Rachel's POV...
I froze as I see a woman and four men wearing all black standing in front of Sebastian and I. The woman had been throwing evil glances at me, which creeped me out.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" Sebastian ask the woman. No way, this creepy woman is his mom? I wasn't ready to hear that.
"What did you think made me come all the way here in the middle of the night?" the woman stares at Sebastian with a sharp look. "You have to stop acting so innocent, son. It's discgusting!"
"Mom...let's talk..."
"There's nothing to talk about! You got the girl and the time is up!" the woman, slightly screams at the last part of the sentence. "Get her to the car, boys!"
"Mom, don't do this!" Sebastian says as he tries to cover me from the four men who are approaching us.
The four men quickly pushes Sebastian to the side and drags me off the bed. I tried to escape their grip but for a girl to fight over the power of four men was too hard. Suddenly I felt a sharp sting on my arm, realizing that they had injected something to me. My head suddenly felt dizzy as I couldn't fight them anymore, before everything turned black.
5:30 AM....
At the abandoned building....
I flutter my eyes slowly. My head still feels dizzy and my body feels weak after the sudden injection. Damn, what did they put in it anyway? I realize that I am lying down on a dusty floor in a dark room. I try to get up but I found my hands and legs are tied together. To make it worse, they also duktaped my mouth. This is pure horror!
After about 15 minutes, the door suddenly opens with a guy walking inside the room. It's Alfredo. He walks towards me and kneels down to remove the daktape from my mouth.
"Alfredo! Where am I? What's going on?" I ask with mixed feelings of fury, confusion, and a bit of fear.
"Sorry, I can't tell you," Alfredo says, before he sits down on the ground while avoiding eye contact with me.
What the hell? Was that even a proper answer? I feel like I want to slap him in the face. "Let go of me now!" I say, really feeling in fury right now.
Alfredo turns his head to the side with an empty look. "I can't do that. It's mama's orders."
"You guys kidnapped me! You jerks!" I say out of fury. I try to hold back the tears in my eyes.
Just then, I hear the sound of footsteps again. A girl and a guy who I am familiar approaches me. What the hell? What are they doing here?
"Rachel, long time no see," says the guy.
"What the hell? Emma? Darren? What are you guys doing here?" I couldn't believe I am seeing this.
"Isn't it obvious? We're part of the gang," Darren says as he stood next to Alfredo along with Emma.
"Sorry to say, there's no way out," Emma says as she stares at me. Emma, the girl who I thought was my best friend who went missing, turned out to be the biggest traitor. I feel betrayed.
Alfredo lets out a sigh as he stares at me. "I know you really hate me and my brother now. But in a few hours, all of that won't matter anymore," he says before standing up.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"We finally caught you, Rachel. All that was lost for years, are finally back. What a sweet revenge," Alfredo says, trying to do a small chuckle to not make this seem dramatic but rather creepy. What the hell is trying to say?
"Despite the fact that we'll probably feel guilty for kidnapping you. We had to do it," Alfredo says as he tries to look cool while looking into my eyes, yet somehow I sense that there was a slight of guilt written in his eyes. He was trying to hold back tears.
"What do you mean? I don't understand!" I say.
Alfredo didn't answer me. He just walk out of the room along with Darren and Emma and slams the door shut, leaving me once again alone in this dusty room. I need to get out of here.
Just then, the door opens again, but this time it wasn't Alfredo. It's Sebastian. He has a guilty look on his face. I stare at him with disappointment and fury as he walks over to approach me.
"Sebastian! What the heck is this? Get me out of here!" I say in a strict tone.
"He won't be able to do that, child!"
I look behind Sebastian and see that his mom is standing behind him with four men who are all wearing sunglasses, along with an old man in a gray suit. I didn't need to think twice. I realize that THEY ARE the stalkers.
Meanwhile...
After a while of trying to find Rachel's location, Nate managed to track her down at found out where she is. The boys are now heading there to the location.
