song for this chapter:
'blood//water' by grandson
(repeat it)
• dannys pov •
i immediately ushered everyone to go down the stairs. luckily, we were all in socks, no shoes. laiya got out her phone light, but dimmed it all the way down. we crept down the stairs, which were quite long.
"where is this going?" elle asked. she was panicking.
"im not sure, i didnt know this existed." gabi said. suddenly elle bashed into the wall. she was trying to hold in her pain. i rubbed her arm.
"um elle your.." i pointed at her shirt and bra which had slid down, not all the way though. she quickly pulled them up and smiled at me.
"thanks" she said. i nodded. i felt around for laiyas hand. i clutched it, and squeezed it every now and then.
then, we reached a door. i looked at elle, who reached out and opened it. we all looked at what was on the other side.
it was a big room, with one light in the middle. the light was on.
someone has been here. recently.
i let go of laiyas hand, and walked over to a pinboard on the back of the room. i had pictures pinned to it. i recognised someone in the picture.
"gabi.." i said. she came over.
"whats this?" i asked. she took one look at it and burst into tears. i didnt know what to do. i hugged her. she cried for a few minutes, and then lifted her head up.
"its my parents" she said softly. "they were killed when i was 2"
"im really sorry" i said. i didnt know how to fucking act. it was news.
i stopped. the picture was connected to another one. a picture of a crime scene. oh no.
"gabi look away" i said, my heart beating out of my chest.
"what? why?" she asked.
"just do it." i said. moving in front of the picture. she turned around. i went to look at the pictures. there were all sorts, pictures of crime scenes, gabi and her family, and then
i stopped.
it was a picture of gabis parents, stabbed to death, in the same room we were in right now. in fact, laiya and elle were standing in the exact spot the picture was taken. what the fuck is going on.
"gabi who killed your parents?" i asked
"i dont know, i never asked." she replied. my heart dropped.
footsteps. coming down the stairs. into the room we were in now. i scanned the room for a hiding spot. there wasnt one. i looked round at elle, then gabi, then laiya.
"get over there with them" i whispered to gabi. she ran over and they all sat silently. elle was crying.
i was ready to fight. to the death, if needs be.
