Vindictive

27.

"Where are we?" Lauren asked when Zayn finally parked his car about an hour later. The home was on the country side, so they were about two miles from the next neighbor. "Belle and Alex's place." Zayn said. He got out of the car, and went around getting Lauren out. Harry followed, but his eyes were still glued to the small phone.

Zayn knocked three times on the the door, and the sounds they made was as if it was some sort of secret knock. The door opened to a man a couple of years older than Zayn, Alex. "Is this the beautiful Lauren?" Alex asked. Lauren couldn't help but cringe remembering how she called him doing a terrible impersonation of Zayn. "Where's your beautiful lady?" Alex asked Harry as he let the three inside. Harry glared at Alex before sitting down. "She ran away."

"Is that why you're sporting a bandaid over your head? Did she hit ya?" Alex chuckled to himself. "Those latinas, they're firey ones. Anyone want something to drink?" Lauren was really thirsty, but she feared she'd be drugged again, so she shook her head. "Belle!" he shouted. "Bring over 3 bottles of water."

"Oh, if it's bottled, I'll take it." Lauren said.

"Alright, Belle, 4!" Alex took a seat next to Harry, and across from Zayn, and Lauren. "So, where are the others?" he asked.

"They're on their way." Zayn said, he placed his hand on Lauren's knee, and she felt a lump form in her throat.

Belle made her way into the living room with 4 water bottles, and passed them out. Belle was beautiful, she was pale with red hair, and these bright blue eyes. She sat on Alex's lap. "Belle, this is Lauren. Lauren, Belle." Belle enthusiastically waved, but Lauren gave a quick, limp wave, and started to chug her water bottle, in seconds she was finished.

"I can get the guest rooms all set up to sleep in." Belle said standing up. "It's late, I know you guys are probably so exhausted. Lauren, would you like to shower? I've got clothes that look like they'll fit you." Lauren nodded. Belle gave her a smile, and made her way up the stairs. "We have a master bath in our bedroom if you guys want to shower as well." Alex said to the guys. "I'll take one first." Zayn said because Harry seemed to only be worried about Camila.

Zayn took Lauren's hand, and they headed up the stairs. "Bathrooms right here, there are fresh towels in there, and I left a pile of clothes in thd bedroom right across the hall, you choose what you want." Belle smiled, and made her way back down the stairs. It disgusted Lauren how Belle and Alex knew all about everything, and acted as though it was nothing.

"I'm sorry about all of this." Zayn said giving Lauren a kiss on her lips. Lauren felt horrible everytime Zayn kissed her, it didn't give her the same thrill anymore. Not now. Not when she knew everything she knew.

Lauren headed into the bathroom, and locked the door. She started the shower up, and stripped her clothes heading inside. She wasted no time in washing her hair, she watched as the dirt, and leaf bits went down the drain, recalling all of the events that led her to this moment. Even after she was finished cleaning herself she stood there under the showerhead and let the water pour down on her. She never wanted to get out.

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All of the nosy neighbours were outside, it was a rare occurence for anyone on this block to be outside at one in the morning, but they couldn't sleep with the police lights flashing through their windows.

Camila sat with a blank expression in the back of the ambulance as they cleaned her wound, and wrapped her head. "We're going to take you to the hosp--" Camila cut off the paramedic. "I don't need to go anywhere, I'm really fine." This was the third time they tried to get Camila to the hospital, and the third time she insisted she was okay.

The police had arrived half an hour ago, and some were sent out to the cabin to investigate, and others were sent to Louis' apartment building. The others were still inside of Alex's house, and from where Camila was she didn't have much of a view.

"I can't believe all of that happened to you.." Ashton said pulling up the wool blanket, that slipped off of Camila's shoulder. "I know... I can't thank you and your mom enough." Ashton looked over to Anne who was talking with an officer. The couple who refused to help Camila were standing on their porch. 'Assholes' she thought.

An officer walked up to Camila, his expression was sorry. "Did you arrest them? Where's Lauren?" Camila peered past him, but saw the other officers getting into their cars. "The house is clear."

"What do you mean the house is clear?! Did you check the attic?"

"We checked every last inch of the house, no one is inside." Camila's mouth fell open at the officers words. "That's impossible... they were in there."

"We aren't denying your allegations because we did find the chairs and the rope, and people were in there, we just don't know where they went. The officers are headed up to cabin, so they'll let us know if they went back there. Do you know of anywhere else they could have gone?" Camila started racking her brain but she couldn't come up with anything else. "No.. You guys have to find Lauren, those guys are insane."

"We're doing everything in our ability ma'am."

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Lauren was laying in bed, Zayn beside her, his arm wrapped around her waist pulling her close to him. He was fast asleep, his light breaths against Lauren's neck. She however couldn't sleep, no matter how exhausted she was. She was just staring blankly ahead through the dark wondering if she'll ever get out of here.