The Only Way Out [Book 2]

Chapter 60 - A Living Hell

A/N: A friendly reminder that all my stories have happy endings, but how they get there might be bumpy.

Brace yourselves for a big bump.

I love you all.

🚨Warning/Spoiler Alert🚨
Do not read this next sentence if you don't want to know what "the thing" is yet. There is a death in this chapter.

***Harry's POV

"I won't hang up, Bea, just tell me what's going on," I speak a little louder into my phone, hearing my own echo in the gymnasium's lobby. "Answer me, Love. Why are you crying?"

"It's, it's Sebastian. He's, oh my God."

"Just tell me!" I demand as I exit the gymnasium.

"I can't," she says barely above a whisper and I start running to my truck.

"So help me, Beatrice, tell me what's the matter with Seb."

"I w-went, to check, on h-him. He's gone."

"Gone? What the hell? Do you mean he was kidnapped?" I ask, frantically opening my truck door with a shaky hand and I get in. "Beatrice, talk to me!"

"Please come home, Harry."

"I'm leaving the school right now, just tell me what's wrong."

"I-I can't."

"Goddammit, Bea. What's wrong with Seb? Is Ferris okay? Are you?" I ask and the three beeps indicate either call was dropped or she hung up. "Fuck!"

Glancing back and forth from the road and my phone, I call her back and it goes straight to voicemail. In a worried frenzy, I scroll through my contacts and call Eli. As I look in the rearview mirror to change lanes, he answers.

"Hey, Har-"

"Eli, listen. Is April home?"

"Y-yeah, she should be. Why?"

"Can you call her and tell her to go check on Bea? She called me while I was at my teacher's conference and something is wrong, but she wouldn't tell me what the hell it is."

"Oh no. Of course, I'll call as soon as we hang up."

"Thank you. I'm on my way home right now."

"Okay, don't worry, Harry. I'm sure everything's fine."

"God, I hope so," I choke back my tears and thank him before pressing the End Call button.

I put my phone in my shirt pocket, growling in frustration and I grasp the wheel with both hands. My mind and heart are racing because practically anything could be wrong. Obviously, the unthinkable comes to mind and my heart beats even faster as I speed down the thoroughfare.

Because it's only mid-afternoon, I'm ahead of the rush hour traffic and the fact that we only live eight miles from the school helps too.

Knowing that April should be with Bea right now gives me somewhat of a relief, but I'm still worried as hell. There's no reason to call nine-one-one because I have no information to give them and the same goes with calling my mum and Gemma.

These eight miles feel like eight thousand as I go over what Bea told me. Seb is gone and that can only mean one thing; someone has kidnapped him. My blood begins to boil at the thought of anyone hurting my family and I press down on the gas pedal to get there faster.