𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲| ✔ [Rewritten]

(20) I Need To Find Her

Gabriel's POV:

I wasn't completely unconscious when they dragged me out. I heard the piercing scream of Bella. She was crying in agony. I desperately wanted to open my eyes and rescue her but my body refused to perform.

They took me further away from the place and her cries turned destined. Finally, the tremendous pain in my body took its toll on me and my brain decided to quit functioning.

                                       *****

"Gabriel, honey, please open your eyes. Look at your mother, just once."

I heard a feminine voice calling my name with affection but I couldn't pinpoint who it belonged to.

"Mom, you need to relax. Dad, please take her with you," I listened to my brother's voice.

I struggled to get up but my body refused to move on my instructions. It felt like I was trapped in my body after taking away my freedom to move. I made an effort to open my eyes but they remained close. I was falling in and out of consciousness again. Occasionally, I would hear the sound of sobbing and other times only silence.

Finally, I was able to open my eyes but the bright light urged me to shut them immediately. I detected the strong scent of cleaners and managed to open my eyes. I was in the hospital, my body was covered with a white sheet and thousands of wires were attached to my head, chest, and hands connected with the monitor in the room which was beeping loudly.

I tried to sit up but fell on the bed due to immense pain in my chest. The door of the room opened and someone entered.

My vision started to get blurred. I blinked my eyes to get rid of the haze. I was having a difficult time breathing properly.

The man in a lab coat walked over me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Gabriel, what are you doing? Your condition is unstable and you need a lot of rest to heal properly," Nick said persuading me to lie down on the bed.

"I'm okay," I replied flinching in discomfort at the pain in my arm. "How did you guys find me?"

"We found you on the porch of our house. You were unconscious and looked battered," Nick said with pity.

Dread washed over me immediately after listening to him.

"Was there any girl with me?" My voice came out shaky.

"No. We only found you, there was no girl," he replied looking concerned. "A few days ago, we got a call that you have disappeared from the summer camp and police is trying to find you."

"They did a pretty good job, didn't they?" I said sarcastically. "How long I have been out?"

"For two days," Nick replied.

I couldn't believe I was unconscious for two days and getting treated in a hospital when she was still under that bastard's roof getting tortured for my family's crime.

I began to get up to remove the sheet when my brother grabbed my arm and stopped me.

"Where do you think you are going?" he asked with the scowl on his face.