Home In The
Range
The sky was
slightly overcast as the two women rode over the fields, moving as one with
their horses as they covered the rolling ground as fast as their mounts would
allow. There was nobody else to see for
miles around, but as they approached a long stone wall that ran the length of a
hill top they saw a number of people walking in a straight line.
They stopped
for a moment, allowing their horses to catch their breath as they looked at the
slowly moving line.
“What do you think
is going on mother,” Helena Balcombe said as she leaned
over and patted her mount’s neck.
“I’m not
entirely sure,” Jocelyn Balcombe said as she took her
riding helmet off and ran her fingers through her grey hair. It was held back in a pony tail by a black
band, the stray hair or two falling down her cheeks as she sat there. “Perhaps if we went over and asked?”
Dismounting,
the two women walked, over, their boots crunching on the frozen ground as they
walked. Jocelyn was in her late forties,
but had the build of a woman ten years younger.
She was wearing a tight black sweater under a green gillet,
the wool forming to the shape of her 38D chest as she walked down, white riding
breeches and black patent leather riding boots.
Helena was
twenty, and looked like a younger version of her mother, with the exception of
her jet black shoulder length hair as opposed to her mother’s greying
locks. She had a green riding jacket on
over her red jumper, open slightly to show her breasts and the neck rolled up
to keep her warm, and skin tight canary yellow breeches, the legs tucked into
knee length brown boots.
As they
approached, they saw the lien was in fact of police officers, who seemed to be
searching the ground. Jocelyn recognised
the local sergeant, who walked over as they waved.
“Afternoon,
Mrs Balcombe,” he said as they came closer, “Enjoying
the day?”
“We were,
Jack - what’s going on?”
“Lad’s
escaped from the local detention centre - not dangerous, but we need to get him
back as soon as possible.”
“Well, good
luck,” Jocelyn said as she climbed back on her horse, “We’ll let you know if we
see anything.”
The sun was
beginning to dip over the horizon, the skyline turning a brilliant red, as
Helena closed the stable door and patted her horse on the nose.
“I’m heading
back to the car, mum,” she said as she looked in on Jocelyn rubbing down her
mount. “See you there in five minutes?”
“All right,
Helena,” Jocelyn said as she looked up, “I’ll be along in a few minutes.”
As she
approached the black Range Rover a few minutes later, Jocelyn could see no sign
of Helena, but she assumed that she was just sitting in the front seat of the
car. Walking round the front, the
darkened windows gave no indication of the inside, but why should there be
anything wrong?
As she opened
the driver door, however, and started to come in, Jocelyn got the fright of her
life. Helena was sitting on the back
seat, her eyes wide as she looked at her mother. There was a thin knife pressed against the
neck of her red jumper, and the hand holding the knife led along the arm arched
round her neck to a young man, staring at Jocelyn as she stared back.
“Get in,” he
said quietly, “and drive - or your daughter gets it.”
Slowly,
Jocelyn climbed into the vehicle, settling behind the wheel as she fumbled with
the car key. “Please,” she said quietly,
“I’ll do whatever you want, just don’t hurt my baby.”
“Your baby is
a great looking woman,” the lad said, “but that’s not important just now. Just drive - take me to your home. She’s already told us there’s nobody else
there just now.”
“What happens
after that?”
“MUMMMM,”
Helena squealed as she felt the blade press against her throat. “Just get going,” the lad snarled as Jocelyn
started the engine and headed out of the yard.
“I take it you’re
the lad that escaped from the borstal?”
Jocelyn said as they headed down the driveway that led from the stable
to the main road.
“Borstal?
What sort of place is that?”
“Young
Offenders Institution... Kid’s
Jail... Youth Detention Centre... What the hell do they call these places these
days anyway?”
“Oh - yes, I
am, and you need to keep your eyes on the road,” he said as he looked down on
Helena’s chest, her breasts rising and falling as she tried to stay calm. As the dusk fell on the road, he looked out
at the passing traffic.
“Turn left at
the next junction,” he said as they passed a sign for a picnic place, “and pull
in.”
“Why?”
“Just do it,”
he said as Jocelyn turned into the deserted car park. “Stop here,” he said as Jocelyn braked,
turning the engine off and sitting perfectly still.
“What are you
going to do,” she said as she looked in the rear view mirror.
