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"YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM?"

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Millie was on a mission.

She needed to get in contact with Finn to confront him, she needed to know more.

She had called Caleb and they met at his house. Not so surprisingly, her brother Noah, was there too. So was gaten conveniently.

As soon as she walked into the room, the smell of dirty laundry and red bull filled her nose. She subtly held her breath without them knowing, so this is what a boys room is like?

God, she's never even been in a boys room.

"Millster? What are you doing here?" Noah asks abruptly, watching as she comes through the door hurriedly.

Millie freezes and looks to Caleb, Caleb looks to her and then to Noah.

There as a small pause.

"Are y'all hooking up behind my back?!" He suddenly bursts out, gaten looks up from his phone as he sat on the bed, his eyebrows raised.

"Knew it." Gaten mumbled nonchalantly and averted his eyes back to the phone, texting away.

Millie and Caleb look to each other and then back at a fuming Noah.

Caleb suddenly stood up from the computer desk he sat at and raised his hands in surrender.

"No!" They both said in unison, their faces the look of disgust. Their faces were mixed with confusion and disturbance.

"Noah no, why would you think that?"

Noah just let out a sigh in relief before narrowing his eyes at them once more, using his two fingers to tell them that he had an eye on them before standing up and walking to the door.

"I'm gonna go get snacks." He says and walks out, Millie rolls her eyes and crosses her arms self consciously, looking around the room.

"Millie what are you doing here, anyway? Did my mom let you in-" caleb was cut off by Millie as she took a heavy inhale and ran a hand through her brunette locks.

"No, I need your help. You said Finn was-" Millie was suddenly interrupted by Gaten as he hopped up from the bed and pointed at her obnoxiously.

"Who told you about that?!" He bursted out, his eyes were wide and fearful.

Caleb rolled his eyes and ran a hand down his face, "I did, dumbass. She deserves to know since she's been hanging around him lately." He mutters before going back to his computer and sitting down on the rolling chair, turning to the desk quickly.

Millie put her hands on her hips, standing behind Caleb and looking down at he computer as he opens up google.

"What are you doing?" She questions before gaten comes along and stands next to her, copying her actions.

"You wanted to know more, right? Check this out." Caleb says and types in Finns full name and a certain year along with the word 'news.'

Millie furrows her eyebrows, leaning in closer and watching as Caleb clicks search. Millions upon millions of articles show up, his little face was all over the news at one point.

"Holy shit, you think people would still recognize him? His family is offering so much money for his return." Gaten says out loud, maybe too loud that they both had to turn to him, shushing him with a dirty look.

"That could leave Finn in danger for all we know." Millie mutters, her eyes scanned the headlines, a sad feeling washing over her features.

|5 YEAR OLD MISSING IN EAST ARIZONA|

|KIDNAPPED BOY AT THE AGE OF FIVE|

|BOY MISSING FOR OVER TEN YEARS|

"His family must be devastated." Millie mutters once more, backing up from the computer and just taking a step back from everything.

"You think people are still looking for him? That his family is still waiting for him to just...return home." Caleb says with guilt lining his voice as his eyes start to swell up.

Gaten looks to him, Caleb's eyes still on the computer.

"It's not your fault."

"It is, I'm the one who made him do some stupid shit. I still fucking remember, Gaten!" Caleb yells out loud, not holding back. Gaten backs up from the computer, not saying another word.

Millie didn't know the whole story yet, though she didn't want Caleb to explain to her. She didn't want him to feel the pain and go through it all over again.

"We need to find him." Millie suddenly says, looking out Caleb's window and down the road, she could see tall buildings in the distance before shutting the curtains quickly.

This area was like a maze, how would they find him in just a matter of time?

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Finn sat upon a roof as he was leaned back against the wall, dripping salt water. He could hear cars honking and cop cars going crazy down there, a huge gust of wind breezed through the air, caressing Finns skin.

You may be wondering how he escaped from the pier, let's just say he ditched the car and went for the water.

No one suspected him as he ran into the ocean just to hold his breath for minutes on end. The average person could only hold their breath for three minutes but Finn held his for an abnormal amount of time. To him it felt like seven seconds but in reality it was seven minutes.

He swam far out and all the way down the coastline, making his way out and onto another side of the beach.

He had left most of the money in the car, only holding a couple thousand on his person, though, it was probably soaked from the water.

The police were looking for the 'suspected two' from the beach, as in him and Dacre.

He needs to be more prepared, he knows there will be another time. And he lied! He said that he had Natalia and everything...

Unless he did have her, just not with him.

The thoughts made goosebumps appear on his skin as he wondered what is he doing to Natalia. Dacre was cruel, he knew that much.

Finn suddenly squeezed his eyes shut, his lips curving into a frown before tears threatened to spill. He was on edge of breaking down, maybe this world wasn't what we wanted.

Maybe it was all just a big dream and he needed to wake up and face reality.

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Idk🤷‍♀️