A Thousand Lies

Chapter 4

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: REDIRECTION NOTICE AT THE BOTTOM. PLEASE READ.

Song: on my own

Chapter name: get out

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Temperance

So warm and comfy.

I snuggle deeper into the sheets. And that's when I realize it. I'm not in my room.

I immediately sit up, scanning the room I am in.

I am sitting up in an unfamiliar room, on a king size bed.

Alec sits at the end of the bed that's presumably his, looking at his phone. I checked myself. I am wearing an oversized black t-shirt and shorts.

I'm not in the clothes I wore when I got to school. Meaning... ‭Alec saw everything on my ‬body.

I immediately freak out. Alec looks at me, watching my facial expressions.

He forma a weak smile on his face. "Hey." His voice is soft.

"Hey," I answer, trying to stay calm, but my hearts beating a million miles an hour.

He moves closer to me and gets under the covers with me, like a weirdo, and sits beside me.

I inch back from the stranger that has kidnapped me.

"I put my number in your phone. In case you need help." He informs me. I nod, staying silent, not knowing what to say.

"I didn't dress you." He answers my unspoken question, his eyes glued to the wall in front of us.

Even though he didn't dress me, I don't feel the well-earned relief. I know ‭someone‬ saw all of my wounds.

"My maid told me what she found on you." He tried not to look at me. My heart skips beats rapidly, my hands shake as my stomach does cartwheels. I begin hyperventilating in panic.

Alec quickly turns towards me and cups my face. "Temperance, I'm right here. Calm down." He gaze into my eyes.

I don't know what to say. I have no words.

There is nothing to say.

"What time is it?" I ask, trying to change the subject, my hands continue to shake.

He looks down at his phone and replies, "5:09,".

No no no no..

I get out from under the sheets and crawl to the end of the bed, hopping off.

"You have been here for two days. Knocked out. I've been sleeping in a guest bedroom."

"Close your eyes." I pick up my clothes, holding them out in front of me, scanning them.

I glance at him and his eyes were shut.

I take off the clothes he gave me, and I put on my original ones. ‭My dad is going to ‬fucking kill me. Literally.

"Thank you for all the help, Alec. I have to go home now." I march out of the room at my fastest pace. I know he is behind me.