Stitched

Chapter Five

(Dylan's POV)

I was thinking to myself oh no why would she ask that. I just kept my eyes on the road, and silence filled the car. We got back to my house, and I was all bundled in fear because I didn't want her to know about her mother dying in a car crash. We went inside to find my mother sitting on the couch watching television. "Hey Veronica can you go upstairs please, I need to talk to my mother," I asked politely.

"Okay," she said. I made sure before I started talking to my mom that she was upstairs. I sat on the couch beside my mom and said, "Mom we have a problem." "What is it sweetie?" she asked. "Veronica wants to see her mom," I said.

She just sat there frozen when I told her. "You're going to have to tell her the truth about her mom," she said. "Okay," I said sadly. I got up and walked upstairs to my bedroom. The door was closed so before I go in there I have to make sure that I can do this.

After a few minutes of saying what I'm going to say, I knocked on the door. No answer. I knocked again, still no answer. I opened the door and saw nothing was in there, but the window was open. I looked out the window, but only saw shadows of the trees and houses.

I was in shock. "Beep, Beep" my phone went off, and there was an unknown number texting me. The message said, "If you want to see her again, come and meet me at the park tonight at midnight." I was wondering who would take her away like that, and then I realized it could have been someone who hated her to break down to the main category. Well, all I know is that the whole school hated her except, Sam.

I had to get a hold of Sam to figure out who this could be. I got my phone, but I realized I didn't have her phone number. I was trying to think of how to get a hold of her, and then I heard someone's phone went off. I looked for it, and then I found it and it was Veronica's phone. I saw that it was Sam calling her.

I pressed answer, and then she started yelling. "Hey calm down," I said calmly. "Wait who is this?" she asked. "Look its Dylan and I need your help," I said, "its Veronica, she is missing." "What!!!" she yelled.

We kept talking over the phone, and I started getting sad because Sam was crying the whole time. "Hey, I got to go to find her," I said as nice as I can. She hung up without saying goodbye. We talked about two hours about this. I started tearing up because I missed Veronica.

I looked at the time, and it was 10:24 pm. I need to get myself together. I got a hold of myself, but I was still frustrated. I kept thinking to myself that this was my fault. I lay down on my bed to relax, so I could catch my breath.

I was tired, so I closed my eyes. I woke up and started cussing to myself. I fell asleep by accident. I looked at the clock, and it said 11:56 pm. I ran down the stairs, and then ran out the door.

Instead of taking my car, I just ran to the park. Before I went into the park, I got out my phone to record everything that goes on. I put my phone back in my pocket, and then walked into the center of the park. "Hello is anyone here?" I asked. I know that was a bad move, but it's worth it.

"Hello," someone said behind me. I turned around to see Veronica tied up, and covered in blood. She was beaten up. I then saw someone in a black outfit standing beside her. "You actually came," the person said, "you must really care about this girl."

"What do you want?" I asked. "You have to date me instead of this girl," the person said taking off the mask. Nicky, I should've known it was her. "Why should I?" I asked. "Well, because you will save her life," she said, "but if you say no she dies."

Nicky put a knife to Veronica's throat, and I start getting worried. I looked at Veronica, and saw her shaking her head and crying. "Fine, but let her go first," I said. "No! Ask me out first in front of her," she said with venom spitting out. "Will you go out with me Nicky?" I asked.

"Yes," she said. "Now let her go," I said. Nicky then put down the knife, and then stabbed Veronica in the shoulder. I ran to Veronica to take the knife out of her shoulder, while Nicky was walking away. I kneeled down to Veronica, and took off the rope that was tied around her.

"W- Why would do that for me?" she said in tears. "Because I care about you," I said. She hugged me and said, "Thank you so much!"I was so happy to see her. "Can you stand up?" I asked.

"I'll try," she said trying to stand. She was having difficulties. "Here let me help you," I said. I picked her up bridal style, and just walked back home. Silence came over us.

We got to street I lived on, and then suddenly Veronica kisses me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do or say. I looked at her, and she was smiling at me and I smiled back. We got to my house, and my parents were up. I looked inside to see a police officer talking to my parents.

I was scared to even go inside, but I had to. I put down Veronica, and opened the door. My mom came rushing to me, and then she saw Veronica all beaten up. "Honey get my medical kit now!" she shouted. I picked her up, and laid her on the couch.

"Son what happened to this young lady?" the officer asked. "She was kidnapped, and I have the proof she was," I said. I got out my phone, and played the recording I made. After the recording was over he said, "Son do you know who kidnapped her?" "Yes it was Nicky Henderson," I replied.

"No it wasn't because I know my daughter would never do that," he said. I was shocked that he was her dad. "Here I'll send u the recording, and you can take it to your work to find the match to the voice," I said. I handed him my phone so he could put his number in. After he did that, I sent him the recording.

My parents started helping Veronica. "Well thank you so for the recording," he said as he was leaving. I started helping my mom patch up Veronica, and then I saw something engraved on her arm saying, "Nicky was here." I took a picture of it, and sent it to the police officer. After a few minutes, I got a text saying, "Thank you and I will do something about her."

That means she is not going to be put in jail, I thought to myself. I put some hydrogen peroxide on the cuts. "Ouch! That sting," she said painfully. "Sorry," I said. We were done patching her up, and then we took her upstairs to lay her down.

As soon as we laid her down, I got to thinking about what would happen if Nicky figured out I told her father it was her who did this. Wait, I never broke up with her. I got out my phone and sent a text to her saying, "we are over." That felt good to me. I sat beside Veronica, and we chatted a little bit.

After a few minutes of chatting with Veronica, I got a text saying, "Wait what? We just got together. I'm going to kill you." "What? What's wrong Dylan?" Veronica asked. "Oh nothing," I said. She just examined me for a while, and then she finally gave up. I got up and looked at the clock which said 11:43 pm.

I set up a pallet for me to sleep on, but then Veronica said, "You don't have to sleep down there you know." "I know, but I choose to," I said. She just gave me a bad look like I did something wrong. She laid her head back down. "Well if you want to sleep down there, that's okay," she said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.