"Emma wake up." Mason shakes me awake
"Why?" I ask rubbing my eyes
"You're talking to the doctor." He said
"I'm not crazy Mason." I say "I'm not going."
"Yes you are." He said throwing clothes at me
"I don't want to go." I say
"Well, you're going Emma." He says taking my hands and lifting up my shirt and putting on my other ones, he puts on my jeans since I didn't sleep in pants. "See you're all dressed." He says
"I'm not talking." I say "I'm not going to talk to a shrink." I say, he puts on my low-top white converses
"Come on." He says taking my hand and dragging me "I'm late for a meeting." He said
"You're just going to be more late if you try and make me go." I cross my arms. He sighs and picks me up bridal style. I start to kick to get out of his grip
"Open the door, I'm going to be late." Masons says to the people.
~
Mason drags me inside a house of someone I don't know. He holds my hand, not intertwined, and barges through the door
"Mason." The guy says
"Al, this is Emma." Mason says setting me on the couch "now, I'm going to be late for a meeting and she'll stay here for a while and Lance will pick her up." He said leaving.
"You know," he starts but I cut him off
"Don't say I look like Grace because I'm tired of that." I say getting up and looking around
"Emma, the reason you are here is because he loves you." Al says and I look out the window
"He doesn't care about me," I say "he just sees Grace." I scoff. I twirl little toys at the window seel
"Do you want to talk about it?" He asks
"Why should I?" I ask facing him "I'm not going to open up my feelings to someone who doesn't even care too." I say sitting down again "it doesn't even matter." I put my head on my hand
"Emma, you have to talk." Al said
"How about, we stare at each other in silence and wait till Lance gets here." I smile
"Emma," he starts
"Great Al, great plan." I say shutting up
"I think you have been neglected for a year or two, you gotten kidnapped and he can't stop thinking about another girl, you're sad he only sees Grace in you and not you, you just want him to see you, but at the same time you don't want to have nothing to do with him because he's forced you to do something you don't like. Maybe, kill?" He say
"No." I say "that's all wrong."
"You know it's true, and you're sad that this is your life."
"Okay, we're done Al." I say getting up
"You know I'm right Emma and you know you've wanted someone to see for a long time."
I leave his house and go outside near the garden, I look at the spot I was when Blake kid napped me and I saw him. I look around and see Tim, I run up to him
"Hey Emma." He says as I stare at the same spot
"How are you?" I asked looking at Tim finally
"I'm good. How are you?" He asks
"I'm great." I say looking back to see nothing there
"Daddy!" I hear a little girl scream and hug Tims leg
"Who's this?" I ask looking down
"This is my daughter Sophia." Tim says
"I never knew that." I say and Tim picks her up "how old is she?" I ask
"She's three." He says
"Grace." She holds my cheek
"Can I hold her?" I ask and Tim nods handing me Sophia. We start to walk and talk when Trisha came up to us
"Emma, Mason's here, and he's not very happy." Trisha says. I quickly hand Tim Sophia back and we go to the house.
"When did he get here?" I ask Trisha
"Just now." She said, I sigh and cross my arms with my hands hidden in my sleeves.
I walk into Masons room and see him sitting on the bed on the phone, he hangs up sighing and looks at me.
"Why'd you leave?" He goes straight to the question
"It's not going to help." I say "nothing is going to help me, but I'm not crazy, I'm not sick." I say pacing the room
"Emma I care about you." He says standing up
"No, you don't." I say "you don't care for me, you just say that but really you just care that I look like Grace."
"That's not-" I cut him off
"Don't give me that shit! I hear you at night too, whispering her name. Maybe I could become her, but that would mean I'm not me. But that's okay cause all you need is Grace." I say pacing the room again
"Don't say that." He said looking down
"Why, because it's true?" I ask "you're keeping me here so I can become Grace and then everything will be better."
"Ever since you've been with Blake you aren't you." He said looking at me in disgust "what did he do to you?" He asks
"He didn't do anything!" I yell sighing "it's you that made me change." I say softly "you're just blaming him for what you've done."
