Jim Fraser was a normal, likable 12 year old boy who lived with his parents Mark, and Suzan along with older 15 year old sister Sarah in Boston. Finally the last day of school arrived, and it was time to kick off the fantastic summer vacation! The bells rang, and at 3:00 everyone bolted out the doors of school to a summer of freedom. After saying farewell to his friends, Jimmy arrived home ready to travel with his family to Miami for their family vacation. After a long time of packing and setting up for the trip, they headed for the airport.

“Dad, please tell us where we’re staying in Miami!” said Jim. “I told you guys already, you’ll have to wait, it’s a surprise” said Mark. They finally boarded the plane, and took off for their flight. It was a fun, exciting, and relaxing flight because everyone shared a mutual amount of excitement for how amazing this holiday would turn out to be.

The Fraser family arrived without delays, picked up their bags, and hopped into a cab.

Half an hour later, the taxi drove up to a beautiful house filled with many glass windows, and a glass balcony right beside the beach. The Fraser’s stepped out of the cab and already could feel the precious warm air with a breeze that was just satisfying, coming from the ocean.

“Are we renting this place?” asked Sarah. “No….but we own it!” exclaimed Mark. “What an awesome surprise!” said Jim. “Wow, so this is like our cottage home.” said Sarah. “That means that we will be coming down here a lot more often than we usually do” said Suzan. “Well, surprise is over, so let’s get these bags into our new home and unload everything” said Mark.

The Fraser’s stepped foot into their cottage, and gazed at the wonder around them. A grand staircase twirled up to the second story right in front of them. Lots of relaxing rooms were thrown across the first floor with a kitchen and a door leading to the beach. A circular bar lay in the middle of the kitchen with stools to prop up to sit and relax.

The kids settled into their new rooms. Mark and Suzan moved into theirs, and soon after about a week, they had already made it feel like home.

About midway through the second week of July, Jim and Sarah took their daily walk along the beach, and had a couple of swims. They headed into town for ice cream and headed back to the house.

“Do you like our cottage”? asked Jim. “I think I even like it better than our house” said Sarah. “This is amazing, we can do whatever we want, and whenever we visit the cottage, it will always be warm here, unlike Boston is” said Jim. “Yeah, well…enjoy it while it lasts, because before you know it the summer will be over, and we’ll be back to school” said Sarah. “What do you mean ‘before you know it’?” asked Jim. “I’m just saying that when you’re having a great time, time sometimes flies by” said Sarah. “Yeah, well I guess so, but let’s enjoy it while it lasts” said Jim. And they did. The two continued to make their way to the house.

“What’s that area called”? asked Jim, who pointed to the left street area. “I don’t know the name of it, but mom told me to tell you not to go there” said Sarah. “Well, why? It doesn’t look that bad, and its near our house. I bet you go there with your friends at night” said Jim. “As a matter of fact I don’t. But the same rule applies to me, there’s been a criminal on the loose in that area, and the police are looking for him” said Sarah.

“Well, it doesn’t look scary to me” said Jim. “Jim! I told you…don’t go there” shouted Sarah. “Okay, I’m sorry, I won’t” said Jim. They arrived at the house, which ended that conversation.

The next day, Jim met up with his friend Andy who he met on the beach. They strolled around town, and explored other beach areas. They found a nice beach, that they decided they would try for a while that was in front of a hotel. It was busier than the one closest to them, but a lot more activities were offered.

As they were walking back to their area, Jim told Andy about the area he was forbidden to go to. Andy dared him to go there, but even admitted that he hadn’t been allowed in that area either. But the two decided to see what it was, and walked along through it.

It certainly was a very low in, and run down area, but normal people casually walked along the streets. It was a joke! There wasn’t anything wrong with the area. Sure it wasn’t as well run as the one Jim and Andy lived in, but nothing seemed wrong with walking through there once in a while. That is without their parents knowing.

