Tortured Soul

Chapter 4

(Max's POV)

I started crying. "Why did this happen!? Why!? Now I can't even see my kid without him being scared of me!"

"Max. It'll be fine. We all know Jacob. He is one fucking tough kid. He will get through this." Adam said patting my shoulder.

I jerked away from him. "How do you know! I want to help him but I can't! You saw the video! He has panic attacks because of what that bastard did to him! And now I can't help him. I don't think anyone he knows can." I sobbed.

I let my head fall into my hands and sobbed. I know that they are trying to make me feel better and I'm being a jerk about it, but they understand why I'm acting this way.

"Maybe I can do something." Preston said.

I lifted my head up, wiping away the tears that clouded my vision.

"I mean. Jacob doesn't know who I am. So maybe I can help in some way." Preston said.

"How?" I sniffled.

"Maybe make him feel safe. Make him realize that he is no longer captive." Preston said.

"That could work. Just be careful not to trigger anything from the kidnapping." The nurse said.

"I'd want to communicate with you guys. Maybe I could use an ear piece?" Preston asked.

"No, not after what happened." The nurse said.

"I'll ask him after he feels comfortable around me, if he is uneasy I'll put it away, if he is ok with it I'll put it in." Preston said.

The nurse gave a sigh. "Fine just be careful."

Preston nodded.

(Preston's POV)

I took a deep breath and walked in. The guys are counting on me, and most importantly Max. I don't want him to suffer through not being there for Jacob cause of what happened to him. I looked and saw Jacob sitting on the bed leaning against the wall hugging a pillow. He had his eyes closed so I stayed away from him so I didn't startle him.

I cleared my throat. Jacob slowly opened his eyes and looked at me. "Hi. My names Preston. Can you tell me yours?"

"I-I'm Jacob. Why are you here?" Jacob asked.

"I just want to talk to you. I've heard that you have gone through a lot lately and I wanted to make you feel better," I said, "is it okay if I sit down?"

Jacob nodded. I walked over to the chair and started to sit down.

"Not there. You can sit on the bed." Jacob said.

"Okay. Any reason why you don't want me to sit on the chair?" I asked.

"It's just that someone who hurt me sat there a lot. And I don't want to be reminded of it anymore." Jacob said.

"Okay well let me move this chair away then."

I picked the chair up and moved it away. I got back to Jacob and sat on the end of the bed. I pulled the ear piece out of my shirt pocket.

"Is it okay if I put this in my ear?" I asked.

Jacob shook his head. "It reminds me of that person."

I got up and set it on the chair. "There. Out of sight, out of mind."

(Jacob's POV)

I smiled at what Preston said. But then my breathing became more rapid and my vision began to get blurry. I couldn't see anything around me except for blurs.

I felt something around my body. "Shhh. You're okay. You're okay." My breathing went to normal and my vision came back as well. I saw that Preston was hugging me. His body heat warming me up. He backed up a little and gave a smile. I smiled back and hugged him.

* aww it's a little better now. Not so depressing. Well I uploaded today but I may not be able to upload tomorrow. Because I have to go on a field trip for my science class. And if I don't go, I have to write a 12 page paper. Whoever goes on the field trip has to write a report. So it's a lose lose situation either way. I'd rather write the report so yeah. And it's an all day thing. I have to be at my college at 8:00AM and I won't get back until around 7:45PM. So yeah I have a one day weekend. I hate my life. Anyways till next time, byeeeee.