Missing: Rachel Amber

Chapter 18

Taylor and Ronnie walked into Cora's house, and Rachel stared at Ronnie with fear in her eyes. "Taylor, what's wrong. You look a mess!" Rachel said with concern. "My boyfriends dead, Logan is dead." Taylor replied staring in mid air as she wiped away her wet mascara off her face. "Who's the guy?" Cora asked with suspicion. "He's going to help us stop Nathaniel, Rachel, I'm sorry, but he's our only hope." Taylor said hoping Rachel would forgive her. "I want nothing to do with you." Rachel said with anger in Ronnie's face. "You're gonna need my help." Ronnie said with a laugh. "And why is that?" Cora asked with an annoyed look on her face. "I'm the only one here who can stop Nathaniel, and more than definitely kill him." Ronnie said as he shrugged his shoulders with carelessness. "What makes you say we can't do this ourselves?" Rachel asked. "Oh trust me, you can't and you won't do it Rachel, I know you by now." Ronnie replied. "This could all end here if you just let him help you Rachel, I don't want anyone else to get hurt or even die, and Nathaniel is dangerous and needs to be dealt with right away, or bad things are going to happen." Taylor said as they heard a noise on the deck. "The stalker is here." Cora said with fear. "What? Stalker? What are you guys talking about?" Rachel asked with confusion as Rachel quickly locked the front door. "Someone's been watching us, they come every night at 1 AM, it's so creepy." Rachel replied with fear as they all huddled together in the living room. "You guys don't even know who it is?" Ronnie asked. "Not a clue, but we have footage of this person watching us wearing a black bag over his head with eyes cut out of it." Cora said as she looked outside from the window with paranoia. "Wow, that is creepy." Rachel said as she felt shivers go up her spine. "We need to just go upstairs, I think he's gone anyways, we all really need to sit down and talk." Rachel said as the four of them went upstairs and sat down on the floor in Cora's room.

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It was 4 AM, and Rachel and Cora gathered together upstairs with Taylor and Ronnie waiting for them downstairs. "Cora. I don't feel comfortable with him here, at all." Rachel said with discomfort. "I know. But he obviously seems to be the only chance we've got to get us out of the mess we're in, do you really think he could take care of Nathaniel?" Cora whispered. "He means business, I give him that. After he takes care of him, I want him gone." Rachel said with demand. "And how about Taylor's boyfriend dying? We can't just ignore that." Cora said with arms up in the air with confusion. "I can talk to her about it, I wasn't very close with him but my other friends were." Rachel replied as they walked down the stairs and Ronnie was in the kitchen, and Taylor was sitting down in the living room. Cora went into the kitchen with Ronnie, as Rachel approached Taylor in the living room. "Hi Tay." She said as she sat down next to her. "There's just nothing I could even say anymore, I think I've cried so much I can't even cry anymore, I don't know how I feel, it's like I'm numb. Completely." Taylor said with a sad tone in her voice. "I'm so sorry, words can't explain how I feel for you right now." Rachel said as she grabbed Taylor's hand and squeezed it tight with love. "It's my fault, I ignored his calls and texts when I was here, so he panicked, and that's what caused the accident." Taylor said as she closed her eyes trying not to cry. "Taylor, don't you dare blame yourself for this, we both know he had alcohol issues. This isn't your fault at all." Rachel said as she tried cheering Taylor up. "But part of it is my fault! I should've answered him, there's nothing I could do about it now." Taylor said as she looked outside the window at the pouring down rain.

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It was finally daylight, and Rachel, Cora, Taylor and Ronnie all gathered together in the kitchen. "This will be simple and easy, Taylor, all you need to do is go to Nathaniel's house and be as nice as you possibly could, get invited inside, and break the news to him about Logan, he'll be in shock since he won't know about anything that happened recently. Scope around his house and see if he has any security around or maybe any hidden weapons." Ronnie said. "Oh great, thanks for making me shark bait." Taylor said with disgust as Cora and Rachel look at each other with smirks and began laughing without anyone seeing them. "You're our only hope, I know you can do this Tay." Rachel said with a smile as they both hugged each other. "He's dangerous, so take this." Ronnie said as he handed Taylor a sharp army combat knife. "Not even gonna ask where we got that." Cora mumbled under her breath. Taylor hid the knife in the back of her pants, and pulled her white shirt over it so it wasn't noticeable. "I'll stay close around the house without him seeing me, I'll listen and if things began to get hairy, I'll come in and help you." Ronnie said with assurance. "And on the bright side, Nathaniel is just a big pussy anyways." Rachel said in Taylors ear with a laugh as everyone replied back with laughter.

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Taylor walked up the steps onto Nathaniel's porch, and knocked on the door. He answered it and began to throw a fit when he saw Taylor's face. "I thought I told you to screw off." Nathaniel yelled with disgust. "Hey, come on, I just wanted to stop by and see how you're doing." Taylor said with a fake smile. "Oh? Wow, really? Nobody never does." Nathaniel said as his face began to blush and he let Taylor inside. "Sadly, I have some bad news." Taylor said with a small frown. "Oh, what is it?" Nathaniel asked as he felt embarrassed knowing he was blushing. "Logan died, my boyfriend, your friend, you know. I just wanted to stop by and tell you." Taylor said as she began looking around the room without Nathaniel noticing her. "I'm so sorry, I had no idea." Nathaniel said with a sad look on his face. "Hey, do you mind if I use your bathroom?I really need to go." Taylor said as she made direct eye contact with Nathaniel. "Um yeah, sure. But the one down here is blocked, so just go use the one upstairs." Nathaniel replied with confusion as Taylor quickly went upstairs. She began sneaking around the rooms looking for anything she could possibly find. She finally opened up Nathaniel's bedroom door and saw a dead corpse on the floor that Nathaniel killed a few days ago. The face was completely bashed apart. Taylor covered her face trying not to scream in fear as she heard Nathaniel coming up the steps, she ran inside his bedroom door and slammed the door shut and locked it. The smell of the corpse made her almost throw up, but she stopped herself so Nathaniel didn't hear her. "Where the hell did you go?" Nathaniel yelled from outside. Taylor began looking all around the room for a place to hide, by Nathaniel busted through the door, and grabbed Taylor by the hair. "Wait, please!" She screamed as he dragged her down the stairs. "I don't appreciate you rooting though my house like this, now you'll pay." He yelled with anger as he threw her down the basement stairs and slammed the door as hard as he could.

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Ronnie tried looking inside the house from outside, and he couldn't see Taylor anywhere. Rachel and Cora quickly came up to him. "Is she okay?" Cora asked with fear. "No, she's gone. He must've did something to her." Ronnie said with disbelief. "Well we need to do something!" Rachel yelled hoping Nathaniel didn't hear her. "It's not safe for you two out here, let's go back inside." Ronnie insisted. "No! I wanna know if she's okay!" Rachel yelled as she tried walking up onto the porch but Ronnie pulled her off of it. "Rachel, come on, just listen to him." Cora said as she grabbed Rachel's arm and took her onto the porch. "Wish me luck girls, I think it may be time to go in and send this brat to hell where he belongs." Ronnie said as he pulled out a gun from his back pocket and began to walk onto the porch slowly.

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