That night Jim thought about how much had happened every day since summer break started. How Jim spent his days, turned out to be quite repetitive. It was getting boring, and Jim wanted to see something exciting. Or do something mischievous. Whatever he could think of, he would invite Andy to do with him. Jim and Andy had discussed before to hang out at night, and it wasn’t too late so he called Andy, and they decided that they had about two hours to hang out with each other. Jim told Sarah that he’d be back by 11:00 P.M. and said goodbye. His parents were out so he’d see them the next day.

They met outside of Andy’s house, which was just a block away from Jim’s, and the two headed off.

“Where do you wanna go”? asked Jim. “Well I’d like to go to one of the malls nearby, and we could look around a bit. Maybe stop at a coffee shop” said Andy. “Yeah, that sounds good” said Jim.

The two walked to the nearest mall and found a Second Cup. They sat down and relaxed a bit when Andy said: “I dare you to walk through that area we saw today.” “No way!” said Jim. “What about if I go with you. Then it wouldn’t be as scary.” Jim thought about this for a while. Then he considered going. “Fine, but I’m doing this just so you can’t rip on me, and we have to go together” said Jim. “Deal” said Andy.

The two headed off to the rugged area. They both somewhere felt a slight feeling of discomfort. More of this was felt by Jim. The possibilities flew through his head of what would happen if his sister of parents caught him.

Before they knew it, the shortcut they took was quicker than they expected. Andy and Jim found themselves walking through a pretty empty neighbourhood. A couple of older teenagers sat on a porch of a house drinking beers. They stared at Andy and Jim, probably wondering what they were doing there.

All of a sudden one of those teenagers shouted angrily: “Andy, what the hell are you doing here?”. I could hear Andy’s heart thumping. “Who’s that?” Jim whispered quickly. “Jack. My older brother” said Andy in a quiet cold voice.

“I was just taking a friend back home. We got lost” said Andy. “Stop with the lies, I know you aren’t lost. I’ve told you too many times to count that this isn’t an area for your age. I’m taking you home, come on.” Jack walked over to Andy, grabbed him and forced him down the opposite path to Jim.

“Jim come with us” said Andy. “I think I’ll just take the route we took to get here, it’s much faster to my house” said Jim. “Okay, well I’ll see you soon, bye” said Andy. Andy and Jack disappeared into the distance as Jim headed towards his house. He walked very quickly, he didn’t like being alone.

The more distance Jim walked away from the center of that area, the less lights there were. It soon became deserted, and Jim found himself walking alone in the dark. Jim saw a sign that said his area was near so he would be home soon. Jim turned a corner and headed down a street that had lots of tall grass beside it. The wind didn’t blow the slightest bit, and it was dead silent. All of a sudden Jim heard a rustle in the distance. He nearly jumped, but came to his senses and felt a slight breeze on his face. Then Jim heard a snap, and realized there was somebody there. “Hello?” shouted Jim. Still silence. His walk turned into a jog as he desperately looked around, but there were no signs that anyone was actually there.

After about a minute or two Jim finally slowed into a walk again and was less than five minutes away from his house. Lights could be seen in the distance. But then something hard smacked his head and the lights slowly started to fade, as Jim fell and fainted.

The clock turned to 12:00 A.M. and Sarah started to worry. She called her parents and told them Jim was supposed to return half an hour ago. They said they were on their way, and Sarah took a deep breath. She sat back down on the couch and started to release the air, calming herself. She tried to get her worried thoughts out of her head as she turned on the T.V. waiting for her parents to arrive.

Blackness. That’s all that could be seen, and the scraping of the ground could be felt as Jim was blindfolded and dragged out of a car. He must have been unconscious for hours because he could just barely make out a slight streak of daylight shining through a tiny hole in the blindfold. “Help!” screamed Jim. Seconds later a sharp pain of a metal bat smacked his head and he was gone again.

There was a knock at the door. Suzan Foster immediately opened the door, as two policemen walked in to assist the Foster family with their emergency situation. “We’ve searched through almost all of Miami, and the suburbs all night, but we’ve still found nothing” said one of the policemen. “Keep searching!” begged Sarah as they nodded in agreement. Mark and Suzan were in too much shock to worry anymore. The Fosters shared a sick feeling of how much stress they had been in from all their worrying. The police were on their full alert and the news stations also reported on the situation.

