Hey Guys! I'm glad so many of you like this story so much! I got some questions over the past days and I'm gonna answer a few of them at the end of this chapter. :)


Addicted To You
Chapter Eight

Her eyes were shut heavy. A beeping sound was coming somewhere from her left. Filling the room with a static rhythm. It took her several tries until she could open her eyes fully. She was in a bright room, not a dark cell. And she wasn't hanging from the ceiling either, no she was lying in a soft bed. She looked around, next to her sat a man in a chair, he was asleep. Taking a closer look at his face she could see it was Richard. How long had he been sitting there? She continued to look around. It was a rather small room, painted completely white. She was hooked up to several machines. One was measuring her heart beat, that was where the beeping was coming from. On the other side of the bed was a little table. A water bottle was standing on top of it, next to a vase with flowers and a card that said: „Get well soon". Therese guessed it was probably from Richard. Only he would send her a bouquet of red roses. Everyone who knew Therese at least a little bit knew she hated roses. Therese loved Frangipani Flowers, they reminded her of the ocean. But of course, Richard didn't know that. He was probably too busy figuring out her bra size by staring at her breasts all the time. She looked at the calendar on the wall opposite of her. It said December 19th. Therese had to take a double look. December 19th? The last time she was able to check the date was on the 8th of November when Carol and her crew had left their hideout. Carol. Like a slap in the face it suddenly all came back to her. Carol was dead. Dead. Because of her. She started sobbing. She was still alive, but Carol wasn't. She would never see her again. Never look into those blue eyes again. Never feel her soft skin again. Never hear her voice. That loving voice. Carol was gone and it was her fault.


The next time Therese woke up she heard a voice surrounding her.

„Yes, Boss…the Doc said a few more days until they can release her… I will, bye."

„Richard?"

„Yes it's me, don't worry you are safe now. How are you feeling?"

„Like someone mistook me for a dead pig, put me on a hook and hang me from the ceiling. How do you think I'm feeling." Seeing the hurt look on her colleague's face she quickly realized how rude she just was.

„I'm sorry, Richard. It's just all a bit much to handle. I'm feeling okay so far, my throat hurts, though."

„Don't worry, it's alright, Terry. The Doc said that's quite normal, your throat is still a bit irritated from the breathing tube."

„Breathing tube?"

„Yes, when you got here you had problems breathing and lost consciousness."

„How did I get here?"

„We had been looking for you all over the city Terry, but we didn't find anything that could lead us to where you were being captured. When we… after a few weeks we gave up and Phipps was about to announce that you're death, we got a letter from someone anonymous. It said "Therese" and under your name was an address written. That's how we found you."

„You stopped looking for me?"

„Yes, I'm sorry Terry."

It was silent for a good minute. Therese couldn't believe what he had just told her. They gave up on her. They would have let her die in that rotten cell. Before she could think any longer about it though, Richard pulled her from her thoughts. „What's the last thing you remember?"

„I was bound up...there was a man, he had a scar on his cheek. I don't know his name. He was the Boss there. Aside from him, I've seen two other men, they were both younger than him. One was called Pierre, the other one's name I don't know. The scarred Man came to me and said…"

„He said what, Terry?" Richard put his hand on her knee, trying to comfort her.

„Carol…he killed her." I killed her. It was my fault.

„Carol? As in Diamond Carol?" Richard was more than confused, what the fuck hadDiamond Carol to do with all of this?

„Yes Carol, he killed her!"

„Are you sure?"

„Of course I'm sure!"

Then Richard did something Therese had been sure he would never do if he got told that someone had died. He laughed.

„That's brilliant! We should write a thank you letter to that guy!"

After that, Therese snapped.

„Leave!"

„What-„

„I said LEAVE!"

„Terry, I-„

„GET OUT!"

Richard then did as he was told and left the room. Had he said something wrong?

Once he had left Therese started crying again. She didn't know what to do. Carol was gone and with her the light of Therese life. She rolled onto her side and looked out the window, watching the snow slowly fall down to earth.


A few days went by and Therese was able to leave the hospital on the morning of the 25th of December. Richard offered to drive her home but Therese told him she would manage on her own, he should visit his family in Boston over the holidays. Therese was still angry at him, for many reasons. Mainly because he was an asshole. Having packed everything and checking if she forgot something in the drawers one last time, she went over towards the nurse station and ask them to call a taxi for her before she told her goodbyes to everyone. The taxi ride was quite uneventful, the driver grumpily helped her with her bags, she then paid him and he left without saying goodbye and that was it. It was still New York after all. Slowly making her way up the stairs to her apartment she started thinking about what she would do over the holidays. She would visit her family, that is if they were still alive. Her mother died last year, she was the last relative she had. Now Therese was completely on her own. Sighing, she turned the key and opened the door to her apartment only to see a ghost sitting calmly on her couch.

„Carol?"

End Chapter Eight


Q&A

AydeQuispe16 said: "Ahhhh Carolina está enojada cada capítulo más interesante, gracias por actualizaciones la historia, estoy ansioso de lo que sigue :-)"
Now I sadly don't speak Spanish, only German and English, but google translator said this means "Carolina is angry increasingly interesting chapter, please update the story, I'm looking forward to what follows :-)" I hope that's what you were saying. So dear Ayde, thank you for your comment and I'm so glad you like this story so much. And don't worry, I will keep on updating this story until I'm finished with it. :)


Anon asked: "Brilliant plotted! How did they find Therese? At Carol's house that was burning? Thank you for the update!"
Hello, dear Anon! I'm glad you like the plotting of this story so far. And that's a good question! Yes, they did catch Therese near Carol's hideout. Just as she was on her way home in fact. Thank you for your comment!


Kelly said: "You just love to leave us with cliffhangers! Ugh! Carol go get your girl!"
Haha, you're right with that, Kelly. I do love cliffhangers. And don't worry, sooner or later Carol will get her girl ;)


Angie said: "Go for her!"
Like I already told Kelly, don't worry about that. I'm glad you enjoy this story so much and post so many wonderful comments, Angie!


Also if anyone has longer questions for me or just wants to talk with me about the story, you can message me on Tumblr! Link is in my Bio :)