Puppet Master (Jelsa)

Chapter 6: Before You Go

Chapter 6: Before You Go 

"What the fuck just happened?" Chase asked as Elsa pulls her phone back into her chest her hand still shaking. "Elsa?" I say touching her shoulder making her look at me, her eyes filled with tears. "How did he find my father? How Jack?" She ask before she goes into my arms crying. I held her tight looking at my team and Cash. "Cash." I say but he was already nodding before turning to Ezra, "I'm joining this case, Elsa is an old friend of mine and Jack, I'm part of this now." Cash says locking eyes with Ezra. I could tell he wanted to tell him off but suddenly he turned his head, "I guess I really have no choice do I?" I was kind of shocked hearing him say that, I wanted to ask why but Cash was already smile, "I'll go tell my boss then." Cash say looking at Elsa and I, "I'll be back in a bit."

Once Cash left I look at Ezra, who was already looking at Molly, "Molly can you run that video and see if you can where that farmhouse is?" Molly turned to Elsa with a warm smile, "Don't worry, we'll save your friend and father, it's okay." Molly says her hand out. Elsa looked at it before she looked at her phone. I know she was scared to let go of the one thing she had control over. Slowly she starts to hand over her phone until her phone went off again making her jump as she looks down.

"It's my father." She says. "It might be Jade, answer it and put it on speaker." I say. She does as I ask and answers it, "Dad?" She says. "Is that who you were hoping for?" We hear a voice but I couldn't recognize it. "Who is this? Where is my father?" Elsa ask her voice shaking. "You didn't answer my question Violet." The voice say making Elsa freeze. "How did you...." "I know I'm on speaker, I need you to take me off speaker." The voice say. I lock eyes with Elsa and was about to shake my head when I stop and see her eyes glaze over. "Elsa..." I whispers as she take the call off speaker and put it to her ear. "Fuck Elsa, hang up." I say touching her arm but she doesn't react to me.

"Elsa hang up." Ezra says walking over to her but she just turned away from him. "What happened, who the hell called her?" Chase ask as we all circle Elsa. "It has to be the bastard who did all of this." I didn't know what to do until I see Elsa drop to the ground crying making me fall to my knees dropping her phone on the phone. She quickly put her hands over her ears as tears come down her face. "I'll be a good girl daddy... I'm sorry I didn't listen." I heard Elsa cry. That saying... She's said that before I remember hearing her say that before. "Elsa?" I whisper touching her shoulder making her gasp before she looks at me, her eyes back to normal even with tears in them. "What happened?" She ask her voice shaking. I look up at Ezra and Molly who both looked scared and nervous. "What's the last thing you remember?" I hear Nikia ask. Elsa moved her hands away from her ears as she picked up her phone, "I remember getting the phone call... the caller, he called me by my old name."

"You don't remember anything after that?" I ask. She shook her head, "No.. But... I feel... scared. And It's not the fear of being stalked or targeted, it's the fear I had that night you come over on graduation." She says looking up at me. "Do you remember?" She ask. Of course I did...

It was the last night where her father almost broke her, the last night I saw her.

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"No Cash, it's fine, I'll get her." I say on my phone as I walked to Violet's house. "I know you're her boyfriend but I live closer and you have to get Sally out of the house first right? It just makes more sense if I pick her up." I answer as Cash tried to fight his way to pick up Violet, not knowing that most likely tonight at the party, she was going to leave him. It hurt my heart knowing Violet was leaving and I was the only one who knew. "Yeah, yeah we'll see you soon." I answer as I hang up and sigh, that was a pain.

I wanted to warn Cash about Violet leaving but I didn't know how, and I feel like if I was the one who did it, Violet would never forgive me. I was getting closer to Violet's house knowing I needed to call her first, no one has really been inside her house, she was assumed of her father, of her life. I guess I was the only one who knew that. I listen as the phone rings three times before I hear her sweet voice, "Hey! It's Violet, Sorry I couldn't get to the phone, but lets be real here, did you really think I would answer? Just text me." I hear the beep making me roll my eyes, "Violet, I'm outside your house, come out." I say and hang up. I sat down on her steps waiting, thinking. I couldn't get that talk she had with me last night out of my head.