GETAWAY CAR

12. Sad Beautiful Tragic

⚠️TRIGGER WARNING- scenes of violence and assault ⚠️
Please don't hate me, my loves.

January 6th 2017

Taylor's POV

"Taylor, honey?" I wake up to someone rubbing my back and blink my tired eyes. I'm still in the chair beside Karlie's hospital bed and as everything that happened last night comes back to me, I shoot up- the crick in my neck becoming obvious from my awkward position.

"Is she okay? Is there any news? Have they found my baby?" I ramble through every question on my mind frantically and Tracy stands in front of me, rubbing my arm soothingly. I turn and look over to Karlie, "she didn't wake up." The words leave my mouth in barely a whisper, he said a couple of hours.

"I know, sweetie. They're coming to take her for some tests soon." The woman has a watery smile on her face and I nod, it's her daughter I shouldn't be crying, she's trying to be strong and here I am a blubbery mess. "There's two police officers outside that want to speak with you, love." The woman informs me and I nod, wiping the tears from my eyes and turning back to Karlie, I leave a small kiss on her forehead and look over her face before moving towards the exit.

I cross my arms and hold tight onto my upper arms. The man and woman are waiting outside the door and I spot Kimby and Kariann nearby. The twins approach me and the looks of worry and fear on their faces are enough to send me back to tears. I open my arms to the two girls and they happily take the embrace. They couldn't bear to look at their sister in the state she's in, and instead decided to take residence in the waiting room instead.

"Ma'am we'd like to ask you a few questions." The woman approaches me first and looks between the twins attached to either side of me. "It's fine, they're fine. Can we get on with this please? I just want my baby back." The woman nods, understanding where I'm coming from and leads me towards the seats nearby.

"Have you found anything?" I ask and they have solemn looks on their faces. "Sadly, no. He took the car that miss Kloss was driving and your head of security helped us identify which one was missing, so a BOLO has been issued but nothing has been found as of yet." I nod as I sit with a twin on either side of me, squeezing my hands to try and comfort me. "An amber alert has been circulated since last night with a picture of your daughter and one of Mr Wiles, but sadly nothing has come of that either. But, that also tells us that he hasn't left the country with your daughter so we have a better chance of finding her." At least there's a slight glimmer of hope, there aren't many places he could be, but I still can't believe the first picture of my daughter in the world is on an amber alert.

"Okay, so when we spoke last night, you told us that Mr Wiles was drunk when you spoke with him?" I nod, "I've grown to know when he was in a drunken rage, it gave me a chance to prepare myself for whatever was coming my way." I feel slightly insecure talking about this, but I know it'll help to find Maisie and that all I want. 

"Miss Swift, we would like you to make a formal statement about the abuse you suffered at the hands of Mr Wiles." The male officer comes straight out and says it and I nod, "can we do that after I get my baby back." I shoot back, feeling that his comment is a little inconsiderate, I have enough to be worrying about right now. "Of course, we'll update you of any further changes." The woman smiles sadly in my direction since I'm basically breaking down on the shoulder of the teenager beside me.

"Okay, thank you." I smile back and they leave the waiting room. I sigh and run my hands through my hair, I have no idea what to do- if I leave the hospital then I'm going to have to face the crowd of paparazzi, but I can't sit around here and do nothing. It's driving me crazy waiting for Karlie to wake up and waiting for the police find something on Maisie, I'm about to lose my mind! There has to be something more I can do.