Lost In Paradise(EDITING)

17. Save Me

Paradise

Its been a whole week of nothing but hell. Torture. Agony. Pain.

I've been locked in what I assume to be a basement. I sat on an old bed that smelled awful. He gives me food and water when he feels like it.

I honestly don't know what he wants from me. I have done nothing to him and yet he continues to make my life a living hell.

I really wish my mom would come rescue me. I wish somebody would save me from.this nightmare. I don't know how much more of this I can take.

I heard the door open and footsteps coming down the steps. I had to brace myself for what was about to happen next.

Khalil

I held my head in my hands as nothing but frustration took over my body.

We have not come close to finding Paradise. I feel like I failed her because I promised I would protect her.

Everyone has been on edge especially Monica who has not said a word since last week.

Something tells me that someone in our group knows what's going but, isn't speaking up. There's not enough money in the world to sit back and allow innocent people to get hurt.

I laid back in my bed and smoked my third blunt today. This is what I do when I get nervous or scared. This shit is getting out of hand. My dad has gotten the whole city on lock just to find her but, whose to say she's still in Atlanta or even in the States?

I heard my door open and I quickly put the blunt out seeing it was Stacy. She's been just as bad as Monica which is understandable.

"I have some things I need to tell you but you have to let my finish completely before you react ok?" I slowly nodded my head as she sat down in the bed next to me.

"I think Jheri knows what happened to Paradise. I overhead him talking to Micheal and her name was brought up. That explains why he's been acting so distant." After she finished speaking it took everything in me not to flip out. The fact that my own best friend was helping the enemy angered me in more ways than one but I knew I couldn't just come out and ask. I have to be smart about this.

"Damn Stacy I can't believe you snitching on your baby daddy like that." I said trying to make light of the situation. I didn't even know if she was pregnant I was just going off of what Jheri told me.

"Fuck that nigga. He don't want our baby so I'll do it by myself plus my best friend means more to me than he does. I just want her to be safe." I can tell she was getting emotional So I gave her a hug. She cried on my shoulder as I did whatever I could to comfort her.

This mess has to stop.

Paradise

I could do nothing but cry tears of joy when I saw Julio coming down the stair. He gave me a comforting smile before handing me some clean clothes and McDonald's.

"I know you wanna wash up but hurry up so we can leave. My dad left me to watch you so we have about a hour to make our great escape." He turned around so I can change out of the clothes I've been wearing for a week.

I tore straight into the bag and pulled out a Big Mac. The happiness that came over me when I took that first bit was something else.

"Bitch we ain't got time for you to have a food orgasm. Come on!" I finished the last of it before grabbing his hand and running up the stairs. To say I was scared was an understatement.

Once we made it upstairs I noticed that all the camera's and computers were destroyed. I guess they were using it to keep tabs on who went down in the basement. I had no time to ask questions as Julio dragged me out of the back of the house.