“I don’t know okay, I have no clue why your husband was looking me up! Maybe because he’s just met me and he was doing some back ground checks for some reason” I start, but she shakes her head moving backwards with Amelia in her arms “okay please just put her down” I say, having to hold back tears that wanted to escape my eyes, Anthony walks behind me with his hand on my back.
“He came here a day after you came, he actually hasn’t left, so if you wanna see him I’d put our daughter down” he says, as I look behind me I see one of his hands were hidden behind my back, I turn a little to see he was hiding the gun.
“You’ll take me to him right now?” She asks him, I wanted to tell her what was maybe gonna happen, but all I could actually think about was getting Amelia back in my arms out of harms way.
“Yes I know where he is, but that’s not gonna happen unless you give our daughter back” Anthony says, getting closer to her, she looks down at Amelia and nods walking over to me.
Immediately I take Amelia moving her away trying to calm her down, I was just happy she was safely in my asks again.
“Come on” I faintly hear Anthony say, but I was much too focused on Amelia to really pay attention to what was about to happen.
After a few minutes, the sound of gun shots rip through the air causing Amelia to jump and cry again, this was when it finally clicked on what the heck just happened. Anthony runs in from outside saying this wasn’t good over and over again, he comes over checking if we were alright before walking off saying he needed to call someone. Once he fully away, I fall to my knees Amelia still in my arms, both of us just crying.
Hours pass, Amelia was now in bed for the night and I was just in the room staring at the wall, I haven’t seen Anthony after he said he needed to make some calls. That was until he walks through the door shocked to see me awake.
“I was just coming up to check on you two, what are you doing up?” He asks, walking into the room over to me.
“I was just waiting for you to come up, you haven’t been coming to bed these last few days” I say looking over at him, I knew what I needed to do and actually had a full plan in my head of what was gonna go down.
“I know doll, I’ve just had loads of things going around my head that I just couldn’t sleep” he sighs, sitting beside me wrapping his arm around my shoulders “but I think it’s finally all falling into place for us, no one can mess with us anymore ever” he says, looking me dead in the eye showing me he was serious.
“Well, how about you get ready for bed and I go downstairs and make you some warm hot chocolate to help you sleep” I ask, looking over at him with a smile, he nods placing a kiss on my lips.
I rise to my feet walking out the door heading towards the kitchen, I knew I couldn’t leave this place on my own without him, but I could try to get help to leave by other people.
I walk into the kitchen preparing the hot chocolate like normal, I take a look behind me to check he wasn’t there before kneeling down to the bottom cupboard. A few weeks ago, I was sorting the cupboards out when I got bored and came across the sleeping pills Anthony gave me that time, I hid them so one, he couldn’t use them again and two, if I ever needed to use them for him I could. I take them out turning back around to check before starting to crush them in, I quickly put the bottle back in the cupboard before finishing the hot chocolate.
Once I was done I start making my way upstairs where Anthony was sat on the bed smiling, I close the door walking over handing him the glass. He thanks me blowing the top of it before taking a sip, I get so nervous he would taste it and get mad but he didn’t and just smiled. In seconds he downed the hot chocolate, placing the cup on the bedside table.
“Doll, I just wanna thank you” he starts, turning around to me, I just kept staring at the cup behind him than back at his face “honestly, you being here has made my life a hundred times better, I’ve experienced a lot of pain but you and Amelia have been the one thing that’s given me joy” he continues, as a yarn escapes his lips.
“You should lay down, you’re getting tired” I smile, pulling the blankets back for him to lay there, he nods smiling getting under the covers.
“I’ve never left like this before doll” he says, but I see him slowly drift to sleep as he spoke “I think….. I love….. you” but with that he was fast asleep, I sit there taken back for a second at what just came out his mouth.
I shake it off just wanting to set my plan in motion, I can think about what happened after. I get off the bed and leave the room heading passed Amelia’s room where she was happily sleeping in her cot, I quietly run down the stairs heading towards the mystery room. Once I reach the door I check down the hall, in case he woke up or something before opening it, I was beyond nervous at this point I didn’t want him to catch me.
