Taylor brings Desserea into the room, who automatically throws her arms into the air and hugs me. "Cam! Your alive! I knew you could survive!" the tears stream down her face as she notices mine.
"Did Taylor tell you?" I sniff, wiping tears from her cheeks. A dead silence is thrown over the room.
"Yes," she mutters quietly. "They took her, they took our baby girl." her eyes look down.
Taylor quietly excuses himself, leaving Des and I. I pull Des tighter into a hug, as she softly cries into my chest. Her tears stain my chest, but it doesn't bother me. "Shh, it's ok. I'm here." I stroke her long hair, as she bawls into my chest.
"Okay?! Our daughter has been kidnapped once again!" she snaps, still crying on my chest. My heart thumps out of my chest, as she cries even more.
"Des, it's gonna be okay. We will save Ellie, I promise." the saddest thing is, I don't even know if that's true anymore. I've attempted so many times and I've tried my best, but so far nothing good has happened.
"How can you promise such an impossible thing? Our daughter barely spent any time at home, you've only held her a few times! We barely even know her anymore! It's been almost a year at this! What if we don't even get to see her first birthday? Ellie might grow up, knowing that her parents basically abandoned her for the first year of her life and that they let someone kidnap her twice!" the tears pour down her face harder than I've ever seen.
"You don't think I worry about that every god damn day of my life? Ellie is my daughter, and I'll do anything to protect her! Ya, I know about the whole 'mothers instinct' thing, but I care about Ellie more than anything! If she died, I would never stop crying, cause nothing can replace that child! That child is what keeps me going everyday, because I think that if I do my best, I can please Ellie! All I want is to protect her, she's my daughter! And if you really did love me, you'd agree with me!" tears of anger start rolling down my cheeks, as I scream at Desserea.
I don't know why I'm screaming at her, but I regret screaming. Desserea stands up and walks towards the door. Standing in the door frame, she finally speaks," When you finally can pull yourself together, come and get me. But if we are just going to keep lashing out at each other like this, forget it.". Desserea leaves the room, with nothing but the hateful words we have said left in the room with me.
I cover my eyes with my hands and cry like a baby. My daughters missing and I basically just lost my wife, could it be worse than this? I pull out my phone and decide to call someone that I haven't called in a long time.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Cameron."
"C-Cameron? Your still alive? I thought you were dead?"
"Listen, I need you to come to now!"
"I'm driving by your house with my girlfriend right now."
"What! Why didn't you tell me!"
"I thought you died!"
"Come to St. Holland's hospital, now!"
"Wait, why?"
"I'll explain later, just come! And bring Jack J also!"
"Can I bring my girlfriend?"
"I don't care! Just come!"
"Okay, I'm on my way." he hangs up.
"Who were you talking to?" I'm startled by Nash, who is lounging about the room casually.
"Jesus Nash, you almost scared me to death!" I scold him, as I place a hand on my chest. My heart leaps a million miles per second.
"Who were you talking to?" he repeats las if it's the most important thing in the world right now. "Wait was it- you know who? Why'd you call him dumbass?".
"I need his help. They took Ellie and are holding her captive." my eyes fog up on tears, as I hold them back.
"What about Desserea? Doesn't she help?"
"I don't know where she is. She left just a few minuets ago, cause we had an argument." I look down, not going into any more details about our fight.
"I know Desserea, and it takes a lot for her to walk out. Tell me please. I'm like your brother Cameron, you can tell me anything." Nash pleads.
"I said some stuff I shouldn't have, and she said some things that she shouldn't have." I explain as vaguely as possible, but with Nash nothing is can be vague.
"Wait, did she leave you?" I can't take it anymore, these questions are killing me.
"Nash, go find Taylor and Hailee and make them help you look for Desserea!" I force him out of the room.
Once he briskly leaves the room, I stand up and walk towards the large window of the hospital room and open it. The platform I step onto seems big, but the second I step towards it's edge it feels no bigger than a washboard.
I step close enough to the edge, that one minor mistake would end it all. Do I jump? I take a deep breath and get ready. Closing my eyes, I inch farther of the edge.
Right before I fall, a hand pulls my backwards by the shoulder. I turn to find who I wanted to see, none other than, Jack G.
Surprise! Sorry I had MAJOR writers block for a while. It's not the best chapter, but now I can introduce some new characters. If you were wondering how long they've been trying to save Ellie, it's been nine months. Will Jack G and Jack J help Cameron? Are him and Desserea splitting up?
-Rose🌹
