Cadence is a novice reporter who has a contact she believes is taking her to meet some men who have snatched a well known politician, and they want to speak to a journalist to make their demands. Cadence knows this is a risk but she is a young reporter looking for any opportunity to boost her career. When she climbs into the contact's car, he asks her if she knows the rules. Cadence says that these were explained to her very clearly; that she has to be blindfolded and handcuffed for the journey to ensure that she does not know where she is being taken. When the arrive at the hideout and Cadenc...

Cadence is a novice reporter who has a contact she believes is taking her to meet some men who have snatched a well known politician, and they want to speak to a journalist to make their demands. Cadence knows this is a risk but she is a young reporter looking for any opportunity to boost her career. When she climbs into the contact's car, he asks her if she knows the rules. Cadence says that these were explained to her very clearly; that she has to be blindfolded and handcuffed for the journey to ensure that she does not know where she is being taken. When the arrive at the hideout and Cadence's blindfold is removed, she looks around bewildered - there is no one there. She asks her contact where the men and the politician are, but he merely smiles and says, "There is no one else. It's just you and me." Cadence begins to panic as it becomes clear that she is the victim, and that he contact plans to hold her for ransom. After all, her step-father is the owner of the newspaper group she works for. He zip ties Cadence's ankles and lays her on the floor. He places her in a hogtie and ball gags her until he is ready to make the ransom call. Cadence struggles but without hope of freeing herself from handcuffs and zip ties. When her contact re-enters the room, he has a phone and he is talking to someone. It soon becomes clear that it is Cadence's step-father; he removes the girl's ball gag and tells her to speak to her step-dad. Cadence quickly explains that she is tied up and begs her step-father to pay up. She is then ball gagged once more. Later, when her contact is ready to go to bed (the ransom exchange is not until tomorrow), he ties Cadence to a chair and cleave gags her so that she may spend a slightly more comfortable night.