There was another knock on a door, as Andy opened it to reveal the same policemen. “Is there, um…a problem sir?” asked Andy. “Yes as a matter of fact there is young man” said one of the policemen. “I am Officer Hatton, and this is Officer Randal” said Officer Hatton. “Do you know someone by the name of Jim Fraser”? asked Officer Randal. “Yes he’s a good friend of mine” said Andy. “Well, I don’t know how to tell you this, but Jim disappeared sometime before midnight last night. Know we understand you were with him at some point. Do you have any idea of his whereabouts, or know anyone else who does?” asked Officer Randal. “He disappeared? I knew I should have made him walk home with me, but he wanted to walk home a faster route! Do you know if he’s okay?” asked Andy. “I hope so. But do you know anything that might help us find him?” asked Officer Hatton. “Well if I did I would tell you, but I don’t. Can I help in any way?” asked Andy. “Well there’s nothing much you can do to help in your case, but always keep a keen eye when you’re out, you never know where he might be. Thank you Andy, that’s all we need from you today” said Officer Randal.

The two policemen walked away, leaving Andy is complete shock. He had to deal with the guilt that he didn’t make Jim walk home with him last night. The Fraser family decided to stay in Miami and refused to leave until Jim was found. Dead or alive.

Tears of fear rolled down Jim’s eyes as he woke up tied up to a chair. His body ached all over with pain, as he sat wondering when he’d get food and water. The blindfold was tightly fastened around his eyes. Both of his hands were tied securely behind the chair. It was too quiet to be outside, so Jim came to his senses and decided that he was inside. But where? So many thoughts exploded inside Jim’s head as he panicked sitting in that chair. Was he waiting to live? Was he waiting to die? Just as Jim was about to go insane with his many thoughts, he heard footsteps from quite a distance. They got closer, and closer, until they stopped right in front of him.

“What is your name?” asked a deep voice. There was a long pause. Jim didn’t dare speak because of what happened the last time. A hand suddenly grabbed Jim’s neck. “I said what is your name?” shouted the voice again. “Jim” answered Jim weakly. The blindfold was torn off his face, and a man with long dark hair coldly stared into Jim’s blue eyes. “Well Jim, my name is Nick. Are you hungry and thirsty?” asked Nick. Jim barely nodded as Nick left the room.

He returned with a plate of food and two water bottles to drink. Nick grabbed Jim by the hair. Jim yelped with pain as Nick said: “Jim, if you try to go anywhere, I’ll kill you so don’t try it.” Nick took the handcuffs of Jim’s hands and wiped them with a cloth. Jim had been bleeding pretty badly. “Now eat, and drink up. You’ve been out cold for over a day” said Nick. Jim did as he was told, he was afraid of what would happen if he didn’t.

After Jim was finished Nick picked him up and carried him to a bed. Jim would be too weak to walk on his own. Nick put his plate away and went back into the room where Jim lay on the bed. He asked Jim if he had had sex before. Jim told him no. Then Nick picked up Jim. Jim looked at him with complete fear, but he was too weak and injured to do anything. “I want you to have a bath, and then I’ll clean up your wounds. You also need rest you look exhausted” said Nick.

Nick carried Jim to the bathroom and started undressing him. He took off Jim’s shirt, and then took his socks and shoes off. He slowly took his pants off until the only thing on was Jim’s boxers. Nick placed the rest of Jim’s clothes in the corner, and laid him on the floor. Slowly Nick pulled down Jim’s boxers until he was completely naked. Nick threw the boxers where the rest of his clothes were. Jim felt very uncomfortable, as Nick stared at his naked body, and penis. Nick picked Jim up and placed him in the bathtub. He started washing his nude body everywhere. Jim noticed that Nick took a lot of pleasure in doing this.

