I remember Bate brought Alison to my doorstep, saying George had placed me as her guardian with some declarations attached to it.
At the time it never occurred to me to ask him how he got hold of her so quickly,
"Start talking," I growled. I was losing my patience with his egoistic talk.
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"On the night of the shooting, I was in my office going through some case files when I got a call from Anne. She was in a very frightened state. It took me a while to grasp what she was saying, something about George getting shot and blood. I immediately made a connection to the police station before running to her, but by the time I got there, it was too late. I saw her on the floor bleeding intensely and holding George's body as if her life depended on it, she looked vulnerable and scared, I knew at that moment that I had to protect her, she was in so much danger,"
Silence plagued the room after he had finished,
I couldn't believe what I was hearing,
Anne was alive.
"All these years, you knew it was Jenna and you said nothing, watched me torture someone else, that was a game you played." My mind was twirling different emotions at the time,
"I didn't, Anne never mentioned what happened that night. She couldn't, the events of that night left her traumatized, I had no way of asking her anything and there was no way in hell I would I've guessed it was Jenna."
I closed my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose as I thought of how I was going to explain it to Alison, I might as well just throw a bomb at her.
"And, the child?" I asked.
His mouth turned into a child-like smile and his eyes held sparkled in a way I had never seen them before,
"He's in a business school in the US, he's a really smart kid, like George," he said.
"What's his name?"
"James, she named him-"
"After her father James." I supplied.
He nodded, "She insisted on calling him that." I had never seen him this happy, now that I think about it, Bate and Anne were awfully close, it almost made George jealous.
"Are you two together now?"
Before he could answer one of the men cut in,
"We are ready to leave, sir."
I nodded.
Bate reached out and patted my shoulder softly,
"C'mon, let's get your ass home before Alison burns down the roof." I turned and gave the dreadful place one last look before nodding and walking out the door with Bate,
We drove to the place where they hid Alison, it was a small cottage in the middle of the city.
He parked and we got down from the car. Shouts and grunts could be heard from inside as we made towards the door,
"Oh, boy." I let out.
"She's a feisty one, your girl." Bate chuckled as he inserted the key in the hole and pushed the door open,
"Get me out of here this instant!" her voice hissed out in pain as we stepped into the room, making my heart skip.
"Alison?" I called.
The second she noticed me, she ran into my arms,
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Unexpectedly, I felt palms smash against my cheeks, she slapped me, "How could you do that to me?!" She screamed with teary eyes, "Do you have any idea how scared I was... I thought something.." She cut herself short and lunged herself into my chest,
I held her firmly as I pressed kisses to the crown of her head desperately,
"I was so scared, I thought I lost you." She sniffled into my chest.
"I'm here now." I soothed gently as she smuggled up deeper into my chest. I held tightly to her petite body afraid I would lose her any second from now, how was I going to break yet another news to her? I've barely got to my sister killed your father part, "I'm sorry." I whispered and kissed the crown of her head tenderly.
Alison
As soon as my eyes set on David's face, I ran into his arms, relieved, but then a sudden anger surged out of me and I found myself slapping him,
"YOU."
"How could you do that to me?" I screamed at him in tears, my adrenaline taking over, "Do you have any idea how scared I was, I thought something..." I choked and lunged myself into his chest, holding him tightly, "I was so scared...."
The minute I woke up and saw only Matt, I knew what he had done, a huge amount of fear overpowered me with the thought of what Jenna might do to him, and the other just wanted to hit him. I was so tired and starving, so hungry I could swallow a horse.
"I'm here now." He soothed into my ears and held tightly to my weak body as if afraid I would disappear.
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I couldn't help the tears that were escaping my eyes, I quickly wiped them and dipped my head into his chest, whimpering,
"I'm sorry." He kissed the middle of my head and my head suddenly began to spin,
"David?" I whispered, my legs were going numb.
David's grip on me was the only thing stopping me from falling to the ground, David panicked and my surroundings were spinning, my eyes blurry.
"Alison--"
Suddenly, David's sweet panicky voice was the last thing I heard before my eyes completely closed and darkness took over me.