"That's not true." Mason said
"But, it is." He gets up and goes towards the door "yeah, just do the same thing over and over. Have sex with a whore at the bar and come back just to tell me you're sorry, but you're not." I say and he leaves. I put my hands on my face and close my eyes rubbing my face putting my head back
"Emma." I hear Blake, I look at the corner to see him there
"Go away." I say "you're not real." I say
"But I am." He whispers. He gets closer and I jump on the bed and into the corner
"Why am I crazy?" I ask myself. I look back up to see no one there.
~
I start myself a hot bath and get in, I keep my eyes open and I can hear my breathing and the water drip into the bath. I inhale and put my head under the water feeling the water move. I get out of the water and wipe my eyes. I hear Mason's door open and I put my legs to my chest and close my eyes
"Emma?" I hear Trisha
"I'm in the bathroom." I say and she walks in
"What are you doing?" She asks closing the door and getting on her knees in front of the tub "you look awful, you have bags and your lips are so pale." She says sighing
"I'm fine." I say "I just haven't been getting much sleep."
"Come on." She says grabbing a cup and pouring it down my hair. She grabs the shampoo and scrubs it in my scalp, she repeats with conditioner and takes a body scrub and body soap and does my back and sides only. She leaves and goes outside of my room.
TRISHA'S POV
I walk out of the room to let Emma dry and put her clothes on when I walk down the hall I hear a noise, a girl moaning. I barge into an office thinking it was Lance, but I see a girl on top of Mason in his office. He holds her by her hair and Mason zips her dress back up
"How dare you!?" I scream at him and the girl leaves "you're a monster!" I yell at him "are you trying to make her go crazier!?" I say thinking of Emma and how devastated she'd be
"So you think she's crazy?" He asks getting up and zipping his pants up
"No, you are, you are the sick one." I point at him "trying to get emma to harm herself! What if she walked into you doing this?" I ask
"Well, she didn't. You did." He says sitting back down
"I'm going to tell her." I say
"No you won't. You know if you tell her she'll hurt herself." He chuckles "she's so weak she imagines her second kidnaper is still with her." He says in front of me, I slap him hard and slam the door on his face.
EMMA'S POV
I walk out of the bathroom hearing Mason and Trisha yell at each other while girl walks out of Masons office. I grab a pillow and a blanket and go downstairs, I can't stand to be near Mason, I snuggle into the covers and look for something to watch. I decided to watch Supernatural.
"Hey." I hear someone say "I love that show." A guy approaches me from behind
"Supernatural?" I ask and he nods
"I'm Ian, 19." He says
"I'm Emma, 17." I smile and he sits next to me
"You don't mind, do you?" He asks I shake my head no and we continue to watch Supernatural
"I need the company anyways." I say. After watching 10 episodes he lays behind me and puts his arm around me and without me barely noticing, I fell asleep, without seeing Blake, without seeing my pain. I finally had peace.
~
"Emma, wake up." A voice said, I see Mason hovering over me and Ian
"Go away." I say closing my eyes again and Ian puts his arm more securely around me
"You're spooning with my youngest brother." Masons said
"At least he's nicer than you." I whisper
"Go away, Mason. She clearly doesn't want you." I hear Ian say "you know, I can't believe you hurt her." He said pushing my hair back "she's such a beauty." He said "anyways, bye brother." He says holding me again
"She's coming with me." Masons said grabbing me
"I don't want to be anywhere near you." I say trying to get my arm back but he held on tightly
"I'm calling Dad tomorrow to get you." Mason said to Ian
"I'm hanging out with my friends tomorrow." He said
"Yeah, your junky friends." Mason said dragging me upstairs.
"What do you want from me?" I ask angrily "you don't like me and I don't like you." I say
"Go to sleep." He said dragging me to the bed but I pushed back
"I'm not sleeping next to you." I say
"Then sleep here." He said placing me on the couch and throwing a pillow t me "Go to sleep." He said laying on the bed, I place the pillow to my liking and close my eyes seeing nothing but darkness.