"Praying to the lord,"
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I lay awake, my mind too busy rerunning all my lies and mistakes I've made this past year like a movie, playing them out over and over. The rain from the brutal storm pelts down on the window as it turns to ice in a matter of seconds. I don't know what keeps me up at night more, is it the fact that Adeline has no idea that I fight for money, or if it's the fact that I have to lie to her about having money problems when we don't.
Technically, interns don't get payed because they're suppose to learn and help and get the experience from their bosses, but Adeline has no idea of that fact because she's been locked up for so long. She's been locked up for so long that she doesn't even have a proper education, thanks to the horrible people who abducted her.
I roll over facing towards the window, my body immediately surrounded with a bone-chilling inclement cold. All the heat previously to be had... gone, vanishing within the blink of an eye. The tree out in the front yard creates a shadow almost like a monster, a monster that used to haunt my dreams when I was younger. That monster symbolized my mistakes, my regrets...my burden for the accident that tore my whole family apart. That monster symbolized my outraged brothers and mother, but it didn't symbolize one of my family members, one I haven't seen in ages. Mason. The brother I haven't mentioned to no one, due to the fact that he abandoned my family when he became of age. He got out, like I had two years ago.
Just as that thought leaves my mind, there comes the screams. The penetrating screams that I haven't heard in over a week back to repeat like a mantra. I rush to my feet, my muscles feeling weak, but that doesn't stop me from jaunting out of the room and down the hall to Adeline.
The knob is cold and as I go to twist it, I'm halted. It's locked from the inside. A loud huff escapes my lips, my heart beating at a million miles a second as I reach for the bobby pin I stuck up above the door without Adeline knowing. I touch all around the door frame, but find nothing.
My mind edges to a more panicked state when the screams becomes more prominent to my ears. I dart to the bathroom, pulling open one drawer after another, frantically trying to find something that I can pick the lock with. Almost about to give up, the tip of my finger comes in contact with the cold metal of the bobby pin.
I grab it harshly, running back to her door and sticking it into the lock, twisting and manipulating the metal, suddenly the soft click of the lock sounds. I push open the door and am welcomed to the sight I thought I was done seeing. Adeline, drenched in sweat, on the ground itching at her back and pulling at her hair, doing all while still asleep.
"Adeline!" I bellow, but get no response. I grab her and pull her to my chest, her body warming my bare skin.
"Adeline!" I shout again, gently shaking her and pleading for her to wake up, to open her eyes, to shoo away the evil entities that are holding her hostage in her own mind.
"Adeline, please wake up, please!" With this last shout and more violent shake, she opens her dark eyes, her retinas communicating a lost thought as if she has no idea where she is. As soon as her mind comes together again, she remembers, and breaks out into heavy tears.
"It's okay," I coo, though deep inside I know its not.
"Why can't they leave," she whispers in between breaths. Her body sinks into mine, as I embrace her tighter, rubbing reassuring circles on her back with the pad of my thumb...a trick that always used to work when she was stressed or tense; it seems now that it has absolutely no effect on her whatsoever.
I sit there with her in my arms, at a complete loss of words. I have no idea how to comfort her more than I already am, no idea how to calm her down.
"Why can't they just leave me alone," she repeats, "for once."
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Hello! The next chapters is when the climax is going to start rising insanely so be expecting some major plot twists from me! (One of my favorite things to do😊). Anyway, I hope that you liked this chapter!
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~AlexisJadeS22
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