“Keep looking
forward, hands on the wheel,” he said as he looked at Helena. “You,” he said as he let go of her, “lie face
down on the back seat and put your hands behind your back.”
Looking over
the back seat, he pulled a tool box towards himself and opened it, his eyes
flitting between the box and the women as he reached in and found a roll of
black tape. “Put your hands behind your
back,” he said as he put the knife down and tore the end of the roll loose,
“and cross your wrists.”
“You don’t
have to do this to me - I’ll do whatever you say,” Helena whispered as she
slowly moved her hands together behind her back.
“Yes,” he
said as he looked down,” you will.” Pushing
the sleeves of her jumper up, he pressed the free end of the tape against
Helena’s wrists and wrapped it around both of them, securing together as
Jocelyn tried to ignore the ripping sound of the tape coming away from the
roll.
“Please, for
God’s sake don’t hurt my baby,” Jocelyn said as she watched the man in the rear
view mirror, seeing him shuffle down and pull her daughter’s legs up before
wrapping the tape tightly around her booted ankles.
“Just keep
looking forward, mummy dearest,” he said as he glanced at her, before dropping
Helena’s legs down on the leather seat. “Roll
over,” he said as he pulled a handkerchief from his mouth and wadded it up, “I
need you to be quiet for the rest of the journey home.”
“Please, dontmmfmmfmddfmg,” Helena said as he pushed the cloth into
her mouth, before wrapping the tape round her head, pulling it between her
teeth to keep the cloth in place. She
watched as he climbed out of the car and into the front passenger seat,
pressing the knife into Jocelyn’s side as he said “Now, mummy, let’s go
home. I’m hungry and I’d like you to
cook some food for me.”
“Hlpmmmeee,” Helena whimpered as she twisted round on the
back seat, the leather of her boots squeaking as they rubbed against each other
and the upholstery. Jocelyn looked over
her shoulder and mouthed “I’m sorry,” as she turned the engine back on and set
off.
The drive
from the main road to the house was in darkness, the black night sky only
broken by the headlight beams as Jocelyn made her way towards her own front
door. Approaching the front door, she
stopped in front and turned the engine off, the sharp point pressing into her
side as she removed the keys and handed them to their kidnapper.
“Excellent,”
he said as he looked over at Helena. “Now,
very slowly, get out of the car and walk round to me.” He opened his door and watched as Jocelyn
slowly walked round, standing as he opened the rear door and pulled her
daughter out, and her muffled screams as she rubbed against the leather the
only sound as he lifted her up and hoisted her over his shoulder.
“Inside,” he
said as he pushed Jocelyn forward, bringing Helena with him as the older woman
fumbled for the door keys. Opening the
large oaken door, she stepped in and turned the lights on as he kicked the door
closed behind himself, Helena shifting on his shoulder
as they walked towards the kitchen and he took something from the wall.
As Jocelyn
turned the light on, he placed Helena on a kitchen chair and used his knife to
cut the tape away from her face, pulling the handkerchief out as he did so.
“Right,
mummy,” he said as he pulled a chair next to Helena and sat down, the knife
visible in his hand. “I’m starving, what
can you give me to eat?”
“I want your
promise you won’t hurt my child.”
“I promise I
will if you don’t start, darling,” he said as he stood up and walked behind
Helena, Her eyes widening as he put the knife against her throat. Jocelyn swallowed hard and turned to the
fridge, opening it as he smiled at her preparations.
“I’m going to
cut you loose,” he whispered into Helena’s ear, “but
you need to sit absolutely, perfectly still, with your hands on the table or I
will make you strip completely. Understand?”
“Yes,” Helena
whispered as she felt he rankles and wrists part. Rubbing her skin, she placed her hands on the
table and watched him as he walked round and sat on the other side of the
table, looking at both of them the whole time.
Jocelyn sat
still, her hand in Helena’s as they watched the young man drain the bowl of soup
and put it down with a loud thump. In
front of him lay the shotgun he had taken from the hallway when they had
entered.
“Ah,” he said
as he sat back and tore a large mouthful of bread from the loaf on the table,
“that’s good. Now, what am I going to do
with both of you?”
“You could
just go,” Jocelyn said angrily as she let go of Helena’s hand, “and let us get
on with our life.”
“Oh I’ll go
in a little while,” he said as he smiled, “but I need a little rest first, just
unwind. Tell me, mummy, where do you
keep your rope?”
