love again 2 [z.m au]

∞ t w e n t y - e i g h t ∞

Zayn

It's been three days.

Harry's cell phone is no longer in service, the police have been searching, and we have no idea where Rosa is either. She could be behind all this too for all we know.

I felt numb.

The lads haven't left our house since, they wanted to stay with us until we heard back from the police. The girls, including my mum and sisters, took turns keeping an eye on Ash when Evelyn couldn't.

She couldn't even move or speak without breaking down. God knows I cannot handle seeing her like this; it hurts way too fucking much.

Hard knocking came from the front door, startling us. I slowly crept up from my spot on the sofa and walked to the door, opening it.

"Rosa?" I croaked out. She looked worn out...almost as if she was running.

"I...I ran all the way here from-" she stopped to catch her breath. "He doesn't know I'm here."

I just stood there. I was lost. "How did you-"

"Got your address from his phone before he disabled it. I know where Ella is."

Without hesitation, I opened the door wider for her to come in. She walked behind me until we entered the living room where everyone else was.

"What the hell?" Lauren scoffed as soon as Rosa walked in.

"I know many of you do not want to see me-" she started. "But hear me out, please..."

I sat down next to Evelyn and brought her closer to me as Rosa knelt down on the ground, quietly.

"I had no idea what Harry had under his sleeve. I thought we were just taking a quick little trip down to Brighton. He kept lurking around, always keeping an eye out on something and it was freaking me out and when I asked him about it he would get mad, telling me not to worry."

"He told me to wait in the car and that he'll be back in a bit. So I waited..."

"Please get to the point," Louis interjected. "We don't have time listen to a long ass explanation."

Rosa cleared her throat, awkwardly. "Okay...Harry came back with Ella and she looked scared out of her mind."

Evelyn shifted in her spot on the sofa, uncomfortably, but didn't say a word. Her hands wrapped around mine, squeezing them gently.

"I didn't want to yell at Harry in front of her so I waited until we got back to our hotel where she cried herself to sleep. I tried my best to comfort her, but she was so scared." Rosa had to take a break from talking since she was getting all choked up.

My heart was falling apart just by picturing Ella in my mind and how she must be feeling right now.

When I see Harry, he's dead to me.

"I'm sorry," Rosa apologized, sniffling. "I just felt so bad for her! Of course I got angry with him at the fact that he literally kidnapped Ella...we ended up in a heated argument and it made her cry even more. He blamed me for everything, telling me that if I kept my mouth shut, Ella wouldn't be acting the way she was."

"And that's what brought me here...I couldn't stand to look at him any longer. I wanted to take Ella with me, you have no idea how much I wanted to bring her back to you guys but Harry has changed. It's like I don't even know him anymore..." she trailed off, slightly frightened. "I tried to sneak her away from him but I couldn't without one of us getting hurt."

"Where are they?" I asked, clenching my jaw.

"Birmingham," she answered.

"That's two fucking hours away!" Liam exclaimed, angrily.

"The stupid car ran out of gas half way here so I had to catch a bus and I basically ran all the way here as fast as I could," Rosa told us. "They'll be at the hotel. Evelyn, I promise you that Ella isn't hurt."

Evelyn looked up and stared at Rosa with hope in her eyes. She was so restless and out of tears. "Really?"

Her voice. God, her voice. It felt so good to finally hear her speak again.

"I promise you."

"Let's go," Evelyn said, making everyone look towards her way. "I need my baby before I lose my mind."

My mum and sisters agreed to stay at our house with Ash. Meanwhile, Louis, Niall and Lauren got into one car and Liam and Alexa got into theirs.

"Dad," I called out. "I need you to come."

"I can't promise that I won't hurt the boy," he said.

"Well that makes the both of us," Noah added.

I slid into the drivers seat and looked at Evelyn who stared out the window. "Hey..."

She faced me, quietly.

"We're getting our girl back," I whispered, bringing her hand up and kissing it.

She bit back her lip and cried silently as she nodded her head. I knew how much her heart has been hurting these last couple of days and I swear mine has been hurting just as much.

I waited until Rosa, Noah, and my dad got buckled in before I backed out of the driveway.

I exhaled deeply. "Alright, Rosa. Show us the way."

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Oh damn. Squad is about to fuck shit up in Birmingham. Stay tuned.