Chapter 16
“GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE!!!!” A voice screams from beside me.
I roll over and place the pillow on top of my head, grasping it closely to block out the shrieking voice beside me. I really wasn’t into waking up right now. With the events of last night, I think I have the right to lie in bed an extra hour, or day, or lifetime. Either way I’m not getting up right now.
“AND I PROMISE BALTIMORE, THAT ONE DAY WHEN I-”
But the singing was suddenly brought to an ending.
“Will you shut up?!” a voice demanded beside me, “Can’t you tell she just wants to sleep?”
“But Is-”
“Don’t ‘But Is’ me! Go cook me some food,”
“Fine,” Cooper called as I heard his footsteps fade away.
I felt the bed sink beside me as Chase sat. “What happened to let her sleep?” I asked him as I brought the pillow down.
“Well, I thought you might want some company,” he said as he laid down next to me and looked up at the ceiling. He placed his hands behind his head as he turned to look at me. One brown eyebrow raised when he caught me looking at him, “Care to explain why you were on my door step in the freezing cold last night?”
“I left,” I said in response to his question.
“You left?”
I left out a sigh and rolled onto my back and turned my attention to the ceiling fan as it circled, “I left. I grabbed a duffle bag with some clothes and left.”
“Cassie, I don’t understand what you mean.”
“I got sick of Eli. I just could take it anymore!” My arms flying up into the air as I spoke. The sunlight coming into the room, mixed with the white down comforter, made it extremely bright.
“Eli?” I turned to him as I saw realization come to his features.
“Yes, Eli.”
Within the period of an hour, I had told Chase everything. About my parents, the abuse, Liza… He took it surprising well. After I had told him everything, we laid there looking at the ceiling in silence until he broke the silence.
“What about Liza?”
The one thought that had stayed on my mind for hours. Is she ok now? Has he hurt her? I couldn’t be sure. But every moment guilt and anxiety grew inside of me.
“I don’t know, Chase. I don’t know.”
“We have to get her back,” he whispered beside me.
“How? She’s not even technically mine.”
He took my face in his rough hands as he looked into my eyes. His voice stern as he continued, “She is yours. Anyone with eyes can see it.”
“But how…I just…I don’t know…”
“We can figure it out. Me and You,” he tells me.
As I sat up, I put my face into my hands. I don’t even know how we could get Liza. Eli would never give her up without a fight, that’s one thing I know.
“Please don’t over think this right now, Cassie,” I rubbed my back as I tried to come out with a way to get Liza.
I turned to him as I spoke, “Chase, she’s my little girl. I gave up everything, I gave up freedom at one point so that I could be with her. Now I’ve given her up...how could I be so selfish,” my voice broke at the end of the sentence. Within seconds I felt tears drip from my eyes, and a sob escaped my lips.
I felt to arms wrap around me as I cried. I don’t know how long I did, but I know by the time I had finished my eyes were raw and my throat hurt. I closed my eyes and leaned against Chase as I felt sleep take me. Before I fell asleep I heard a whisper come from Chase, “We’ll get her back. I promise.”
AN:
I know its late, but my wifi hasn't been working. At all. And it's been killing me. Also, I've been going through a few personal things, so I wasn't in a good writing mind set. Thank you for being patient! Sorry it's so short, but a longer one is coming. I promise. And I want you guys to know that the next chapter is the last. I know, it seems sudden, but its been the last chapter for a long time. I'll be doing an epilogue, but the next chapter is the last 'real' chapter to this part of their story. There won't be a sequel. I've grown to love these characters, but it's time to let them live the rest of their stories my own world that I have for them. For me, characters live on after a story, just their lives aren't documented. Thanks for all the support guys! <3
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Prison Escape
Teen Fiction"He's not going to he happy..." These are the words Cassandra Madison lives with everyday. Watch as she and Liza try to find away to escape the prison they are trapped in.
