I couldn't help but let a tear escape my eyes, this is supposed to be over!
I looked through all the pictures, there was a total of ten.
There are pictures of me walking out of the house yesterday, and of Danny riding his horse.
There are pictures of Lisa, Joe, Sylvia and Caleb.
The last picture was of Las Sirenas...
Jerry is still watching me, He can see me but I can't see him.
Victoria came rushing in and looked at the pictures, her face was blank. I was afraid of what that meant.
She called Lockhart and Kingston to inform them of the matter.
She told me that I'd have to go and be on lock down until the problem was solved, I didn't want to go. It was my first day of work and I wasn't going to let this ruin it!
After Victoria tried continuously to persuade me, Caleb called.
"You told Caleb!" I asked Victoria.
"No, but I should've thought of that minutes ago!" She said as she waited for me to answer the phone.
"Hello." I answered.
"Celine! Why is it you refuse to come home and be safe? Do I have to go there myself and carry you out? Because I will!" Caleb said, I could tell he was worried and a bit frustrated.
"You know what I'm already out the door." He exclaimed.
"No! Don't come. I'll be there." I said frustrated, I hung up without a goodbye, I knew I'd hear about it later but I didn't care, the fear I had earlier was now pure anger. I hated Jerry for always fucking up my life, just when things were going fine, He had to slither back into my life and try to destroy me. The damn bastard! He's not going to hurt me, not anymore.
"Let's go Victoria, we have a fucker to track down." I said as I stuffed the pictures into my purse.
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Victoria and I walked into the living room and everyone was there even Lisa and Joe.
I pulled out the pictures and sprawled them on to the coffee table.
"Do you have the box this came in, Ms. Reyna?" Lockhart asked.
"It has no address on it, only my name." I said as I handed the little box to him. He looked at the box and began looking at the shredded newspaper.
"Ma'am was there more of this newspaper or is this all?" Lockhart said.
I looked at him questioningly "Yes there was a bit more, I threw it away. Why do you ask?"
Lockhart passed the box to Kingston and he examined it also, they gave each other a knowing look.
"We believe who ever sent this, left a message on the shredded newspaper." Kingston said as he pulled out a couple pieces.
"See here, these letter are highlighted. Maybe if we put them together, it could help us figure something out." He said as he looked at the pieces.
"I'll go get the other pieces." I offered.
"No you guys stay put, Brennon and I will go retrieve the remaining pieces as Kingston puts what he has together." Lockhart said as he grabbed his coat and keys.
Kingston took the box to the security office and called for extra patrolling outside.
I finally took a seat next to Danny and hugged him.
"Celine everything will be alright, you'll see." Danny said.
"That fucker has been watching us!" Joe exclaimed.
"I'm so sorry Joe, I'm sorry Lisa! If I didn't befriend you guys, you'd be safe." I cried out, Jerry knew how important they were to me and that only put big targets on their backs.
"Oh honey don't apologize, we wouldn't trade your friendship for anything! Right joe?" Lisa asked.
"Of course we wouldn't and none of this is your fault, so don't be sorry. The only person who should be sorry is that creepy son of a bitch!" Joe spat.
"I know we are all quite shaken up by this but don't forget we have twelve year old here." Sylvia said to Joe.
"Sorry Mrs. V" He replied.
"It's all alright. Why don't you both come with me, you guys will be staying here until we know that you are free from harm." Sylvia said to Joe and Lisa.
"That's not necessary." Joe and Lisa said in unison
"No, it's a great idea." I said to them.
"Please, it will be a great relief to me knowing that you two are safe." I told them with pleading eyes.
They both agreed and I stood up to go with them but Caleb suddenly grabbed my arm.
"We need to speak." He said.
I nodded and watched Sylvia lead Lisa and Joe towards the guest rooms.
"I'll head up to my room." Danny said.
"No! You'll stay here. I need to know that you're safe." I explained to Danny.
"Its fine Celine, there is extra patrol around the entire premises. We are all safe." Caleb said
"Yeah. I just want to lie down, I'll even leave my door open." Danny pleaded, I nodded my head and watched him go up the stairs two steps at a time.
I sat down next to Caleb and waited for him to speak.
"How are you?" He asked, I was still in a wretched mood and just gave him a "Are you kidding me?" look.
"How am I? Well let's see, Um I finally feel like I belong somewhere and that everything is smooth sailing but no! Jerry has to take my life in his disgusting hands and fuck it up! How do you think I'm doing?" I exclaimed, I held the bridge of my nose and pulled on my hair.
I felt Caleb move closer to me and I didn't stop him, He pulled my chin to look up at him. Surprisingly instead of being mad at me for exploding on him, his demeanor remained calm.
"It's ok to be mad. I just needed to know what you were thinking. I will see this through and I won't stop looking for that bastard until he's either dead or behind bars!" Caleb said as his jaws flexed. I thought it was caring of him to try to solve yet again another issue of mine but I felt as if Caleb has done enough for me. It was bad enough that because of me he was being targeted as well, if jerry ever hurts him I don't know what I'd do.
"You will be doing nothing, this is my problem and I'll handle it." I said as I caressed his cheek, the anger that lit his eyes cooled down a bit.
"That's where you are wrong, Celine you must take me for a fool if you think I'd let you take care of this on your own.' He said.
"What? You don't think I can handle him myself?" I cried out.
"No you can't! You won't either, I won't let you! Did you see what he did to you last time? You just got your cast removed! If..."
We were both interrupted by the loud slamming of Danny's door and the sound of breaking glass.
I pushed past Caleb and ran up the stairs, "Daniel! Danny!" I yelled as I ran. I reached his door and tried to push it open, but it wouldn't budge. Something was terribly wrong! I pushed but the door didn't move, finally Caleb came and removed his jacket, He pushed the door and when that wouldn't work, he kicked it open. I ran in and found Danny's pillows all over the floor, I picked up a picture of Danny and I off the floor, it was shattered. No signs of Danny! Anywhere!
"Daniel, please tell me your hiding!" I cried as I searched his room, but no one answered my crying calls!
"Caleb do something! He's gone! My brother is gone!" I wailed.
Caleb called the entire team to search the inside of the house and the outside of the house.
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An hour has passed and Danny was nowhere to be found, we called the police and hopefully they'll find him.
Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably, god how I missed Danny! I can't even imagine the fear that must be coursing through my poor brother, I just hope that he's okay and unharmed. If anything were to happen to him... I can't even think of what I'd do.
Kingston came charging out from the office with Brennon and Lockhart close behind.
"Mr. Anderson, There was indeed a message encrypted in the newspaper." He said as he showed us the scarps of newspaper that he managed to put back together.
"LET'S PLAY A GAME! COME AND FIND US. - J."
I believed I could defeat him, but what shall I do now? He had my brother. Jerry had my brother.
"Oh, god" I cried.
My world never came crashing down so quickly, where the hell was Danny?
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Not as soon as I intended but hey it's here! Now show this chapter some love!!
The picture above is the bodyguards; Jennifer Lawrence as Victoria Brennon, Jensen Ackles as Grayson Lockhart, and Keegan Allen as Elijah Kingston.
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