A Step Away From Falling ➸ h.s. [Needs Editing]

Chapter 19: "Cheshire"

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Harry's POV

Time passed relentlessly, and I could do nothing but wait for that phone call. Liam had set up everything he needed to track down the location where Georgia had Helen and all that we could do now was pray she would communicate soon.

I was deep in thought, giving my mind the freedom to create many scenarios of how this could go. I was hoping with all my heart that we could get to Helen, before any harm could come to her, but as hard as it was for me to think about it, I was also getting mentally prepared for the worst.

Anything could happen.

A beeping sound grabbed everyone's attention and we all directed our gazes at Louis. He ignored our curiosity and took his phone out of his pocket, opened it and read what I imagine was a text. We waited.

"It's not about Helen" he said with narrowed eyes.

"It's from Zainab... I think I should call her, I'll be right back" he was standing up to leave but my words stopped him.

"Don't tell her what's going on".

Louis looked back at me, gave me a sharp nod and walked out of the room.

I didn't have time to worry about what Louis would tell Zainab because my own cellphone started ringing.

I looked at the caller ID: Helen.

"It's her" I blurted. Liam started pressing buttons and Niall connected my phone to one of the devices with a weird looking wire. They nodded at me and I took the call.

"Hello" I greeted.

"Hello my love" Georgia's voice replied. I found her tone obnoxiously annoying, almost like nails scratching on a chalkboard; I had to grit my teeth not to tell her so.

"I hope you had time to give thought to the situation" she continued.

Liam started typing like a madman on a small laptop, signaling Niall to do something. They kept doing stuff while I tried to maintain the conversation with my psycho of an ex.

"I have. I'm sure you've got a proposal in mind?" I inquired.

"Of course I do silly! Why would I have called you if I didn't?" she responded again. It was a rhetorical question so I didn't answer.

I saw Liam doing hand signals, letting me know that I had to keep the conversation going until he had pin-pointed the place where they were. I nodded.

"I am willing to make negotiations" I stated. She laughed in amusement and then her tone became serious. 

"There won't be any love, you either do what I say or I kill Helen. Quite simple, actually" I had to bite my tongue to hold back all the curses that were begging to be freed towards her. I let out a calming breath.

"What do you want me to do?" I asked. Already having an idea of what she would want.

"It's not hard to guess sweetheart, I want you to take me back. No, no... I want you to beg me to get back with you" her voice became cold and I winced. I couldn't do that, I loved Helen!