In The Blink Of An Eye

People I Trusted

I don't know what I was expecting when I got there. Honestly, I think I was hoping that he would let me live. I don't know what it was that he was so mad at me and my family for but whatever it was I was hopeful that it could be something that would be repayable with anything besides my life. But the reality of the situation was that I was afraid that was the only way I was ever going to end all of this.

I didn't have time to think about anything. As much as I wish I could have come up with some smart thought out plan, I couldn't. The only thing running through my head was that I couldn't let anything happen to Jake. I couldn't let him have the same fate that Evan did. Plus I knew the more I thought about things the worse everything was going to get. I had to think about one and only one thing right now, getting there and saving Jake. As I approached closer I saw the big cross across the whole building. The minute I saw the cross, I felt my whole body freeze. It felt like I was going to pass out because I realized that I was minutes away from someone who was going to end my life. I'd love to say that I wasn't scared of dying or that it didn't make me sick to my stomach to think about but it did.

Even bigger than my fear of dying... was the fear that he would kill me right in front of Jake.

The minute I saw that abandoned building I wanted to turn right back around. I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to anybody. I didn't get the chance to kiss any of them for the last time. I didn't get the chance to hold my baby girl in my arms and tell her how much I loved her. It was in this second where I saw my whole life play out in front of my eyes. I saw all the good, the bad, the sadness and the happiness. I didn't know what to do? I wanted to run in there and save Jake without wasting another second of my life but I also wanted to go back home and spend every second with my family and daughter. From everything I had been through in my life, this minute was the worst so far. The minute that I had to make the decision whether I wanted to spend the last couple of minutes of my life saving someone else or spending it with the people who I loved more than anything.

Jake saved me. Not once but multiple times, he always saved me. If it wasn't for him I would have been dead a long time ago.

It was now my turn to do the same and it was time for me to save him.

If I had to do one last thing in my life then it was going to be something that helped someone else. Someone I loved and someone who I knew my daughter was going to be safe with. It was going to be saving Jake.

I got out of the car with my legs shaking and my heart pounding as if it was going to pop out of my chest. I didn't think I was going to be able to make a few more steps without passing out. I couldn't believe I was here and about to face the man that had been making my life a living nightmare for years.

At least that's what I thought...

However, I quickly learned just how wrong I was and what I saw nearly made me fall to the ground.

As I opened the two big metal doors of the building, I took one deep breath expecting to see that mask I had seen many many times staring right back at me. I expected to see him standing holding a gun in his hand and for him to shoot me the minute I stepped foot in there. As you can imagine a million different scenarios have passed through my head about how my murder was going to happen but the reality for some reason seemed so much worse than anything I could have imagined in my head.

You might be wondering why?

Well... because the person I saw standing there was someone who I didn't expect to see in a million years.

"SILAS? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?"

Before he could even say anything I looked around expecting this to be some kind of sick joke. Silas was the man without a face this entire time??? "No! That is impossible". I kept repeating to myself as I looked around hoping to see anything that would explain what was happening here. Just when I thought things were bad enough, they got even worse. Out of the corner of the room I saw Jake and Daron come out. They were dressed all in black and blended to the background of the building where it was impossible to see them. Was this a trap? They were all in this together?? The men who I trusted this entire time were the ones behind my life becoming something straight out of horror movies? I couldn't believe my own eyes. A cold sweat covered my entire body as I felt my lungs collapsing as I struggled to catch a breath.