AN: Ta da a new Fanfic!
I was running. Well, not really. You see I wasn't running from anything physical. I was running from my emotions. I had a lot of things to be upset about like the fact that I have never had parents or anyone that cares about me. I have always been what I like to call a "lone wolf". No one questions a homeless teenager wandering from town to town. Well, no one but Alec Hardy.
I walked into the town of Broadchurch. It was evening so it was very quiet but it was also raining. I was drenched but what could I do? It's not like I can go inside a building and stay dry. Its funny how everyone is probably inside and enjoying dinner while completely oblivious to that fact I'm walking around town. I walked around for a bit until I ended up on top of a cliff. I stood by the edge for a while and looked down at the water. I was just going to leave when I heard footsteps. I saw a man who was also drenched walk up to me.
"What's a boy like you doing out here at this time?" the man asked.
I turned to look at the man. He was wearing a black suit and tie. He had brown floppy hair and an emotionless face. "I'm just out for a walk." I said and hoped that would satisfy his question.
"I've never seen you around here before. Where are you from?" the man asked.
Now what the hell I'm I going to tell him? I could lie but I really wasn't in the mood for that right now. "No where I don't have a home." I said.
The man remained quiet for a while. "Where's your parents?" he asked.
The guy sure had a lot of questions. "I don't have any. Never had, never will." I said.
"So you just wonder from town to town?" he asked.
"Yup, name's Alistair by the way." I said.
Something seemed to flash across the man's face. It seemed like he recognized me. I still had no idea who he was though. "Alec Hardy." He said.
My eyes widened. "You're that DI that worked on the Latimer case." I said. He nodded. I figured I had a few options at this point. I could stay and talk to Alec and hope he wouldn't call social services or I could run.
Alec must have noticed I was about to run. "Don't run it will just cause more problems." he stated.
"You'll just call social services though." I said.
He sighed. "I won't." Alec said. I glared at him for a second. Why wouldn't he call them? His phone rang. I only heard bits and pieces of the conversion. Now would be the perfect time to run but I didn't. I mean what's the worst that could happen? If he ended up calling social services I would run away in less then a week. Alec got off the phone. "How long has it been since you've eaten?" he asked.
"I don't know. I think I ate yesterday." I said. I was not planning on eating today. I only ate when I had some money and right now I didn't have any.
"Lets get you something to eat." He said. Isn't Alec Hardy a jerk because that's what I heard on TV? Why was he doing this? Its not like I trusted him yet but I reluctantly followed him.
We ended up at a house. I figured it wasn't Alec's because we were walking up to the front door but he wasn't taking a key out. Alec rang the doorbell. I stood behind him. Not because the step wasn't big enough but because I had no idea who was going to answer the door.
A woman answered. I didn't know for sure but she looked like the DS that worked with Alec on the Latimer case. Which would mean she was Ellie Miller the wife of the killer. "Alec you're late. Wait who's that?" She asked. Before I could even attempt to answer Alec told her. She introduced herself to me. It turned out it was Ellie. Ellie let us inside.
It was a nice house. I didn't really care though. We sat down to dinner. It was chicken. I could tell something was bugging Alec. I was going to ask him what was wrong but Ellie beat me to it. "It's nothing." He said but Ellie wasn't convinced. Alec sighed. "Ok let me tell you a story." He said. "It all started when my Ex-wife gave birth. She had twins." Alec said and paused for a moment. "Uh it was a boy and a girl. We named the girl Rose and the boy Alistair. When Alistair was around three years old he was kidnapped. We never found out who did it though." Alec said. At that moment I stood up from the table and ran out of the house. Alec followed me. I went back to the cliff. I looked down at the sand. The thought of jumping seemed very appealing. I inched closer to the edge. Alec grabbed on to my jacket and turned me around. "What are you doing?" He asked. He seemed angry.
"Nothing." I said and started to cry.
Alec's face softened when he saw I was upset. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"I…I just recently escaped from a man who kidnapped me when I was younger. He told me to forget about everything from before I was kidnapped and if I mentioned anything about it he would beat me." I said and rolled up my left sleeve. Anyone could tell my wrist was broken. It was the last injury he inflicted on me before I ran away.
Alec lightly held my wrist. I winced a bit. Alec looked into my eyes. "Who did this to you?" He asked.
"He told me not to tell anyone or he'd kill me." I said. I was still very afraid. I had only escaped a few days ago.
"Alistair, you're safe now. Please tell me who did this." Alec said.
I sighed. "His name was Taylor Ash." I said.
AN: I hope you enjoyed!