I'm Finally Wanted

Chapter 17

Raven's pov:

"Come on Raven, stop passing out on me. It's no fun torturing you when you have no idea what I'm even doing!" Steve says rolling his as he glares at me.

I rest my head on the wall I'm leaning against and close my eyes. I have this really bad headache and I keep passing out from blood loss.

I haven't cried once yet, but I'm not too far from it. I'm dying. That much is clear. Even if they find Steve before 7pm, I'm loosing too much blood to make it till then if I stay like this. Not only will I die, but my baby will die too. That's what has me seconds away from tears, the fact I couldn't keep my baby safe. I never even got to tell Tyler he's gonna be a dad to another kid. He'll have no idea, but maybe that's a good thing. Maybe if he thinks he's just loosing me it'll be easier for him to move on. And the kids will be just fine without me. Sure they'll hurt for a little bit, but they'll move on.

I just wish I could've told Tyler I loved him one more time, I should've told him how much he means to me and how he saved me from myself. But I can't now. All those things I've wanted to tell Tyler and the kids, I'll never get the chance to tell them now. And Chris, I have no idea how he'll take this.

He's had problems with thinking Steve threatening us was his fault, what will he think when he learns his birth dad was the one who killed me. What if he's already figured it out? He's a smart kid. I just don't want them to hurt.

"Oh dear, you're going to bleed out aren't you?!" Steve laughs. "Better hope they don't find your dead body and I before 7!"

The last thing I hear before slipping back into the world of unconsciousness is Steve laughing like the sick psycho he is.

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Tyler's pov:

"Tyler you need to calm down!" Easton yells as he holds me back from trying to attack the police officer.

"Calm down?! Calm down?! Really? My wife basically just told me she's going to die! How do I calm down?! Not only am I going to loose her but I'm going to loose me unborn child too! I can't calm down until we find her! And this stupid guy isn't doing anything but sitting here!" I yell struggling in Easton's arms.

"I know you're mad Tyler, I know you're scared and afraid for your wife and child, but this isn't helping anyone." Easton says calmly.

"What if the roles were reversed? What if it was Angel that was missing? We both know you'd be the same as me."

Easton stays silent because he knows I'm right. He knows he'd be acting the same way. Us Shorts are very loyal to our wives, we'd sacrifice ourselves for them and our families if needed. We'd do it without a second thought.

Speaking of Angel, she walks through the front door, with Christian walking beside her. His little cheeks are stained with tears, and he looks absolutely broken.

I immediately stop struggling with Easton and go to my son who's for some reason here even though he isn't supposed to be.

"Chris, what are you doing here bud?" I ask, but it's clear to the adults I'm actually talking to Angel.

"I might know where Steve is keeping mommy." He says as tears start streaming down his face again. "He's probably keeping her at his warehouse."

"Where is it?" Officer McCormick asks as he suddenly appears by my side.

"It's by a river. With a highway crossing over it, it used to be a warehouse for some gang before Steve had it. I remember him going there all the time."

Officer McCormick nods and goes to the dining room to the other officers to search for it.

Christian wraps his arms around my neck as he cries into me. And I just sit on the ground holding him.

"Is mommy going to die?"

"No, she's not. We both know how strong mommy is. She'll be just fine. I'm sure she's currently beating Steve's butt." I say. It hurts to lie to Chris like this, but how do I tell him Raven basically just told us she's going to die? I can't tell me 7yr. old son his mom might not come back, and it was his psychotic birth father that killed her.

"Promise she'll be ok? Promise Steve won't hurt her?" Chris asks holding out his pinky to me. "Pinky promise me."

I lock pinkies with him, and pray to the good Lord Raven and my kid will be ok.

"You don't have to pretend to be strong around me daddy, it's ok." Christian whispers to me then goes back to Angel as they head upstairs out of the sight of all the officers and me slowly breaking down.

I stand sitting on the floor, and Dan comes and sits across from me. "I'd say she'll be ok, but..."

I shake my head as Dan struggles to even finish that sentence. "I really hope Christian is right about his Steve being there." I say but there's no hope in my voice.

"You don't sound too hopeful." Dan points out.

"Did you hear the defeat in her voice when she talked to me? Did you hear what Steve said he did to her? Who knows what else he's done since then? I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but we don't know where she is and there's only two hours until he kills her. Raven's already said her goodbye, she wouldn't have done that if she didn't know she wasn't going to make it. I want to believe she'll be ok, but I'm not holding on to much hope anymore."

Closing my eyes I try to keep from screaming and crying, not because it would destroy all pride I have left, because it's already gone, but so that way Christian can't hear.

A phone ringing breaks me from my concentration of not breaking down.

"Tyler!!! It's him!!" Easton yells.

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....cliffhanger #3....