Bryant's POV
Valerie came back deep in the night, looking sad and weary. Her eyes were swollen and I knew very well that she had finally gone through with the plan of breaking down Kevin by dating him, making him fall deeply in love with him and finally break his heart. She had totally forgotten that, she's a human being who got feelings. I saw this coming, now I have to console her. This girl is so so stubborn, she wants to see the thing they're warning her about. When she entered and saw me, he raced to me and hugged me so tight that I could not breathe anymore but I had to take it. She cried so loud that, she woke Cindy up. Now we gotta convince and console her together. How can we even do this she's so broken? Being broken twice because of love must be really painful, though I've not experienced it before, I know that it might be really painful. "I warned you about this, didn't I? I told you that, with the kind of beautiful and emotional heart you've got, it's so easy for you to fall in love with Kevin but you wouldn't listen,right?" I scolded. She then stood up and yelled,"Yes Bryant, I know I was all wrong! But can I be blamed? Who in this would be happy if someone she loves breaks her down like that Bryant? I loved Justin Hartley, Bryant, I really loved him. Would you blame me?" I responded in a harsh voice, "Then who would be blamed for all these? We gotta blame somebody you know." Cindy stood up and shouted,"Stop all these!! You guys should just stop all these, quarrelling with each other will not help solve the problem at hand okay?" Valerie sat back down on the bed and cried, "I'm sorry if I didn't listen to you guys, I thought I could get my revenge on Justin with Kevin, I thought I could do it but I was wrong, I'm sorry!" Cindy and I went to hug her to comfort her. After some time, she stood up to the window and started singing,"All of my life, I thought I was right, looking for something new. Stuck in my ways, like old-fashioned days but all the roads led me to you…" Out of the blue, Kevin walked in and continued the song,"The house that you live in don't make it a home but feeling lonely don't mean you're alone. People in life, they will come and their leave but if I had the choice I know where I will be…" They both continued the song while staring into each other's eyes,"Through the lows and the highs, I will stay by your side, there's no need for goodbyes now I'm seeing the light. When the sky turns to grey and there's nothing to say, at the end of the day, I choose you…oh I choose you…I choose you."
They stood there for some time and finally Valerie said,"What are you doing here? I thought I warned you to stay away from me? I don't want to see you ever again." In the same tone he replied,"Tell me that you don't want me anymore, tell me you want me to go forever and I promise you that, I will take a flight this evening and you will never see me again." Valerie became speechless because she knows that, she was deeply in love with him, so she carped,"Please don't make this difficult for me, please! For your information, I'll be leaving in two days time." "Okay, if you insist, I'm leaving early tomorrow morning, stop me if you want to and I promise you that I will never leave!" Kevin ranted and left the room. Valerie couldn't stop looking at him as he walked out of the room.
Valerie's POV
My heart could not stop beating when Kevin was walking out of the room. Tears were racing effortlessly down my cheeks as if they just didn't want to stop. Kevin will be taking the first flight tomorrow morning, he'll leave forever and I will never see him again. I went to sit on my bed, cuddled my pillow and forced myself to sleep. Maybe that's the only thing that can help me forego all these pains. I couldn't even sleep, the tears were just flowing down my face, the bedsheet would have gotten wet by now. I have gotten myself into the worse problem I've ever thought of. Should I go and stop him from leaving at the airport tomorrow morning? Or I should just let him go? What if I never get to love any other person and keep on daydreaming about him? What if the next time I get to see him again, he has a girlfriend? Then what would I do? What if he gets stuck in my heart and I could not love the person who I'll marry, and I don't get the chance to have a happy home? The questions went on and on, but the answers were hidden to me.
