Moving Forward

Part 31

Joy Rossi's POV

I get up weakly. I walk slowly, looking for some light with my hand. I can't see anything. I finally reach a switch and I turn on the light. It barely brights but what I'm seeing leave me speechless. There's a lot of pictures of me, Zoe and Daddy. He seems to have taken a lot of pictures of us. He probably knows where Zoe is.

I hear the doorknob moving. I know he's going to be there soon. The door opens.

"Oh. I see that you found our family pictures."

I can't answer. No sound is going out of my mouth.

"Are you ready for a ride?"

I fall on the floor.

"I'll take that as a yes. C'mon sweetheart, follow me."

I can't move.

"I said 'c'mon sweetheart, follow me'! Are you deaf?!"

I feel his hand grabbing my hair and he drags me. I can barely stand on my feet. We are outside and I have to hide my eyes with my arm because of the brightness of the sunset. He pushes me in the back of a van. I hear that he's locking the door. There's no light because the windows are covered by thick cardboards.

He starts the engines and drives to an unknown place.

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David Rossi's POV

I'm walking in this cold house. It is dark. I'm looking for a switch to turn on the light, but it's a waste of time. I see a door and light coming out of it. I head to it. I hear a strange noise. I open the door and I see a little girl on the floor.

"Joy?"

"Daddy!"

Within a minute, the little girl becomes an adult and a little baby appears in her arms. I walk to her. When I put my hand on Joy's shoulder, she disappears with Zoe. I hear a scream coming from downstairs. I run to the basement. When I arrive, I see two bodies on the floor. One seems to be Zoe's and one seems to be Joy's. I kneel in front of the two bodies, tears in my eyes. Joy's eyes suddenly open.

"He killed me and caught Zoe because of you. You shouldn't have done that. It's your fault if we're dead."

"No. I did nothing! I'm looking for you! You're not dead! You still alive!"

"It's your fault. It's your fault. It's your fault," she keeps repeating.

I'm screaming to make her stop, I know they can't be dead.

I'm shaken.

I wake up in my office. Aaron is looking at me.

"Dave. Is everything okay?"

I sit up straight.

"Yeah. Thanks."

"What happened?"

"It was only a nightmare. I... I... I dreamed about Joy and Zoe. They were both dead."

"You know that's not true. Zoe is with Emily and is sleeping and we're going to find Joy... Alive."

Someone's knocking at the door.

"Come in!" Aaron says.

Penelope enters my office.

"Sorry, sir to bother you. Emily told me I would find you here. Can I be briefed?"

"Yeah. Wait a minute. Meeting in the Conference Room in five minutes."