After he was done washing Jim, Nick picked him up and out of the tub and dried him off with a towel. “Come with me back to your room and I’ll clean up your wounds” said Nick. Nick picked up Jim, as Jim stared at his clothes in the corner. “You won’t need those in my house” said Nick. They walked back to Jim’s new room. Nick placed Jim back on the bed and started icing the bruises from the blows to his head. Then Nick took out a cloth with cream and wiped away at the open sores of Jim’s hand. The pain was tremendous. Then Nick put a large bandage on both of Jim’s hands. “It’s time for you to go to bed. Tomorrow when you are fully rested I will introduce you to your new roommate” said Nick. Nick closed the door behind him as he left Jim to sleep.

A thousand thoughts suddenly popped up again. Where was he? Jim needed to find that out as soon as possible because he wasn’t even sure if he was in Miami or even the country anymore. With the last bit of energy that he had, Jim slowly stood up and walked to the door and turned the knob. It was locked. Moments after that Jim became overcome with emotions as he silently wept and fell back in bed. He worried about what his family was thinking right now. He thought about how his family must be worried sick about where he was. All Jim wanted right now was to see his sister. She was the one that always comforted him no matter what the situation was. He wanted her to hold him and tell him that everything was going to be okay, but she was nowhere near him. That horrible truth hit Jim so hard, that he cried himself into a deep sleep.

Jim awoke slowly as the door opened. Nick entered the room and told him to get up. A much more fresh and rested Jim arose out of bed and stood before Nick. “Time to introduce you to your new roommate” said Nick. A young girl who looked a lot older than Jim was entered the room. She was naked like Jim was. Jim started to like girls a short while ago. He stared at her as she stared at him. Then he felt extremely embarrassed as he remembered he was bare naked. He blushed, as the girl smiled at him.

“Mel, this is Jim” said Nick. “Hello there Jim” said Mel. Jim stared back at her not knowing what to say. “He’s quite the shy one, but not for long. Jim I want you to have sex with her” said Nick. Mel stood there staring at Jim, waiting. “I said have sex with her, now!” shouted Nick. Jim still in shock sat there not knowing what to do. Nick dashed over to Jim, grabbed him by the neck and raised him up. “Don’t you ever disobey any orders I give you, do you hear me boy?” shouted Nick in anger. “Please stop”! shouted Mel. Nick threw Jim, as he went flying into a wall and smacked it with a loud thump! As Jim screamed in agony Nick shouted: “There will be no meals for both of you! You will learn to obey me whether you like it or not!” shouted Nick. The door slammed shut and the lock of the door echoed throughout the room.

Jim lay there with his nose bleeding. Mel ran to the washroom, and got some tissues. She picked up Jim and wiped his nose, trying to stop the bleeding. When she finally stopped the bleeding, she calmed him down and comforted him.

After an hour or so, the two started to get to know each other. “So how did you end up here?” asked Mel. “I remember walking home at night alone and then everything went black. I woke up here, and that’s all I can remember” said Jim. “I’ve been in this horrible place for two months” said Mel. “Where are you from”? asked Jim. “Miami” said Mel. “Same here” said Jim. “Next time Nick comes, do what he says, always do what he says or he will punish you. How old are you?” asked Mel. “12” said Jim. “I’m 15” said Mel. “That’s how old my sister is. Do you think we’ll ever get out of here?” asked Jim hopefully. Mel just stared at him and said nothing. That’s all she needed to do to answer him.

Jim told Mel to sleep in the bed, but she refused and told him to sleep there. She slept on the floor beside the bed, as Jim climbed into the bed and fell asleep.

The door bolted open as Nick entered the room again. He held up a tray with bagels, and lots of cereal. “Are you going to listen to what I say this time Jim? Because if you don’t you and Mel will go another day without food and water. Now get out of bed and have sex with her” said Nick. Mel got off the floor and sat on the bed next to Jim. “I don’t know how to have sex” said Jim. “Well at least you gave me an honest answer. I will teach you after you have your first experience. I guarantee you will enjoy it. Mel give Jim a blowjob” said Nick. Jim looked at Mel uncomfortably in confusion as she pulled off the blanket fully revealing Jim. Jim didn’t know what to expect as he lay there waiting. Mel leaned down and put his penis in her mouth. She started sucking, slowly, and got faster and faster. Jim thought this was weird, until he suddenly felt a wonderful feeling that he had never felt before. Jim moaned in pleasure as his foreskin rose up and down in her mouth.

