Stolen (Sequel To Capture)

Seventy-Six

The phone rang as I whispered, "Pick up, pick up, pick up the phone dammit!" under my breath.

"Hello?"

"CASEY!" I shouted with relief. "OH THANK GOD!"

"What's wrong?" She asked me with heavy concern in her voice.

"Trey-," I started but she cut me off.

"Did he find you? ARE YOU OK?"

"I'm fine, Liam's fine." I assured her. "Are you safe?"

"Me?" She asked softly. "Yea, I'm home, Andy's here."

"Can you get to my parents house?" I asked quickly.

"What is going on?"

"I just need to be sure that they're safe!" I hissed through the phone urgently. "I'll send and agent but I want you and Andy to be there too."

"Em, tell me what is going on." Casey spoke calmly through the phone, I marveled at how he could handle herself in the midst of utter chaos. I breathed out slowly steadying myself before speaking.

"Trey has Niall." I whispered softly not wanting to actually formulate the words in my mouth.

"Shit." She swore in a whisper of shock.

I was crying, none of this made any sense, how could he have Niall? I just had Niall last week, I was lying in his arms every night in our bed and now he could possibly be lying dead somewhere. "Listen Case, I have to go, get to my parents house, be safe ok!"

"You two!" She answered me. "Emma, please don't do something stupid."

"I'm getting him back Casey. He's my best friend besides you."

"Love you." She called out before I hung up.

"I love you too Case." I pressed the red end call button before I lost anymore tears and turned back to face Liam who was also on the phone. He had his hand pressed over his unoccupied ear to block out extra noise as he listened intently to whomever he was speaking to. I waited, the time was moving so slowly, and yet I felt like the world was going at a million miles and hour and I couldn't keep up.

"Love you." Liam ended the call and looked up to me. "Perrie," He gestured to the phone. "She's with my mom and sisters."

"Did you tell them you were alive?" I frowned suddenly remembering that he had only just shown up not dead a week earlier.

"No, Perrie knows now, but I told her to promise not to tell them."

"What about Jeff?" I asked as his little brother's kind eyes flashed into my mind. Liam shared the same eyes as him, but right now his swam with tears he was fighting to hold back.

"I can't reach him, no one has seen him for a bit."

"I'm sure he's fine Liam."

"If Trey got him," his voice trailed off unable to finish the thought. I stepped forward and put my hands on his cheeks kissing him.

"We are going to go rescue Niall, and whoever else we may need to, then we're going to put and end to this whole thing."

"It should just be me." Liam whispered softly as he stared at the harshness in Emma's eyes. "This is my mess, I should be the one to clean it up."

"I'm not letting you go after Trey alone." I argued. "Not after last time."

"I can't bring you into the danger like that, this could all be a trap Em, I won't let him hurt you."

"LIAM." I growled shoving him back a step or two. "Don't fucking treat me like a damsel in distress! I can handle myself. I am coming." I spoke firmly.

"I can't just bring you with me knowing that is exactly what he wants."

"You and I are in this together Liam, I'm not going to let you face this on your own. Trey isn't just your problem, he's ours. We have to face this together."

"I don't want you to see me fail." Liam admitted sadly. "I don't want you to lose me."

"No one is going to be losing anyone Liam!" I shouted. "Listen to me closely Liam, I'm only going to say this once, your battles are mine. We fight together."

"I don't want to lose myself to him. He wants me to become a killer and I would gladly kill him but then that makes me just like him."

"Even if he deserves to die?" I asked softly.

"I am not God Em, I can't choose who lives or dies. I don't want to be a murderer like him. If you're there and he hurts you I will kill him and I'm not sure I can live with myself if I do."

"You are a good man." I assured him. "He will never be able to take that from you ok? I will still always love you no matter what happens." I hugged him tightly as we both comforted one another. "Let's go get Niall back now." I spoke into his ear.