When I woke up the following morning, I noticed two things. First, the boy next to me was still sound asleep. I don't know how long he has slept for because I am quite sure I fell asleep first. Second, there was a smell of urine as well as a wet spot on the bed. Clearly the boy had peed either before or after falling asleep. "Great!", I thought to myself, "Now I am going to have to clean up this piss." This was not how I wanted to start my morning.

Worse still, I did NOT want Sean to be embarrassed over it. It was a totally understandable thing that happened, and of course it was all my fault. This was not playing out the way I had hoped for, but I had not really spent a lot of time thinking about the repercussions when I kidnapped him to begin with. I leaned over the boy next to me to see a large wet spot in his pants. His pants and no doubt his underwear were completely soaked.

He was of course still fully dressed, and I had not even removed his shoes since the day before. I placed the sheet and blanket over Sean up to his neck so that it would not be obvious that I knew he had wet the bed. Then very gently, I leaned over to Sean and nudged him to wake up him.

"Sean, wake up kiddo. Time to wake up."

Slowly he began to stir. At first he tried to move his arms, but then he remembered that he was tied to the bed. He became a bit panicky, and then I reassured.

"Sean, it's ok. I am going to untie you in just a minute. Relax."

He started to relax, and then seemed to become aware that he had wet the bed. I decided that I may be able to use this to my advantage in assuring his cooperation. I leaned over the bed and began to slowly remove the covers. Sean reacted by quickly shaking his head no.

"You don't want me to remove the covers?" Sean responded by shaking his head even more.

"Alright, but you do need to get up. It is time to wake up, and shower. I will make you a deal. If I untie you, will you quietly get out of bed and go take a bath? I won't look while you do."

Sean nodded his head.

"Ok, I am going to go get your bath ready for you, don't go anywhere", I teased. Then I walked into the master bathroom which directly connects to my master bedroom. I have a large bath tub which doubles as a jacuzzi, and has air jets built in. I did not have any bubble bath, but I figured that Sean would like bubbles in his bath. Therefore, I added a small amount of shampoo to the bath as I filled the tub to nearly full. Then I turned on the air jets briefly, which filled the tub with bubbles. I tested the temperature, and then I decided that it was ready.

I walked back into the bedroom and I noticed that Sean was more relaxed. "Ok Sean, I have your bath all ready. I am going to untie you but I am not going to remove the tape on your mouth yet. I need you to be quiet. If you do try to take the tape off, then I will need to tie you up again. Do you understand?"

Sean nodded.

"Will you try to take off the tape?"

Sean shook his head no.

"Ok then, as long as you are good. When I untie your hands and feet, I will look away. I want you to go straight into the bathroom, take off all of your clothes, and then get in the bath. While you do that, I am going to gather up all the sheets and blankets and put them in the washing machine because today is laundry day."

I lied, of course. I was trying to do this in such a way that Sean did not know that I knew he had wet the bed. In any case, it seemed to have worked. I gently untied Sean's hands from the top of the bed. I noticed there were red marks in his wrists, a bit harsher than I expected. I felt bad about that, and I reassured Sean that his wrists would feel better very soon. His ankles were fine however, since he was still wearing his shoes.

Once he was untied, I instructed him to go into the bathroom, close the door, and then to start taking his bath but not to remove the tape. I asked him if he understood, he nodded that he did, and then I turned walked over to the door leading into the bedroom and I turned so that my back was toward him.

I heard him get out of bed, and then I waited until I heard the bathroom door close before I turned around. He seemed to be following my instructions perfectly. I then walked over to the bed and removed all of the sheets and blankets. There was only a very small spot of urine on the mattress itself, and I quickly retrieved some paper towels to soak that up.

Then I carried the bundle of laundry downstairs, started the washing machine, and returned upstairs. I decided to check on my little guest. I knocked on the bathroom door and said "I am coming in to check on you, Sean." I slowly opened the bathroom door, and stepped onto the cold white tiled floor.

Sean did not seem to be especially enjoying his bath, but was more or less hiding himself under the bubbles and just sitting there. Clearly he was still frightened despite my best efforts to try and make him comfortable. "Sean, I am going to remove the tape on your mouth now so that you can talk. But before I do, will you promise to be good and not talk too loudly or shout or anything? If you do that, I would have to put the tape back on. Will you be good?"

Sean nodded.

I then walked over to the boy and using the soapy water to help I began to remove the tape around his mouth, leaving a slightly redder patch of skin where the tape had been. I very slowly and carefully removed the tape, and then I used a small sponge to gently wipe away the tape residue from his mouth.

I saw Sean begin to exercise his mouth a bit, and then he spoke.

"When can I go home?"

I decided to change my tactics. "Sean, before we decide when you go home I have to ask you some questions. Do you remember when we were in the park and your dad came to pick you up, and he was really mad at you?"

"Mmm hmm."

"Why was he so mad?"

"Because I was playing with Jason."

"And your dad doesn't want you to play with Jason?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Just he doesn't want me to"

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

"No. Just me and my dad."

"Just you and your dad? No mom?"

"Just me and my dad."

"Is your dad always mean to you like that?"

"Not always, just sometimes."

Because I had acted on the spur of the moment and hadn't really bothered to consider my actions yesterday when I kidnapped him, I now began to realize the complexity of the situation. I was probably right about his dad, he probably was abusive to Sean in at least some ways. What I had never considered was the boy's mother and any brothers and sisters.

It is bad enough that he is away from his father and the only home he has ever known, but at least I knew that there were no other immediate family to consider.

"Well, I am going to go back into the bedroom for a little while. Just relax, and enjoy your bath. We will talk more after your bath is over. Remember, don't make any noise or I will have to put the tape back on, just remember to be quiet."

And saying that, I went back into the bedroom and sat on the bed. Then, for the first time I began to really think about what I had done and what to do next.