Afraid to Love

Chapter 33

Chapter 33;

*Carsons POV*

Once I got to the house, I was nervous as hell. I didn't know what to expect when I walked through that door. I'm sure Tyler and Danielle would be pissed off at me for stealing their daughter away, but what else could I do? I sighed, and it took everything I had to turn that knob.

When I was inside, the house was strangely dark... It's never this way. The only thing that was lighting the rooms were small candles. I gulped, and walked down the hallway to the staircase.

"Hello?" I called up the stairs. No one answered. I walked all over the house and the same thing happened. No response. I was starting to question myself. Did Makenzie lie to me and go off some where else? I'm pretty sure she wouldn't do that to me.

I was about to leave the house until I heard a shriek come from the basement. I rushed over to the door, and listened closely. I could hear people talking quietly.

"Quiet you! You've betrayed this family for the last time, you little bitch!"

"Please, come to your senses!"

"You don't even know me, so shut the fuck up!"

It sounded like Makenzies dad... And Alec. What the hell? What was Alec doing here out of all the places he could've gone? Was he trying to save Makenzie? Just then, I heard someone start coming up the stairs. I hid behind the door as the person slammed it open. They walked off into the kitchen, and that's when I decided to rush down to the basement.

I was horrified by what I saw. Makenzie, Alec, and Bentley were all tied up in chairs, and their hands and feet were bind together. It looked like they were struggling because they had rope burns on their wrists and ankles. Makenzie had a gag in her mouth, and she looked like she was about to pass out. Alec and Bentley both looked up at me with relief. They all looked disgusting. Blood was everywhere, and they all had cut lips except for Bentley. Their hair was matted with blood and sweat. Was Tyler torturing them or something? He was truly fucked up. What caused him to snap?

I quickly made my way over to all of them, and tried to undo their ties before Tyler came back down. Makenzie glared at me with hope in her eyes and she looked like she was happy to see me. I half smiled at her, and finished untying her feet. I soon heard footsteps coming down the stairs again, and Makenzie gave me the look of 'don't leave me'. I kissed her cheek, and hid behind the piano.

Tyler made his way down the stairs, and chuckled. "Someone's here, and it's who I was expecting," He smirked, and smacked Makenzie. I winced, and Makenzie whimpered. "Now tell me why I shouldn't just kill you and your little friends while he's here, hm? Does making him suffer sound alright to you?" Tyler cupped Makenzies chin, and she pulled away from him. Tyler pulled her gag away, and she coughed.

"You will never get away with this!" Makenzie yelled, and her voice sounded raspy. She was about to say something else, but her dad pulled out something silver, and dangerous. He out it to her head, and put his finger on the trigger.

"Pulling the trigger sounds about right to me... Just so I wouldn't have to hear your god damn voice anymore!"

I had enough of it. I grabbed a glass vase, and chucked it at Tylers back. He stood up straight, and laughed. He turned towards my direction and started heading my way. I backed up into a corner as he pulled me up by my hair. I gasped when he put the gun to my head, and dragged me in front of Kenzie.

"Is this what you want, Makenzie? To see your precious boyfriend shot?"

She glared at him with vacant eyes. "I never said that,"

"Then tell me... Why did you fall for this damn thing when you could've had any other boy? He's stupid, pathetic, worthless, ugly-"

"Stop it... Stop it right now,"

"He's your fucking brother for god sake! Incest is illegal!"

"Last time I checked, he's my adoptive brother. Remember? Mom can't have anymore kids," Makenzie smiled evilly.

"I'm done with you," Tyler says as he pulled up a chair, forced me into it, and started tying me up. I struggled, but he hit the side of my head with the gun. That stunned me. I could see black spots everywhere, and Tyler smirked at me. He soon got up, went upstairs, shut the lights off, and slammed the door shut. I could hear him locking it up, and laughing to himself.

Never then have I ever felt so worthless. I didn't do anything to stop him. What kind of a boyfriend was I to let this happen to the girl he loved? And to his friends? I closed my eyes, and I felt tears well up in them.

"Carson?" I heard Makenzie say. Her voice was quiet, and I could barely hear her.

"I'm sorry..." I managed to get out before I broke down and started bawling. All you could hear was three people breathing heavy, and my sniffling.

"You didn't do anything wrong. I should've listened. I should be the one sorry, Carson. You were trying to protect me, but I'm too damn hard headed. I won't ever leave you again..."

I couldn't say anything, because if I did, my voice would crack and choke up. I didn't know what to say.

"Carson, you did everything you could," Bentley said. He sounded so far away. "But now it's time to accept that Tyler might kill us all, and he won't hesitate-"

"Shut the hell up, Bentley... You don't know.. A-anything. We will get out of here... Somehow. I refuse to let anyone d-die here!" I whispered, and my voice broke again. I felt like I was going to black out.

"Carson, accept it. We lost..."

"No! Shut the fuck up!" I yelled, and I heard footsteps walking towards the basement door upstairs. All of us suddenly got quiet, and listened as the door began to unlock, and open.

"Kids?" I heard a woman's voice at the door, and it sounded friendly. "Kids? Are you down there? I'm here to let you go," She started coming down the stairs, and as soon as I saw her, a wave of hope and relief came to me. It was Danielle. Thank the lord that she wasn't insane like her fucking husband. She came towards us quietly, pointing the flashlight at all four of us.

"I'm here to let you go,"

Danielle went to Makenzie first, and started undoing her ties. I could hear Makenzie start crying, and as soon as she was released, she hugged her mother so tightly. After that, Makenzie came over to me, and started untying me. Danielle untied Alec and Bentley, and all four of us started panicking.

"Calm down! There's a way you guys can escape," Danielle pointed towards the basement window just above the piano, and her face saddened. "I'm sorry about Tyler... He's been drinking and no matter what I do to try and stop it, he hits me. I'll hold him off the best I-"

Danielle suddenly hit the floor, and the sound of gun shot rang through the house. Danielle's flashlight hit the floor and rolled towards he face. His was bloody, and her eyes were rolled to the back of her head. Makenzie screamed as she saw her mothers brains all over the floor. I was disgusted, and held Makenzie. Alec and Bentley pushed open the basement window as quickly as they could, and told us to come along.

"You're not going anywhere!" Tylers voice boomed. We hustled to the window as Tyler made his way down the rest of the stairs. "Get back here!"

I was the last person to get out, and all three of them were trying to pull me out. Just when I thought I was free, Tyler grabbed my ankle and started pulling me down. I panicked and started kicking. I managed to kick him in the face, and he let his grip fail on my ankle. The window slammed as soon as I had my foot out, and all three of us were running like hell.

Authors Note; whoa, didn't expect this to happen, did ya? Haha(: okay, y'all should do me a huge favor! I wrote my new book called The Neighbors Son, and I would really love it if you guys read, commented, and voted on it! If I get forty votes on it, I will write another chapter to Afraid to Love!(: thanks so much for your support!