Kidnapped

kidnapped chapter twenty-three

"Soooo," he says slowly dragging out the word, "what have you two been up to lately? Any..thing interesting?" His tone suggests that he knows something, and I feel the bile rise up in my throat. I discreetly look at Jess who's now looking at him, one eyebrow raised.

"No," she says flatly, " what's there to do here besides clean?"

Elijah turns and looks at Jess like if he's just realizing she's sitting at the table as well.

"Hmm," he says, "well, if you have anything you want to get off your chest, now is the time to do it. Because if I find out that you have done something behind my back, or kept something from me, there will be hell to pay."

The first thing that crosses my mind when I hear that, is that Noah told him about the baby. I sharply turn my head towards Noah who's now finally sitting at the table, and give him a questioning look. He looks at me and I can't read his expression. I'm not a hundred percent sure he's told and I don't want to tell on myself if he hasn't. I feel my stomach twisting and turning and I nervously take some pancakes and place them on my plate. I start to cut them up and pour my syrup on them and take a bite. It's like heaven in my mouth they taste so good.

"Yummy," Jess says chewing on her pancakes as well.

"Thanks," Noah says glowing like a child at the compliment.

"Noah, I need to speak with you after breakfast" Elijah says gravely.

"Uh..okay," Noah says nervously. The bad feeling returns to my stomach and I lose my appetite. What could he need to talk to Noah about? My head is reeling with questions, I dont hear Elijah speaking to me. The sound of him banging his fist on the table makes me jump and a little yelp escapes my lips.

"Do you not hear me fucking talking to you?!" Elijah says, his voice raising.

"I'm sorry, I was...day dreaming." I say, choosing my words carefully.

"Care to share," Elijah says bitterly. He sounds angry and I begin to get scared.

"It's nothing interesting, I'm sorry, what were you saying?" I ask trying to change the subject, but elijah isn't going for it.

"What the fuck were you day dreaming about? Huh? You remembering the times I fucked you? I fucked you good didn't i?" He laughs and I'm in complete shock. I do nothing but stare at him, surprised at the language he's using towards me.

"Well? That has to be it, what else?" He presses. His hands ball into fists and I'm confused as to why he's getting so angry. I look at Jess and Noah who are staring at Elijah bewildered as well.

"ANSWER ME!" He yells, making me flinch, I'm scared now and I don't know why to say. I know that whatever I say will be the wrong answer. My eyes start to water and I'm sitting there like an idiot, looking around the room.

"Dude, calm down," Noah finally speaks up.

"Man, shut the fuck up Noah, this has nothing to do with you. I'm speaking to Alex here. I'm so curious to know why exactly was so interesting that she could hear me calling her name 5 times. When I speak to you, you answer me, you hear me bitch?!" He screams. His face is red and there are veins poking out from his neck.

Before I even knew what had happened, he reached over to me, fist in the air, and punched me right on my face, I screamed so loud, my ears hurt. I stumbled back in my chair and hit the floor hard, hurting my shoulder in the process. My hands reach up to my face and I taste blood in my mouth. Immediately, I feel a pair of hands grip my shoulders. At first I thought it was Noah or Jess, but I look up into the cold, vacant eyes of Elijah. He lifts me up and slams me into the wall behind me.

I gasp trying to catch my breath. I don't know why he's so angry towards me, but all I can think about is protecting the baby in me. He punches me again on my chest and I feel the air being knocked out of me once again.

"Elijah let her go!"

"Elijah stop!"

I hear yelling in the background and I feel Elijah push someone off of him. Probably Noah. I feel weak and dizzy and the voices seem distant. I feel myself being thrown on the floor and I scream as I land right on my stomach. I turn on my side holding my stomach and screaming in pain. It feels like someone just stuck a hundred pins and needles into my stomach. I faintly hear shuffling and yelling around me and then a pair of hands grab my face.

"Alex! Alex! It's me!" The voice says. I look up and everything is blurry, I see a face, blonde hair, and know I'm looking At Jess. I'm struggling to breathe and I try my hardest not to close my eyes. My hands are still on my stomach but I start to lose feeling in them and they drop to my sides. I don't know what's going on with my body but I start to lose feeling everywhere. Maybe I'm passing out. I hear Jess screaming but I can't understand what she's saying.

Its getting harder and harder to keep my eyes open and finally, i just let them close.