Paper doll

Chapter 10

"GUYS WAKE UP! WE'RE IN THE CITY!"  Veronica yells from the drivers seat where she's been sat for the past 2 hours, it's 11am and the SatNav says we're a 15 minute drive away

"This is crazy, I can't even, oh god I hope she's there, I hope we find her" I ramble

"What if she doesn't want to be found?" Colton suddenly drops that bomb from out of nowhere

"W...what?" I stutter

"Well she didn't actually leave you any clues, she didn't think you'd ever see that surely, so what if we do find her but it doesn't change anything?" Colton asks, the way he says it hurts me

"Well then we'll know she's okay and that will be enough" Veronica replies, seeing I don't know what to say

"Okay" he acknowledges and becomes quiet once again

But now I can't stop thinking about what he said, why if he's right?

I mean she probably had no idea that's she'd even written that on that piece of paper when she made the doll, let alone that I'd find it and come all the way to New York to see if that was really a link to her whereabouts

I tired to stop thinking about it and soon I heard everyone getting excited

"Okay just two turns and we're there" Veronica squealed

Those two turns were quickly made and then we outside the building

We parked in a car park just down the street and then walked back up to it, these big apartment buildings towering over us everywhere

This was terrifying , this was it, before not I could just have hope, there was always a possibility she was there

But now it was it, she was either there or she wasn't, I almost didn't want to find out invade she wasn't there, but she could be and I had to know if she was

"Is this one isn't it?" Veronica asks even though she knows the answer

I nod, unable to speak

"Who's ready for this?" Colton asks, clearly unsure himself and we all remain silent

"Are we gonna go in?" I ask after we've been stood in silence for a couple of minutes

"What do we do if she is there?" Veronica asks nervously

"Get answers, try and get her to come home" I answer her

"And if she isn't?" Brian asks me

"Them we know we've tried our best and done everything we could, we believe she's safe and happy and healthy, we hope she's living an amazing life, we move on, we keep living our lives but we never forget her" I tell them

"Good plan" Brian mutters anxiously

"Well said" Colton adds

"What's he fuck are we still doing out here, we're not three we can do this" she tells us and we all nod

"Lead the way" I gesture towards the door and she heads inside with us all following alone behind her

Dear god I'm just not ready for this at all, but here goes

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But will they find her? Last one for now, more after I've been riding xoxo