She kept looking back as she ran at the fastest pace she could. Her heart was racing as she felt pain rush from down her feet. Rose stopped looking down at her bloody bruised feet.
She wanted to rest but could not allow her pursuers to gain up to her or else she would be dragged back to the old warehouse.
"She went that way " Rose heard one of the men say. She froze hiding between the trees. She could hear them run past her.
"Please protect my babies " she silently prayed as she ran in the opposite direction.
She had hit one of the guards with an iron bar she had found under the bed after he came to deliver her food. Running out Rose heard Victoria, Richard, and Nathan talking in another room.
"I don't want the money, all I want is Arthur to beg me to go back to him " Ruth seemed to be arguing with her father.
Rose silently listened, "When I get my money from Arthur then you can do anything you want with Rose " Richard laughed.
"What are you planning to do with Rose?" Nathan asked.
"After Arthur realizes it's me he has always wanted but not her then she won't be of use to me anymore too " Victoria answered.
"But she and Arthur already have a child together and are expecting twins soon " Nathan let out.
Ruth aka Victoria laughed at his statement.
"I won't mind raising the boy but the twins and Rose will have to disappear "
"Disappear? .." Nathan repeated.
Victoria nodded.
Knowing what she meant Rose got up from where she was hiding and ran out the back door. Luckily for her, it wasn't guarded like the front door. The moment her feet touched the cold outside ground, Rose ran so fast without looking back. But soon the guards had already started running after her.
"How could she escape?" Victoria shouted at her men.
"Go after her and make sure you get her " Nathan instructed them.
Victoria was so angry that she decided to go with them to search for Rose. Rose had found a place to hide as she rested her tired back and feet.
"She can't get far in her condition so make sure you search everywhere " Rose heard Ruth's voice command her men. Pushing her body into the darkness of the tree trunk she had been resting on Rose waited until they moved further from where she.
Nathan had come following behind Victoria and her men. The moment Victoria and her men went deeper into the forest, he was able to see Rose appear from the darkness of a big tree trunk.
She was running in the opposite direction of her pursuers. Without realizing it she bumped into Nathan who had been watching her since she appeared.
Nathan looked down at her eyes filled with fear and pain. Both her hands were wrapped around her baby bump as her body shivered from the coldness.
Without thinking twice he grabbed her hand and started running.
"Let me go, I can't go back there " she pleaded.
Nathan stopped placing a hand on her mouth to silence her, " Am not taking you back there but helping you escape " he whispered. He could see Rose's face change with confusion.
" Am letting go but please don't shout or they will notice us " he said. Rose nodded as Nathan moved his hand from her mouth.
" Why are you helping me ?" she asked.
" I can't allow Victoria to hurt innocent souls just for her revenge," he said looking down at her big belly. " Arthur hurt us but it was because we did something that provoked him first and Victoria is doing it again and I can't lose her again ".
Nathan stopped talking and helped Rose up, "Follow me," he said.
Quietly Rose followed Nathan until she could see lights and the main road. A smile appeared on her face for the first time since her kidnap.
Running she rushed to the roadside, Nathan walked to where she was. Taking off his jacket Nathan placed it on her shoulders and placed something in her hands.
"Tell Arthur it wasn't my intention to hurt you, I just want Victoria to be happy . But her obsession is getting out of hand ". he sighed.
Getting a taxi for her Nathan made sure she was safe before he walked back to their hideout.
"Where have you been ?" Victoria asked Nathan.
"Getting fresh air, I feel stuffed her "he answered.
" How can you be out getting fresh air while Rose has escaped ?" she barked.
"I thought you had it handled," he said.
" Well I don't so please help the men go search for her before Arthur calls me " she shouted.
Nathan who had just taken a seat got up and left the room. He knew they won't get her since he had just sent her back safely.