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Chapter 37

RYDER'S POV
We are all waiting for this mystery person to show up. We are sitting in uncomfortable silence. We hear a knock on the door and we all look at each other. I walk to the door and open it to be met with an older looking women. "Were you the boy on the phone?" She asks without sparing me a glance. All the others are behind but can't see the lady. "Yes ma'm" I say looking at her. "I have the two but I want to know where my Chloe is" she says bringing Tati and Emily in. Emily immediately runs to Keith and hugs him. "Granny?" Jackson says when he sees the woman for the first time. "No it's Patrick. Yes it's granny" she says giving Jackson a 'duh' look. He ignores her comment "what are you doing here? You live an hour away" he says. She rolls her eyes and responds with "Chloe called and said she needed help. She said she wanted me to take these two wonderful ladies to my boat and drove around a couple hours. I was supposed to keep them out until 8pm unless I receive a call" she says looking around. "Where's Chloe?" She asks. We all look at each other and Tony steps up "We have a lot to explain"he says grabbing her hand and we all go sit.

We explained everything to Chloe's grandma and she has just been sitting here staring at us. "Do you have a plan?" She suddenly ask. I nod and look at Tati. She looks confused "I need you to call Kyle and see if he is some how in La. We have a feeling he's apart of this" I say explaining this to Tati. She nods and replies with "I'll do anything that could help Chloe but why do you think Kyle is part of this?" "He's Martin's son" Tony replies coldly. Her eyes go wide but she recovers quick "Okay what do you want me to say?" She asks.

CHLOE'S POV
I've just been sitting in this room for hours thinking of ways to escape. No one has come in for awhile now which kind of worries me. I suddenly hear the door open again. I look to see someone I don't recognize but she seems familiar. "Hello Chloe" the woman says and I keep thinking. Where do I know that voice. "Do I know you?" I ask with not attitude but concern. "You actually do" she says pulling up a chair. "How?" is all I can find myself asking. Her voice makes me remember a time I was happy. "I'm Kaleb's mother" she says giving me a sympathetic smile. That's when it hits me. "Delilah?" I ask looking her in the eyes. She nods and I find myself go silent for the first time in my life.

Delilah was always like a second mother to me. "I'm sorry about these circumstances of our meeting" she says looking down. "Were you apart of it?" is the only thing I find myself asking. She tenses up and goes wide eyed "of course not darling. I would never want to put you in harm's way but there isn't anything I can do" she says looking at her hands in her lap. I just stay silent not sure of what to say. "You know Kaleb still really cares about you" she says while slightly looking at me through her lashes. "He has a funny way of showing it" I say tensing up a bit. "I know and that can be blamed on Martin." She says trying to reassure me. I just let out a sigh and shake my head "He still thinks of your little wedding when you were younger. You said that no matter what you were going to end up together" she says smiling at the memories of me and Kaleb. "Yeah I remember. He was my first kiss." I say chuckling to myself. I know what you are thinking. Why is she laughing with the mother and wife of the psychos who kidnapped me. Well that's just me doing the stupidest thing in every situation. "You guys were convinced that your love would never end" she says smiling at me. My heart breaks a little and I look down. "He's the reason I don't do love anymore" I say quietly hoping she doesn't hear but of course she does. "Darling, I know that when Kaleb left you were heart broken but you should never give up on love. Don't ruin your relationship with someone more deserving because of someone else's mistakes" she says lifting my chins so I look her in the eyes. I nod and smile a little. She's right. "You're right. Thank you" I say looking at her with a small smile. "Of course darling. I have to go now but please stay strong" she says giving me a wink. I give her a confused look. She hugs me and the chair wobbles a little. "Oops this chair isn't very sturdy. One impact and it would fall apart" she says with another wink before walking out. I think about what she said and realize my legs aren't tied up. She was helping me escape.
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