Hindsight

Kaput

Jay watched as more tears streamed down his love's face. The pain she was in, he felt it too. He would rather go blind than to see her so sad. It took all he've got to stay strong for Erin, every cell in his body ached for her. He wants nothing more than to hold her in his arms and tell her that everything will be fine.

"Erin."

A sight difficult for him to wrap his mind around. He can tell that she's in tremendous pain. She was covered in bruises and blood from head to toe and her beautiful face was now swollen. A tear escaped his eyes in the realisation of what Carlos had done to her. He've seen it one too many times. He've seen victims just like her. Fire ignited in the pit of his stomach, he very much wanted to beat the life out of him, he will pay but he knows he had to get Erin to safety first. Killing Carlos will be his next goal.

"Er...Erin...It's me...I'm here." he whispered as he struggled not to fall off the narrow window sill that he was now standing on. It really wasn't the brightest idea to be climbing with the injuries he had sustained but it was the only way in, considering he couldn't just walk in the front door.
Having practically mastered the art of sneaking in through a window since most of his high school nights consisted of him climbing up a trellis to his high school sweetheart, Allie Carson's bedroom window but right now it was draining the life out of him.

Luckily, after an extended persuasion, the young woman he had bumped into earlier had agreed to drive him. As she have heard tales about the community, she only conceded to driving him to the town and not to the property. Figuring, she would get herself killed if she did. Causing Jay to waste more time before finding the property

"It's ok. It's me-Jay. Please open your eyes."

Slowly, Erin opened her bloodshot eyes but her right eye remained shut, swollen. They quickly filled with tears as the realisation hit her, her nightmare was about to end.
'Not just yet.'
Carlos was still downstairs and the thought of what he'll do to them both when he catches them scared her.

"Jay?" his name fell out of her lips in a whisper. Her subconscious was probably preparing her for this moment.
She slowly pushed herself off the ground and limped her way towards the window. Each step she took send tremendous amount of pain down her abdomen but she didn't care, she knows she have to suck it up and fight. Like her mother had just said, there's no time for hollowing. For the first time in forever, she had hope.

"Is that really you?"

"Yes, Er. It's really me. I'm here." he smiled through his own tears, pressing his palm against the glass. He can feel the warmth of her skin against his.
"Jay, please..." she begged, still not believing her eyes but once she felt his familiar touch, she knew right than and there that this time, she wasn't hallucinating.

"Please Jay! Don't leave me! Please! Don't!" she pleaded, looking over her shoulder to make sure Carlos wasn't there.
"I won't. Never." his heart broke looking at her. She was so terrified. Never did he saw this level of fear in her. Between the two of them, he can proudly say that she's the tougher one.

"Can you open the window?"

She tried pulling at the bottom frame frantically but it wouldn't budge. He must've locked it because of the stunt she pulled yesterday.
"No." she let out a cry of frustration and banged her fists against the glass to break it.
"No, no. Stop it. You'll hurt yourself...Step aside."

"Jay! Hurry!" she cried at hearing the sounds she dreaded the most. Completely overcome with fear, she backed herself into a corner as heavy footsteps ascended the staircase. Her heart pounded violently while every nerve in her body went numb. The courage she had just managed to muster had now all too quickly vanished.