Gemma had won the first prize.
Everyone was happy for her.
Gemma also instantly earned a bit fame in the Johannes City because of this competition.
Gemma was feeling proud of herself. Even Anna didn't let her endorse for the clothing brand, she had become the small star in her kindergarten.
Anna asked the driver to pick up Gemma after school, as she had to attend a meeting.
Gemma scampered out of the kindergarten, but she didn't see Anna. So she walked around and looked for her mommy.
The driver had done the car parking. When he was about to walk to Gemma, a man suddenly jumped off a car and dragged Gemma on it.
The driver saw it and got frightened. He hurriedly drove to chase the car.
Before Gemma figured out what was going on, she was wrapped in a sack from head to toes. After quickly tying up the sack, the man threw her on the seat.
"Who are you? Let me out." Gemma shouted in her loudest voice.
"Shut up!" The kidnapper made a roar.
Gemma fiercely struggled in the sack, "Who are you? You're bullying a kid, aren't you? If my daddy finds out I'm missing, he'll come to you."
"Shut up! Otherwise I'll abandon you into the mountains then the tigers will eat you!" The man warned her.
Gemma didn't dare to make a sound any more.
She only knew that the car was going fast.
'I should be calm and find out the solution at this critical moment, but not to be a coward.'
She saw the same scenario that was usually played on the TV. The more fears she had in her heart, the less possible it was to rescue herself.
"I need to wee wee." Gemma shouted.
Nobody responded.
"I have to go to the bathroom!"
"There's no bathroom!"
"I can't hold it!"
"You don't have a choice."
"I can't hold it anymore. Please, sir. Let me go to the bathroom. I really need to go to the bathroom now." Gemma wept and begged the man in a terrified voice.
The car had arrived at somewhere.
Gemma could feel that she was carried on someone's back and going upstairs.
Then she heard the sound of door locking.
"I really have to go to the bathroom." She was still crying and shouting.
The man finally untied the sack.
"Bathroom's over there! Hurry up! Don't play games with me!" The men looked horrifying.
Gemma was so frightened that she was still shedding tears.
"What can a little kid do in this situation? I can't hold i t anymore indeed."
As she spoke, Gemma was stomping her feet and her face had been turning red.
Seeing that the man didn't react to her, she hurriedly ran into the bathroom.
When closing the cubicle door, she was considering if she should lock the door from inside.
But the lock of the door was a bit slack. Adults could open it anytime as long as they shook it over.
There seemed to be no hope of hiding here.
Gemma pondered whether she should run off from the room later.
However, she realized that running off under the man's eyes was totally unrealistic.
"Hurry out!"
The man was knocking at the door.
Gemma opened the door and pitifully looked at the man with her big round eyes, whispering, "Sir, I promise I will behave well. Could you not yell at me? You make me scared."
Gemma tried hard to have her eyes misty, which may cover a trace of shrewd hidden in her eyes.
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