Tortured - Jaele

|| Chapter Twentynine ||

Jace -

My body spilled down the side of the window that Riele escaped out of, I was sobbing like a child. I couldn't breathe, my lungs felt like they were on the outside of my chest, heaving with every breath I tried to gulp down. I couldn't feel anything but a numb throbbing inside of my head. I smelled my own blood, I felt it hot and sticky against my face. It wasn't as painful as what I was feeling inside. My heart was aching. Everything for me has just gone to the most fiery depths of hell. I didn't know what else to do. I tried to kill her. I looked up into the glaring light fixtures of the bathroom and brushed my hands across my face. There is no tried.... I have to kill her. She can't get very far down there. My mind had taken a life of its own. I crawled to the cabinets under the sink and threw the doors open, digging and slashing through the prescription bottles until I found the right ones. Methadone, Zoloft, Xanax. I popped the caps off of them, and ambled to my feet, making my way into the kitchen for a water bottle. I hadn't made it three steps before my phone began chiming in my pocket. I dug it out and examined the screen immediately tapping the green button with my thumb.

"Do you have her? Please for the love of god tell me you have her!"

"I have her. But she's getting harder to control, Mr. Norman so please hurry."

"I'll be there in a second, whatever you do James don't let her get away from you!"

I shoved my phone back into my pocket and rushed to the front door, placing my hand on the knob to yank it open.

"Please enter the five digit security code."

Siri reminded me. I shakily punched the numbers into the touchpad and tried to open the door again.

"Error. System Diffused. Please wait. Reboot in process."

Oh hell no. I banged on the door with my fist, growling.

"Reboot? Reboot my ass! Open the door Siri!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't get that. System reprogrammed. Please wait. Reboot in process."

Reprogrammed. Who the fuck would reprogram my smart home system? I whipped around, facing the hallway and narrowed my eyes. She locked me inside of my own apartment. That little bitch was smarter than I thought she was.

Riele -

"No! Noooo! Nooo! Let me go! Let me goooo!"

I struggled and fought against James as he dragged me behind the complex building into the parking garage. I kicked as if I had specialized training in Taekwondo and tried to bite his hands but his hold on me was too strong.

"James! Please don't take me back! I'm begging you please!"

His face was stoney, pale, and cold as he continued to drag me into the parking garage. I made mental snapshots of the exit in case I ever got away from him. There was a gate, and a light pole next to the exit. A gate and a light pole.

"Help me! Somebody help me please!"

I screamed at the stop of my lungs, even though my throat was raw and aching from the windpipe crushing Jace had done to it earlier. James took a rest by the service elevator and grabbed a handful of my hair, immobilising me as I whimpered.

"Get... Get off of me!"

I screeched, trying to get a bite in on his arm. James took a deep breath, staring at me with his dull blue eyes.

"Perhaps Mr. Norman will know how to detain you best."

He said, before reaching his hand into his pocket again, pulling out his cell phone. My eyes widened and I felt my heart literally tearing apart from the inside.

"No!"

Somehow I found the drive to grab for his phone, kicking and scratching at his eyeballs, and his neck. I can't let him make that call. For a moment James seemed overwhelmed by my sudden surge of energy, he dropped his phone and it skittered beneath a hot pink Miata. While his head whipped in the opposite direction towards it, I rushed into him, knocking him over and slipping my shoes off to dig my heels into the ground and take off running. I dipped under the Miata and snatched the phone from under it before, snaking around the corner and flying down the emergency exit stairs. I knew James was somewhere behind me but I didn't stop to look back. I kept running until I saw a corroded corner of cement curved into the wall. It looked like a small closet hiding space. I quickly slipped inside of it and watched as James ran right past me.

With his phone in my shaking hands, I scrolled through his contact list. I thought of calling 911 but I wouldn't be able to stay in one place long enough for them to find me. I was feeling sick and terrified and at the back of my mind I thought maybe if I just let them kill me this would be over sooner. I scrolled and scrolled through the list until I saw one name that looked familiar. I called it with no time to spare.

"Please, please, please..."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I could barely keep my entire body from shaking. I heard the phone ringing, my stomach was in so many knots. I wanted to vomit again, but I swallowed down the bile in my throat. I can vomit when all of this is over.

"Riele, where are you?"

"Chance!"

For some unknown reason to myself, as soon as I heard Chance's voice I began crying.

"I'm-I'm in the parking garage of Jace's apartment building. James, his limo driver, is after me he told Jace he had me! They're both after me now! I don't have time to explain anymore just please help me please!"

I begged, covering my mouth as I sobbed. My heart was soon going to come pounding right out of my body at any moment, and the metal endurance I've held up right until this very moment was begging to crack open like the ice age.

"I'm so scared."

I whispered.

"Riele listen to me, stay where you are I'm calling the police and I'm coming to get you. Don't worry, calm down, I'll be there soon just stay with me, okay?"

I sniffed, nodding even though he couldn't see me. When I placed my hand on my chest I winced. It felt as if there were rocks in my bra. But when I reach my hand inside to pull whatever it was out, I felt nothing. My breasts have been feeling sore all weekend. I stood there, leaning against the little cement closet and listening to Chance prepare to come get me. Then suddenly, like a That's So Raven vision I had a flash back. This morning while I had been throwing up, the consistent nausea, why my emotions have been completely all over the place, the fatigue that's been wrecking me.

"C-Chance?"

"Yes, Riele I'm still here."

I cried harder, now everything was making sense and for me to be in this situation right now... It made it so much worse in my mind. I can't believe this is happening to me.

"I think I'm pregnant."

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