George’s reaction is not what John counted on, if John can get out of the house while his people are out to pick up some goods, that cannot be a coincidence. If George didn’t come to the house to check out his goods, then John would have gotten away, and tomorrow George will be waiting for a letter from court.
If John can hear that the house will be empty, that means that he also heard many other things discussed.
A few days ago his son came here, and the reason for that was his daughter. So no matter fron which angle George looks at the situation, he cannot let John free again.
Before he barely cared about John, which is because of some grace from the Blake family, but now he knows that John is going to be a problem for him.
It doesn’t take long before the guards find a recording device in his clothes, and it contains a lot of recordings from conversations in the house. One of them is the video that he took, showing the mayor.
George takes a look at the content, then, he puts it on the floor, and steps on it hard, until there is no chance to repair it again. George laughs, and takes a towel to clean his hands.
“Mister Blake, you really prepared yourself well, come, let’s see what else you have.”
George’s people bring a bowl of water, which looks yellowish, which looks a little like solid amber, John looks a little scared, he knows this cannot be something good.
“Just a watch.” John says and takes off his watch from the wrist, but George raises his hand to stop him.
“We have an old saying that giving a watch is wishing someone dead. I think you should keep it, take it with you!” He looked at him, then at the watch, and leaves.
John feels a little relieved inside, because this watch was a gift from Albert and Rebecca, it’s supposed to be able to track locations. Those two always find all kinds of weird things.
One of the guards steps closer to John, and grabs his chin to raise his head. Any one of the guards is very strong and nimble. John, who is used to using his head, will never be able to hold up with them, plus, he ran so far from the house today, which really tired him.
So John decides to not do anything at all, since it’s of no use anyways.
That yellowish water is some kind of injection, another guard brings it to him, and pours it into John’s mouth.
George sits on the side and watches the situation, he clears his throat and says, “Don’t be scared John, this is just a medicine to keep your mouth shut, it won’t do you any harm, you know, people gotta pay for what they do.”
John feels his throat burning, and quickly, he is unable to speak, this medicine is making him mute, but at least there is another way to communicate that with voice.
“Oh, I forgot, you can still write, even if you can’t speak, so, sorry you gotta endure this to keep my secret.”
Someone else steps towards him, and uses a took on John’ hand.
Pain, horrible pain shoots through him.
Both hands suddenly fall on the side of his body in a weird pose, and now John cannot speak, but his eyes are more bright than ever, although he cannot make another sound.
When they bring him to Yangming Mountain, it is already passed midnight, and after a night filled with torture and pain, John has already passed out.
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The next day John wakes up with the sun shining on him, he can feel something moving by his feet, but he cannot move easily since all the ligaments have been cut, and the pain is still bothering hi. John lies down again, and the next second he is very much relieved that he cannot move.
Something cold covered in scales slowly moves pass his body, and he sees that it is a snake. But because John doesn’t move, the snake thinks he must be dead, and only moved pass him.
John’s eyes stop at the snake’s patterns on his small body, he can figure from that, it must be a very poisonous snake.
But the danger is not over yet, he cannot move his body, but the animals can, and not all animals have such bad eyesight like the snake.
Some of the animals use their smell to determine their prey, for example dogs.
The light in the forest is getting brighter, and John falls into another sleep. The hunger is raising in his stomach, and John feels that sleeping is going to make that better, but no, he cannot sleep, if he sleeps, he might never wake up again. He is already messed up really bad, he won’t be able to get out alive, but Alice is still in prison, she is still waiting for him to rescue her, and their two adorable children, yes, their children.
When he thinks of Albert and Rebecca, he suddenly remembers the watch that George left him.
Yes, it can track his location, his sweet little kids, he hopes they will give him another surprise!
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