Love You Forever

Chapter 16

He says he's leaving me.

I can't seem to get the thought through my head. He's leaving me. He's gonna save me then leave me.

I cry silently, sitting on the ground with my heart ripped out. What's he gonna do in ten minutes?

"CHARLIE!" There's a bang on the door. "CHARLIE OPEN THIS DAMN DOOR!"

Dean's POV

"Scroll through my contacts and find Daryl Scott." I order Emma quickly, trying to keep my eyes on the road.

When she presses the name, I take the phone and put it to my ear. Moments later, he answers.

"Ambrose, good to hear from ya man!"

"Listen, I need you to get to Sunshine Inn as quick as you can!"

"What?"

"The hotel. You know it?"

"Yeah, it's right around the corner."

"Get there now!"

"What? Why?"

"Charlie's been kidnapped! She's there!"

"Oh....that little cutie you're with?"

"I don't have time to play games, Scott. Are you gonna help me or not?"

I hear a sigh. "What do you need me to do?"

"Go to the hotel. You know Charlie. You know what she looks like. She's about to leave the hotel. Her kidnapper is taking her somewhere and I need you to follow them."

"Or I can just call the cops."

"No! He has a gun and he'll shoot up the place if he even heard as much as a siren. Don't make it known that you know me though. Just find her and follow them. Let me know where they're headed."

"You really want me to spend my Saturday following around a 20 year old girl?"

"THIS ISNT A FUCKING GAME!" I'm furious.

"Alright, alright, alright calm down. I'm kidding, okay? I'm getting into the car right now."

"Hurry the fuck up!" And with that, I hang up.

"Well hopefully you weren't too harsh." Emma cockily throws at me as I give her a look.

Charlie's POV

Brian scurries around the room, making sure everything is packed. It's been 10 minutes so whatever Dean is planning better be finished. The gun still occupies Brian's hand as he holds it out and tears still stain my cheeks.

He grabs a hold of my arm harshly and pushes me forward, out the door. As we walk down the hall, he keeps the gun to my lower back, making sure no one catches him with it. When we get downstairs, there is a man sitting on the couch in the lobby.

"Can I help you with anything?" The hotel clerk ignores us after the threat from Brian and assists his next customer.

"No no, I was just leaving actually." The man on the couch replies. He gives me a look and a chill runs down my spine. Who is this random guy?

Brian forces me into his car and shuts the door, going around to the other side. I see the man exit the hotel, approaching his car. Then we're off.

"I can't believe you fucking did that!" Brian exclaims. "Believe it or not, Charlie, I'm trying to fucking change."

"It doesn't look like it."

"If you would just cooperate with me......"

"Yeah, cooperate with you until you rape me."

"Why the f-......I'm not gonna rape you, Charlie. Goddamnit!"

I don't say a word. I just stare out the window.

Dean's POV

Daryl calls back moments later. "Please tell me you know where she is."

"I'm right on this little Punk's ass, Ambrose."

"Thank God!"

"You owe me man."

"Thank you so much. Keep me updated."

"Sure thing!"

When we hang up, I sigh in relief.

"He's following her."

"So where are we going?" Emma asks.

"To Vegas. I'll call Daryl back and see what happens then." I give her a look of suspicion. "Aren't your parents a little suspicious about you randomly leaving with me for days?"

"They trust you, Dean. Besides, they think I'm with Charlie."

"What? They don't even know Charlie's been kidnapped?"

"You must think I'm crazy to tell them that."

"Don't you think they deserve to know?"

"No. I don't need them getting stressed. They don't need to know."

I sigh and stare out to the road. Silence fills the car as we roll on.

"So are you really gonna leave her?"

I feel like my heart stops and my blood runs cold.

"It's complicated."

"You'll break her, Dean. She's in love with you."

"And I'm in love with her. I love her too much to keep letting this happen to her. Wherever I am, trouble comes and I knew that. I knew that before I even started dating her that it wouldn't end well for her. I stayed with her anyway for my own selfish reasons. I can't be selfish anymore."

Emma stays silent. "She'll be crushed." She eventually says. "It'll be hard for her, ya know, seeing you at work and everything."

I shrug. "Then I'll quit."

"What!?"

"At least she'll be safe and be able to just live her life and do what she loves."

"I thought wrestling was everything to you, Dean. What about your life?"

"Wrestling used to be everything to me until Charlie came along. Now she is my life. And making sure she's happy is all I wanna do."

"Even if that means making yourself miserable?"

I nod. "If that's what it takes."

The car goes back to pure silence as we roll on.