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Chapter 20: It's payback, bitch

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Emma Windsor P.O.V

I awoke, feeling dazed. My head was screaming with pain, my vision blurred. As soon as I gain conscious, the memories flood back to me. The date. My mom. And the man with the bat. My eyes widened with horror, thinking the worse for my mother. 

And, where was I? 

I then realise that I was in a cage, a fucking cage. Who are these people? Who would put someone in a cage? 

"Looks like sleeping beauty woke up." A voice murmurs, hitting against the cage. I glare at the guy. He looked older, much older than Ryder. He had tattoos running along both his arms, his brown hair turning grey. 

I shuddered. 

"What do you want from me?" I barely make out, and the guy smiles, showing his worn out yellow teeth. I grimace, shrinking back. I was in a room, it looked like a lounge room. There was a pool table in the left corner, and there was nobody else here, except for us. 

"You." He pauses, pointing a finger at me. "Are the key to Ryder. So, what I'm going to do, is call up my old pal Ryder, telling him that we have his girl. And then, he will come to save the day, but really, I'm going to kill that son of a bitch." The man says, telling me his plan. 

My eyes widen with fear and terror, "Why would you do this? He didn't do anything!" I yell, tears already falling. 

"Do you wanna know how many people Ryder has killed? He's a monster, he's not any better than me." He says. I gulp, he had a point, but Ryder was protecting himself. 

"So you're the guy who sent me death threats?" I ask, and before he could answer, the girl from a week ago, Chanel, came into the room. She glared at me, smiling wickedly. 

"No, it was me." Chanel bluntly says. My eyes widen. "Hey Daddy, can I play around with this bitch?" My body trembles with fear, what was she going to do to me? And Chanel was his daughter? It all makes sense now, The reason why he wants to kill Ryder is that he slept with his daughter? 

My heart clenched, they couldn't kill Ryder. I wouldn't let them. 

"First, let me make a call." He says, flipping out his phone. My hands grip the side of the cage bars when I hear Ryder's voice. 

"What the fuck do you want?" Ryder says through the phone, and my heart starts beating rapidly. 

"We have your girl." The line goes dead. 

"Are you fucking with me? If you fucking touch her-"

"Listen, Ryder. You come down here, and we'll settle this like men. Then you'll get to keep your play toy." He says, and before I knew what I was doing, I spoke. 

"No, Ryder please don't come here." I sob, trying to catch my breath. "You d-don't understand, he's going to kill you-"

"baby? Listen to me, I'm coming to get you, everything will be fine." He says, his voice soft and comforting. 

"No! You don't understand-"

The line goes dead, as he hangs up. He turns to me, eye full of rage. He stops himself as I sink back into to cage. He turns to Chanel, smiling. 

"She's all yours."

I cry louder as a long blade is pulled out of Chanel pocket. 

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Ryder's P.O.V

Just as I was getting ready to go see Emma, my phone rings. Expecting it to be Emma, The name Vince pops up on my screen. I sigh, answering the phone. 

"What the fuck do you want?" I say harshly. 

"We have your play toy." My heart clenches, this was a sick joke. My jaw clenches, gripping the phone tightly. If they touch her or do anything, I'll smash skulls with my bare hands. 

"Are you fucking with me? If you fucking touch her-" 

"Listen, Ryder. You come down here, and we'll settle this like men. Then, you'll get your girl." Vince argues, and my heart stops when I hear Emma's faint fragile voice.

"No, Ryder please don't come here." She pauses, and my heartbeat quickens, "You d-don't understand, he's going to kill you-" 

"baby? Listen to me, I'm coming to get you, everything will be fine." I say softly, trying to calm her down. They wouldn't dare touch her, they know what I'm capable of. I hear her crying, and I run a hand through my knotted hair. 

"No! You don't understand-" Before she could finish, the line suddenly goes dead. I throw my phone across the room, hearing it shatter into a million pieces. I knew what Vince was going to do, he was planning to kill me. 

That motherfucker knows I'm smarter than him.

I walk over to the kitchen, opening the last cabinet. I clench my jaw, holding the gun in my bare hands. 

This fucker will pay. 

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