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Surviving

this chapter includes offensive language.

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"ARABELLA!" Dan screams my name as he runs by my side.

My head slowly rises, my eyes open but my vision isn't clear. A sharp pain and a pounding feeling is present in my head. I couldn't help but squint as I looked at the person standing in front of me.

"Why?" I mutter out, my voice cracking. "I trusted you!" My energy grows.

They snicker at me, forcing my weak body up and positioning me in a choke hold. "Do you have any idea how much pain he put me through the years?! You know nothing. Did you really think I would care for you? If you die, then he suffers, and I crave that more than anything in the world."

Twenty-Four Hours Ago & Third Person POV

"With this luck, we won't be able to get to them in time," Joey groans.

"Joey, I swear to god if I hear you doubt ourselves one more time, I will leave you in the middle of this forest myself," Dan grunts as they make their way through branches

Joey shakes his head, "what do we do after this is over? Bell will get arrested and you'll be thrown back into your cell. Either way there's no happy ending."

Dan lets out a harsh breath, "Arabella won't go to jail. I promised her that nothing bad would happen to her. I don't make many promises, but when I do, I stick to them. I don't care if I get caught again. All I want is my freedom."

"Are you still upset about it?" Joey rubs the back of his neck.

Dan turns his head to face Joey, "every single day. If it wasn't for Arabella, you would probably be dead."

"Dan, I wouldn't have made it if I was the one locked up instead, you know that," Joey argues back.

"You think this is me living?! I wake up every day surviving! You're a damn fool if you think none of this phases me!" He grabs Joey by his collar and slams him against a tree.

"You should be there rotting! You did it! You killed Alfie! You're the one that watched him suffer and die then pointed the fucking finger so you wouldn't have to pay for it. Every time I see your face I think of every god damn way I can make you miserable. You fucking psycho!" Dan screams in Joey's face.

Joey's face turns red and, he shakes as he holds onto Dan's shirt. Dan raises a brow and slaps Joey's hands away.

"Don't even fucking think about fighting me now. You know who would win in the end," Dan grunts angrily.

Joey stays quiet, following Dan as they continue to find their way out of the trap. It stood silent and the energy between them was dark. It wasn't until Dan saw smoke in the air and sparks flying in the air when the silence stopped.

"Joey! Look! That's where the campfire is at! If we go north we can go back to Arabella," Dan cheers.

"Joey?" He looks behind him to find nobody there.

"Did this dumb prick get lost?" Dan mutters to himself before he suddenly drops to the ground.

Joey then appears, hovering over Dan's fainting body with a bloody rock in his hand.

"Be careful who you talk to like that Howell. You never know who might be out for you," Joey laughs, dropping the rock to the floor and walking towards the fire. He knew it was time.

— Sorry for the late updates once again! Thank you for 99k!!!! I know this chapter is short but I'm updating another one but idk today. I'm actually writing the next one right now. I would have continued it on this chapter but I would feel messy if I had many point of views in one chapter. The next chapter would consist of the same day this chapter happened, just back to Arabella's POV. Enjoy!! ~ Cassidy