And then it was over. Mel stopped sucking, and Jim lay there panting from the wonderful experience. “Did you like that?” asked Nick. “Yes” relied Jim. “Then I will teach you other ways to have sex. Put your penis in Mel’s vagina” said Nick. Mel climbed on the bed and lay on top of Jim. She leaned down and inserted his penis into her vagina. “Move up and down” said Nick. Jim started moving up and down very fast. Immediately he got the amazing pleasure he just got as he moved faster and faster. Mel and Jim both orgasmed and stopped. “Very good, very good!” said Nick. He brought the tray of food over and poured orange juice into their cups. “I am very impressed with you. We will continue this later.” said Nick. “Nick where are we right now?” asked Jim. “Miami” replied Nick. Are you thinking of running away?” asked Nick. “No, sir I’m not” said Jim. “Good because if you did you know what would happen right?” said Nick. Jim stared at Nick blankly waiting for him to continue. “I would catch you, and then tie you up. I would then torture you until you wished you were dead. And then I would castrate you. Do you know what that means?” asked Nick. Looking fearfully Jim said: “No”. “Well if I castrate you that means that penis of yours that you love to have sex with, I would take a sharp knife and cut it off. That would be the most horribly painful thing I could possibly do to you, so don’t try to run away” said Nick. He then left the room leaving Jim in complete shock and fear. Mel comforted him assuring that this would all end soon, and the police would arrest Nick. She assured Jim that Nick wouldn’t castrate him.

Later that day, Nick decided that Mel and Jim needed some fresh air. He however handcuffed them, and put masking tape over their mouths. He led them to his backyard and opened the door to outside. Jim and Mel squinted as they walked outside. They hadn’t seen light so bright in days. Nick’s backyard was surrounded by very high fences on all sides so that nobody could see in. But Jim was just happy to breath in the fresh air through his nose, and was thankful to see the light of day again.

After five minutes, Nick led the two back inside and opened a door to another room. A young boy who looked to be around the age Jim was lay there naked, cutting a hole in the wall with a knife. How did he get this? What was he doing? That answer came so quick Jim could hardly believe it. Nick went frantic, and started beating the boy with his bare hands. He was about to introduce Jim and Mel to him, but discovered he was trying to escape. As the boy screamed from his beating, Nick ran back to Jim and Mel and grabbed them. He then dragged them back to their room and tossed them inside. The door slammed shut and the lock clicked. Nick’s footsteps grew more distant as another door could be heard being opened. The screaming of the boy grew louder and louder and finally stopped a few seconds later.

The footsteps returned and the door opened again. “I was going to introduce you to Mark, but apparently he was trying to escape. You remember what I told you I do when I catch someone escaping don’t you?” said Nick. Mel and Jim sat in shock not believing what he was saying. “I’m inviting you to see, come on now” said Nick. He motioned them to follow him as he led them to Mark’s room.

Nick opened the door revealing a beaten boy tied up against a pole in the room with masking tape around his mouth. He would need that because he would be screaming pretty wildly. His face was bruised, with blood oozing out of his mouth and nose. He was already severely bruised and injured around many points of his body. He lay there weakly, as he awaited his second round of his punishment that would be far worse than the one before.

Nick shut the door and locked it so Mel and Jim couldn’t escape either. He brought two chairs and placed Jim and Mel in them. He handcuffed them to the chairs so they wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. He then put tape around both Mel and Jim’s mouth so they couldn’t say anything. They were forced to sit and watch as Mark got castrated.

