Miss Bala

Chapter 26: Value

Gloria's POV
Hour 10

"Gloria... Gloria, wake up."

I could hear a faint voice as my senses started to come back to me. It sounded like Gemma?

"Gloria, come on, wake up."

As I slowly woke up realization about last night hit me like a freight train. I was laying on the floor of the attic, my hands still in the same place. The material tying them together was cutting into my skin from me moving them too much. My limbs were sore from sleeping in the same position all night. I don't even remember falling asleep.

I turned behind me and seen Valerie was in the same state I was.

"You okay?" I asked. They must have removed the tape when I was asleep.

She nodded, "you?"

"Yeah.." Right away, I looked around for anything that could help. The sun was slightly shining through the only window they had up here and it was small. Neither Valerie or myself could fit through if we had the chance.

"It's alright, I'm sure everyone knows by now." I stated, seeing there wasn't really anything we could use, and the only way out was the door.

I started working on the tied knot bounding around my wrist. I had to twist one of my hands at an angle, cutting off my circulation to reach the knot. I'd only try for a good minute til I gave my wrist a break.

"They're coming." Valerie whispered to me.

I stopped what I was doing and sure enough there was footsteps gettting louder.

Elena came walking in with a water bottle in her hand. She walked to Valerie first, twisting off the cap and held it above her mouth, letting her have a waterfall.

"Guess you weren't lying. Your boyfriend had his crew out on the streets all night." Daniel slowly walked in, looking down at his phone.

Elena walked over to me, doing the same thing with the water bottle. I didn't realize how dry my throat was til that first drop of water touched my tongue.

"What do you want?" I looked him. He continued to stare down at his phone, ignoring my question.

"Shut up. You don't get to ask questions." Elena looked at me, stopping in her tracks as she was about to walk towards Daniel.

Me and her both kept eye contact, almost silently challenging each other.

"I need a way to reach your crew." Daniels voice caused both me and Elena to look at him.

"Why? What do you want?" I asked again.

Seconds later Elena slapped me right across the face, "what did I just say?" Her face right in front of mine. My wrist stung as I tried to pull my arm back to attack back on instinct, completely forgetting the ties.

"Give them a number, Gloria." Valerie pleaded instantly, maybe as her way of stepping in.

I was glaring up at Elena, a few stands of hair now in my face. I looked at Daniel who looked right back at me.