Freedom

Chapter 22

My eyes felt heavy but I successfully forced it open. The first thing I noticed was that I was on a soft bed and there was a window beside it with a curtain blocking the sunlight from coming in. Some still streamed in but it blocked most of it.

I look to the other side to find a desk with books stacked on one side. The room was pretty big. There was also a shelf filled with books. I slowly got myself up so that I'm sitting on the bed.

"Urgh my head hurts" I groan as I touch my forehead. I try to ignore it and look around the room again. I'm in someone else's house. The door opens slowly and Theo head pops out.

"Oh your awake" he opens door wider so that he could come in.

"hi" I say and realised how raspy my voice sounds.

"Have some water" he hands me a cup

"Thank you" I say as I took it and drank a sip gi water smoothing my throat. "Um- oh my voice sounds so weird"

"You might have been using your voice a lot so, probably your voice is strained."

"Maybe" I breath and gave him back the cup.

"So what happened?" I ask, knowing that I'm not found by my parents but his house. "Where are my parents?"

"They left" he says as he takes a chair and sits down. "Thank God they didn't see you here"

"You hid me here?" I raise my eyebrows

"Yes I did. I wouldn't leave you on the floor" he gives a smile

"Thank you Theo. Really I am so thankful" I say almost like I was desperately and sad at the same time. Now I only have Theo on my side. I'm not sure if the rest will come back to me.

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"Why so that I can save your mum?" I say angrily but than realised I shouldn't have said that. I gasp and cover my mouth. "Wait I didn't mean it like that-

"It was just a waste of time Huh?" He let's go of my hand.

"Asher! I'm sorry I didn't mean-
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"Scarlett" Theo's voice brings out of my thoughts and I look at him.

"Ah yea?"

"Are you okay?" He looks at me with concern.

"Yea I'm okay, I just remembered something that's all" I try to laugh it off but a tear suddenly drops down my cheek.

"Scarlett?" He stands up. "What's wrong?"

"I-" My lips shake as I try to form my words. More tears come down my cheeks and I was finding myself crying loudly in front of someone which I ever would cry in front of anyone. But it just hurts so much, I couldn't hold it any longer.

"Hey it's okay" Theo sits on the side of the bed and I warp my arms around him and hide my face in his chest. I didn't want him to see my face right now. "It's okay, cry it out"

Asher's POV

That night I went back home and rampaged my whole house. I was mad that Scarlett would say that. Why the heck did I think of trusting her than? Maybe Victoria was right, but also maybe not.

The whole night I stayed up thinking it through after being tired from destroying the shelf's and plates that I broke. It's morning now and all I could feel was Like I did the wrong thing but at the same time I am hurt by what she said. My mother means so much to me.