The Tainted Rose

Chapter eighteen

Sometimes you just have to swallow your pride and do things you don't like.
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How could I let this happen? I know the kind of person that Damien is and I should've believed everything when he said he was going to kidnap her. None of this would've happen if only I had taken action earlier.

I ran as fast as I could to his office and when I was in front of it I stopped, fixed my hair a little and then entered.

"Stephanie? Why are you here?"

"Oh Mr. Hardaway I came here looking for Damien, I got something important to tell him, but I can't seem to find him. Do you know where he is?"

"Why is it that you need him? If I can help you just tell me."

I know I was going to hate myself for only saying this, but I couldn't let a second go by, Ashley was in danger.

"Its just that I finally realized that I have feelings for him and I want to confess my love to him before I'm too late. Seeing him with Yoana made me realize that I want to be by his side."

"Finally it has come, I've always wanted you two together and I never liked that Yoana. So you go tell him everything you feel. He must be home and if he's not, then he must be in our cabin by Harmony Lagoon."

Without a second thought I ran out and got in Aiden's car. I feel so dirty for saying that I felt something for that jerk.

"Harmony Lagoon, GO!"

Without hesitation he accelerated and started heading in the direction I told him to.

"So how sure was he that Damien is going to be there?"

"To be honest he wasn't, he mentioned two possibilities that may well end up being wasted effort. He told me that he probably was either in their house or in their cabin up in the woods. My best guess is that he is there since it's an isolated place where they can do something as immoral as kidnap a girl and nobody would notice."

"I trust your instinct since it seems like the logical choice here. They must be up there and they will suffer if they do anything to her." Aiden seemed so serious when he said those things that I was starting to get a little scared.

I mean I kind of understand him because everyone knows how much he cares for her and the slightest thought of them having her even scared me. They were capable of doing anything.

"So who's with him up there?"

"Frankly I think everyone Yoana, Evan, Alex, Jaylen, and Rose"

"Have you ever been to this cabin? Is there something that could help us?"

"Damien took me there once, but it was dark and there was not much I could see. I do know how to get there, but not much else. I'm sorry."

If I knew anything more than what I was telling him, I would've told him. I didn't know what exactly they had in mind for her, I don't understand why he wanted to kidnap her so bad. Yeah I understand that she made a fool out of him the year before and today she kind of made him a joke too, but kidnapping someone? That is a big deal even for people as stupid as them. They clearly weren't thinking things through and it was going to cost them because Aiden really seemed like he was about to do something horrible, not to mention that what Damien said in the morning about him was true. I searched his name in the internet and everything about his stepfather was true. If he had already taken a life maybe he could do it again and everything I was seeing pointed towards that. I could feel his rage eating him up inside, it was as if his rage was spilling out of his body and I could feel it. I know that he wasn't going to do anything to me since I was helping him, but still I was afraid of what I was witnessing. Also, he was driving at like ninety miles which had me pretty scared for my life.