accomplice | ethan dolan

thirty three

"thanks so much for meeting me" i give bonnie a hug as i get out of my car.

"no problem, but what's going on?" she asks confused, "you said it was an emergency"

"i haven't got time to explain, i need to get lucy and go"

"okay you're scaring me now" she looks at me concerned as i take lucy out of her car, "wait is that a ring?"

"yeah, ethan proposed to me last night"

"jade! i'm so happy for you" she smiles.

"i promise i'll call you when i can" i tell her as i buckle lucys car seat into my car.

"stay safe" she sighs, pulling me into another hug before i get into my car and leave.

ethan

i wake up to an empty bed, which is strange, because i'm always awake before jade. i'm even more confused when i see the time, why would she be up before 8am.

i get out of bed and go downstairs to find her.

she's nowhere to be found.

i try calling her phone but i hear it ringing upstairs.

"noah!" i yell.

"what?" he yawns, coming in from the backyard smelling like cigarettes.

"where's jade?" i ask him.

"how would i know?" he shrugs.

"seriously noah, the car is gone and she left her phone here"

"what time is it?" he squints at the clock on the wall behind me.

"almost 8"

"oh shit" he mutters, "i'm sure she's okay"

"she doesn't just disappear like this"

"maybe she's gone to the store, relax"

"don't tell me to relax" i warn him, "this isn't like jade"

"alright whatever, keep panicking. i'm going to bed" he huffs before going back upstairs.

i stay downstairs, anxiously waiting for jade to get home.

less than 20 minutes later i can hear sirens, i don't think much of it until the house is surrounded by cop cars.

"noah!" i yell, "the fucking cops are out front!"

"they're at the back of the house too" he yells back from upstairs.

fuck.

they start banging on the door.

there's no way out.

"shit e, what are you going to do?" noah looks concerned as he comes downstairs.

"what can i do?" i ask before walking towards the front door, "can you please just make sure jade is okay?"

"of course" he nods.

i don't trust noah, but i trust that he still cares about jade and he'll make sure she's okay.

i open the door and four cops burst into the house, all aiming guns at me.

"down on your knees!" they yell and i get down on my knees, putting my hands behind my head.

"ethan dolan you are under arrest" one of them starts to explain but my mind zones out as he puts the handcuffs on.

i just need to know that she's okay.

the cops shove me into the back of one of the cars and i'm taken back to prison, but it's a different one to last time.

this one's maximum security.

as soon as we get there i'm processed and thrown into a cell.

i'm going to go insane if i don't find out where jade is.

a few hours go by before my cell door opens.

it's our hour of free time.

i head straight for the phones before anyone else can use them and dial jade's number.

she doesn't answer.

something's not right, if she was back in noah's she would be looking for me. she would have answered the phone.

i don't know anyone else's number, so i dial it again.

and again.

i try it again for a fourth time, and this time there's an answer - but it's not jade.

"ethan" noah sighs.

"what the fuck is going on? where's jade?" i start getting stressed out.

"i don't know how to tell you this-"

"spit it out!" i snap as horrible scenarios rush through my mind.

"jade's gone" he blurts.

"gone? where? what do you mean gone?"

"she gave you up"

"what?" my heart sinks.

"she gave you to the cops for immunity. she's gone into witness protection with lucy"

"why didn't she tell me?" my voice cracks.

"i don't know" he mutters.

"can you tell grayson where i am and ask him to visit me, please?"

he stays silent.

"noah? are you still there?"

"grayson's gone with her"

i don't know what to say, so i just end the call.

i can't believe she's gone.

i'm not mad at her. i told her before to take lucy and make a better life for themselves, but why would she not tell me.

why would she wait for me to propose.

why would she say yes to a future with me,

when she was planning on leaving.

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hi, i'm back! sorry i disappeared but i'm definitely going to finish this story so updates soon!