Only that one time when the man yelled at her through the door, had Mrs. Learella Kingston heard any sounds from outside the filthy bathroom, that was her prison for three long weeks. Inside the bathroom the sound she could not shut out was the eternal drip..drip..drip of the faucet. The sound and the dark kept her from sleeping. Afraid of the dark since childhood, afraid now to sleep even if she wanted to because of the horrible dreams. In one nightmare her three sons where trying to murder her, she awoke screaming in a panic, &quot;Please boys, don't hurt Mommy, don't let Mommy die.&quot; She began to bargain with God to save her. &quot;Spare me and I will treat everyone better, even my rotten daughters-in-law.&quot; She would be reborn, a new less selfish person, if only her sons would pay the ransom to these awful thugs that kidnapped her from her own yard. Why would someone kidnap her? She wondered. Sure she was rich, but so was everyone else she knew, why come after her. Who stood to gain by this? Not my three sons? 2007-10-01T22:48:22Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/10326 <p>i totally think her three sons captured her =]</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=15432 2007-10-01T22:48:22Z One Time, One Chance http://ficlets.com/authors/one_chance <p>woah! yay for foreshadowing</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=15165 2007-09-30T18:26:01Z FlirtingWithaBrickWall http://ficlets.com/authors/sanitytookaholiday <p>coolness. I wish we had a &#8220;series watch&#8221; on here&#8230; I could use it</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=15083 2007-09-30T01:46:27Z Mask By The Moon http://ficlets.com/authors/mbtm <p>Great job. Keep it going.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=14755 2007-09-28T02:26:57Z Hobo Beard Bob http://ficlets.com/authors/hobo_beard_bob <p>I like, very neat to get the introduction of the three sons. And certainly not an unreasonable direction for her mind to go, the anger/aggression towards the suns showing up in the dream since she thinks they would be the ones to pay the ransom. Very nice.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=14600 2007-09-27T14:52:12Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>the suspense builds</p> <p>come on kermit<br />hit us with another one!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=14579 2007-09-27T07:23:45Z artistsrunwild http://ficlets.com/authors/artistsrunwild <p>very interesting</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=14567 2007-09-27T03:50:00Z Kiarra http://ficlets.com/authors/born2write <p>Wow&#8230;that would be quite a twist. Good story.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10326?basename=14562 2007-09-27T03:39:04Z Fuchsia Deviant http://ficlets.com/authors/fuchsiadeviant