Always & Forever

Chapter Twenty - Eight

*Thea POV*

"I must say Thea, I was surprised to have gotten your call." Abel smirks stepping back in to the room from the balcony. "So have you finally come to your senses? Realised who you should be with?"

"Full of yourself as always." Careful not to take my eyes off him as he walks around the room.

"Careful darling." He stops walking looking over at me. "You called me remember?"

"This ends now Abel. All of it."

"Oh see, I think that's where you're wrong!" Suddenly he lunges forward, clasps his hand around my neck and shoves me up against the wall.

My breathing hitches as he stares deep in to my eyes.

"Do you know how long I've been waiting to have you on your own huh? A long time now."

He looks at my neck before looking back at me. He squeezes that bit more before leaving go and I slide down the wall.

"Are you sure you want that baby? I can kick it out off you if you wish." He smirks looking down at me.

"Get up!" He seethes at me. He turns around opening up the mini fridge in the room. He grabs a bottle and takes a swig from it. Then without warning he smashes the glass bottle against the desk near him before pulling me up and stabbing the broken glass in to my arm.

What have I done.

*Tayler POV*

"Voicemail again!" I end the call and throw my phone down on the counter. "Where the hell is she! I phoned her two hours ago!" I turn to Kelianne and Aisha who are also trying to contact her.

"I was just on to Noah. None of Sway have heard from Thea since she left there earlier." Markell walks in to the kitchen.

"Where did she say she was earlier?" Kelianne asked.

"She said she was at the beach. That she needed to clear her head and that she would be home soon." I repeat the conversation I had with her to them.

"Maybe her battery died and she stopped somewhere like a shop or something?" Aisha tries to reassure me.

"No. I can feel it. Something isn't right."

"She text me!!!" Kelianne shouts.

I snap my head to her direction. She's staring at the phone, the colour draining from her face.

"What did she say?"

Call the police. The Hilton hotel. Room 5021. Please.

I grab my keys and phone and run out to my car. I hop in to the car as quick as I can as Kelianne jumps in to the passenger side.

"Hello?" Hi yes. I think my friend is in some trouble. She text me and asked to call the police. She's staying at the Hilton and her room number is 5021."

I glance over at her to see her nodding. "That's great thank you."

"What did they say?" I ask her while keeping my eyes on the road.

"There's a unit nearby, two minutes out from there that their sending to check."

"What has she done?" I whisper.

We've been driving for around 15 minutes and are five minutes from the hotel and I'm getting more anxious.

The silence is ended by Kelianne phone sounding.

"Nate, Markell and Aisha are not to far behind us. Nate was speaking to Sway."

"Bryce needs to stay away from us at the moment." I seethe through my teeth. "Because what he has done today, has led us to this fucking moment an-."

"Oh my gosh Tayler! Look at the car park!"

I look left at the traffic lights that we are stopped at and spot the car park of The Hilton lit up with a number of red and blue flashing lights.

I break the red light and speed over there. I stop the car and run out before I stopped by a police officer.

"Woah there sir. I can't leave you past I'm afraid." The officer holds me back.

"No you don't understand you see my - wait. Oh my god Thea?" I spot a Thea on a stretcher unconscious being wheeled in to an ambulance.

"That's my girlfriend. You need to leave me pass." The officer looks up at me and nods. I run over to the EMT and explain who I am so I can ride with her.

I look back at the hotel door as another stretcher is being wheeled out. I look closer at the figure as it's being wheeled to the ambulance waiting.

Abel? What the fuck has happened?