The World of Tai Tai

He smiles, hands on the steering wheel, one foot on the gas pedal, propelling the car forward.  Bound and gagged, all I can do is look on.                                   He drives on, hardly looking at me, humming snatches of songs. Suddenly, he has changed direction. The car makes an oblique rise, and then down it goes. Both of us jerk forward. The road curb is gone. We  are going down a slope, where the sea beckons far below.  I struggle, trying to free myself. I shout, but nothing comes out. My husband and two children....do they know of my whereabouts?  My fear forms into something gooey which fills every part of my brain, limbs and stomach. Hours before, I had been doing my laundry. The bell rang, and I opened the door, shocked to see him outside. `What are you doing here?" I said. We had...

He smiles, hands on the steering wheel, one foot on the gas pedal, propelling the car forward . And I,  tied to the seat, mouth stuffed, and body strapped to the seat, keep fixating my eyes on him. He drives on, hardly looking at me, humming snatches of songs, and suddenly, he has changed direction. The car makes an oblique rise, and then down it goes. Both of us jerk forward. The road curb's gone. We  are going down a slope, towards its end, where the sea beckons far below.  I wriggle, trying to get myself free, but to no avail. I shout, but what comes out is only a tiny muffled sound. My husband and two children come into my mind. Have they been informed about my kidnap? The anxiousness in my heart is multiplying. It forms into something gooey, so viscous that it begins to fill every part of my brain, my limbs and my entrails. My bladders almost burst. Hours before that, I had been doing my laundry. The bell rang, and I opened the door, shocked to see him outside. `...