"Did you managed to track her down?" Jack ask through the phone.
"Yes. She's at the abandont building. We're heading there right now," Nate says.
At the abandoned building...
"You really look like that damn woman, child," Miranda stares at Rachel with an evil look. "Your presence already disgust me."
"You....what do you want?" Rachel ask in a furious tone, with her mind still having no idea what does the woman in front of her want.
"What do I want?" Miranda ask as she walks over to Rachel, followed by two of her men. "Get her up, boys!"
The two men gets Rachel to stand up despite her hands and legs being tied together. Miranda looks at the girl sharply in the eyes. Suddenly, Miranda slaps her with full of rage, making her shock.
"That should be a question I ask your mother. You hideous girl!" Miranda screams at Rachel, before kicking her hard to fall to the grown, leaving her in pain as her head hit the hard floor.
Sebastian and Alfredo couldn't dare to watch their mother being so cruel to Rachel. Alfredo notice how puffy his brother's eyes are. He is struggling to hold back the amount of tears. Though it isn't the first time they saw their mother hurting others, they really couldn't stand it this time.
Rachel groans in pain. "Ah, are you crazy? What the hell do you want?"
Miranda didn't say a word, but instead she walks over to Rachel and steps on her stomach with her Louboutin heels, making Rachel screams in pain.
"That's what you get for existing in this world! May your mother witness this from hell, how you suffer the consequences of her actions!" Miranda shouts, her voice filling with rage and wickedness, scaring everyone in the room, including Sebastian and Alfredo.
"You...YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!! You're a part of the stalkers," Rachel says with fury in her voice.
"Serves you right for taking away my husband with your stupid presence!" Miranda says with a stern tone, her eyes filled with burning fury.
"I don't even know your husband, you bastard!" Rachel almost screams.
"Huh? Playing dumb are we? Or did he dump your mother after he figured out she was pregnant?" Miranda ask with a mocking tone. "Honey, your pathetic father was my husband."
Rachel's eyes widens. She is too shocked by what she just heard. She didn't even know anything about her biological father. Her mother never told her anything about him. She assumed they didn't have a good relationship.
"We were happily married for years, until that hideous mother of yours showed up. She ruined my marriage," Miranda says with a wicked tone. "All because she was pregnant with you. I even doubt that you are his child. I've been married with him for years and yet we still don't have a biological child." Miranda starts to tear up tears of anger. "Get her up, boys!"
The two men pulls Rachel's to stood up, with her head still feeling hurt after hitting the hard floor.
"You don't have the rights to hit me! Whatever happens in the past, if your husband left you, it was because he never loved you in the first place! So you should just get a life and stop hitting me because he left you!" Rachel blurts out with a bold tone, finally having the courage to say what's on her mind.
"That's it! Boys, finish her!" Miranda commands.
Again, the two men pushes her to the floor, causing her to hit her head again. Suddenly all four men approaches and tries to rip off her clothes, in which she tries to escape by rolling her body, but she is eventually stop by two men who starts holding her.
Sebastian and Alfredo sees what is about to happen. They knew exactly what ks gonna happen, since they knew how crazy their mother could be. Meanwhile, Emma and Darren just stood in fear at the sight of Rachel getting attack.
"Mom! Stop it!" Sebastian screams as he runs over to the four men to fight them, while Alfredo starts holding back his mother.
"You idiots! What are you doing?" Miranda shouts.
Sebastian tries to fight the four men, but they are stronger and punches him in the face. Just then, they suddenly hear the door bust open, revealing five young guys running inside the room. It was the boys.
Rachel felt relief that the boys finally found her. For a moment, she thought she was gonna die anytime sooner in Miranda's hands.
"Stop right there!" Jack says as he and the boys circles the room while pointing their guns out. "Let go of the girl!"
Without any warning, one of the men who is standing quite close to Jack suddenly kick his gun out of his hand. He quickly punch him in the face, turning the whole room into chaos as the boys starts shooting the men who by now already had the chance to pull out their guns.
