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34 | FREEDOM

"The demons are back and stronger than ever, they are looking for a fight and this time I might just let them win."--K.C.W

[34]

I STARE AT Adam with my jaw hanging open. There is a sadness in his eyes, it's like he no longer knows what to do. My mouth sets itself into a grim line before I hesitantly open my mouth to speak.

"I need to go," I say, pushing Adam out the way. Adam quickly snakes his hand around my forearm and stares at me intently.

"You're not going anywhere, Prezioso, I can't lose the two of you..." Adam croaks out. I look at Adam, regret-filled in my eyes.

"Adam, I can't, I need to go — " Adam cuts me off by grabbing my waist and smashing my head into his chest. He – once again – buries his head in the crook of my neck. I wrap my arms around his hard torso and pull him closer, tighter as we both feel our friend slip before us.

There are times when I feel the burn in my brain intensify. I know I can't make any excuses; I own my own behaviour and I know that if anything were to happen to Lily, I won't be able to apologise.

I slowly back out of Adams' arms and smile sadly at him, rubbing my eyes with the tips of my fingers.

"They'll find her, right?" I whisper in despair. Adam shrugs his shoulders and closes the front door as we make our way down the hall towards my bedroom.

"I don't know..." he replies quietly before falling back on my bed and staring up at the ceiling.

A short silence elopes us both as the thoughts of both our minds taking control of our body; our despair and hopes the only thing that's keeping us going right now.

Everything is so sudden, yet, I made a promise to myself that none of my friends would get hurt and now, someone has Lily. I know it's them.

How much more obvious could they make it?

Suddenly, my phone begins to ring and I quickly bolt up from my lying position on the bed and answer the phone.

"Hello?" A croak into the speaker. A muffled silence is on the other end and I narrow my eyes in suspicion. I quickly pull the phone away from my ear and look at the caller ID.

There isn't one though...it's private.

"Hello?" I say again, repeating myself from before. Adam warily looks my way and gives me 'that look', the look that asks whether I know what's going on.

I numbly shake my head at Adam and hang up. It's probably some prank caller or something. Just as I do that, the phone rings again.

I huff in annoyance before answering it again.

"Look, whether I know you or not, can you please just leave me alone because I've had enough of this fucking sh — " I'm cut off by a scream.

Lily's scream.

My throat begins to restrict as my dark thoughts race each other in my head. I just want them to slow but they're getting faster by the second.

Soon, the panic inside me begins to rise and the familiar numbness begins to deepen as I feel my body fall back into the darkness of life.

The life I've grown to like.

"Isabelle?" I hear Adam yell as he takes the phone from my hands and hangs up, before grabbing my frail body and gently placing me on the bed.