.
I'm IN an emergency!!
What's wrong?
Me and my boyfr- husband- Hannah smirked. Have
been kidnapped! Boy, that sounded good, thought
Hannah. Only problem was that it was a reality.
Where are you? The woman on the other end of the line
sounded really concerned. Hannah thought she wouldn't bother if
someone had just called a wrong number.
Florida. Hannah replied.
Travelling in which direction? The woman on the end
of the line sounded urgent.
Chris? Chris, who had just about nodded off looked
up. Which direction are we travelling in?
Chris looked out the window. North-west?
North-west. Hannah spoke into the phone.
We'll be there right away. The lady on the other end
of the phone hung up.
What a strange phone call. Hannah muttered.
Who was that? Chris asked.
Some random woman. Hannah gave Chris the phone who
looked at the dialled number.
911?! YOU STAR! Chris hugged her. Hannah had no idea
why, but she wasn't going to complain.
Do you think they'll find us? Hannah asked,
hopefully.
We can only wait, Chris pulled a bottle of champagne
out of the mini-bar. And hope.
Hi. This is Hannah. I called about 3
hours ago about the fact I'm being kidnapped?
Keep talking. The voice on the other end of the phone
was less friendly than before.
Well
you said you'd send someone to save us
and
you haven't.
Look, missy - we've just gone to war with Iraq
we have much more important things to think about than
some stupid kidnapping!
You've gone to war on Iraq? Wait until I tell Doddy!
The guy hung up. WAIT! WAIT!
He hung up! And they're not coming!
WHAT?!
CRAP! CRAP! Hannah tried to open the door but
it didn't work.
We've been driving for eight days! Chris moaned.
Eight days?!
Sorry, eight hours.
Get it right.
Sorry.
You know, we could annul the marriage without anyone
knowing still.
Chris looked up blankly. Why would you want to do
that?
I don't know! Hannah cried. If the truth must
be said, I still fancy Daniel.
There was a silence in the back of the limo.
Damn.
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