Alex and Nate runs up to Rachel and start fighting the two men holding her. Liam managed to shoot one of the men from a distant, giving Alex the chance to pull out his pocket knife to cut the ropes that tied Rachel's hands and legs together.
"Let's go!" Alex drags Rachel to exit the room, however as they are about to exit, Alex feels a sharp pain on his arm.
"Stop right there!" Juan Sanchez shouts as he points out a gun at Rachel. He is about to pull the trigger, when a bullet shoots his head from the left side, causing him to fall to the ground. It was Nate.
Nate quickly tries to pull Rachel, but is stop when Darren and Emma pulls him back, while two men pulls Rachel. Alex quickly shoots the men holding Rachel, before dragging her out of the room quickly along with Liam, while the other boys deal with Miranda and her men.
Alex drags Rachel out of the room. His hand is still hurting from the shot, but he continues to struggle to escape the building. Meanwhile, the rest of the boys had been dealing with Miranda and her men, including Sebastian and Alfredo.
Alfredo, Darren, Emma and two of the men are chasing Alex and Rachel, leaving Miranda, Sebastian, and two of their men in the room along with Liam, Jack and Nate.
Jack and Sebastian tried to attack each other multiple times with gun shots, which eventually led Miranda to get shot on her legs. Suddenly, Jack pulls out his gun and aims it at Miranda. "You!" Jack points his gun at Sebastian who os standing in front of Miranda. "You killed Rachel's mother and kidnapped her!"
Sebastian turns his head to see Jack aiming his gun at his mother. He lets out a sigh. "Look, man! I know you're upset, but taking a revenge on a woman doesn't make you more of a man."
"Oh yeah? Then what do we call a man who murdered a woman AND kidnapped her daughter? Is he even doing what a man should do to a woman?" Jack says in a sarcastic tone.
Jack was really sick to see Miranda. He didn't think twice and pulls out the trigger, shooting the bullet right into Miranda's heart.
"Mom!!" Sebastian screams out of shock. He quickly tries to shoot Jack but he ran out of the building along with Nate. They get into an encounter with some of the men.
"Get out of the way!" Jack shouts as he kicks the men covering their way, while Nate shoots the two other men.
The three young men continue to run out of the building. The others had drived off earlier, leaving only three of them there. They quickly enter the car and drives off.
3 days later...
It's been three days since the boys saved Rachel from Miranda and her men. Rachel had been staying at the boys house as they help her recover from the bruises on her face and body. She didn't want to show up in front of Mark and his father with bruises on her face and body. Since she is still traumatized by what happened, she had been sleeping with Jack together in his room. He also had been taking care of her the most, including when she has a hard time falling asleep at night due to the trauma of getting kidnapped.
11 AM....
Rachel's POV...
I walk downstairs, my eyes still feeling sleepy. I had a hard time sleeping again last night, which really bothers me. I hate not getting enough sleep, but since what happened with Miranda three days ago, somehow it really affected a big part of me. I felt traumatized.
I walk to the dining room to see the boys preparing lunch, except Alex who is no where to be seen. It's already been three days since I haven't talk to him. Not to mention, I haven't seen him much either. He's always going out to see his girlfriend, even though he's still recovering from the shot on his arm. By this time, I already knew from Jack that the girl from the market is his long-time girlfriend.
"Rachel, you're awake!" Nate walks out of the kitchen with a plate of pancakes. "Feeling better?"
"Yeah...a lot," I answer. "Where's Alex?"
"He went out a few hours ago," Nate says casually while putting the big plate on the table.
"I see. How is he? It's been days since I last talk to him." Even though I am still hurt with the fact that he never told me he has a girlfriend, I still care for him. Even though our relationship was based on a lie, one thing I knew, was that the love we had was true. Nevertheless, we could never be together.
"He had been taking some instant recovery medicines. He's been getting better," Nate says.
