꧁𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜, 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜꧂ 𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌

Chapter 30 ~ Who?

Wait...

My laptop!

I run to my bag and grab my laptop. After logging on I go straight to my email. I never actually read the email I got.

I quickly scroll through all my emails from the past two days and it's nowhere. Great he must have deleted it. But....

I click on trash...

And...

IT'S THERE.

YES.

I click on the email and begin to read.

Y/n,
I know you've been avoiding reality. Obviously. You think you can just hide out at your little boyfriend's house. Well wrong. You may be "safe" but your mother is not. If you want to ensure her safety, you will meet me tonight at the warehouse on fifth ave. (random place idk)
sincerely,
...guess who

Okay. okay? okay. I don't know but okay. I'll go there now. I can't believe they threatened my mom. If it's not Melissa, then who is it? Whatever. If they want to kill me or torture me or whatever they want to do, I'll go. I don't even care at this point. As long as my mom, Daniel, and Jack are safe.

Fifth Ave is about twelve blocks away. I definitely won't make it before Jack and Daniel but they'll probably still be there.

I'm now speed walking down the sidewalk. I hopped out Jack's window again.  That probably wasn't the best idea since everybody will most likely be looking for me soon. Oh well. What's done is done. I did leave a note on the desk. It's pretty much just an apology to everyone and a thank you for all they've done for me. I didn't write where I'm going but I did say I'm gonna save Jack and Daniel.

I'm on the fourth block now with eight more to go. At this point i'm basically running.  I can feel the adrenaline running through my veins. I feel it with every breathe I take. My whole body feels tingly everywhere.

I can't believe I let this happen. I don't know how I let it happen. I don't even know who is threatening us if it's not Melissa. I'm so confused.

Walking. Streets. Lamp posts. Buildings. Repeat. At this point I've walked ten blocks. I don't know if I should call it walking. It's more like speed walking but faster. I suppose I'm semi running semi walking. I don't know. I'm too worried.

Im startled back to reality when I hear my ringtone blast from my phone in my pocket. I fumble around trying to pull it out as fast as I can and see my moms caller ID. I quickly slide to answer.

"Hello?!"

"Y/n, where are you? Are you ok? I got a weird email from an unknown email and—"

"Mom I'm sure everything's fine. It's probably just some prank" I say trying sound normal.

"But honey I'm worried. The person threatened you in the email. Are you sure you're ok?? Where are you?"

"I'm... I'm at Jacks. Everything's fine, mom, I'm sure our emails are pranks. It's not a big deal—"

"YOU GOT ONE TOO?" My mom yells through the phone. 

"Yeah, mom, but really it's ok.  This happens all the time."

It's silent on the other end of the line for a moment.

"I think it might be your father." My mother says quietly.

"What? Why would dad do this? He left us—"

"No. Y/n," I hear her take a deep breath. "He didn't leave us. I never told you this because I wanted to keep you out of it all, but your father... he lost his job. He looked for another one for a while but he got depressed and he... he got into some... illegal things with some really bad people."

"What?! That's not—"

"Y/n, just let me finish. He ended up dealing drugs. He was using and getting drunk all the time. I tried to get him help but he wouldn't let me. Eventually it became too much and I filed for a divorce. Soon after he got arrested for a number of things. I haven't seen him since but I know he was mad. Please understand. I don't think you're safe"

I'm shocked. I had no idea. "Mom..."

"Honey just promise me you'll stay with Jack, ok?"

"....yeah okay. I promise"

"Okay good. I'm gonna call some people and try to get us some help. Stay with Jack. I love you."

"I love you too mom, bye"

As I pull my phone away from my ear I feel my head spinning. This new information scares me. I don't know why I'm lying. I guess to keep from bringing anyone else I love into it.

I'd continued to walk the remaining 8 blocks and I could now see the building. I slide my phone into my back pocket and start to walk quietly to the nearest door.

I place my hand on the handle and turn it. It's locked. I decide to go around to the back of the building and see if there are any unlocked doors there.

I round the corner and just as I'm reaching the door it bursts open, alarming me and causing me to stumble backwards, almost falling flat on my butt...

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HAPPY LATE BDAY tiff_wdw_dolan !!!!
Love you💜💜💜💜
Also I tried to end this on a cliffhanger lol but it's kinda dull😂 oh well