Path-to-Freedom (version 1)

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When she left I laid down and sighed.

I saw flowers around the room and smiled.

I got up and went towards them.

I read all the cards and when I got to the last one, my smile dropped.

Have fun while you can.

Enjoy them while you can.

You looked peaceful sleeping, wondering how you'll sleep when I get you again.

It was so easy to break into your house.

It was so easy to get into your hospital room.

This is just too easy Ashley.

But I'll let you have fun for a while.

When I get you back.

You won't be able to escape.

Tony.

I quickly looked around the room and saw no one.

"Hey, I just forgot my pho..." Raelyn trailed off looking at my state. Looking down at my hand, she saw the note. Walking up to me, she tried reading. I handed it to her and looked at her facial expression while she read.

"Yeah, I'm not leaving again." She spoke with finality.

"How the hell did he even get in here?!" Raelyn yelled.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm my racing heart.

"It's ok." I sighed.

"Why the fuck are you so calm?! You should be the one freaking out and not me!"

"I know but calm down Raelyn, I'm ok." I said softly.

"I can't. He was in here! Here! The place where you just said that you'll be safe! How the fuck did he even get here?! Didn't you fucking stab him?!"

"I did, but if I'm healed then so is he. Calm down Rae."

"No, I'm calling Hunter and Kenneth." She spoke, grabbing her forgotten phone from the side table.

"No, it's no big deal."

"Brooklynn. It is. Don't fucking tell me to calm down. This is not something to be calm about."

I sighed and let her call them.

When she got off the phone, she looked at me and she seemed to get even angrier.

"Why the fuck are you out of bed?" She asked, coming closer and softly walking me back to the bed.

"Because I wanted to stretch my legs and read the notes. See if I hadn't, then we wouldn't have even known that Tony was here."

She pulled the sheet over me and gave me a look. "Don't give me that shit, we would've known eventually."

"Ok ok. Go to sleep, there's a couch in here for a reason."

"You bet your ass there is, I'm not gonna sleep, I'm gonna watch you sleep."

She paused for a second and exhaled.

"That sounded really creepy, what I meant was, I'm going to watch over you just in case that bitch ass Tony decides to come back."

"No. Sleep. If anything happens, I'll scream really loudly and give you a heart attack to wake you up."

"This isn't funny Brook."

I smiled. "I know. But might as well make the best out of this situation. Both of us don't need to be angry."