“I hope you enjoy this Mark. Jim let this be an example to you of what I would do if you escaped. And Mel, well you wouldn’t want to know what I would do to you!” said Nick. With those final words he took out a small but very sharp knife out of his pocket. “See that pretty little penis of your’s? I’m going to circumcise you first, but then I think I just might cut the entire thing off as well!” said Nick to Mark. Mark tensed up and started breathing heavily. He cried as Nick got closer and closer to him with the knife. Smiling, Nick punched Mark with his fist several times in the balls until they got very sore and red. He cried even harder as he squealed with pain. Nick took the knife and started cutting away at his foreskin. Blood erupted wildly as he cut down and around until it was completely cut off his penis. It was too unbearable to watch. Nick then cut into his ball sack and removed his two balls. He brought them over and held them up to Jim and Mel. They both tensed up. Nick then returned to Mark and cut off the rest of his sack. The circumcised penis was all that was left. With a final slice of the knife, the penis was gone. Mark was now covered in blood, without a penis and balls.

Nick put Mark’s penis and testicles in a plastic bag and put them in his pocket. Jim and Mel were shivering from the disturbing experience. Mark lay there gushing blood, and not moving. Nick went over to him and picked him up uncuffing him, and took the masking tape off his mouth. He was ghostly pale. “He’s dead. He must have died of blood loss. Well I hope you understand the seriousness of my punishments. Now back to your room” said Nick. He then unhandcuffed Jim and Mel and released their tape from their mouths. Jim immediately shouted: “How could you do something like that! You are a horrible person and you should be ashamed of yourself!” “How dare you say that to me!” said Nick. He then put Mel in the nearest room and dragged Jim back to his original. He then beat Jim up within an inch of his life. Jim could hardly breathe as Nick left the room and slammed the door. Jim lay there weeping on the ice cold floor in the pitch black room. He for sure had a couple of broken bones, as he lay there wanting to die.

Jim lay in that same room for several months. It was the most horrible and scary experience of his life. He was fed all his meals every day, but wasn’t allowed out of the room. Several times he had tried to commit suicide, but was too injured to move more than a couple of feet. It had been well over a year since he was kidnapped so he had turned thirteen sometime when he lay there in that cold room. He held on to hope that his family hadn’t given up looking for him, and prayed to be rescued.

Every day Sarah visited the area where Jim had been kidnapped. She had followed several suspicious people to their homes, in hopes that it would lead her to Jim. She had no idea that today would be the day that she would get that chance.

Sarah had been keeping a close eye on a tough looking man who bought several rolls of tape in a store. He looked everywhere he went, so he must have been up to something, Sarah thought. She followed him home as she walked through the forest next to the road where he walked. She kept to the shadows as he kept on looking everywhere he went. Finally houses began to appear, as he walked towards one of the ones that were near the first few.

Sarah watched as he entered through the garage and opened a door. He looked around again and started to shut the garage. Luckily he hadn’t completely closed it when Sarah noticed a young girl tied up. The man dragged her through the garage and into the house. Sarah’s mouth dropped in shock as she ran towards the house. She walked to the side of the house and noticed a window was open. She took her chances, and climbed through that window. She hoped that she would find Jim. She began to believe there was hope that he was alive, and in this house.

The man suddenly appeared in the large room she was in. It must have been his basement. She quickly hid behind a wall and noticed the man walked into another room, and shut the door.

After waiting for ten minutes, the man still didn’t come out of that room. Sarah crept out of the basement and headed upstairs. It was dead silent. Good. She continued along the hall and noticed there were about six different doors. She opened one, two, and on the third she saw that same girl that had been dragged into the house from the garage sitting there naked and staring at her.

