addison // jack avery

Part 22

it's been a month, a month in captivity. kole and i are okay, or at least we act like it. yesterday kole was taken upstairs and didn't come back down until this morning. he hasn't spoken yet but still won't leave my side. 

yesterday while i was alone it really hit me. i am not at home, i don't know where i am and i don't know where my family is. 

jack, i need jack. i need my family, my home. but i decided to take my mind off of things and focus on kole, more specifically how we can escape. 

right now i am watching the ceiling, hearing the small breaths escape kole. the familiar noise came downstairs, i knew what was happening next, it was the same schedule everyday for the past month. 

the men appeared in front of us, they didn't bother speaking as we knew what was about to happen. just like always, they pulled me out first. 

k1- i'm guessing you want us to leave the boy alone today again?

i nodded, not daring to face them. 

k2- well then, you know the rules, what he doesn't get, you do.

they brought over the iron rod i knew all too well. i shuddered as it touched my skin, leaving bruises each time. my head is hit multiple times, it is their favorite place to attack me. 

i could feel my blood boiling to the bones cracking. in moments like these i would just imagine jack, he is standing at the end of the road, waiting for me with open arms. 

jack is my vision, he numbs the constant pain. i hear kole screaming for them to stop but i signal him to stop otherwise he will get punished. he becomes silent but his tears do not. 

kole has become my sam, i will protect him as logan and jake protect me. i understand how they feel now, when they constantly ask me if i'm okay, or my whereabouts. 

it stops but the pain does not, they throw the rod on the ground and leave upstairs. the sound of the iron hitting the concrete makes the noise pierce in our ears. i quickly use my little strength to move to kole. i take him in my arms and he quiets down. 

-jack's pov-

we are all broken. no one has stopped looking for addi. everyone is nonstop looking for answers, where is she? who has taken her? why have they taken her? i'm going out today with j, g, logan and jake to figure more stuff out. logan and jake have been missing for a few weeks to see if they can find out any more information. 

i'm in the backseat, j and g in the front. no one is talking, g hasn't eaten in days and j barely comes out of his room. everyone at magcon is lost, they don't know what to do without their loud little sister running around. 

it's the same at the why don't we house, everyone, especially corbyn can't take the loss. it's all hit us, there's no one barging into our house looking for food, there's no one to go to when you need advice and there's no constant laugh surrounding us. 

i snap out of my thoughts to j speaking. 

jj- i feel like we're onto something

g- i hope

j- hopefully logan and jake have good news

we pull into the parking lot and spot jake and logan in the window. they looked up and waved us over. we walked over, each step made my heart sink lower and lower. 

once sat down the table was uneven, it took my mind off the reason we were here. logan sat across from us, jake sitting beside me. 

l- we're sorry for leaving without telling you guys anything

jake- we know that you care about adds as much as we do and it's been hard

g- no it's been easy considering our little sister disappeared and her brothers completely left without a word

l- we're sorry, but we didn't want to accuse anything that wasn't true

we all nodded until jake decided it was time. 

jake- we think we know where she is

i looked at him twice, realising what he just said. 

jj- well where is she? why haven't you gone there first? 

johnson looked very stressed, he was almost about to walk out but he didn't. he looked to gilinksky and i before staring back at the paul brothers. 

l- we had to plan this, it was very hit or miss with these people. 

jake- we tracked them down, watched them for days before memorising their daily routine...

jg- which is?

l- they go out every day at 9am, to the store to get three things; bread, water bottles and chickpeas... i know, weird. anyway and then they go to an alleyway and pick up iron rods, like 20 at a time. 

jake- then they head back to their warehouse, this is one of the two places addi could be. they stayed at the warehouse all day, driving to their house and back at 4am. their house is deserted, doesn't look strange except there's a young boy who looks to be about 6ish. he works there almost, doing chores. 

l- he noticed us one day, we tried to talk to him but he ran inside. we saw them drag him back outside and lock him out. at 2am he ran around the back into the basement. this is another place addi could be. 

we took in the information, processed, until g got very angry. 

jg- so let's go get her? attack the damn bastards that took her?

he stood up, looking at j and i for affirmation. we realised what he was saying before understanding and looking at logan and jake. they looked down, almost knowing that we won't like what they're about to say, they were right. 

l- we have to wait more

i got annoyed now, why do we have to wait? we may know where she is and we can't do anything?

jake- just trust us, please

-later that night-

i laid in my bed going through old pictures of addi and i, i miss her so much it's unbearable. as i am looking through our photos from hawaii i see a notification pop up from weeks ago. it is a voicemail from addi, how am i so dumb? i quickly tap on her name before listening to the sweet voice i missed. 

a- jack, i don't know what's about to happen, but something is. i just want to let you know that i love you endlessly and no matter what happens, i will never forget our promise. jack, i love you and i will never stop loving you. live your life to the fullest jack robert avery and i promise i will always be by your side. i love you

hearing her voice was like rain for a drought. tears ran down my cheeks as she repeated the words that make me at ease, i love you. 

addi would want me to listen to jake and logan, she would want me to trust her, 

and so i did, we waited, for six months.