Chapter Twelve

William had come back from his rest to Samantha sleeping and a few missed calls and messages from Matt and Laura. They wanted to let her know that they had caught another case that matched a similar MO to that of Thomas O’Brian even though he was dead. It angered him to see how callous they could be about his brother, but he kept his cool and calmed his thoughts. Acting as Samantha he asked for details and they willingly gave them up, it actually made him laugh. They said they didn’t want her working this though as they didn’t want her to relive what had happened just 4 months ago. William decided to wake Samantha up and share the news, watching the slight confusion as she woke up and then the laser focus realizing where she still was, gave William a sense of joy. “It would seem the email I sent them has caused them to open another case, shame they won’t realize its you until its too late.”

Samantha glared at William and tried to shout at him through her gag to no avail. He simply laughed and continued on, “It would also seem they’re worried about how you’d react, so they won’t be needing your help. Excellent news for us love, less interruptions as it were.” She again tried to shout, William was amused by the struggle she was giving and grabbed her chin and pulled her face towards his. He then kissed her long a hard, try as she might to pull away from him, she couldn’t. “Of all the lips I’ve tasted yours really are by far the sweetest I’ve ever had, even with tape over that pretty mouth.” It made Samantha sick to see the truth of what he was saying in his eyes, the way it made her feel she’d rather they be lies. William then informed Samantha that it was already 2:00 in the afternoon and that it was time to continue with his work of art. He left her gagged this time and grabbed another pair of gloves and a scalpel and got to work. Samantha again screamed but this time it was muffled, she continued to beg and plead for him to stop. William added on some ivy with small leaves, having to stop and clear away the blood every so often so he could see what he was doing. His “art” as he called it started just under Samantha’s right breast and traveled down to her lower left side it took up a great deal of her stomach. William couldn’t help but admire the strength she was showing throughout this last carving session. William had taken more pictures, including a few of the finished product, and some when he was doing the carving, again careful not to give any clue that it was Samantha. He cleaned her up and bandaged the wounds again, carefully removing the gag he gave her a few sips of water before replacing it.

William sat down and proceeded to compose another email to send to the CSI’s, it included pictures of his carving as well as a few pictures of when he assaulted her in the bedroom the first time. As careful as ever he made sure that they wouldn’t be able to tell who was in these photos either, little things like this always brought William joy. He carefully watched her phone to see if there would be any updates from Detective Riley or Laura, but nothing came. They were nearing the end of their 3rd day together, and William was ready for more fun. Samantha didn’t have the strength to fight against William anymore, if breaking her soul was what he had wanted to do, he accomplished his goal. For the 3rd time since taking her hostage in her own home, William brought her back into the bedroom and assaulted her. She didn’t put up any type fight or resistance, she just cried silently throughout the whole ordeal, after he finished, she simply cried herself to sleep. Satisfied for the time being William also drifted off to sleep, satisfied that everything was going to plan.

Laura and Matthew were in the lab with Detective Nolan, as well as Kassidy and Alex, they were going over the second email they had received. They had narrowed down the suspect to Thomas’s brother William, but that had little to go on as far as his latest victim. And even though he had not “signed” the emails they knew they had little time if it was actually him before he’d kill his victim and dump the body. On top of this new case, they also had to worry about their colleague Nick, from what they could tell he’d been kidnapped and tortured. When whoever it was, had finished they drugged him and left him for dead, smashing his phone in the process as well. The doctors at the hospital told them it would be at least a few days before Nick could or would wake up. His body had been through a lot, even the doctors admitted it was a miracle he was still alive. Matt had been keeping his daughter apprised of the situation as best he could, he didn’t want to worry more than she had too. Unaware of what was happening to his daughter he called again just to check and see how she was doing seeing if there was anything she might want or need.
When William woke up the next morning, he saw that there was a missed call from Detective Taylor for his daughter. Samantha was still bound and gagged beside him but sound asleep, he got up and went into the living room to listen to the message. It was just her father calling in to check on her and see if she needed anything, also letting her know there was no update on Nick as of yet. Matt also let her know a few more details of the new case and told her about the emails they had received. It made William laugh, them not knowing they were pictures of their beloved Sam, and what William had been doing to her.