“Don’t worry I’m here to help” said Sarah. “Who are you and why are you here?” asked the girl. “My brother was kidnapped a while ago, and I followed this man back to his house. He looked suspicious, and boy he ever was, because look what I found” said Sarah. “I’m Sarah by the way” said Sarah. “Mel” said the girl. “What is your brother’s name?” asked Mel. “Jim” said Sarah. Suddenly tears started to drip down Mel’s face. “What?” asked Sarah. “I know a Jim, and he’s in this house. He says he has a sister and I think I’m looking at her. Sarah gasped. “Where is he?” asked Sarah desperately. “I haven’t seen him for months, we were separated from each other” said Mel. “Is he alive, is he okay” asked Sarah. There was a long pause. “I don’t know. But I do know he’s in the room that’s the furthest away from this one” said Mel. “I’m going to contact the police, and I can assure you I will get help. But I need to know when that man is going to come out of that room in the basement” said Sarah. “That’s his room. His name is Nick. He stays in there all day until night. Don’t worry you have time” said Mel. “I’m going to get you out of here, but you’ll have to wait a bit until I can contact the police” said Sarah. Sarah then turned and left the room. As she shut the door, Mel thanked her.

Finally the moment she had been waiting for came. Sarah walked to the furthest door away from Mel’s room and opened the door to reveal a room that was pitch black. She flicked the light switch on revealing……her brother! Just about as quickly as she was relieved to see him, she was deeply saddened. She could see how horribly injured and beaten he was. He lay there naked, and hopeless against the floor. There were spots of dried blood on him, and around the area where he lay.

Sarah shut the door, and dimmed the lights. She quickly headed towards Jim, and shook him gently. His eyes slowly shuttered open. The two stared for the longest time smiling at each other with tears of joy appearing. Jim broke the silence. “Sarah? Is that really you?” he croaked barely able to speak. “Yes, Jim. It’s me, your big sister” said Sarah. She hugged him, and said: “I’m going to get you out of here, but I have to get the police first. I’ll stay with you as long as you want”. “No, please don’t leave me here” begged Jim. He tried to raise his arm, but he flinched from the pain. Sarah put her finger over his mouth to silence him. She held her little brother in her arms, and convinced him that leaving to get the police would be the best thing to do. Sarah kissed her brother and promised that she’d be back within an hour with help.

Yikes. Now came a crucially important part of what Sarah had to do. She slowly opened the door and peered in both directions. She didn’t want to go back to the basement so she tip toed along the hall looking for alternate doors.

A minute later, she found the front door and opened it as carefully as she could. The door shut, and Sarah ran as fast as she could for the nearest house out of sight from Nick’s. She banged on the door as hard as she could.

An old lady appeared at the door. “Now what can I do for you, young lady?” “Please! It’s an emergency, I need to use your phone!” exclaimed Sarah. “Go right ahead now, hurry if you really need it” said the old women. She motioned for Sarah to enter a room on the right. Sarah found the phone, picked it up and dialled 911. “911, please state your emergency” said the operator. “Please, you’ve got to help me! I don’t know what to do! My brothers been kidnapped and I’ve found the person responsible! I swear! Hurry I need help as soon as possible! Can you help me?” panicked Sarah. The operator interrupted: “Hold on, hold on calm down now, you said you’ve found a kidnapper?” asked the operator. “Yes, yes that’s exactly who I’ve found!” said Sarah. “Where is your current location?” asked the operator. “I’m in Baywood County, just outside of Miami. I need to stay on the phone with you it’s complicated” said Sarah. “Don’t worry Miss, help is on the way. Is there anything else we need to know about?” asked the operator. “Yes, I followed this man back to his house, and I found my kidnapped brother in one of the rooms. But he doesn’t know I was in his house. I’m sorry for intruding and all, but I just knew it was him! So I need to meet the police at the beginning of the county, because they need to enter his house fast to arrest him” said Sarah. “Okay, thank you for that information, I will contact authorities of this. They will arrive in the next ten minutes, and they will meet you at the entrance. Is there anything else?” asked the operator. “No. Thank you for your help” said Sarah. “It’s what we’re here for” said the operator. Sarah hung up the phone, and thanked the women.

She quickly ran to the beginning of the road that lead in to the county. The police indeed were there, but were there five minutes earlier. That was fine with Sarah. She quickly explained to them the current situation in the house, and was decided that they needed to proceed with extreme caution. A cop dressed as a pizza deliverer would ring the doorbell. The remaining police would take cover in the bushes and pop out to arrest Nick on suspicion of kidnapping. Sarah would be behind many officers who would keep her safe. Finally the plan began.

