Intentions | Jason McCann |

Chapter 27 - She's Tired

| Savanna |

"Savanna, baby, talk to me"

I looked up at my dad, realising i hadn't spoken once, I was too focused on Jason. I looked up at him, seeing his tired eyes and worry on his face, I felt that sinking feeling in my stomach. I hadn't seen my dad in weeks, seeing him now, in the worst state possible, I felt like breaking down.

And that's exactly what I did.

I covered my face with my hands, letting my tears go as I sobbed. I know I had cried a lot, but I was crying then because I was terrified and in pain. I was crying now because I was tired and broken, I felt like the only thing that was going to make me feel better was to cry and let it out and as soon as I did, my dad held me close again. He rubbed my back, ran his hand through my knotty hair and whispered words of kindness to me. I could hear his voice break, I knew he was close to crying.

I sighed, pulling my hands away from my face before looking up at my dad.

"I got you, Sav, I won't let you go now." He told me, wiping away my tears for me. I sighed, slowly nodding as I glanced back at Jason who was no longer there, people surrounded us, guns at hand and missionary looks to their faces but I couldn't help but look for Jason.

"Sir," One of my dads men spoke, as he stood next to us.

"There is nobody on sight but a couple of our men found Jay Atwood not far from here. We don't know what he was doing there but he was walking along the highway, possibly escaping... What are your orders?"

I quickly looked at my dad, my heart beating as the man mentioned Jay's name.

"Bring him to the warehouse for interrogation, we need to know exactly what he was doing and who he works for." My dad ordered, instantly making the man nod. I shook my head, realising that interrogating Jay also included torture. "Please don't hurt him, Jay helped me and Jason get out... he saved me" I told him remembering the moment Jason walked in to the room, finding Rob on top of me. If it wasn't for Jay helping us, Rob would have continued whatever he had planned on doing.

My dad look at me with a frown, "Helped you? Why is he running and you're still here then?" I know it looked weird because Jay was on the run whilst I was still stuck here with Jason, but what they didn't know was that he tried to help and it didn't work out. I was not prepared to have him lose his life just because he failed to get us out.

"Because it didn't work. I couldn't run fast enough because of my leg, I told him to go because if they found him they would kill him for helping us... daddy, please, please don't hurt him" I almost begged, feeling tears brim my eyes.

My dad sighed, briefly nodding at me before he looked at the man who was still waiting for further guidance.

"Bring him back, we still need answers, hold back on the interrogation until I get there." He ordered before the man nodded, leaving us alone.

"Wheres mom?" I asked, I felt like crying again, I missed her so much and at the time like this, all I wanted was to cry in to her shoulder like I was a little girl again. "She's at the hotel, she wanted to come but it wasn't safe to bring her...  don't worry, you'll see her soon. She is probably on her way to the clinic right now to be with you whilst you get patched up." He ended nodding reassuringly as he slowly looked behind me.

"Sammy," My dad spoke, calling Sammy over to us. He walked over and looked down at me, a look of sadness in his eyes, "You're not looking too good Sav" He joked making me give him a small smile.

"Take Savanna to the clinic, my people are waiting for her." My dad ordered making Sammy nod. Sammy stepped aside, waiting for me to walk ahead and towards his car and before I did, I looked up at my dad. "What are you going to do with Jason?" I asked him, I had to know, there was no way he was going to let Jason off for failing at what he was meant to do.

"You don't need to worry about anything else Savanna, focus on getting better, okay?" He asked, making me sigh.

"Please don't hurt him" I almost whispered.

My dad glanced at Sammy before he looked at me, "I'll see you very soon my sweet girl, ti voglio bene (I love you- Italian)" My dad said, kissing my forehead.

"Ti amo di più (I love you more- Italian)" I ended as he stepped back for me to get past. I walked away from him, following Sammy to his car. He opened the passenger side door for me and I thanked him before I stepped up and got in. He shut the door before heading over to his side, getting in and starting the engine. The headlights shined ahead making me look up as I saw a group of 6 men leaving the building again, but my focus was on Jason who walked ahead of them.

He now wore a sweatshirt, covering his bloody chest but he still had blood on his face which I could see from here. He tucked his gun in to the waistband of his pants before covering it with his sweatshirt, he looked up and at me, instantly making eye contact with me.

The tingly feeling of butterflies filled me again, I couldn't stop imagining the words Andrea spoke. I know I sounded like a broken record, I know I probably sounded like a school girl with a crush but I couldn't get him out of my mind, I couldn't take my eyes off him.

I had fallen without realising.