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ALLY'S POV.

"Dad..." I finished. "Wait, our dad?" Brett asked. He laughed with no humor, "Well, that can't be right I never let him lay a finger on you..." He trailed off, "did I?" He asked. I took a deep breath, "One evening, you were taking a nap, battered, bruised, bloody nose, from a previous beating. You looked so weak. I knew if I screamed for you, you would come. And I knew if you came, he could have killed you." I said. "I thought, 'maybe once won't hurt, right?' So when he dragged me away I stayed silent." I finished.

"Allyson..." He started, trying to grasp the right words, "I swore. I swore I would never let him. And I let you down. I let him win. I let my guard down. How can you forgive me?" He asked. "Because," I started, "it was never your job to be my night in shining armor. Your job was to be my brother." I tried. "I feel horrible. I'm so sorry. Words can't fix what he did to you, but that's all I can afford." He stated, yawning at the end. "The price doesn't matter," I said, "it's the thought that counts." I continued. "Thanks, now I can finally sleep knowing all the secrets are gone." He said. "Night." Austin said, man, I forgot he was there! "Night," I said back. With that, the boys closed their eyes...

I can't sleep sometimes, it's this obsession I have with the dark that keeps me up. If I wasn't being tracked by a murderer right now I would love to go for a walk. I just gaze at the stars, getting lost. I love the night. I love how the color gets drained out of everything and it goes back to simplicity. I love the feeling of the entire world being asleep, but I'm awake. I love the peace, and the way I feel so at ease without anyone watching me. Anyone judging me. I could do anything now, and no one would care. In the night, your free.

•••THE•NEXT•DAY•••10am•••

We're at the mall, buying Austin some new clothes. It's super fun. Turns out Austin had $30 in his bag, so we all got slushies. You'd be surprised at how much it fills you up, banishing your hunger temporarily. "I love that store!" Austin exclaimed, pointing to a store that might as well have been his closet. At first glance, I recognized all of the clothes in the store, seeing them on Austin at one time or another. "Come on then!" Brett exclaimed, grabbing Austin by the wrist and running in. I picked up Rosanna and ran in after them.

"Try on this and this and... Oh! Definitely this!" I held a shirt up to him. "Yes." I said. After giving him what seemed to be 1000 outfits to try on he left to the change rooms. "Brett, you should try some stuff on too!" I exclaimed. After a minute of no response, I asked again, "Brett? Are you listening to me? Hello?" "Huh? What?" He asked. "Brett you just totally spaced out, is something wrong?" I asked. I knew my brother. When he was worried about something he'd always space out, thinking about how to fix his problem. "Nope, I'm fine, just thinking." He said. "Well, ok then!" I said, trying to make it sound as if I dropped it. This was FAR from over.

Austin emerged seconds later with the most horrendous shirt on, I have ever seen. "Austin! We didn't give you that shirt! Where'd you find it?" I asked. "I found it on the floor," he struck a pose, "you like?" He asked, jokingly. "No! Now go put that back where you found it! It probably belongs to someone!" I yelled, laughing. I stopped laughing the minute I saw a shirtless man run out from the dressing rooms. I recognized him from someone I saw just yesterday. "Dez." Brett said, completing my thought. Austin quickly realized who this person was, and had a great idea. He took out his phone, and snapped a picture of the shirtless man standing before him. "Take one more step towards any of us and I'll send it to our boss." Austin said as I started to catch on. "Your bluffing!" He stated. "You don't even know his number." "Yeah," I stepped in, "but I do."

"Not if I kill you first," he said, smiling. "RUN!" Brett shouted. Without thinking, I ran. Just before reaching the door, I heard crying. We turned around to see Rosanna's wrist in his grasp. "Forgetting something?" He asked, smiling. "You wouldn't dare harm a child!" Brett yelled. He picked her up. "You two are still legal children until next month, and my job is to hurt you. So I guess you could say, I wouldn't CARE to harm a child." He chuckled at his own wordplay. "You MONSTER!" I exclaimed. "Yes, yes, you'll never forgive me. Blah, blah, blah. Now, I'll be taking this," he referred to Rosanna, "pretty little thing, and you people can come get her anytime you'd like." He turned and started to walk off, girl in arms. But he turned around one last time, "Oh, but it will cost, one of you." He said, referring to the three of us.

"Guys, follow me. I have a plan." Brett started. As we followed him, he seemed to only be taking the route Dez walked in seconds ago, Rosanna crying her head off. "We follow him to see where he goes. Our car's in the parking lot, so we can just drive behind his as he leaves." Brett suggested. "But remember when he tried that last time, kidnapping me instead, and you followed him? It was the same car. He'll know our plates." I warned. "We have to try. I love her like she's my own and I won't be able to live with myself if we let her go." Not being able to think of a better idea, I agreed. "Hey," Austin started, "What if I help you swap our plates with the person beside us' car so he won't recognize them?" "Not a bad idea." Brett said. "But we need all the time we can get. Allyson, you be ready in the car so when were done getting the plate on we can just jump in and drive away." "Got it." I said, disappointed I didn't get to help, but at the same time relieved I wouldn't have a chance to hold us up.

We got to the car, and I climbed in as instructed. I watched Dez's minivan dive off as I wrote down the plate number. As they jumped in, Brett started the car and Austin handed me the plate he had just taken off our car, so when we were done with this one, we could ditch it and put the original back on. "Which way did he go?" Brett asked. "That way." I pointed as I spoke. "I watched him drive off, looked like he was heading for exit 3. I also got his plate number," after reciting the license plate number, it only took us minutes to find him at exit 3, at the very front of the line up of cars to turn out. Fortunately, there were only 2 cars ahead of us to turn our way, and the turning signal arrow flashed green, signaling it was our turn to go. All four cars turned, and after a bit of speeding up, we were right on his tale. A lot of things were fuzzy at that point, but if one thing was for sure, it was that we were NOT letting anyone cut in front of us right now.

This was about to turn into a car chase.


Ok so I hope you like the plot twist in this chapter because for the record, I wasn't planning on writing it until I wrote it which means I have no idea what the next chapter will hold so if your looking for spoilers, don't come to me. They were even at the mall for a different reason, which I guess, now will have to come later in the story. And don't ask me for spoilers on that either cuz your NOT GETTIN ANY! Lol ok guys, bye! -xx.

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