i hired a hitman on myself // joshler [✓]

XXII

i really thought driving for hours on end while trying to escape people wanting to kill you was the worst part of it, but it was actually just the beginning.

my car ended up breaking down in the middle of nowhere. i knew i was out of town, but now i was surrounded by nothing but forest on either side of the deserted road.

the sun was finishing its routinely set, too, so now i was sitting in my dead car at 8:05 p.m. i knew things couldn't get any worse from here. besides the fact that i was falling asleep, which may or may not have been a problem too.

my whole body was desperately in need of sleep as it was aching from exhaustion, especially my legs and feet from all the running and jumping.

i kept trying to keep myself awake, but the questions i have concerning ashley were doing their part anyway. i don't get how she could of just disappeared at the time i needed her most?

i had ended the call with her and tried calling her back so many times, it would either ring for a while or go straight to voicemail. there was never an answer from her.

my plan wasn't clear, and neither was my head. i wasn't sure how to get out of my current situation, but i was hoping someone would drive down this vacant road and help me jumpstart my car.

but knowing my luck, this road is gonna stay vacant.

it was getting harder and harder to stay awake as time went on, i involuntary laid back in my seat and couldn't help but have my eyes slowly shut from the comfort in my position.

my mind was running wild, which actually helped distract from the fact that i was falling asleep. my mind was playing these tricks on me so i could let myself rest.

and it was working.

time had past, and i was in a state of being half-asleep and half-awake. i wasn't able to control it, but i stopped trying to fight. maybe it was the exhaustion, or that i'm fully drained if my luck, but i was starting to accept my fate.

i was going to die, and not in the way i had planned.

while in this state, i was hearing noises. they sounded either very distant or very close, there was no in between. whether they were in my head, or present in reality was something i didn't know.

out of nowhere, the noises abruptly stopped, everything was now quiet. maybe a little too quiet. my body used this to its advantage as i was now falling deeper and deeper into a slumber.

and that's when i heard my phone loudly buzz.

my body jolted and my eyes shot open, i sat up and looked over at my phone that was laying on my dashboard. i was hoping that when i grabbed my phone, ashley's number would have either called or texted me.

my phone screen lit up with a text from a number that wasn't in my phone, but the person was kind enough to sign off who they were. through, i really wish they didn't.

"yOU shOulD
nOT bE slEepInG
oN thE joB,
joShUa!
-raz"

my body froze, and it felt as if all the thoughts running through my head had all suddenly disappeared without a trace. raz somehow knows where i am.

i just stared at my phone in hand, not wanting to any sudden move or noise, as i knew i wouldn't like the result of it. my mind was drawn blank, it felt like an out of body experience. i was in the middle of nowhere, yet he knew where i was.

another message popped up on my lock screen,

"oH!
anD doNt
yOU woRRY
abOUT asHLEY
shE iS saFE
anD sOUND!"

i choked on my own spit, my jaw dropping out of shock, now i knew that i was in trouble. i finally had the guts to say something,

"w-what'd you do to ashley?!" i yelled down at my phone. there was no response for what was only a few seconds, but it felt like a dozen lifetimes.

"do nOT wORrY!
shE wiLL bE okAy!
aS lOnG aS yOu
kILL tYlEr jOsePh!"

i shook my head,
"you can't make me kill him. i'm not playing you're sick game, raz." i dismissed, looking down at my phone in rage.

"afTER aLL
shE hAs doNE
beHIND mY baCk,
yoU wOUlD lET
heR diE?"

i felt an immense feeling of guilt, he was trying to play mind games on me again,
"no! raz you better not--!" my sentence was interrupted by his final message sent to me.

"oH weLL!
mOrE fuN foR
mE aND mY
viEWerS!"