“Rope?
I think there’s some in the store cupboard in the hallway - why?”
“Be a dear,”
he said as he stood up and walked towards them, “and go and fetch it. Your little girl can stay here and keep me
company - and if you try anything stupid, I’ll make sure she pays the
price. Understand?”
“Please,
mum,” Helena said as he looked at Jocelyn, “I don’t want him to hurt me.”
“All right,”
the older woman said quietly, “wait there.”
She stood up and walked out of the kitchen door, returning a few minutes
later with several coils of rope that had been sued to fix things to the roof
of the range rover.
“Excellent,”
he said as he forced Helena to stand up, “Let’s go into the front room. Make sure the curtains are closed before you
turn any lights on.”
The trio
walked slowly down the corridor, their captor standing with Helena as they
watched Jocelyn draw the heavy velvet curtains over the windows before turning
on a large standard lamp. “Throw the
ropes on the chair there,” he said as he squeezed Helena’s arm, “and then you
can lei face down on the seat this time.”
Jocelyn
walked slowly over to the long recliner in the centre of the room and sat
herself down, before lying on her back and turning herself over, her head
resting on her hands as she watched Helena been pushed towards another
armchair. “Sit down,” he said as he
walked over and picked up the ropes, “and don’t move unless I tell you.”
“What were
you in prison for,” Helena said as she sat herself gently down. She watched him take his knife and cut a
length of rope off, before he said “Burglary - and the fact I liked to tie
women up without asking permission first.
Now, I need you to do something for me.”
“What,”
Helena said as her eyes widened at what he had just said.
“Take this
rope,” he said as he held it out, “and tie your wonderful mummy’s hands
together behind her back. Make sure it’s
nice and tight - I think it will be better for you to do it to her than me.”
“But I
don’t... Mum, please don’t make me...”
“Calm down,
Helena,” Jocelyn said as she turned her head, “I want you to do it to me. So long as you are safe, I don’t mind.”
As she said
this, she lifted her head and moved her hands behind her back, holding her
hands together as she did so. Slowly, carefully,
Helena wrapped the rope around her mother’s wrists, keeping it over the dark
cuffs of her jumper. Jocelyn stopped herself
from gasping as she felt her wrists been pulled together, turning to watch
their tormentor as he smiled on both of them.
“Now this
length,” he said as he handed Helena a second length of rope he had cut, “and
let’s see if you can make your mother’s elbows touch.”
“You can’t be
serious,” Helena said as she looked at him, but the look in his eyes convinced
her of his intention. “I’m sorry, mum,”
she sobbed as she passed the rope up her arms, and pulled it tightly around
them just below her elbows. Jocelyn let
out a gasp as she felt her arms been drawn back, forcing her shoulders back as
well as she felt the wool of her jumper stretching over her chest.
As it was, Helena
almost managed to make her mother’s elbows touch, which seemed to please their
kidnapper as she watched her pass the rope between her arms. As he cut another length off, Jocelyn rolled
over onto her back, her breasts clearly showing through the stretched jumper.
“Ankles
next,” he said as he handed Helena a third length of cord, “and make sure it
really is tight.” He watched as she
stood up and walked to the side of the recliner, Jocelyn looking down as she
passed the rope round her brown leather boots and pulled them tightly
together. The leather squeaked as her
legs rubbed against each other, and the rope pulled the hide into her legs, her
ankles firmly secured as she tied the rope off.
“Now what,”
Helena said as she stood up. “Now,” the
young man said with a smile, “you come over here and stand with your back to
me, hands behind your back.”
“Just do as
he says, Helena.” Jocelyn said as she tried to twist her ankles round, the
squeak of the leather louder than before, “and then we might be able to get rid
of him.”
Helena nodes
as she felt her wrists been crossed and tied together, the rope digging into
her skin s they were tightly secured together.
“Does it have to be so tight,” she said as she looked over her shoulder,
only to see him wrap more rope around her arms and pull them together so that
her elbows were touching. The result was
immediately apparent to her, as her jumper stretched over her chest, her
breasts forced forward as her shoulder blades were pulled back.
Jocelyn
watched as her daughter starting to pant, trying to deal with the restriction
around her elbows as best she could. The
situation only got worse as the man unravelled more rope and used it to pull
her forearms tightly into her side, the rope going round her arms and chest
below her breasts, then above, alternating three or four times as her chest was
encoded in two bands of brown on red.
