Nobody's monologue and human nature [Nicholas Hawk 3]

Locate this in the middle of the previous winter.

A month had just passed after I ended my relationship with that cheerleader girl. Christmas was near. On top of that, my high school graduation will take place in the second week of January.

My siblings couldn't come to my parents' house this year, so that leaves me completely alone to take care of helping Mom with Christmas dinner.

─Turkey... vegetables, sauces... well, it's all here. ─. When leaving the convenience store.

It is nothing wonderful.

After all, our home has a very unbalanced income every year. After Dad died four years ago, it's not like we could do too much to help Mom. It's not like we're living too badly, though, thanks to the support of my father's family.

On the one hand, my brothers got part─time jobs and became ideal children for that time. For my own part, I became a rebel to escape the problems of the family.

But hey, that's already in the past.

Now I am trying to be a better son, therefore substituting mom for Christmas shopping is almost an obligation that I must fulfill.

Yes... those were the plans...

「Click」 ─. A sudden sound made me slow down.

He recognized the sound.

The click is exactly the same as I've heard all those times Dad let me practice shooting cans with his Remington. Whoever stopped me was pure instinct.

─Quiet. We won't hurt you as long as you don't take any stupid action. Go on your way and get in the black car that you see there.

It is the voice of a woman. You could try something like fighting, but this person still has a gun. I don't know if I'll have enough time to disarm her and I don't know if she doesn't have any more weapons with her.

Very dangerous.

Although I am being kidnapped, I cannot do much more than keep quiet and comply with the directions given above. As long as it continues like this, nothing is going to happen to me.

I walk pretending calm, but inside I'm dying of nerves.

Shit, shit...

My worries are normal. I don't want something to happen to my family because of me.

Did I piss off someone important? Why is this in particular happening to me? I don't think I've done something bad enough to make me experience this.

I am a little scared when I enter the vehicle. I was instructed to sit in the passenger seat.

─Why are you doing this?! ─. I demand an answer when I am able to see my abductor.

She has a flat expression. She doesn't say a word to me and closes the door tightly.

She wanted to scream for help but at that very moment, my mouth was covered by a cloth with her own characteristic smell.

That's when my consciousness faded.