Stolen|| n.s. book 1

Chapter 26

[recap]

I quickly ran down the stairs when I saw many people downstairs. "You've got to be kidding me." I said. I run back up the stairs only to find an unknown man behind me. "Hey.." he said, I nod in response that I notice his presence. He doesn't say anything for a long time so I continue off to my room. That's would I would have been doing if I wasn't stopped by some guy I didn't know. Also embarrassed that someone had seen me when I wasn't looking exactly "presentable" for anyone to see me other than Skylar and the boys. I start jogging to my room and I quickly close the door I wasn't planning on letting that lad in my room anytime soon. I lock the door and walk over to my window. I bet you can probably guess what I'm going to do next. Yes, I'm climbing out of the window.

Going out of the window might not have been the smartest idea, considering there's a long way down from here. I already feel the regret starting to build up. There's no backing out now. When I said I've got to get out of here, I've got to do it. I've always told myself, If i'm going to do it, I'd better do it before its too late.

I open the window and poke my head out and look for a place where I might be able to stand to support myself from falling to my death. I look down and there's a little ledge but it's not close.. at all. "Damn..." I whisper. I decide to take the risk and go for it. I stick my leg through the crack of the window and grip the window tightly. Soon, I hear a loud bang on my door. Alarmed, I quickly shoved my whole body through the window and was just holding onto the ledge for the window.

"Okay.." I breathe out and look down. The ledge is closer than it looked from outside of the window. I let go of the ledge and fall on the other quickly but my knees bent and lost my balance. I quickly tried to regain balance as I jumped off of the tiny ledge that was barely enough to keep me safe from falling to my death.

"Yes!" I shouted triumphantly and began my way to Alex's house.

[time skip]

I finally make it to Alex's house and knock on the door. Unsurprisingly, Lacey opens the door. "HEY!!!" she shouted while pulling me into a tight bear hug. "What's up?" She asked when she finally let go. "Err, nothing?" I said and cracked a cheesy smile. "Please stop trying to lie, you know I can see straight through you, love. Now let's sit down and tell Alex and I what's going on" She said with a small frown. "Hey who was tha- Oh hey Eva!" Alex called out from across the room. I sigh and start to explain everything, ever since I left THIS house.

[time skip]

"Soalexcanipleasepleasepleasestayhereuntilifindanotherplacetogo?" I question very quickly. There is a small moment of silence before I get a response. "Hmm....I suppose...." Alex trails off. "Thank you!" I exclaim and throw my arms around Alex. She tenses a little then relaxes and hugs back.  "Have you got an extra room or something..? Maybe I can start setting up to get an early start." I ask. She scratches the back of her neck and nods slowly and motions for me to follow her up the stairs. She leads me to a room that is nearly empty. A plain bed with light purple sheets, white pillows, white drapes, and purple walls with a small closet. "If you don't mind me asking, who's room is this..?" Or who's room was this? Alex didn't respond. She just stood there silently. A blank stare towards the bed as if she were remembering something. Alex never really said much about her family now that I think about it.

"Everything alright?" Lacey called up from downstairs. Neither Alex or I responded which caused Lacey to scamper up the stairs and walk down the hall to see us standing in the room. I studied Alex's face only to find the same blank expression on her face. "Uh, Ale-" I say slightly touching her shoulder in concern, only to be cut off by her gripping my hand tightly. Her grip was so tight that it felt like my hand would break any minute. "Alex stop!" Lacey yelled and ripped my hand away from Alex's grip. Soon Alex snapped out of whatever she was stuck in and quickly apologized and ran off into the bathroom.  I look at Lacey and furrow my brows. Something bad must have really happened for this room to effect her this badly. I want to know, but I'm not going to pry it out of Lacey if she knows.

I feel a vibration in the pocket of my joggers. I check it and it's a message from an unknown number.

Unknown number:

Running away now? Don't worry. I'll always find you. You're not hard to track honey. ;) xx yours truly.

I ignore the text, obviously knowing that it's from Toby. He really is sick isn't he? What is his purpose in this. Can this low-life not have a better job than stalking people or trying to kidnap people? As if I wasn't annoyed enough, I got another text.

Unknown Number:

You can ignore this text all you want. Just know I have something that is very, very, VERY. Important to you. I have your precious older brother and his pathetic girlfriend. xx :))))

I scream and throw the phone on the bed and think to myself. I don't really have an army of people who can help me rescue Tom and Kelsey.I need a plan. A very smart plan. I find a random notebook on the floor and start writing down all kinds of scenarios on how we can rescue them. If he's got Tom, he probably has Siva and Nareesha and next he's going after Max and everyone else until eventually I've got no one. I need to hurry and think of something quickly because Toby has very little patience. Lace has completely gone somewhere else but right now I don't plan on telling anyone my plans.

End of Chapter 26.