The officers positioned themselves in the bushes on Nick’s lawn in front of his house. Sarah remained behind these officers. The undercover cop rang the doorbell with a pizza box in his hand. There was no answer. He rang the doorbell again, and seconds later Nick answered it. “Pizza delivery for Mr. Nick Growling” said the cop. “I’m sorry sir, there must be some kind of mistake, I didn’t order any pizza” said Nick. Suddenly the other policemen popped out of the bushes with their guns aimed at Nick. “You have the right to remain silent, you are arrested on suspicion of kidnapping” said one of the cops. “This is absurd!” exclaimed Nick. “You can’t arrest me! Where’s your warrant?” asked Nick. “Here’s our warrant” said one of the cops. He then motioned Sarah to come forward. “This young lady tells us that you have kidnapped her brother, and another girl. Is this true?” Nick was too nervous to move. “I’ll take that as a yes” said the officer. “Arrest him, and lock him up in the back of the car until we find proof of what this girl is saying” said the cop. They handcuffed Nick, and forced him into the back of the police car. Sarah and the rest of the police entered the house as she led them to Mel’s room.

Mel sat there staring at everyone when the door opened. “Take that son of a bitch away, we’ve found our evidence” said the lead officer. One of the cops ran back to the car to tell the news. As the cop ran back, ambulances started to arrive and Mel was brought into one of them.

Sarah ran to Jim’s room and showed them her little brother and how horribly injured he was. A doctor ran inside from the ambulance and examined him. He was in critical condition, and if he would have stayed like this, not much longer and he would have died.

They brought in a stretcher to carry Jim into the ambulance. Sarah was left alone with him as they went to get it. “It’s okay now Jim, you’re safe, everything is okay like I said it would be” said Sarah. “For the first time since he’d been kidnapped, Jim actually managed a little laugh of happiness. “Can you get me the blanket from the bed, I don’t want people to see me naked” said Jim. Sarah took the blanket from the bed and wrapped him around in it carefully. She picked him up and held him in her arms again, as the doctor and her medical staff arrived with the stretcher. Sarah placed Jim onto the stretcher, as they carried it quickly into one of the ambulances.

“I’m not leaving you this time, I’ll be there for you” said Sarah. She took Jim’s hand and held it the entire ride down and into the hospital. When they examined him, he had major bruising, a broken arm, a fractured rib, and a minor genital injury. The medical staff said it would take at least four months for Jim, to make a full recovery.

After this news was informed to her, Sarah immediately called her parents and told them everything. Too bad they had to be relieved he was alive, but would feel horrible to see him like this. It was a very difficult period of time for the Fraser family. In total, it took Jim five and a half months to fully recover. But there was damage that would never be healed. The memories of his horrible experience.

The Fraser family remained in Miami for two months after Jim’s full recovery. He had so much counselling that he needed to do, it would be too stressful for him to move back to Boston immediately.

But the time came, when Jim’s counselling wasn’t needed every single day, and the Fraser family could finally put their concentration on preparing to move back to their home in Boston. A harsh reality was that Jim would probably need counselling for a very long time, but not as much as he needed it now.

What had been a wonderful vacation home had been turned into a place the Fraser family would never want to live in, or even visit again. What was paradise for so short a time was a nightmare for the remainder of the time they lived there. Eventually they were able to sell their Miami home. They then moved back to Boston. Jim and his family refused to be interviewed, or have any stories published in the media. Jim never heard from Mel again, and really started to rebuild his life. He was happy to see his friends again, and managed to fit back in perfectly with them.

And so 13 year old Jim, and 16 year old Sarah along with their parents, began to get used to their home in Boston again. Miami wasn’t a kind of place that was on their places to go to list. They remained there, and eventually bought a cottage in the countryside somewhere in California on a beautiful private lake. They didn’t have to worry about anyone else or any towns nearby, because they were the only ones in their area. Their summer vacations were spent there throughout many of the years to come. After all, it wasn’t a summer nightmare for them anymore. It finally became their summer dream.