ESCAPE

Chapter 16

I am so sorry about the late update!

I had so much going on at college this past week and it's finally Harvest Holiday here!

So good news is that there will be more updates now!!

Stay gorgeous and keep smiling!

VALENTINA

I was shocked when Zayn grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the room.

I mean yeah,he said that we would have to make a run for it, but I never thought that it would mean dodging hospital security and staff!

Hey wait, was that Harry that I saw them take away into a room?

Nah.

It must have been someone else.

'We have to go', said Louis with a face that clearly showed that he was trying to hide something  and we gave him a confused look.

'I might have created a distraction that was more than required', he blurted out.

Zayn blinked at him and I cocked my head at him.

'Can we move?', he asked and lead us out.

'Wait, where's Liam and Harry?', asked Zayn.

'Move it!', he exclaimed and we were quickly rushed into the tour bus where we met Paul's wry expression.

'Hi', said Lou and Paul glared at him.

'You are in charge of discharging Harry', he said, pointing at him and Louis walked out of the bus with a groan.

Discharging Harry?

What happened to him?

I looked at Paul with a questioning look.

'That's another story, but the real problem here is whether you are fine', he said and I nodded.

'Good', he said and I smiled.

'Will we get in trouble for this?', asked Zayn.

'Let's hope not', said Paul and I nodded.

'Valentina, you have to tell us what happened', said Paul and I flinched.

'She doesn't want to', said Zayn as he stepped in front of me.

'Zayn, we cant let this happen again. I'm pretty sure you realize that panic attacks are not a once in a life time occurrence', he said and Zayn sighed.

'Us forcing it out of her wont help either', he said and I gulped at the sudden tension.

'Love, we know that you have been abused', said Paul and I felt my heart race.

'We need to have you checked by our doctor, we need to know whether you're healthy', he said and I felt my eyes fill up as he said so.

'Valentina, we just want to protect you', said Niall but I just couldn't bear the fact of them thinking that I was a hooker.

I let out a feeble cry and began to turn but I was stopped from doing so as someone had a strong grip on my arm.

I turned to find Zayn looking down at me with a comforting smile.

'I'm not letting you get away this time', he said and I felt y heart skip a beat.

'Come on', he said and began to lead me out.

'Where are you going?', called Paul.

''Out', he replied and quickly pushed me out of the tour bus before anyone could stop us.

I looked at Zayn but he was more focused on getting out us out of there.

'TAXI!', he yelled and a yellow cab pulled up.

He gave them directions to some place I didn't know and I in turn looked out the window.

'I hope I didn't scare you', he said and I shook my head as I watched him put on a pair of sunglasses.

'I tend to go low profile when I'm out', he said and I nodded.

I had so much to ask and I wished that I could.

'Wait a bit, we'll talk when we reach', he said and I nodded.

After a journey that seemed to last for hours we finally reached a tall gate and Zayn got out.

I quickly followed him out and waited as he paid the cab fare.

'Come on', he said as he opened the gates and I nimbly walked in.

The inside of the gates held a house that looked very modern and very white, there was a large pool out front and a couple of deck chairs as well.

'It used to be my house here', he said as he opened the door for me.

'It's been empty for almost five months now, so there might be a lot of-'

But I cut him off with a loud sneeze.

'Dust', he finished and I gave him a sheepish smile to which he chuckled.

'Come on, my room must be clean beacause I tend to crash here at times', he said and lead me upstairs.

As I climbed the spiral staircase I caught sight of numerous picture frames that held black and white photographs of Zayn and another girl.

They looked so in love and I realized who it was.

'That's Nova', he said and I looked at him.

'She's my fiance', he said and I smiled at him in reply.

He opened a red a door and led me into a room that looked expensive yet simple.

I sat down on the edge of the bed and watched as he rummaged through some drawers as if he was searching for something.

'Found it', he said and handed me an Doodle Board.

I grinned as I took it and he chuckled at my expression.

'I used to scribble on this when I was little, I think you could make use of it now', he said and I smiled.

'Now, here's why I ditched my security and came all the way over here with you', he said and I looked up at him.

'I need you to tell me what happened', he said and I felt my heart drop.

'You don't have to afraid Valentina, whatever it is, I would never use it against you or judge you', he said and I wrapped my finger around the pen string.

'Val, this cant go on like this forever. What am I supposed to do if something happened to you because of this?', he asked and I looked up at him.

'I need to know, I need you to believe me', he pleaded.

I bit my lower lip.

'Trust me love, I can take it', he said and I slowly nodded.

He sat next to me with a distance and waited patiently for me to write.

I do not remember a lot, but I can tell you what I do remember.

He nodded at me and I prepared to start writing again but before my pen touched the screen, the sound of the doorbell was heard.