Irresistible

Chapter twelve

Patrick's POV

We parked the truck at the hospital and got out. Tori was still able to walk, so Will and Andy carried Pete and I helped Joe, who was very weak. Surprisingly, it was Elisa who had been coaching Tori through her contractions.

"What's going on?" A nurse asked as we entered.

"Well, my fiancé is in labor at eight months, my best friend is unconscious and starving, and the other is not doing much better." I said.

"Um, okay. I'll get a wheelchair for the mother to be. Here's a stretcher for the sleeping one. What happened to him?" She asked.

Will began to explain everything to her while Tori was wheeled away. "Wait, I'm going with her." I said.

"Sir, if we plan to deliver we will come and get you. But we are going to go ahead and stop the labor." A new nurse said. "If we can, that is."

They took her away and pete was being taken away too. Joe was following a nurse into triage, since he wasn't urgent like Pete and Tori.

Will, Andy, Elisa and I all sat down to wait.

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It was about an hour when Joe returned to us. Andy and Will had filled me in on what Pete said about Meagan and Ashlee, and now we asked Joe what he knew about them.

"Sally has the two of them somewhere, but we don't know who they're with. She said to Pete that her keeping him was keeping them alive." He said.

"We have to figure out where they are." Elisa said.

"Is there any way Pete could know where they are?" Will asked Joe.

Joe shook his head. "I don't think he does. Sally never even said who was keeping them, let alone where." He said.

"How do we figure it out then?" I asked.

"We could question her." Elisa said. "She's still at the house."

"You didn't call the cops yet?" Joe asked.

"We got distracted. I guess we should." I said.

"No, leave the bitch there." Elisa said. "At least until after she tells us where Meagan and Ashlee are."

"No, we can't do that." I said. "We're supposed to be better than sally. If we tell the police what Pete said, they'll question her. We have to call them."

"I don't know, my mother may be more willing to say where they are if we don't involve the cops." Will said.

"We are not leaving her there and that's final." I said. "I'm going to call the police right now."

I stood up, and then the nurse walked back into the waiting room. The one who took Tori.

"Mr. Stump, we successfully stopped the early labor. Your fiancé is sleeping now. Would you like to see her?" She asked.

"Of course. I'll go now." I said.

I turned to Joe. "Promise me one of you calls them." I said.

All three nodded and I returned to Tori.

Petes POV

I woke up with a start. I wasn't in the house anymore. I was....in a hospital?

No!

I sat up, pulling IV tubes out of my arms and setting off loud alarms that made my head hurt.

Nurses came running in, but by then I was on my feet. "I have to go back!" I yelled at them.

I pushed past them, moving too fast to be restrained. I started wandering through the hospital, trying to find a way out.

I walked past a room and saw a woman laying in bed, her massive belly raising the sheets.

"Tori?" I asked.

The figure next to her stood. "Pete, what are you doing out of bed?" He asked.

"Patrick?" I asked.

"Easy, man. It's me. Everything is okay. We're gonna find Meagan and Ashlee." He said.

"We don't have to find them. I know where they are. But Sally said if I left or tried to contact them she would kill them." I said.

"Pete, Sally can't touch them. She's knocked out at her house. Chained up. The police should be on their way." He said.

"Should be?" I asked.

"I told the others to call them. Tori's water broke early, so I'm here with her. But she's gonna be okay." he said.

"You mean Andy and Joe?" I asked.

"And Elisa and Will, yes." He told me.

"Will? Tori's brother!? No!" I yelled.

"Pete, what's wrong?" Patrick asked.

"He's working with her, Patrick! Who else would be strong enough to get me and Joe into that basement?!" I cried.

My friend looked sick. "Oh my god." He said.

"Sir, you have to return to your bed. You're not well." A nurse said. She'd finally caught me.

"Meagan and Ashlee are at Sally's beach house. Hurry, before they move them." I said, giving in as the nurses pulled me away.

"And stop Will!"

Patrick's POV

I ran back to waiting room and found andy waiting for me.

"I called the cops. They went to the house." He said.

"What did they say?" I asked.

"Guys, I can't find Will. He took the truck and left, I think. He ditched his phone." Elisa said, coming up next to Andy.

He didn't look surprised.

"What did the police say?" I asked.

"They said Sally was gone."

I sighed. "And so is Will."