CHAPTER39

Where the hell am I? And why the hell is everywhere dark? I tried looking around to get a glimpse of my environment but nothing. Absolutely nothing. "Hello, anybody here?" I finally managed to ask. I turned when I heard a shuffling noise beside me. Curious as to who was beside me, I used my hands to locate a body or at least something for me to confirm that I wasn't alone. "Hmpf" I began to hear. Seriously I'm beginning to hate this. "At least tell me where I am" I shout to no one in particular when the lights eventually turn on. "Final-" I had to stop when I set my eyes on Eriel then I remembered, he was the one who talked before everything went dark. "Well, it seems like I ruined your family reunion. Right Jack?" He said as he turned to ask Dad who I just noticed was all tied up along with Mum, Gabe, Michelle Lee and my friends. "What do you want from me Eriel, first you lied to me then you went ahead to made me lose my child. Tell me what the hell do you want?" Dad spat. Eriel leaned into Jack then moved back and smiled that sent shivers down my spine. "I won't lie, I was quite surprised when I saw you three alive" he said, pointing at Gabe, Michelle and Lee. I think it's time I actually confronted this dude "You know, I really need to know what the hell your problem is" He just laughs a sinister way and answers "If it isn't Lorraine. I actually had a little fun playing with you and that boy. Just-" "Don't you ever call my son that boy, you hear m-" Gabe began to say until he was hit by Eriel's knuckles which made me flinch. "Nobody asked for whatever you have to say. So shut the hell up" he gritted his teeth. "Start talking Eriel, you may not have that much time to say anything again" Dad challenged. He chuckled humorlessly "You or me? You see Jack, I started hating you for a very long time. Every time I set my eyes on you all I felt was pure hatred. You made me feel stupid and I was so dumb to even realize that you were my friend when the love of my life fucking loved you. Ugh you piece of shit!" he exclaimed slamming dads head to the wall and I let out a scream. "Do you know what it felt having to keep you around and just knowing that my wife was in love with you. Every time Elizabeth and I fought, she always mentioned how you were more of a better husband than I was. Do you know how it felt? Huh?" "But, I didn't like Elizabeth to the extent so why put the blame on me?" Dad fearfully asked. "Because I loved her and didn't want to lose her but you know what? She just had to die. For you. She died in an attempt to go see you at the hospital when you had that accident. So because of you, I lost her and that was when I vowed to make your life so fucking miserable. I took the boy and groomed him to be useful to me and a terror to you. When news got to me that you had an accident which led to a concussion, I took that opportunity to feed you lies, I was going to make that guilt stay with you forever. But it wasn't enough, I wasn't making you feel the pain of losing someone so I abducted him, did the necessary to him and sent him far off just so that he wouldn't know who he was. Finally, you felt so powerless, you felt my pain when Elizabeth died. I felt accomplished but still, it wasn't enough. Then I thought. Maybe Alexander was the perfect tool to use, so I brought up a fake engagement for your daughter just so you'd have something to be afraid of something to have fear of what's going to happen next. I was happy with that until they started becoming too cozy" "Cozy? Yeah right" I tried acting sarcastic but the blush gave it away. Seriously, I still blush during times like this? He resumed "And seeing you all here happy, makes me unsatisfied and the only thing that'll make us even is losing someone for real. Which is exactly where Lorraine comes in" he smiled menacingly as he brought out his gun, pointing it straight at me. All effort to argue, be sarcastic, run seized when I saw the gun aimed at me and somehow I felt like he was going to win. "No, please don't do this" Dad begged, fumbling out of his tied hands while mom sobbed continuously and I remained still. "Oh, now you care about her? Weren't you willing to throw her into a relationship with a stranger just to save your ass? Now you're scared?" He asked and truth be told, he was damn right. But I never said I was going to take his side. "Please let her go" Lee pleaded as he attempted to ease the rope off his hands while Brooke and Melia try to lean into each other silently crying. "I want you to have the feeling of not being able to do anything" he paused "No matter how much you want to do it" he said as he pulled the trigger. I held myself tightly getting ready for the impact of the bullet, every noise muted to the sound of my pacing heartbeat and my increasing pulse. I waited and waited but no sound. I scrunched up my face and slowly brought my hands from my face only to come face to face with the body of Eriel lying cold in front of me and Carter breathing heavily over the body, a rod in his hand. "Y-y-y" I tried forming words. "It's okay, it's over" Carter held me up and hugged me tightly, every fear in my body loosening up. I suddenly felt at ease with no worries because Carter saved me.