The Worthwhile Future (Sequel to The Worthwhile Affair) BVB fanfiction

Chapter 19

My head throbbed as I sat listening to the steady beeping of her heart monitor. They sedated her to heal. She'd been out for two whole days. Dr's came and left running test after test.

I just wanted her to wake up. Yeah I knew she was safe but there were so many unanswered questions. Even though she was here and my nightmare was over I still knew there was so much more on my plate to come. Her and the kids were coming back to California with me. There would be no 'ands', 'ifs', or 'buts' about it. Her and these kids were everything to me and I'll be damned if I leave her in a place where I had no control.

The cops had come back many times over the past few days. They wanted to talk to Anna to shed some more light on the events that had occurred in the past week.

I only knew so much.

She locked me inside? That fucking manipulative bitch. I can't believe I trusted her.

The silence doesn't last long before the sounds of police sirens near. I was thankful that I'd had enough brains to call the cops ahead of time. I had no signal in this aluminum box.

Please let them find us okay. My car was parked right outside. It wasn't like I would be hard to find.

I heard voices and I banged on the door, yelling for help.

They came quickly and it didn't take them long to cut the lock and open it up.

"Boy am I happy to see you guys." I gasp for air. I had a mild case of anxiety and closed spaces did it for me.

"How did you end up locked inside here?" Was his first question.

Of course I had to come clean about who I'd been here with and the events that lead me here as well as my suspicions.

"How did you know she was going to be here?" The officer asks.

"I didn't. It was Madison who pretty much told me she was here without actually telling me."

They looked at each other as if wondering if my story was viable.

"If we are done here I'd really like to go with my girlfriend."

Anna was being loaded into the ambulance.

I knew they didn't believe me but once they had the opportunity to check the security cameras I'd be in the clear. I wasn't worried about me. I was worried about Anna who was, yeah breathing, but still unconscious.

It's been two days since we'd arrived. I haven't left her side.

I didn't want her to wake up and to be with strangers. I seem to keep missing the doctor when he comes. I'd been out for a cigarette or stepping out for a quick meal every time he came down. The nurses tell me that she's fine and healing in her sleep but I want to know more. I wanted her to wake up and to shine some light on things we didn't know. I needed to know why this had happened.

It was all I could do not to go out and beat the living daylights out of Greg. He hadn't just devastated Anna's life but he was ruling Madison's as well. Well, maybe that's true. It's hard to believe anything that Madison has told me up until this point. Was Greg seriously the father of her child? How could Anna not recognize her as the woman who showed up on her door all those years ago?

Anna looked peaceful as she slept. Her eyes tightly screwed shut as she sleeps off the effects of being locked up for so long. Anna had been missing for five days. She'd been locked inside an aluminum can for almost a week. Had she eaten or drank anything in that time frame? We were lucky as hell to find her alive.