Tangled Up In Him (Complete)

Chapter Twenty-Two: Amber Alert

"Ms. Laurie please don't!" I shouted.

"Honey, I have to help you, you're in danger!  Why didn't you tell me!" she said shaking looking at the number on the TV screen and back to the phone.

"Please don't it isn't what it looks like" I begged grabbing her and trying to take the phone away from her.

"Honey, what are you doing? Don't you want to go home? You've been kidnapped for heavens sake!"

"Please Ms. Laurie! I love him!" I shouted as she yanked the phone away from me.  I don't even know what I was doing fighting for Alec after I just found out who he really was.  He was a murderer. 

"Look at you, you poor little thing!  He must of brain washed you!  I'm calling the police right now!" she struggled to press the buttons on account of how shaky she was.

   Suddenly she drops the phone and I watch as it brakes into pieces on the floor.  I look up confused at her blank stare.  What was she starring at?  I look behind me and there was nothing there.  I look back to Ms. Laurie as she begins to fall to the ground.  I go to catch her but am shocked to find Alec standing behind her with a bloody knife.  I fall to the ground and shuffle backwards until I hit the wall behind me.  I look at Ms. Laurie's motionless body on the floor and back up at Alec.  He looks down at Laurie and back up at me horrified.

"Are you okay, babe?" he asked worried, stumbling towards my direction.  I was stunned.  I couldn't believe what I had witnessed.  Alec slowly knelt down, flinching at his pain and grabbed me by the arms. "Marcie?" he asked again, looking into my eyes.

"You killed her!" I shouted, my eyes welling up.

"I thought she took us!  You were shouting I thought she was hurting you!" he pleaded

"She was a nice lady!  She took us in and helped us!  You could of died!  We both could of died but she saved us!" I yelled jumping to my feet.

"I was just trying to protect you babe!  She was a stranger to me, I didn't want her to hurt you!" he said hiding his face in his hands and falling to his knees.

Alec began sobbing and I couldn't help but feel upset for him.  He woke up in some random persons house to find me physically fighting with someone.  I almost don't blame him.  Almost.

"You're a murderer." I said almost not believing it myself.

"I thought I was saving you" he sobbed.

"No I mean you've been a murderer.. this whole time." I took a few steps back as it came into focus for me. "The news.  I was on the news as an amber alert and it said that I was last seen with you."  Alec looked up at me and wiped the tears from his eyes. "It said that you've been charged with kidnapping, rape, and murder."  Alec looked around, struggling for words.

"Babe." he said standing to his feet and grabbing my hand "I can explain."

"I don't want you to explain!" I yanked my hand away and began to run but he yanked me back.

"Marcie, listen to me." he said holding onto me tightly so I don't move. "A long time ago my brother was going to be charged for kidnapping, raping, and committing second degree murder because he was at a crime scene at the wrong time.  I couldn't see my little brother go to jail for something that he didn't do so I plead guilty for him." he explained.

I was so confused.  I didn't even know how to handle any of this.  Everything was happening too fast.

"Please believe me Marcie." he begged. "I went to jail on a thirty year sentence but I got out after ten years because of good behavior." 

   Tears poured down my face.  Alec was in jail for ten years? "How old are you.." I thought out loud.

"Twenty-eight." he said quietly.

"Twenty-eight?" I shouted. "How can you be twenty-eight and go to high school?"

He sighed and looked down.

"Alec, tell me what the hell is going on."

"I was never a student at LacyPoint Academy.  I just showed up sometimes because I thought you were beautiful and I wanted to get to know you.." he trailed off embarrassed.

   I can't believe this.  Everything that I actually knew about Alec, which wasn't much, was a complete lie.  "Why would you lie to me like that?"

"I knew if you knew the truth, you'd probably never even talk to me." Alec finally let me go.  He was still looking at the floor and I could tell he was ashamed of himself.  He should be.  

   It wasn't long before Alec had trouble breathing.  I wasn't surprised, he did have a punctured lung.  I walked him back to his room and sat him on the bed.  "You're not to move from this bed again, until you're better." Alec groaned as he laid on his back.  "Get some rest.  And you better not forget how mad I am at you." I said as I closed his bedroom door.