Stuck with him

Chapter 18

"NIGHTMARES"

Ariel's POV:

-flashback-

I was coming home from school and just a few steps away from my house, a car stopped and a few guys got out of it. They looked like around 25 to 30 i guess. I got a little scared when they all looked at me.

"Its her." One of them pointed at me as my eyes went wide. Who are these guys and why are they pointing at me? I tried to walk faster but they surrounded me and i stopped in my tracks. Clutching my backpack tighter, i still tried to get out of their circle but one of them grabbed me and pulled me towards their car. I screamed and that's when one of them pulled out a gun, pointing it at my head.

"Shut up. Keep quiet." My eyes went wide and my voice was silenced.

"Please let me go." I pleaded before entering the car. Because i knew, once i got inside the car, there's no going back. I looked here and there, hoping for some miracle to happen. Looking for someone to save me. But no one came. They pushed me into the car and got in. They squeezed me in between them as i cried.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?" I asked looking around at them horrified. They laughed making me even more frightened.

"What we want from you?" One of them asked running his hand on my thigh. I instantly slapped his hand away. He was the one with the gun. He pulled my hair and held the gun directly to my chin. "Do that again and I won't think twice before using this." He threatened and i shut my eyes tight, hoping when i open them, everything will be back to normal. Hoping this is only a nightmare that, i will wake up from now. But no, it wasn't a nightmare. It was real.

"Your old man knows what we are capable of. He shouldn't have messed with our guy. Now unfortunately, you'll have to pay for it." He smirked and i looked at him shocked. "Dad?" I asked in disbelief. He nodded his head. Why dad why? You are not even here but still, we are getting hurt because of you. I sobbed looking around at the hungry eyes looking back at me. Eyeing me like some wild animals would eye their prey. Everyone reaching out to touch me. The one with the gun seemed like the leader. Because he was barking orders here and there. I turned to him.

"My father wouldn't even care if you hurt me. He left us ages ago. He doesn't care about us. Please let me go." I begged.

"Shut up." He held my face with one hand, sliding the other under my skirt. I was going to remove his hand again, but he grabbed it and shook his head. "No sweetheart. No." I closed my eyes tight again and prayed silently that this all ends, tears streaming down my face. And it did end. Suddenly i heard loud honking and we all looked at the front and a car came directly at us. Everything after that was a blur. Screeching of wheels. A loud thud. Screams and pain. Blacking out. After that, I opened my eyes to see those guys all injured badly. I tried to get up but my own body hurt like hell. I couldn't move my right leg at all. I looked down at it and that's when i saw blood everywhere and I blacked out again. When I woke up after that, i was in a hospital.

-end of flashback-

"So that's what happened." I looked down at my hands. I didn't know when i had started crying, only realized it when Joey wiped the tears away from my face. I looked up at him and smiled. "That accident was bad, really bad. But it kinda saved my life. I was badly injured. But I don't know what those guys would've done to me, if they had kidnapped me." I shuddered thinking about all the nights I couldn't sleep after that. "I still have nightmares about that day. I have nightmares about them kidnapping me and taking me somewhere." I still get scared thinking about them. My hands were shaking. Joey took my hands in his. I looked up at him. "Joey, what would've they done to me, if they had succeeded? What if the-" Joey shook his head and pulled me into his arms.