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The Lonely Flower. Chapter Twenty~Two.

Songs: Bullet In A Gun ~ Imagine Dragons
Light On ~ Maggie Rogers

Chapter 22. The Lonely Flower.

A Month and a Half Later. December 20th, 8:53p.m.

I shiver and push my scarf right up against my neck. I pull my phone out of my pocket to see if Mason has texted or called. I called him almost an hour ago, asking him to pick me up, he told me he was on his way, he should be here by now. He probably fell asleep or something, he's had a nasty cold all week. Looks like I'm walking in the snow.

As I approach the house I see the porch light on and Masons car in the driveway, I run my fingers along it and notice it's faintly warm, like it had just been on. Weird? I pull my keys out and unlock the door, I turn around and close the door behind me, unwrapping my scarf off of me. I place it along with my jacket on the hooks by the door.

"Mason, I'm home." I shout.

I turn around and see a dark figure standing in the kitchen, looking back at me. "Jordyn!" Joel smiles, walking out of the kitchen.

I place my hand on my heart, "Joel, you scared me."

He chuckles, "Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you."

I glance over at Frank and Frannie and see their bowl shattered to hundreds of pieces and their life less fish bodies laying on the carpet. "Oh no! What happened to them?" I ask.

He smirks and holds his hands behind his back, shrugging his wide shoulders. "I'm sorry, we didn't mean for them to die."

I scoop them into my hand, "What?" I speed walk into the dark kitchen and place them in the sink. "Poor little guys." I flip the switch one above the sink and turn around to see glass shattered and two broken chairs. My eyes wander around the room till I spot Mason lying on the ground, with bruises and scratches all over his face. "Oh my gosh! Mason!" I place my hands on his chest and shake him gently. "Joel what happened?! Mason!"

His eyes flick open, he holds his stomach and groans. "Jordyn...." he breathes out. "Get out."

"Mason what happened?! Are you okay?!"

"Be-be-Behind yo-you."

"What?" I look behind me and see four very tall men. One of the men grabs my shoulders. I go bug eyed, "Mason!" I kick the guy in the groin with all my force. He falls on his knees and lets out a puff of air. This all a Dream, right? I pinch my arm, nope. I gulp, "Joel?"

He grins and slowly walks up to me. "Sh, It's okay Jordyn." He places his hands on my shoulders. I quickly jab him a few times in the face, his head flings backwards and his hands immediately cover his nose.

I shake my head and back away from him. "How could you betray us? How could you betray Mason?" I ask in disbelief.

He wipes his bloody nose on his sleeve and chuckles. "It's funny really."

"We trusted you..."

"Maybe you shouldn't be so trusting."

"You were like his brother, you've known each other for so long."

He runs his tan fingers through his hair. "He's the one that betrayed me. If your going to blame anyone, blame Mason."

"How did he? What exactly did he do to you, huh?"

He grabs a gun out from the waistline of his pants. "Come with us, or we kill him."

One of the men kicks Mason in gut. He groans and coughs out blood. Joel smirks, "You don't believe me?"