Obsessive Secrets

Chapter 17

“I don’t know.” I keep repeating to Ashton and my hands start to get sweaty and my mind is swirling around all these possibilities of how Peter could’ve gotten my phone number. He was going insane. I feel my breathes start to come quicker and quicker, I was scared, just when I could finally breath, I feel like I can’t.

“Dan calm down everything’s going to be okay. I’m not gonna let him hurt you again.” Ashton says sitting down next to me wrapping his arm around me and pulling me in. I bury my head in his chest and ball it with my fists and I feel my nails dig into the palm of my hand, it hurst but I don't care. Ashton rubs my back gently and he squeezes me tighter and tighter. God why can’t anything go right just for one fucking night!

“I can’t believe I trusted him. I’m such an idiot.” I whisper.

“Shhh, Dan stop you’re not an idiot you didn’t know.” Ashton says softly still keeping me close to him. I could tell he was just saying that, I know Ashton is questioning why I even talked to Peter again in the first place.

“Did he say where he was?” I ask.

“No.”

“What if-”

“Shh no what ifs. I’m going to keep you safe babe. There is nothing to be scared of. I’m here now. I shouldn’t of left you. But I’m here now and everything is going to be oka-” Ashton is cut off by a loud bang at the door.

“ASHTON OPEN THE DOOR!” I hear Michael shout and he bangs the door again and again. Ashton unwraps himself from me and he gets up and answers the door and Cal, Luke, and Michael all charge into the room.

“Where’s the remote?” Luke asks frantically and then he looks into my eyes and I can tell he know I'm upset.

“Dani are you...are you oka-”

“The remote is in the drawer.” Ashton says cutting Luke off, God even after all these weeks Ash still perks his ears up whenever he sees Luke and I speak to each other.

“Turn it to the news. What channel is the news?” Cal asks.

“I don’t know check the guide.” Michael says. Calum scavenges around the room trying to find it but he can’t. “God Cal hurry the hell up!” Michael shouts.

“I’m trying just shut u-”

“Here you go.” I say handing Cal the guide and he doesn’t smile at me or say anything he simply looks at it and shouts

“13. Channel 13.” Michael flips the television on and switches it to Channel 13 where there is an anchorwoman and a familiar image of a house in the upper right hand corner of the screen. I’ve seen that house. It’s...shit that’s the L.A. house! Suddenly all the guys sit down. Michael and Luke sit on the other bed and Cal sits next to me and Ashton stands with his arms folded in front of the television. I always know whenever Ash is really upset because he can never sit down whenever he is angry, he has to stand up to make himself look strong, to make himself look intimidating. No one says anything as we listen to the unbelievable report. The lady goes on...

“Welcome back. One of tonight’s top stories involves the case of a young Houstonian man by the name of Peter Smith who went missing exactly two weeks ago yesterday. Police had been searching for Peter throughout the scope of the two weeks and had no luck. At first what seemed to be just a missing person case became a case of sexual abuse when the young woman, by the name of Daniella Conners who was said to have been the last person to see Peter Smith explained to the police that she was sexually harassed by Smith-” at this statement Ashton becomes tense, his shoulder blades and jaw have clenched and he turns slightly looking at me.