Trapped

Present day

My mom walked in. Her face was puffy and her eyes looked like she was just crying. I ran to her and hugged her.

"Layla oh my god,"she rubbed my back."I'm so happy to see you. What happened?"

"You'll find out soon enough,"I whispered.

"I think it's best if I take my daughter home now,"she faced Leroy and Zander.

"I agree. I believe we are done here. Layla has told us everything. Still our investigation as to who this man really is and why he did all of this is not over. We will reach you if we find out anything,"Zander nodded.

"Officers we got news on the body,"a detective barged in."Well...bodies. We found a lot of dead bodies and only three that don't seem to be dead.

Three? I looked at the detective. Maya, Johnny, and Kyle. They're found.

"Who is it?"Leroy asked."Well the one body that you have identified."

"It's Kyle,"the detective answered.

A sigh of relief escaped from my lips as I looked at the floor then at the ceiling.

"Thank you,"I whispered.

......

It was close to midnight when already my story had gotten on the news. I was sitting on my bed eating ice cream when I changed the channel to the news.

"There has been a massacre at this hotel I'm standing in front of,"the lady reporter said."Survivor Layla explained her experience to Officers Leroy and Zander. Death. So many lives lost. And the serial killer hid over a hundred bodies here. Police have found a lot of missing people in this hotel and are going to tell the parents. As of now I don't have much to say but sorry for their lost."

"Still up?"mom walked in my room.

"Can't sleep,"I mute the TV.

"Honey I am so sorry that this happened to you and your friends,"she sat down next to me.

"I am too,"I looked down at the ice cream.

"Do you think your baby is okay?"she asked me.

"I hope so,"I sighed slowly."Mom you know how people say everything happens for a reason? What's the reason for this?"

"I don't know sweetie,"she frowned."I think that's for you to find out."

"I know that God has a plan for all of us and he knows what's going to happen to us before we do. So why did he let this happen to us? What was the purpose of this? Honestly I would love to know. I lost a friend. I almost lost two of my friends and my boyfriend,"I swallowed hard.

"I know honey,"she rubbed my shoulder."I know. But things will get better. They always do."

"No they won't,"I shook my head."Mom Kyle was gonna purpose to me."

I showed her my finger with the ring on it. She gasped and looked at me with tears in her eyes.

"Mom you shouldn't be the one crying,"I looked away."I'm the one who was trapped in a hotel. Not you."