Being Grassi-Hoying

Chapter 13

**Scott's POV**

I wake up and there's a bright light shining on me. Wait, I was tackled by Hunter!! I open my eyes, taking in my surroundings. "You really think I wouldn't recognize you?!" I feel a hand connect with my cheek. "What the hell are you talking about?!" I yell, seeing James Maowie, Karlie's biological father. "You killed her!!" "What a-" "Shutup!!" He points a gun at me, and that's when I realize what has happened. "Please, don't..."I hear a woman's voice crack out, I turn to my left, "Esther!!" I exclaim with wide eyes. She's really thin, clothes and body covered in dirt. I notice nasty burns and cuts on her arms too. "Fucking bastard, what did you do!?" I scream. "Don't test me." He says coldly, me freezing. "Please..." Esther begs. I start to think of Mitch, and Karlie, where is she?? Poor Mitch, he must be so worried. "Daniel!!" He screams. I watch as Hunter strides in. "Yes sir??" He says, glaring at me. "I do believe you have unfinished business with Mr.Hoying, correct??" I my eyes lock onto his. "Yes sir." He speaks evilly. "Well, take it away." He walks up to me. "This is for eighth grade." He punches my jaw. "This is for shoving me down stairs." He takes a switchblade and makes a cut down my arm as I scream in pain. "But most of all, this is for sending me to fucking prison!!" He takes a handful salt and sprinkles it in the cut. I tense up in pain, grumbling. I thought he was done, but he wasn't. He pretty much slices my arms, pouring salt slowly in each cut. He gets close to me, "And this is leaving me for Pip-Squeak." He unties my arms from the chains, that are connected to the wall, pulling me off the mattress I was on, then slamming against the wall over and over. By the time I hit the ground, I have no energy to move or even voice the pain. James walks up, kicking me repeatedly. "Stop!!" Esther screams. "Please." They turn to her. "This is your friend right??" Hunter walks over to her, grabbing her jaw, Esther tensing up. "Don't touch her." I whisper. "As if you can do anything, babe." Mitch can only call me that!! I scream mentally. I want to get up, and I want to kill him, worse than I ever had. More than when he was hurting Mitch, worse than when he cheated on me. Worse than ever, I hate him, but even if I gathered all the strength I have left, I would barely be able to sit up. "Look at her." He kisses her jawline, Esther winces. "Alright, that's enough Daniel." A big Indian man walks in. "Come on, you're no fun Terrance." I stare at him, as he does back. "Get him chained back up." Terrance keeps staring at me and he looks...sad?? "Fine." Hunter grumbles, pulling me back to the mattress, and chaining me up. "James wants the kid." Terrance grunts as Hunter runs off. I notice Esther crying, but I just keep staring at Terrance. "Avi didn't tell you, did he??" I stare in disbelief, how does he know Avi?? I see Hunter come back out, but not before I hear a familiar voice. "Papa!!" "Karlie!!" I look straight into my daughter's eyes. She's crying and trying to pull away from Hunter. "Papa!!" She screams at the top of her lungs. She's more matted and dirty than Esther, plus you can tell Karlie's taken more of a beating. "Shutup kid!!" He drags her away. "Karlie!!" I scream, not caring about the tears that are falling from my eyes. "Hey, she'll be fine." The Terrance man walks away, following them. "Scott." Esther crawls to the edge of her mattress, hissing at the pain when the chains tighten. I do the same, and then we still have a good distance from each other. "Esther!! You...umm...mentally okay??" I try and fix the question I was going to ask. "Yeah." She gives a weak smile. "But, Terrance, he's a friend, an old one of Avi's to be exact. How did you get here??" "I went to Starbucks and Hunter tackled me to the ground, choking me until I passed out." "But Avi-Nevermind." 

**Mitch's POV**

I wake up curled into a ball on Kirstie's lap, how did I fit here?! She's also asleep so I don't move, I must have cried myself to sleep again. I remember what has happened, my breathing starts to become uneven. Before I can do anything there's a knock at the door, a light one. I sneak out of Kirstie's lap to answer it, it's Kevin. He wraps me in a hug, I just embrace it. There are no words to be said, we're all lost and crushed. Without Scott, or Esther, we don't have a family, and me without Karlie or Scott, it hurts. I don't have my family, the main two I love. "Avi was supposed to say not to leave the rooms, but he forgot with his mom and all, he's crushed, also mad." he whispers, noticing the sleeping Kirstie. "Here, let's go on the balcony." He follows me to the metal chairs and table, sitting in a chair as I hop on the ledge. "Be careful, Mitch." I roll my eyes at him. "I'll be fine." I stare out into the city, all the signs and old buildings, it's interesting, Scott would like it out here, all this stuff to look at. "Mitch??" I look at Kevin, "Did you hear me??" "Oh, no, I zoned out. Sorry." "It's fine, I said that Charlie got a lot of hits on the license plate. He was able to change his equation because of it." "So??" "He has a better chance at finding them." "Oh!!" I smile. We sit in silence again for a while, but with Kevin, there's never an uncomfortable silence. It's always comfortable, and soothing to be honest. After about five minutes of just listening to the city, my phone rings. "Hello??" I answer quietly. "We need you over here, stat. All of you!!" Charlie says quickly and excitedly, then hanging up. "Who was that??" "Charlie. He says he needs all of us over there stat." Kevin looks at his phone. "Agent Lezzo and Charlie's room, stat." he reads the text aloud. "From Avi." "Better wake up Kirstie." I say, hopping off the ledge and walking into the hotel room again. "Wake me up for what??" She says when we get in there. "Come on." I toss her a sweater and her boots, grabbing one of Scott's shirts. Pulling it on, I inhale his scent. The smell of his cologne filling my nostrils, I enjoy the scent a second, then sliding on a pair of shoes.

When we get over there, Charlie is running around frantically, only stopping by almost crashing into Kevin. "Sorry!! But the video worked!! Someone found the name of the warehouse!!" "Charlie's just confirming it." Agent Ryan smiles. "But it'll take a while!!" He runs around more. "The girl who called, Niya Williams, will be here soon." He stops in front of me, smiling. I smile my best smile back, looking at the time. "8:45?! Damn, we slept a lot." I laugh along with Kirstie. "Yeah, Niya will be here tomorrow!! Along with Ms.Hannah." He smiles. Tomorrow's gonna be a long day.

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