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Chapter 5 | Realization

The letter never arrived for Spencer which led him to believe that the woman had gotten his letter and had decided to not send a letter back. Which saddened him a little but he understood why she would not respond. He sat at his desk with his back pressed against the plush backing of his chair. The team was on a mandatory leave so they could get a break that was well deserved. Spencer ran a hand through his brown hair before standing up. He needed to get breakfast so he could think properly. Ever since Tobias Hankle, he hasn't been able to think straight. Due to his eidetic memory, He could never truly forget what had happened to him.

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Last thing he could fluently remember was moving through the corn fields before feeling an immense pain hit the back of his head. Then he blacked out and woke up here. He was tied to the chair while his hands were locked together with cuffs and as his eyes focused on his surroundings he could see a figure moving across the blurry room. The colors of orange and brown surrounded him as his eyes finally started to blink fully. He quickly tried to move off the chair before he got stopped by the other in the room.

"Confess your sins boy!" Tobais spoke well more like Rapheal spoke. It's not Tobias anymore and Spencer could pick up on that fact really quickly as Tobias tortured him. It was all mental until eventually it wasn't. The sound of cracking filled the room as pain shot through Spencer's foot. The heel of his foot was red from the abuse and he cried in pain. He was trying to stay strong but it was hard.

Then Rapheal left, however, he came back just as quickly as he left. Instead of the angry demeanor he once held it was replaced with a nervous and anxious demeanor. It's Tobias now.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Tobias spoke with pain in his voice as he quickly ran over to Spencers tied up form. His hands were in a defensive position over his chest as he looked over the form of Spencer.

"It's okay, Just let me go. Let me go, Tobias." Spencer pleaded with Tobias and Tobias's eyes softened. Spencer thought that Tobias was gonna let him go however, that changed quickly when Tobias shook his head. "Please, Please."

"No! I-I can't. I'm sorry, But I can help." Tobias smiled at Spencer and grabbed something from the back pocket of his jeans. A small vial and a syringe. Spencer's eyes went wide as his breath caught in his lungs. He looked towards Tobias in a panic and begged him not to.

"No no no, please please stop. I don't want it" He tried to plead but Tobias shushed him before taking some of the drug into the syringe. Spencer watched him closely as he grabbed Spencer's arm and lined up the needle to his vein. "No No No PLease Please Ple–"

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He came back to reality with the sound of his phone ringing. He snapped out of the fog of that nightmare of a memory before grabbing his phone and answering the call.

"Hello?" his voice sounded more hoarse than he wanted it to and he internally winced at the sound.

"SPENCER! Hey! Okay! I have a big! Big! BIG! Favor To ask of you!" He heard the shrill voice of penelope on the other side of the phone and winced at the volume. He grunted as he instinctively brought the phone away from his ear in pain.

"What favor? And can you be a little quieter please?" He asked as he brought the phone back to his ear.

"Yes yes, sorry! So, Um, I may have promised Abagail that I'd get her some coffee for her hangover after the party me and her had last night however, My car is currently not starting and I don't want her to think I lied to her sooo, can you pleeeaase get her coffee for mee?" She asked him with a happy voice. Spencer sighed before rubbing the back of his neck. Abagail Summers, the girl he'd helped back to her house a week or so ago... two weeks ago. He last saw her two weeks ago. He remembered the exact day and time that they met. He also remembered the look in her eye when she grabbed onto his sleeve. "Spencer," The way she had said his name caused his heart to stop in its chest and the way she looked at him as he tucked her into her bed caused a feeling to pit in his stomach. He shamefully did not sleep much that night. "Spencer you there?"