The whole night, I couldn't convince my eyes to sleep, they were just giving out the tears as if they were for free. Around six o'clock in the morning, I dressed up and went downstairs. I asked the receptionist,"Excuse me please, did a guy named Kevin Hartley check out of the hotel?" she opened a book and after a few glances she responded,"Yes ma'am, he checked out around four o'clock this morning." "Four o'clock?" I verified and she nodded. Without much thought, I walked outside, took a taxi and left to the airport. I looked around to out if I could find him, I asked so many people by describing him to them but all to no avail. After few minutes of looking, I saw Kevin, someone I truly love, kissing another girl, yes, the Hartleys had done it again. They have finally scattered my heart, I was too stupid to think that Kevin can love me. I raised out of the airport, got into the taxi and I asked him to drive on. We got to the hotel, I paid him and he left. The event hurt me so badly, so crying was nothing less I did. But before I could enter the hotel, I felt something at my back and before I could turn,"Don't even dare to turn. If you try something funny, one bullet from this gun will make you join your ancestors before your time finally comes. What you ought to do right now to be saved is to listen to me and walk slowly into the red posh car that is packed there." I nodded timidly and entered the car. My eyes were blindfolded so I couldn't see where we were going or even the people who took me. I just heard a voice saying,"Bryant Lytton! If you want your sister back alive just come and meet us at the address I will send you. Come there with the pretty girl you beat me for! Or say goodbye to your beautiful sister, let me compliment you, you are really lucky to have a beautiful sister and a pretty girlfriend, I wish I were you bro." I then heard him laughing, who could it be that, Bryant has this kind of conflict with such person to the extent of kidnapping me. Few minutes later, the car stopped and they got me out.
Cindy's POV
Bryant could not talk after receiving the call. What could have happened that took his attention? I asked him again,"What is the problem Bryant? Who called you?" He answered,"Do you remember the guy that tried to hurt you in the cafeteria the other time? He has been calling me, now he has kidnapped Valerie, he said I should come to a certain address with you before we will see you again, if not…if not…that'll be the end of my sister's life." I yelled when I heard the news,"What?! Then what are we waiting for? Let's go to the address, we need to save Valerie. We ain't gonna go home without Valerie, are we?" He shook his head and answered,"Of course not! We all came together and we will leave together. Let's go." We went to take a taxi and finally, we got to the address which he gave us. Bryant made a plan, he will distract the bodyguards while I try and go and save Valerie. We hugged each other and went on our separate paths, it felt as if I was not going to see Bryant again, I felt so bad, but I shook off such feeling so that it won't become a reality. I walked slowly to a certain place and when I spied a room, I didn't see anyone or anything so I walked to the next room, and when I spied this room, I saw someone tied up in a rope on a chair, so I decided to check if it was Valerie. When I entered, I saw a certain boy sitting on another chair, dozing off. I concluded that he was the one who was supposed to looking out for any intruder but he didn't think he's job was going to be difficult, as I wanted to move a step forward, I saw a big stick in front of me which placed an idea into my head. I took the stick, walked quietly to him and hit him hard with the stick, so he fell onto the floor. I went to untie Valerie,"Don't worry, Valerie it is me Cindy, I'm gonna get you out of here." I said. I untied her and she hugged with tears,"I'm so sorry Cindy, I never meant to put any of you into danger. I'm so sorry!" "Oh don't worry about us Valerie, we came here together and we'll leave together." I comforted,"Let's get out of here, the stick I used to hit him will not keep him sleeping forever." We raced to the door but before we could leave, Bryant came to meet us at the door and hugged us. He placed his hands on Valerie's shoulders and said,"Thank God you are alive Valerie. I would have killed myself if something had happened to you." Valerie hugged him and answered,"I am the one to kill myself if something happens to any of you. I am really sorry dear!" We had a group hug and went towards the entrance of the gate.
"Do you think you can escape here without me knowing? I am too smart dear, I am the guy that tops the class every time! I'm gonna shoot you if you don't come back!" a voice said behind us. We turned and we saw, the guy who tried to mess with me the last time. Before we could do or say anything, Valerie ran to him and started struggling with him for the gun, we heard a gunshot and unfortunately, Valerie fell onto the ground. Bryant got angry with him and punched him in the face, he fell onto the floor, and Bryant ran to us (Valerie and I) to check up on Valerie. We heard another gunshot and before I could know it, Bryant held his chest which was oozing blood out. No! Not Bryant too. The stranger came to take but before he could escape with me, the police came in with an ambulance.Finally, when I called them they've come, to make sure that Bryant was dead, he shot him again. I was so much afraid, tears were running uncontrollable down my cheeks. The police took them away and the ambulance took us away.
I was crying so hard in the ambulance, I can't afford to loose them to death. How can I come here with two of my friends and loose both of them. Then how will I live my life without the two most important people in my life?