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Chapter 29: Responsibility
JulieWe stepped into the spacious living room, and a gasp escaped my lips.My gaze wandered around the room for a moment, taking everything in before I finally turned to John.A wide smile spread across his face as he studied my reaction.“You like it?”“Like is an understatement,” I admitted. “This place is so cool. I love it.”He nodded, spreading his arms to gesture around the room. “Since we’re spending a month here, I figured it would be nice to get an apartment. We could even make homemade cookies together, you know?”I laughed, finding the idea rather sweet.“A friend here helped me secure this place, so we won’t even be paying much. Besides, it gives us that homely feeling.”I nodded in agreement and took a step towards the open kitchen.It did look like home, but what was home without Alex?I still didn’t understand why my thoughts kept drifting to him, especially when John had been trying so hard to cheer me up.“Julie,” John called suddenly, pulling me out of my thoughts.
Chapter 28: The best
NatalieAlex smiled, reciprocating mine. I regarded him for a moment before stepping out.My phone rang just as I walked out. It was Amanda.She had called me several times that morning, but I had been too occupied with Alex to answer.I just wanted him to wake up before leaving his side. I was also terrified because he had lost so much blood before help arrived.I wouldn’t have forgiven myself if anything had happened to him.After all, he had gotten hurt protecting me.“Amanda,” I answered, my voice sounding unusually low and cracked.Amanda hesitated briefly. “Natalie? Are you alright?”I released a sigh, and tears immediately welled up in my eyes. For some reason, I suddenly felt overwhelmed.I couldn’t quite comprehend why Ken would collaborate with Ross to hurt me.What if Alex hadn’t followed me to Nashville? No! What if Amanda hadn’t insisted on him coming with me? And what if Alex hadn’t noticed that I was missing in the first place?A lot of ‘what if’s’ filled my head.“Nat?
Chapter 27: A success
AlexMy heart almost stopped at their conversation.I struggled to get back on my feet, shaking my head in an attempt to get rid of the dizziness.But it didn’t help.I was bleeding so much that I could feel some of the blood coating my eyelashes, but that was the least of my problems.I needed to do everything I could to make sure they didn’t get to Natalie before the police arrived.Someone suddenly kicked me in the stomach, doubling the pain I was already experiencing.I dropped to the floor, feeling as though my insides were twisting.“Where do you think you’re going?” someone jeered as more kicks landed on my body.At some point, I stopped fighting back. My entire body throbbed with pain, and I could feel the bleeding getting worse.“He’ll die like that,” someone announced happily. “Let’s go meet Ken inside.”Almost immediately, sirens filled the air around us.I heard cars screeching to a stop, but I could barely make them out.My vision was terribly blurry now.“Police!” a loud
Chapter 26: Tactic
Alex “So he’s not the police?” another voice demanded, his tone filled with disbelief.“Are you serious? So, it was a false alarm?” another quickly added.I turned slightly, only to find about five men standing right behind me, staring as though they could dig holes into my face with their eyes.I tried to swallow the sudden lump in my throat.How was I supposed to get out of this mess now?“And he scared the hell out of me,” another muttered, stepping forward to join the others. “But who the heck is he?”“I’ve never seen him before. He doesn’t look like he lives in Nashville,” another responded.I turned back to Ross, my heart pounding so hard I thought it might give way. I should have considered this possibility before going through with the plan.But there was no time for that anyways.“He doesn’t look familiar either,” another chimed in.Ross regarded me for a moment, his face hardening into a frightening mask.“Who are you?” he demanded in a deep voice.I stared back at him, ref
Chapter 25: Plan failed
Alex“What are you talking about? Maybe she stepped out to eat or something.”Cindy shook her head briefly. “She isn’t answering my messages. Besides, she told me to order some food for her, which I already did, but she wasn’t in her room when I got there,” she explained.I hesitated, wondering where she could have gone. She had told me she wouldn’t be going anywhere.I glanced at my wristwatch. It was almost seven in the evening.Then I remembered what Ken had said earlier when I was eavesdropping. He had mentioned inviting Natalie to dinner that night.Could it be that?I walked past Cindy and hurried back to Natalie’s room.I refused to believe that was true though, because she had already promised not to go anywhere.So why would she suddenly leave without even informing me?But I checked everywhere, and she was indeed nowhere to be found.I turned to Cindy.“Oh, rest assured. She did tell me she was going to have dinner with Mr. Ken. She must have left for that,” I assured her, e
Chapter 24: Missing Natalie
AlexThe cabin door opened, but I couldn’t see them come out because of where I was hiding.“I don’t think it’s something to worry about,” Ken muttered, a bit closer to where I was.I heard my own breathing, afraid they might catch me because of how heavily I was breathing.“Are you sure you weren’t followed?” the strange voice demanded. “I don’t want any mistake.”“There will not be any mistake, Ross. It was probably the bird or something. We’ve got Natalie this time, and there’s no way she can escape from it,” Ken explained.I stared down at the phone in my hand to see if I was still recording.I released a sigh of relief when I saw it was still recording. At least now, I was able to capture them mentioning Natalie’s name.“I just hope so,” Ross muttered. “I will not condone any mistake, Ken.”“There will be none,” Ken assured.They hesitated briefly before their footsteps suddenly receded.When the cabin door shut, I released a sigh of relief.I dialed the police number immediately
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