The Kidnapper//h.s.✔️

Chapter 13 - Farewell

I look up in front of me and see a long brick sidewalk leading up to the large house. 

When I walk into the house, the living room light was on and my eyes met with my father's, who sat in his maroon chair in front of me.

He slowly sipped a cup of steaming coffee with his reading glasses on top of his head and a stack of papers piled neatly on his lap.

​​"Where have you been?"
He asks and suddenly Augustus whips into the room and rubs his side against my legs. I bend down to pet him and then as I stand up straight, I return my gaze to my father.

"Out"
I say in response, because he would never believe me if I told him the truth.

"Okay, just be careful...Don't do drugs."
He says again, almost in a joking way and I smile back; cracking a smile. 

I walk past him and up the stairs.

Once I reach my bedroom door, I close it behind me and flop; stomach first onto my large bed. I missed my soft sheets so bad and i'm never going to take it for granted ever again. That's a promise.

I grab my pillow and bury my face in it. The texture of the silk pillowcase makes me want to fall asleep. I turn onto my back and suddenly I feel a sharp object against the bottom of my spine. I sit up and grab what's in my back pocket and bring it out in front of me. My heart skips a couple beats and my eyes widen. It's a small, light brown handgun. I quickly shove it under my pillow.

About an hour later, I suddenly hear a knock at my door and my mom yells from the other side.

"Catherine, there's someone here to see you."
I groan, half asleep, and grab the pillow next to me and throw it across the room. It only goes a couple feet and hits a stack of books that tumble to the ground.

I mumble to myself tiredly and I begin to hear loud footsteps coming up the stairs fast. Almost like someone's running.

I sit up straight and slowly make my way over to the door. I open it only a few inches and I see a face that I haven't seen in almost two years. 

My friend Brianna

She used to be my best friend, but then she moved away to Virginia. After a while the communication stopped and I thought we faded away.

"Bri!"
I scream and open the door to the fullest, than brought her into a huge bear hug.

"Catherine!"
She screams back and we pull away from the hug slowly, I invite her in and she sits on the edge of my bed. 

"It's been too long, I thought you forgot about me"
She says and I laugh a little

The last time we saw each other, she had short black hair down to her shoulders, and now her hair is almost past her elbows and she's even taller than me 

"I meant to ask you,"

she begins,

"Please tell me what happened..."

I give her a nervous look and think of something to say.

"When I first met him I thought he was obsessive, violent and unstable. But now that i've had time, he's just scared. He's distrustful, dosen't know who to believe in. He's hurt."

I explain and then I look at her face. She was astonished as if I was crazy. But my words even made me believe that he wasn't all that evil. 

"Really?"
She asked and a small smile creeped onto her face. 

"Yeah."
And I find myself smiling as well. 

No, he's not growing on me. He kidnapped me. 

"How did you escape?"
She asks again 

"The bathroom window."

I reply and she laughs slightly 

We must've talked for a couple more hours about school and even the weather at some point, but her phone rang. 

It was her mother texting her that she had to be at the hotel down the street in 20 minutes or no mac and cheese. She meant it as a joke, but Brianna decided that she should probably go anyways, since it was already dark outside.

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"I'm so happy I could see you again, I wish you could stay longer""

I say to her and she smiles and she nods her head in agreement.

"I'll try to visit, but we're just staying here for the night, then we're driving to California."
She says excitingly and pulls me into another tight hug. Then I open the front door

"Take care of yourself."

"You too, farewell my old friend."
She jokes and she turns around into the driveway.

I close the door. I'll miss her until we see each other again.

I look at one of the windows and glance at the darkening sky. I suddenly see specks of snow falling.

Winter is here.