Tangled Wallpaper

At the gate there was a man waiting for them. Debra sobbed as Agnes dragged her to the gate. “Will you stop yelping already?” she snapped annoyed. She pushed her toward the man. “She’s your problem now”
“What are you going to do?” Ross asked, while he tightened his grip on Debra.
“I’m going to report to Dale. I’m sure he’ll want to know we found his little treasure” Agnes replied and she gave Debra a crabby look. “Use as little violence as possible. Dale wants her to look perfect on her birthday”
She walked to the house while Ross dragged Debra to the back of it, which...

Devastated Mike watched Debra leave with Simon. Apparently they had known each other a long time ago. Simon had said something about helping Debra escape. What was that supposed to mean? Was she an ex-convict?
Again Mike was astounded by how little he knew about his partner and again he promised he would do something about it.
But first he had to find a way out of these ropes. He started moving and twisting his left wrist. He felt his skin burning underneath the rope, but instead of going easier he picked up the pace and a couple of painful minutes his hand was loose.
He quickly untied his right...

Ryan parked his car at the dock and stepped outside. He ran to the pier towards a motor boat. On his way he’d received another call from Claire with further instructions. He had to get to a boat named Matthews. The keys would be in the ignition.
Ryan hurried into the boat and ran to the wheel. He started the boat and navigated in the instructed direction.
About thirty-seven minutes later Ryan saw a white boat and he navigated towards it. When the Matthews was right next to it, Ryan walked to the edge, stepped up and jumped. He could scarcely grab the gunwale of the boat and climbed on board....

After having digested those unmistakable words Beth muttered something about a shirt she had to sow for Dale. She quickly separated herself from the malicious child-hater and headed back to the house.
She walked straight to Dale’s room and shut the door. She ran to the window that had a perfect view on the background. It was a sad thing her parents had to be the center of distraction, but right now she had no other choice but to take advantage of it.
She walked to the closet, opened the drawer, took out a pencil and paper and then went sitting at the table. She placed her pen on the paper and...