Escape

Chapter 12

'Sir, my wife's been expecting,'

'I need to get to the hospital,'

"WHY?" I cried. Tears flowing down freely on my face. I sat on the bathroom floor as the water from the shower drowned my cries. My screams in agony.

"Why Josh?" I whispered, my voice muffled with the water flowing into my mouth. I curled on the floor, cold water hitting my naked body. My hair getting soaked, my tears mixing with water the saltiness of the tears touching the tip of my tongue.

The voice of Josh kept ringing in my ears. The baby will never have a dad. We don't even know the wife or the baby is fine. The world is too cruel. It's a curse to be born in this world.

I banged the floor with my fists repeatedly to numb the pain that's clutching my heart. My knuckles cracking open. My screams drowned by the harsh water thrashing against the bathroom tiles.

I contemplated everything that has happened to me for the past few days. How drastically my life changed from the usual boring routine existence to the life of danger where you don't even know if you're going to survive the next minute.

Someone knocked on the door. The sudden sound startling me. My eyes instantly moved towards the door lock, it was secured. I turned the shower off and waited for the person standing on the other side to respond.

"Blair?" Brian's voice filled the bathroom.

"Brian?" I responded, my voice hoarse with the crying and screaming. I got up, water trickling from my body.

"Are you okay?" Tears welled up in my eyes. Exhaustion hit my body, my back hitting the cold tiles of the wall.

"Yeah," I said in a low voice. My voice heavy with emotions which I was once afraid to show.

"Will you come out for me?" I bit my lips, thinking of the situation I was in. I wrapped my arms around me, warmth spreading throughout my body.

I remained silent, not knowing what to do. I stood rooted to my spot afraid to show him my vulnerable self. Afraid that he might give up on me seeing me this way, I did not respond.

"Okay," He sighed. " Daniel has called us in the main hall in 10 minutes. I'll see you there." With that, I heard his footsteps retracting away and the soft sound of the room's door closing.

I turned towards the mirror, my reflection stared back at me. My eyes were red from crying, hair drenched with water, droplets dripping from my long hair to the curves of the body, caressing my skin which has gained some colour and looked a little healthier. I bunched my hair in a bun, not having time to dry and grabbed a black shirt with long sleeves that covered my ugly cuts on my wrist and my arms. Pulling on some black yoga pants and some trainers I looked again in the mirror.

"I have to do this," I whispered. " For Josh, for that girl, for my parents, for that every innocent who died because of them," I said, my voice held new confidence.

Turning around I grabbed my phone and ran towards the main hall, having only a minute to spare. Micheal and Noah were not in the room as well, meaning they have already left for the main hall.

On reaching, I took a second to catch my breath, then walked in the hall I was first brought in.

Micheal was pacing around the room, his eyes down on the floor. Noah was sitting on the chair set around the computer system, staring at one spot. Brian stood in the corner talking with Daniel, his eyes met mine as I walked in. I moved my gaze away not feeling comfortable in his calculating stare, observing me.

"Okay, now since you all here, we should begin," Daniel said, his voice low, not having that usual chirpiness. His eyes red, but his face didn't showed any emotions, yet his eyes showed the pain he was going through.