Crossing Paths[Sequel to You're My Everything]

Chapter Twenty: Stay Alive

Annabeth

I paced Magnus's living room, frantically talking through the phone to the police.

"Miss, please calm down. We are searching for your daughter and ex-husband right now. His name is Luke Castellan?"

"Yes! That is my ex-husbands name Luke Castellan! He is twenty eight years old, and he kidnapped my daughter, Rosalie Chase!"

"Please hold, I think we have something on him." I sighed in relief.

"Annabeth? How are you holding up?" Magnus asked, stacks of flyers in his hands.

"How do you think I'm holding up? My psycho ex just kidnapped my daughter!" he put his hands on my shoulders, looking me straight in the eye.

"Annabeth. I'm sure we will find her soon, and Sally is on her way to help, right? We will go and put these out when she–" the front door slammed and Sally walked in.

"Thank god you're here." she hugged me tight, stroking me hair.

"Any news?"

"Not yet. I'm on hold with the PD, though."

"Okay. Do you two have flyers printed?" Magnus held up the flyers we'd printed over the last few hours.

"Let's go hang them up then."

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"It's been hours, and it's getting dark. We need to go back to my apartment." Magnus said.

"No. You go back, but I'm staying out. I don't care how long it takes, I will find her." I said in a low voice, as I got a call from the police department. Fumbling with my phone, and answered. "H-Hello?"

"Miss Chase, we have located your daughter, but Mr. Castellan was nowhere in sight."

"Where was she?!" I screamed.

"On the shore of Concord River. She had serious frostbite and hypothermia. She is currently at Shriners Hospital on Blossom Street." I collapsed in relief.

"Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you. So much." 

"Bye, miss." I hung up.

"She's at Shriners." I looked up.

"We're only a block away from there." said Sally. "If we hurry, we can run there before it's too dark." we took off down the street, running all the way there.

When we got there, I ran to the front desk, panting.

"We're here for Rosalie Chase?"

"Names and relations?" asked the guy.

"Annabeth Chase. I'm her mother. That's Magnus Chase, her second cousin, and that's Sally Jackson, her..." I looked at her, not sure what to say.

"Grandmother." she said, smiling warmly.

"She isn't awake yet, but you may go see her."

"Thank you." the desk guy got up and lead us to an elevator. He pressed the button 'three', and the elevator made its way up. When we arrived at the third floor, we followed him to room 346.

"Go ahead." he opened the door, and the three of us walked in slowly. Rosalie was sleeping in a white hospital bed. There was an IV stuck in her wrist, and she had an oxygen mask over her mouth. I slowly walked to her side and brushed a few stray hairs out of her eyes.

"I'm sorry, sweetie. I'm so sorry I let this happen to you." I whispered.

"Hey, champ. If you don't get through this, I'll never forgive you, dammit."

"Magnus? Sally? Could I have a minute...?" they nodded.

"We'll be right outside."

I watched as they left, sighing. I took Rosie's hand and traced her veins. "Stay alive, baby girl. Stay alive."

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I know it was short, but I did want to update one more time just because I haven't updated in a while. ALSO I JUST HAD TO CLOSE ONE DOOR AND OPEN ANOTHER! Rosalie is found, but will she live? I don't know...

The video up top has pretty much nothing to do with the chapter, but it kinda makes you sad.

~Kenzie(your kind of evil author)