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After working late one night, Ruby misses her bus home. Taking a shortcut through town down a dark alleyway, she is abducted and taken to a remote location where she is held captive by her kidnapper. Ruby must find a way to escape before she becomes a serial killer's next victim.
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Darren G. Burton
I have been a writer for over 30 years. I've written numerous full length works of fiction and non-fiction, as well as many short stories and anthologies.darrenburton77@gmail.com
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Captive - Darren G. Burton
Captive
Darren G. Burton
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Captive
It was Thursday night and Ruby King was working late. The last day of the month was always stock take time. Her supervisor had asked her if she could work back, so together they could get the chore done before opening for trade Friday morning.
At seventeen Ruby had only recently finished school. She’d decided to defer her university studies for a year in favour of working and earning some money. This was her first job. She worked in a warehouse that sorted and distributed video games for PC, Xbox and Playstation. Being an avid gamer herself, she thought the job might be cool for a while. And there was the added bonus of discounts on her own purchases.
She checked her watch as she counted the stock levels of the latest Need For Speed offering for Xbox. The luminous hands had just passed midnight. She yawned and wrote down the figure on a sheet of paper.
Her supervisor, Jackie, a forty-something year old woman with short platinum blonde hair, looked at her and smiled a weary smile. You getting tired, Ruby?
Ruby nodded and yawned again. It’s past my bedtime.
At least you’re not rostered on until midday tomorrow. Give you a chance to sleep in. We’re not far off being done here now.
Ruby counted the Need For Speed copies for PC. Again she yawned, then attempted to rub the sleep from her eyes. She scrawled the figure on the page in the appropriate column.
Jackie glanced at her once more, thinking. She
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