🖤TWISTED OBSESSIONS 🖤

Chapter-14

Hours passed, marked only by the dim light filtering through a tiny vent high on one wall. Layla used a broken chair leg to tap against the walls, hoping to find a weak spot. She yelled for help until her voice grew hoarse, but the room absorbed her cries without mercy.

In the silence, Layla's thoughts turned to moments with Max when everything seemed perfect. She had loved him once. But now, fear overshadowed any remnants of affection. She remembered the signs—his possessiveness, his temper, his demands—but never imagined it would escalate to this.

Determined not to give up, Layla examined every inch of the room again. Finally, she noticed a loose floor tile. Heart pounding, she pried it up with her fingernails to reveal a narrow crawlspace beneath. It was a tight fit, but desperation lent her strength. Crawling inch by inch, she pushed through the darkness until she emerged in a dusty corridor.

Her relief was short-lived. The corridor was unfamiliar, lined with identical doors. She pressed her ear against each, listening for any clue that might lead her to safety. Then, from a door at the end, she heard voices—Max's voice.

Layla recoiled, heart racing anew. She ducked into an adjoining room just as footsteps echoed down the corridor. The room she entered was a makeshift storage space, cluttered with old furniture and boxes. She found a rusty crowbar and held it close, her hands trembling.

Minutes stretched into eternity as Layla waited, praying for an opportunity. When the footsteps faded, she cautiously peeked into the corridor as suddenly the footsteps grew much more as if someone is running... Her throat grew dry as she ran inside the room letting the door open... She hid herself in one of those boxes that she could feet perfectly in, she heard the footsteps were coming closer to the room then to the boxes where she is hiding , she covered her mouth with her hands to not make any sound but unfortunately she did one she seen a rat inside the box she was in she screamed and jumped from the box in a sec stroke her head on wall and fall upon a person as she began to desparately move to free herself from the persons grab which was very strong ....

" Leave me Max , leave me!!!"

-" I won't babygirl..."

" It's you... How dare you to touch me? Leave me right now leave!!!!!"

As she again desparately moving ,Daniel grabbed her even tighter, it was impossible for layla to free herself from his arms...

Daniel picked her up and she has became weak now after trying desparately hard...

-" I think you need some rest Layla.."

" Didn't you loved me Daniel... All that was fake??"( Tears rolled down her eyes)

-" I don't love anyone layla!"

He carefully dropped layla from his arms to the floor..

-" if anything needed ask me.. I will be here from now on"
" And do not try to escape ... You can't .. I won't let you too..."

He left layla all alone in the dark rooms again as she was crying , head down lying in the floor as if she is already dead from inside...

Bella called the officer..

" Hello officer ! It's me Bella layla's friend"

-" ya ma'am what's wrong"

" Sir I am trying her phone but she is not picking up and even I searched her office and house she is not there.."

-" ok! We will try our best to find her! Plz don't panic"

" Sir plz do something! She is in danger.."

However, Bella couldn't shake the feeling that time was slipping away, and the police, despite their assurances, weren't moving fast enough.

Fueled by desperation and determination, Bella took matters into her own hands. She reached out to Oliver,  Together, they retraced Layla's steps from that afternoon, searching every nook and cranny of the park and its surroundings.

Hours passed with no sign of layla , their anxiety mounting with every step deeper,into the unknown.... suddenly Bella got a idea...

" Oliver, you can track a persons location?"

-" yes ofc!"

" Then try to see if you can track layla's phone so we could find where she is.."

-" great idea Bella! Beauty with brain huh!"

" Stop joking around Oliver it's a serious matter!"

They both headed to Bella's home to see if they can track their phone and they cracked it in one go , her phone was on but the location seems unfamiliar to them , they couldn't recognise which way it is...

" Why would Layla go at such unfamiliar location like this..? Or she's... Been taken too..???!"

Question flow through her mind her tension grew even much...

" Oliver let's go!"

-" Where?"

" Take my car! Drive we have to reach that location..fast!"

-" but Bella we don't know the location... And it's unsafe for us to go their alone let's talk with the police Frist..."

-" police won't do anything Oliver... And it's my duty to look after my friend , if you don't wanna go don't go , but I have too"

-" hey Bella! Wait don't get pissed off I am coming"

They both started the car and head towards the location.....