After You Left

Chapter 23

I slowly gain consciousness, realizing that I'm in the car outside the house, I snap around to find Liam sitting on the driver's seat gripping the steering wheel. I storm out of the car and he follows behind me.

I don't think as I take my gun out and point it at him as rage floods my entire body. "Take me back." I say.

He puts his hands up. "That's exactly what he wants Lea, he wants you to go back. I'm not going to just drive you to your death."

I keep my finger on the trigger as I think about Dylan. "I swear to God, I will shoot your brains out and than find my way back in there."

He clenched his jaw. "If it hadn't been for me, you would have been dead."

"I don't care because if it hadn't been for you than at least everyone else I love would still be alive." I yell angry. "How did he know that I was going to be there?"

Liam sighs and lowers his hands. "Maybe you should be careful about who you trust in your circle." He turns to walk away when I spot a scratch of blood seeping through his shirt.

"You're bleeding." I say.

Liam looks back at his shoulder. "I must have had a bullet scratch me or something."

I nudge my head towards the house. "Inside now." Liam looks ready to decline but than follows behind me.

"You need to know that I really am sorry for my part in everything that happened and my feelings for you were real, none of it had been fake." Liam explains as we enter the house, Liv is already there and she squeezes me in a hug.

"We heard what happened. We're going to get him back Lea." Liv says before she catches Liam behind and she pulls back angry. "What are you doing here?"

"He's hurt and needs to get his wound cleaned up." I reply for Liam.

"Our doctor is not in town at the moment." Liv says.

I catch the others walking in and Alexa steps up. "I'll clean the cut, I spend a lot of time in the medic room and caught on stuff." Alexa suggests, I look at Alex and he looks ready to argue but than Liam nods and follows Alexa further into the house.

"Do we trust him Lea?" Liv asks concerned.

"I don't know yet but he's done nothing but help me." I shrug. I turn to the Thalia and Alex. "Did any of you get hurt?"

Alex shakes his head. "But they knew we were going to be there." I nod.

"We'll think of a plan." James says.

"Definitely." Drew agrees with a smile. Soon we all go our own ways, I head up to the room and as I lock the door I slide down it until I'm on the floor.

"Be safe, I love you."

I pull my knees to my chest and let the tears flow.

Dylan's POV

My head hurts, my whole body feels like it's numb, my eyes try to adjust to my surroundings.
It's a dark room with barely any light and a small window illuminating two beds, a toilet and sink and a shower, a door and in the corner is a hunched figure.

"Hello!" I call over, the figure remains still and I yell over again just as I hear the lock on the door and it opens.
I stand up ready to do anything to get out of this place as a young man walks in, his face barely illuminated but I'm guessing this is Liam's brother, I clench my fists.

He nods at me. "What a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance Dylan. I've read a lot about you."

"You're the shithead that's after revenge right?" I reply sarcastically.

He ignores me. "I'm Henry, you may not know me, I know you, I know your entire family and everything there is to you."

"I'm going to tear you apart limb by limb." I snarl as I advance towards him and in a blink a couple guys step into the room, one raises a baseball bat and swings it at me, I bring my hand up to block it but the other guy swings another baseball bat at my ribs and I feel the pain rupture through my inside as I clutch my side, the first guy swings his bat again and when I move to block it I barely have time to register the second one going down at my calf, knocking me to the floor.

"Now, why don't you be more cooperative." Henry says and I can hear his grin. "You can try to escape this place of course, but know that my people aren't merciful, they will break you apart before you can even get out of the house."

"You're a sick son of a bitch!" I grit out, I lean against the wall letting my breathing calm down.

"Have you been acquainted with your fellow prisoner right there?" Henry asks sarcastically, pointing to the hunched figure on the corner of the room.

"What's your point?" I ask annoyed.

"I think you and him will make very good prison buddies." Henry declares, than he turns to the figure. "Ain't that right Hammet?" I frown confused, I've heard that name before, I know it, I can feel it on the tip of my tongue.

"You're going to die very brutally." I hiss, my brain still not picturing where I've heard the name.

"I'm not the one locked up." Henry replies smugly befor getting up. "I do hope your girlfriend attempts to rescue you because it won't be just you who will be delighted to see her." And he walks out of the room, I hear the lock on the door and silence fills the room, my ragged breathing might be the only sound that can be heard.

My mind drifts back to Lea, shit, she'll definitely want to barge in here to rescue me, I pray to God she doesn't. I glance back at the figure, Hammet, I know that name, I just have to think harder.
"It won't be just you who will be delighted to see her."
That's when it clicks and I feel everything in my head stop. "Fucking hell, you're Damien Hammet!"