Welcome to the Family (Wattys 2016)

Life is Tough, but So Are You

"I'll call the cops. You go after him." Gen said, running for her phone that sat in her purse.

"No." Jensen grabbed her arm to stop her. "Give me thirty minutes."

"Don't do anything you'll regret." She whispered

"I'm going to get my girl back." He hugged Genevieve then grabbed his keys off the counter.

Jared arrived at the house and slammed the door shut. You flinched at the sound, knowing that something was wrong. You could hear him move through each room as to look for something. Finally, he entered the room that you were staying in.

"Where's Kyle?" He spoke harshly.

"I don't know. He never showed up this morning." You breathed out heavily.

"Damnit!" He yelled and then squatted down next to you. "Alright. We're leaving. We're going somewhere far away." He said as he started toying with the chains that were attached to you.

"Why?"

"Why what?" He asked, still working on the chains.

"All of it. Why did you do any of this?" You asked, your voice weak from the screams.

"I thought it was obvious." He paused and looked at you. "Jennifer. I thought I made it clear how I feel about you." He placed his hand on your cheek and began to caress it. You turned your head away from him.

"You're so special and dear to me. I love you, Jen." His words created bile in your throat.

"Don't talk to me like that." You spat.

"Why? It's true." He spoke calmly.

"You care about me? I'm special? Then why the hell did you let him touch me?! You let him beat me and use me, and..." You stopped to let the tears fall from your eyes.

"And what, baby?" He leaned in closer.

"You let him rape me." You whispered, looking down at the ground. You couldn't stand to look at his face. You hear a soft chuckle.

"Oh honey, I never let him touch you like that. I would never do that." He replied as you heard the chains hit the ground and you were freed from the ceiling.

"We have to move. We have to go." He said, picking you up and throwing you over his shoulder. You tried your best to scream and kick but you were weak. You were given the bare minimum of food and water and had been screaming for the last few days straight. You were almost certain that your body was on the brink of exhaustion.

"Put her down." You heard the words that you had been praying to hear, and they came from the voice you wanted to hear the most.

"What are you going to do with that?" Jared asked Jensen, whose gun was pointed at him.

"What does it look like I'm going to do with it?" Jensen retorted. "Now put her down before I blow a hole in your head." He spoke firmly.

"Really, J? You think you have the balls to do that?" He teased.

"Desperate times man. They do things to people. Now let my fiancé go."

"I don't think I can do that. I mean, there's a plan that needs to be followed."

"A plan?" Jensen questioned. "What plan?"

"Well see, Kyle was supposed to be the one to get caught kidnapping her. He was the one that was supposed to go down for the whole thing. And poor little best friend Jared was going to get caught in the mix and killed. But in reality, her and I, we'd be long gone from here." Jared explained.