Safe wings

Chapter 21

Lucas slowly wakes me up about three hours later by shaking me.

"Yes Luke?"

"Hey listen to me, whatever happens on this ride or after this ride, I love you okay? Please trust me. I won't let you die, I can't help what I have to do, it's not your fault, but I will get you out of it okay?" he says carefully as he sets me in the passenger seat of his truck.

"What do you mean Lucas?" I ask wide awake now.

"You need to just trust me. Can you do that for me?" he asks he stands between my legs as I am facing sideways with me leg hanging out of the truck door.

"I don't know." I say.

He looks pained in his eyes.

"You have to do this for me." he says.

"Where are you taking me."

"Just on a trip, I love you okay?" He looks into my eyes and I see pain and Struggle.

"Yes Luke. I love you too."i whisper as he lays his forehead on mine. He quickly kisses me and then walks to the drivers side door.

I lay my head on the cool window.

"How far away Lukey?" I ask.

"Two hours. keep your phone with you but on silent, and only text me okay?" he asks.

I nod. I turn on the radio and sing along. I send a sidelong glance at Luke as he sings his voice perfectly matching mine. I smile at him. I trust him.

Soon enough I fall asleep. I wake up to Luke kissing my forehead.

"Yes Luke?"

"We are almost here, listen, I love you like crazy but I need you to trust me. I have reason for doing this and I won't see you for a while, but I will see you again, I promise I will help you. Keep your phone hidden. I will slip it to you later okay? I love you." he says.

"I love you too Luke but what's going on?".

"Just trust me." he whispers.

When we get there it's an old house abandoned. Luke slowly gets out and goes in.

A boy with a hood on follows him to me. The boy opens my door and pulls me out.

"Lucas?" I ask staring at his pained face. He mouths " I love you" and then he looks at the ground. The boy roughly yanks me "don't talk!" He hisses.

He carries me in silence and throws me down in a room. the room has a small bed that doesn't have a mattress and it has no pillow. There is a tiny plate with a piece if bread and a cup of water.

"There's your bed and food for the day. Have fun." the boy says before slamming the door and locking it.

I sit down. Josh was right, Lucas was for mom. The door opens to reveal Lucas. He looks at me.

"I'm sorry please just give me time I will get you out of here" he says slowly. I stare at him.

"I don't know if I can trust you anymore." I say with a foreign voice of hurt and pain.

"Lyssie please, I love you, I can't help it, they have my new baby sister and brother, twins, born a week ago, and they have my mom, since my dad died she's all I have. They threatened to kill Trevor. I had no choice, in three days of you here they give my family back, then I promise you I will get You out I promise." he says pain growing more obvious in each word.

"Luke, I don't know what to do." I whisper truthfully.

"I'm sorry, I know you hate me and I don't blame you but I had to get my family, Josh was right but please don't let him know okay? because if you do then he will kill me. Here's your phone, hide it but keep it from your body they will search you. Text me okay? I'm sorry I truly do love you." he says carefully and part of me wants to believe me and the other part wants to shut down.

"Who was the guy who carried me in?" I ask.

"Matt" he says.

"What?"

"He's been with them all along that's why i stole you from him." Luke says.

I nod. Luke then hands me my phone and something else.

"If they lay a hand on you, then you use this, i know you may be abused I can't help it but I will save you, but if they go to take it as far as sexual abuse you use that. you kill them and text me, I will come and kill every man on this whole lot" he says and I know he means it. There is a small dagger and I hold it in my hand.

"I love you" I say.

He kisses my cheek and then my nose. "please stay strong and let me know your alive. I would kill myself if they kill you." he says.

I hug him buring my head in his neck.

"I trust you, just hurry and get me the hell out of here. I love you" I say as I purposely brush my lips on his ear.

He nods and pulls me back to look in his eyes. "don't hate me" he says. I nod.

He releases me with a last kiss and then leaves. I quickly hide the dagger and my phone.

I sit against the wall and cry.

Soon my father comes in. He has a whip and I smell the alcohol coming from him.

He pulls the whip and hits me. I grit my teeth and grunt in pain.

He hits me again this time I feel my skin open and blood rolling down my back.

He laughs cruelty and then kicks my gut making me fall down gasping for breathe.

He smiles and then kicks me in the stomach again.

He leaves and I fall asleep clutching my stomach in hard pain.