“OH god,”
Helena breathed as she felt the rope tightening around her body, her binder
passing it under her arms and around the loops to secure them together. As she felt them pressing her breasts up, she
could almost see the nipples under the tightly stretched red wool, despite the bra
she was wearing.
So when he
reached round and grabbed her breasts, she found herself not screaming, but
moaning slightly. Her mother, on the
other hand, had a different view, as she cried out “Leave her alone, you sick
little man.”
“Oh,” he said
as he walked over to her, “Did I forget to mention I also showed the ladies I
bound pleasure as well? No? Would you like some?”
“No,” Jocelyn
said as she tried to move back from him, "Just please go and leave us
alone.”
“No - I think
you need to be quiet,” he said as he held up something else he had found in the
store cupboard. Jocelyn began to shake
her head, saying “no, please don’t do that,” as she heard the ripping sound,
and saw the white rag that he had balled up in his hand.
“OH yes,” was
his only reply as he held her nose, waiting until she had to open her mouth
before pushing the cloth between her teeth, then smoothing the grey tape over
her lips, placing more strips on top as the older woman’s cries were slowly more and more muffled.
“Just stay
there, mummy,” he said as he grabbed the frightened daughter by the arm, “I’ll
be right back.”
“Mum?” Helena
said in a small, quiet whimper as she saw her mother twist round and try to
call out for help, before she was dragged out of the front room and up the
stairs, struggling in his tight grip as he forced her into her bedroom.
“Now,” he
said as he looked at her with an evil glint in his eye, “lie down on the bed,
and we’ll get you comfortable.”
Jocelyn
turned her head and looked at the young man as he walked in, a pillow sack
jangling in his hand.
“Nice
collection, mummy,” he said as he put the sack down and knelt next to her, “I’m
sure the insurance will pay handsomely.”
“Whrshlne, ultllbstrd?”
“Your
little girl? Oh, she’s nice and safe upstairs. But I wanted to make sure you were happy as
well.”
Saying this,
he rolled Jocelyn onto her stomach and pulled her bound ankles up, making her
yelp through the tape as he pulled them so far back she could almost touch the
heels of her black riding boots. “Shthttbbgfdmdmgmdffdm,” she mumbled as she looked over her
shoulder, watching him as he used rope to secure her ankles to her wrists, and
then rolled her over onto her side.
“I’ve got to
go now,” he said as he held the car keys in front of her, “I’m sure someone
will come and find you - eventually.”
Smiling, he stood up, and was about to leave when Jocelyn called out “Atttt.”
“Yes,
mummy?”
“Pls, brng hlne
dwn hr wf m.”
He looked at
her wide eyes, before nodding and walking to the door, leaving his sack on the
coffee table as he did so. She watched
as he walked up the stairs, and then heard her daughter’s muffled cries as he
carried her down over his shoulder, bringing her into the front room and laying
her on the Persian rug in front of Jocelyn.
Helena’s legs
were encased in a net like arrangement of rope, her ankles tightly secured side
by side; the coils cinched between her legs, then ropes crossing over and over
up her legs towards her waist. Her wrist
were also held against her back by rope, but Jocelyn could see that the rope
had also been taken between her legs, pulling her yellow breeches up into her
crotch and rubbing every time that she twisted round.
Her cheeks
were puffed out, and her mouth had obviously been stuffed, before a riding
scarf had been pulled between her teeth, the horse pattern visible in the
centre of the knot that rested between her teeth as she bit down. Her eyes were covered in tape, as she tried
to move her head in the direction of any sound that she heard.
As she tried
to twist round, Helena could feel the rope rubbing against her in all the
places it was secured, the squeal of her boots only matched by the squeak deep indie
her as the rope rubbed between her legs.
The panties he had stuffed in stopped any legible sound coming out, but
most of all she just wanted to be with her mother - and now that she had been
put down, she could hear her saying “mbbbe, mprrbbbe” over and over again,
“Enjoy yourselves, ladies,” he said as he picked up the sack and
left the two women, tears rolling down Jocelyn’s cheeks as she lay there, too
scared to move in case she rolled off and injured herself, but wanting to help
her struggling daughter as much as she possibly could...
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