ambit. [hs au]

Chapter 71

Trigger Warning: violence and death. 

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The remainder of the drive back to Thirskot has been something straight out of a fucking nightmare of endless calls with no good outcomes.

I've been calling Dot non-stop, only to reach her voice mail, while Sadie called Timmy, Vivien, Kim and every single person who could know where the hell my sister could be.

No one knows.

No one fucking knows, and I'm her bigger sister. I'm the one supposed to take care of her, to know where she is, to be her fucking support while our parents are away. But what did I do? I abandoned her at a friend's house so I could stay with my new boyfriend, and then I flew to another continent to take care of my own problems without even explaining to her everything that has been happening.

I didn't even know a Jeep could run so fast, but Luke made it possible for us to arrive in record time, bless him. As we arrive at the church, he parks in the middle of the parking lot, the four of us practically flying out of the car and going upstairs to his flat. For some irrational reason, part of me believed I'd find Dot sitting on the couch, scrolling Tiktoks and looking bored, and even though it was obvious it wouldn't happen, I still feel even more desolated as we step inside and she's not here. .

TJ and Kim are walking around the living room, their faces twisted with worry, while Timmy has his eyes glued to the screen of a laptop, his fingers flying through the keyboard. TJ raises his eyebrows the moment he sees me entering the room, parting his lips to say something, but before he can make a sound, Harry is grabbing him by the neck and pinning him against the nearest wall, his eyes irate.

"Harry!" Kim and I say in unison, but he ignores us, hissing under his breath, nose almost touching TJ's, "What the fuck happened? How did you lose her?"

TJ gasps, not being able to produce a sound, and Kim grabs Harry's shoulders, trying to pull him back, but of course, he doesn't even flinch.

"It was your responsibility!" Harry raises his voice a tad, his fiery eyes glued on TJ.

"Harry, let him go!" Kim yells, turning her attention towards me, her gaze actually focusing to a point over my shoulder. "A little help here!"

Luke runs past me, managing to grab Harry's shoulders and pull him away from TJ, not much but enough for him to stop strangling the guy. TJ's hands fly to his throat, massaging it with his face full red, coughing loudly.

"What the fuck, Harry!" Kim intervenes, her voice high-pitched. "What's wrong with you! Dot is not a pet, she's a person! A fucking teenager at that! She said she was going to visit a friend, she's not a bloody prisoner."

I go to Harry, grabbing his hand, my heart thumping harder and harder against my chest, my own blood burning in my veins as I turn to Kim, "I know she's not a prisoner, but she was staying here for a reason... we were supposed to protect her."

"Well, I mean, you two are acting quite entitled for having just arrived in the country," TJ says in between deep breaths. "Up until a couple of hours ago you didn't seem that worri--"

"Come on, mate!" Luke steps forwards, putting himself in front of TJ and Harry, who seem to be ready to attack TJ again.

"We're all on the same side here," Sadie raises her voice, shaking her head as she also steps closer, her hands coming to my shoulders. "We need to find Dot, it doesn't matter how she went missing. As Kim said, she's not a prisoner."

"Yeah, but--" Harry starts debating, but Timmy cuts him mid-sentence with a loud cheer, "I'm in!"

"You are?" Kim raises her eyebrows, the six of us turning our attention to her, only TJ lacking the questioning look in our faces. "Timmy has been trying to hack Dot's laptop, to see if we can find a clue of her whereabouts."