Tied To Me

12 - Violence is not far

As you can see from the title of this chapter - there will be violence here. Just a little warning.

Saturday, 11th February 2017

Today, I barely had the energy to get out of bed. That is Dean's fault. That night still haunts me, the shootings haunt me.

When I came home that night, Ezra was home alone and immediately rushed to my side when he saw the state I was in. Tears were running down my cheeks and I was scared out of my mind. I still am, though, after a few days.

Every time I went outside, I was looking over my shoulder as if someone had a gun aimed at my back from a nearby corner. I am paranoid.

I didn't tell Ezra what exactly went down, because he would freak out and call the police in a heartbeat. But I don't want to see Dean behind bars, even though he might deserve it.

He is in a dangerous business and who knows how many bad things he's done. I have a few running through my mind, which are terrible and frightening.

That is why I am so afraid about going home alone tonight. Ezra is working an extra shift, because of some stupid reason, so I will have to walk alone. And I am terrified about it.

But I keep telling myself over and over again that nothing will happen, because Dean is out of my life and I have nothing to do with him anymore. I am not connected in anything he does and it's going to stay that way. I will not live in fear my whole life.

"Bye, Ezra, I'll see you at home." He waves with a smile to me from behind the bar and I walk to the back.

I open my locker, and like every time, I take out my coat. I get out of the building and walk down the street to my apartment.

I look around and see the streets are not completely empty. It's late at night, almost one in the morning, so a person passes me here and there. It's enough for me to not be completely in fear.

I reach the parking lot of my building and I sigh in relief to be home. That is until I feel a cold hand cover my mouth from behind and grab me with the other. I begin to panic and fiddle in the man's hold, trying to break loose. Nothing I do is helping my situation. I start to kick around, but the man just lifts me off the ground and carries me away from the parking lot and to a narrow alley between two brick buildings.

I am scared out of my mind and I can't help myself in any way. "Stop it!" The man holding me grunts into my ear and fear shots through me. I am being abducted.

The man carries me to the alley and I see a black van waiting there. Its slide doors open and another unfamiliar man jumps out, eyeing me.

"Is this her?" He asks, gesturing to me.

"Sure is." My capturer laughs coldly. "She is a feisty one, though. No wonder the boss wanted her." The other man laughs and walks over to me.

I kick him and he stumbles away, clutching the stomach, where my high heel just landed. "You are a feisty one." He smirks evilly and walks back towards me. I try to kick him again, but the man holding me is too strong and makes sure I can't do that anymore.

"Do it quickly, so we can leave." The capturer grunts and the other man ties a blindfold over my eyes. I try to shake my head as much as I can, but my lips are still sealed, so it's impossible.

I can no longer see anything, but dark. "Put another one over her mouth." A voice I haven't heard before, which I am sure it doesn't belong to either of the two men, instructs.