I walk fully into the office where the phone was still sat on the desk, I close the door running over to sit at the desk picking up the landline. I type the only number I really remembered bringing the phone to my ear, hoping they’d pick up, a few rings go by making me feel like all was lost but they pick it up saying a “hello”
“Hey, it’s me” I say having to hold back the tears.
Hey guys, I don’t worry I’m not leaving you on a huge cliff hanger but I thought I’d chime in. Does it make me a bad person for crushing sleeping pills in his drink? I mean he did do it to me that time, and it’s gonna be a way to get me out of the situation. You probably don’t care about that much right? You wanna see who I was talking on the phone to right? Well enjoy.
Blake like always, was sat in Jacob’s office as Jacob gave him the final rundown before he left for home, it was always the same old stuff but Blake would stay here all day if it was gonna get him closer finding me.
Out of nowhere his phone starts to ring in his pocket, he apologises to Jacob for interrupting him while pulling it out. Once he does he finds it’s a private caller, which was strange, only people he knew has this number and he liked to keep his circle small. He answers pulling the phone to his ear saying a “hello”
“Hey, it’s me” my voice comes through the other end, Blake nearly fell off his chair and immediately started to well up looking over at Jacob.
“It’s Freya” he says, pulling the phone away from his ear putting it on speaker, “are you okay? Where are you? I’m so sorry” he says quickly, saying a bunch of stuff at once.
“I’m okay, I can’t really answer the where am I question I’m not sure and you have nothing to be sorry about” I tell him, which was hundred percent true, I didn’t know that he was blaming himself the whole time.
Blake wanted to say a loads of things, but he didn’t know how I managed to call and Jacob was in the room.
“Freya I’m with Jacob, the lead investigator on your case” he tells me as Jacobs says a quick hello “they’re trying their absolute hardest to track you down” he explains, using a name I’ve heard quite a few times.
“Hello Freya, I know you probably don’t have a lot of time but if you could try to give us as much information on where you are ” Jacob says to me, which was easier said then done.
“Well we’re in a huge house in the middle of nowhere, it’s the only house in what looks like miles” I explain, just trying to get across how hidden this place actually is “when he set fire to his old house after he killed his mother, we met up with his friend, he knew someone selling houses and got us this” I continue, as Blake puts the phone on the desk.
“A man a few days ago came there saying he looked you up, I think it was Anthony’s sisters husband” Blake tells me, hoping if I recognised his last location I could help them find us.
“He came here and Anthony found out what he did and took him in the back, I think he shot him”I try to explain, stopping my voice from cracking as I spoke “than his sister came and wanted to see her husband today, he did the same to her” I finish, Blake and Jacob make eye contact knowing Jacob called what was gonna happen.
“Don’t think about that right now sweetheart, his last location was near a farm place with a huge gate” Blake tells me, probably telling by the sound of my voice I was getting upset.
“Wait I remember seeing that, within about 5 minutes from there we arrived here! We didn’t take many turns and just continued down this weird dirt path” I remember, actually taking note of seeing the farm when we passed it.
“That’s amazing!” Blake exclaims, but a sound from the phone stops him.
“I have to go Amelia’s just woke up, I don’t want Anthony hearing her and finding me here” I say, knowing I had a few minutes before she wakes up once more and cries even louder.
“Okay sweetheart stay safe, I love you so much and I promise we’re gonna find you so soon” Blake says having to hold back his own tears, he really didn’t want to say goodbye yet but also didn’t want me to get hurt if Anthony found me.
“I know you will, I love you so much too and can’t wait until I can come home, bye” I say, before hanging up.
Blake sighs looking down at the ground feeling the tears will up in his eyes.
“She’s done amazing man, we’re gonna find her” Jacob said, patting him on the back.
Surprise! it was Blake, I mean it was kinda obvious wasn’t it. He was right it wouldn’t be long until I was back home with him, but that doesn’t mean this story is gonna be happy and jolly from this point on. Trust me the worst is far from over.