Anonymous: Stalked

Chapter 28: Alone

Chapter 28: Alone
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"Where did he go?" I said after reading the note. I didn't know how to feel, I felt like I was swallowed into a black hole. Just so it could make more sense in my head, I read over it again.

Danielle,
I am going away for a week. I'm sorry this had to happen. Please stay safe.
Love, Slater

I scrunched up the note into a ball with anger. Him lying to me and now this? Where could he have gone? Why would he do this without telling me beforehand? Is it safe? Is this my fault? My mind was filled with questions. I didn't know if it was my fault or who's but this felt wrong, something was wrong.

The anger erased from my face once I heard someone come into the Kitchen. I looked up to see Jordan standing there. "Danielle, " he said with sympathy in his voice, "Where the hell is he? Why?" I had cut Jordan off angrily. I looked around with confusion, then looked back up at Jordan with tears that started to well up in my eyes. "Why a week?" Hurt grew in my voice, I realized I couldn't be away from Slater for a week. I didn't want to be alone, I didn't want to feel that emptiness again without him. I missed him already.

"Please sit down, I'll tell you what I know, " Jordan said to me, motioning towards the kitchen counter stools. I nodded my head and pulled out one of the stools, sitting down on it. He sat on the stool beside me. He turned to face me but I turned my head away, I looked off into the distance. "What were they talking about?" I questioned Jordan. He waited a few seconds, then started. "All I know is they were making some deal. And that resulted in Slater going into hiding for a week. I don't know exactly what the deal was but I know it was for your safety." Jordan said to me with a sigh.

"What did he say to you?" I said, wanting to know more and so a single detail isn't left out. "He said for us to watch everything that you do, and that he'll be going into hiding. He also said that if he didn't then our location would be revealed." We sat there for a few seconds, I was thinking about everything in my head. I still wondered why he didn't tell me at that moment? Was it a life or death situation if he told me what they had talked about?

"It was to protect you and us, I'm sorry, " Jordan tried to calm me down. "It's always to protect me, all this shit happening, " I got up from the kitchen counter and walked away to the stairs. Jordan didn't try to stop me, he sat there and watched me leave.

I ran upstairs and then walked to the end of the hallway, slamming the door as I went into my room.

I sat on the edge of the bed then pulled out my phone. I quickly dialed Slater's number and waited for him to pick up. He didn't pick up, so I called two more times. No answer, I threw my phone at the bed out of anger.

I laid my face into the palm of my hands and started to cry. This feeling of this happening felt terrible. Slater had to do this just to protect me? I understand my safety matters but I worried about him deeply. It scarred me.

Suddenly I heard the door open to my room, I knew it was Grace. She didn't say anything, instead, she quickly sat beside me and comforted me by rubbing my back. It felt good to known Grace was here for me. "Why?" I whimpered in between sobs and I laid my head onto her shoulder. "What if they're tracking him right now and he's probably dead," I said out of thinking. "It'll be okay, Slater is smart and safe and I know it, " Grace assured me. I believed her but yet I still questioned everything.

"God, I hate Dimitri, " I said with rage and disgust in my voice. "We all do, but we will win this fight, " Grace said to me, handing me a tissue from the nightstand. "Thanks, " I said as I wiped my cheeks then blew my stuffy nose from crying into the tissue. I realized I shouldn't have left like that and out of anger, maybe if I didn't leave I could've convinced him. I could've said goodbye if it was the last time I would see him. I wanted this week to be over just so I could know that he is safe.

Suddenly our attention turned to my phone that started ringing on the bed. "Who is it?" Grace said as I picked up my phone and looked at it with confusion. "Unknown number?" I said with a confused voice. "Answer it, " Grace said, waiting impatiently. I nodded my head and answered it as I put the phone up to my ear. "Who is this?" I questioned the caller.

"Hello Danielle, " the person said, the second I heard their voice I knew exactly who it was. "Dimitri, what the hell do you want?" I said with an infuriated voice. "I want to talk to you about some things, " he continued on with a slight laugh. I looked at Grace with a worried look. "Can we meet up somewhere?" He questioned me, I stayed quiet for a few seconds thinking about it. "Why do we have to meet up?" I wanted Grace to hear what he had to say to me and I was terrified thinking about the fact of me and him meeting up. "So it's just me and you," Dimitri said, I was confused on how he even knew I was with someone right now. "Wait how do you-" I started to question him but he cut me off quickly, "meet me tomorrow at 7:00 p.m behind Nino's, come alone."

Then he ended the call. Nonstop chills went up my spine thinking about me and him meeting up. I knew this was dangerous but I didn't know what I was going to be put into.

I laid the phone back onto the bed then looked up at Grace with a worried look.

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