"I see..."
"Take a seat, it's lunch time," Liam greets me as he walks out of the kitchen with a big plate of grilled chicken.
I smile at the boy and pulls out a chair to take a seat. Soon, all the boys walks out of the kitchen as they put the dishes they cooked on the table, before taking their seats. As usual, Jack takes a seat next to me.
"How's your head?" Jack ask as he turns his head to face me.
"A lot better. Thanks," I say as I smile at the boy staring at me, in which he smiles back.
Lunch soon starts as everyone starts to dig in, tasting various dishes. Moments like this made me feel grateful for having so many caring people around me. They had been looking after me, especially Jack. Yet, a part of me still feels empty. Maybe because Alex is not here? Every time I try to erase him from my mind, somehow the vision of him keeps crawling back. I hate to admit it, but I do miss him, so much.
11:30 PM...
At The Empire's Hotel....
Courtney and Alex are having lunch together in her hotel room. The two decided to order room service since Courtney didn't feel like going out. Knowing that Alex is still recovering, she doesn't want him to be too tired.
Alex's POV...
"You really should consider more about your safety," Courtney says as she takes a cup of tea from the table.
After what happened, I eventually told Courtney about me being a part of a gang, which both surprised and upset her. Though I told her not to tell my parents since I didn't want to worry her, it seems that I had made her worried about me.
"I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me."
"But I do!" Courtney says in an aggressive tone. She turns her head to face me who is sitting on the bed.
"What if something bad happens to you?" she ask, her eyes filled with worries and disappointments. "How do you think I'm suppose to deal with that?"
Courtney walks over and takes a seat next to me on the bed.
"Let's start over," she says as she suddenly touches my hand. "We can start a new life together back home. You'll be far from all this chaos."
"I still have college. I told you I'll be ok. Besides, the guys are like my brothers. I'll be fine."
"I won't be fine knowing that you could lose your life at anytime. You've been in that phase before, I don't want you to return to the same hole," Courtney says in a worried tone.
I sit in silence as I start to remember the days I was a part of a gang back in Ottawa. I didn't want to upset her more, especially knowing that I've disappointed her enough. Yet, I wasn't ready to leave everything in New York. The gang life, my friends, and last but not least...Rachel. I'm not ready to leave her behind, especially knowing that I might not see her again after I get married and go back to Ottawa.
I want to hate myself for being selfish. But when love comes, can it even be stop? Though I had to keep my promise to Courtney, I still wasn't ready to lose Rachel.
8 PM...
At the boys' house...
Rachel's POV...
"I present to you, chocolate cake!" I serve the freshly baked cake on the dining table.
"It already looks so temptating," Nate says with a playful tone.
"Well, it taste even better," Jack states with a smile.
I decided to make dessert for tonight to thank the boys for their kindness in training and looking after me. I made their favorite homemade chocolate cake. They all looked so happy as they start sharing the cake. Jack gives me a slice as he signals me to sit next to him.
Just then, we hear the door bell rang. Liam gets up from his seat and walks to front door to open it.
"Bro, you're back," Liam says.
"Not long though, I gotta go back to the hotel again," Alex says
Alez enters the house and starts walking into the dining room. All eyes starts to stare at him, including mine. After not seeing him all day, it's good to see him again tonight.
"Bro! We were just having dessert," Jack says.
"Spencer here makes the best chocolate cake," Nate says as he continues to eat his chocolate cake.
Alex turns his vision to look at me. We both stare into each other's eyes. I start to form a small smile as I get lost in his eyes. Surprisingly, he smiles back.
"Please, join us for dessert," Liam says as he walks back to the dining room.
"Sure," says Alex as he pulls out a chair to sit next to Nate. I was kind of hoping he would sit next to me, but I guess that shouldn't happen anyway.
Rachel, you just found out he has a girlfriend. You need to stop thinking as if he is still your boyfriend.
To be continue...