Abducted

Thank You

It's the day, the day that determines what is going to happen to everyone involved with my abduction and illegal purchase. Auggie is with Ava, he's still too young to understand anything. My dad, Maya, and I get to the court house. My moms already there, making sure everything goes the way it is supposed to. I walk in, and there they are. Zay, Smackle, Farkle, and Lucas, front row. They smile at me, I want to cry but I suck it up. I take my seat and soon after it begins. After a while of introducing it all, I'm called up. I swear to tell nothing but the truth.
What happened on September 18th of 2017?
Did you shoot Joseph Maten?
Were you rapped?
Were you abused in an form?
Yes
Yes
Yes
I take my seat. Mark is up.
Did you sexually abused 16 year old Riley Mathews?
Do you admit to rapping, kidnapping and abusing Riley Mathews?
Did you pay someone to abduct Riley Mathews?
How do you pled?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Guilty
Riley - Why me?
Topanga - Riley shhh
I know I wasn't supposed to talk but, I couldn't help it. It just came out. I wanted to know, I wanted to hear it from him
Riley - Why me? You took away everything from me. You took me away from my friends, my family, love. No one should ever go through what I did, what I'm STILL going through. I've spent this entire months trying to get me back. I used to be filled with joy, happiness, hope, and YOU took it away. You see that young man over there
I point to Lucas.
He's my first love. You know what sucks, what sucks so bad is that when I first got back. The first time he touched my arm, I got scared. I got scared because I thought it was someone trying to hurt me. He has to deal with all of the pain and suffering you caused me. He has to hold me and stroke my hair because I'm scared. He has to come in the middle of the night and calm me down because I'm scared that someone is going to take me again. I'm scared that someone is going to come into my room at night and do stuff to me. I'm scared because I don't think that happy hopeful Riley Mathews is going to come back. The Riley Mathews he feel in love with. All because of YOU. You took it all away and you don't even feel bad about it. So I don't feel bad about what's going to happen to you. I don't feel bad at all.
I get up and walk out. I can my mom calling out for me and apologizing to the Judge. I sit outside of the room, and wait.
Lucas - Hi
Riley - Hi
Lucas - You know, I don't mind coming to your rescue at 3 in the morning
Riley - I know you don't.
Lucas - He may have taken stuff away from you, but you took away his freedom
Riley - How many years?
Lucas - Lifetime, with no possibility of getting out. Not even parol.
Riley - For the first time, I feel actually relieved.
Lucas - You kept it inside Riley. All of that you said in there, you never told anyone. You just needed it to get out of your system. It's over Riley. He's gone, and he and no one else is ever going to hurt you again.
Bianca got 25+ to life, she never told anyone the name of her partner, he's still out there. We're all at my house, in my living room. I thank my parents, for everything. They go to their room and let me and my friends talk.
We're sitting down in a circle on the floor. I can't help but smile
Riley - I wanted to say Thank You. Thank you for never giving up on me, when I did. For not loosing hope, when I did. I don't know what I did to deserve friends like you guys. I know I don't say it much but, I love you guys. I love every single one of you so much, and I can't thank you enough for being here with me right now.
I kiss everyone on the cheek.
Maya - It's finally over.
Farkle - Things can go back to the way they were.
Zay - We have Riley back
Lucas - The Riley we all love.
Smackle - Welcome back to Rileytown Riley Mathews.
Except she's not back. As much as I wanted her to be back, she wasn't. I was in Rileytown, but not as Riley. I wasn't Riley because, I liked shooting that gun. I liked the feeling that felt inside of me when I thought I killed Joe. Riley Mathews is gone. And I don't think she's ever coming back.
The end