Charlie's POV:

I looked up at Brax, ready to answer his question, his eyes were longing, pleading with me for a response,

"I can't stop thinking about all the lies Brax."

"I didn't lie to you once Charlie, not once."

"How can you say that? All the time you told me you were working, where were you really going? All the time we were having sex, what were you doing? Using the cop as the diversion so she wouldn't get sussed?" I yelled the last part, the anger in me rising,

Brax shook his head fiercely, "Charlie, no, I didn't use you, I swear."

"Your word doesn't mean a thing to me anymore, Brax, not a thing, I'm ashamed to say it but I did, I fell in love." I let out a sarcastic laugh, Brax looked at me, the hurt evident in his eyes, but I was hurting too, "Me, a police officer, fell for you, a criminal."

"I'm not a criminal Charlie, and I fell for you too, big time, I love you, I do."

"No you don't Brax, you don't love me, if you did, you wouldn't hurt me!"

"I didn't intentionally want to hurt you though Charlie."

I stood in silence, a tear rolled down my cheek, I looked down and wiped it away, focusing me attention on my shoes, not wanting Brax to see the pain he'd caused me, I watched his feet as he walked towards me, his left hand reached out and held onto my right, his thumb gently rubbing my hand, I squeezed his hand tightly, he gently placed his right hand underneath my chin, I blinked away the remaining tears that began to surface, he lifted my head up so I was looking him in the eyes again,

"Please." I pleaded with him, knowing he wasn't going to listen to me, knowing what he was about to do, and knowing I wouldn't be able to resist.

He ignored me and moved his face closer to mine, our noses brushed against each other and he pressed his lips against mine, I soon enough responded, as our lips moved in rhythm with each other for a while before I pulled away, with much displeasure.

"Brax, you can't just kiss me and expect it to all go away!" I yelled as I backed away from him,

"Then why'd you kiss me back?"

"Because I do still have feelings for you, of course I do, and I can't just switch them off, but you lied and you hurt me, and I need you to gain my trust again before we go anywhere."

He looked at me sadly before nodding, I smiled at him weakly before saying,

"I gotta go." I left him standing there, alone and confused, just like I had done, many a time before.

-Later that night.-

I was sitting at home when my phone started ringing, the caller ID was unknown, I answered it,

"Charlie Buckton."

"Ah, Sergeant." A voice came.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Hammer."

"What do you want?"

"Beautiful daughter you have y'know Sergeant." I jumped up from the couch and quietly walked into Ruby's room, she wasn't in there,

"Come to 's warehouse in 30 minutes, or she dies."

"WAIT-" Before I had time to say anything else, the line went dead.

I grabbed my car keys without thinking of anything else and drove straight to the warehouse, when I got there, I quietly got out of my car and approached the door, I pushed it open and heard a girl scream, I ran in the door only to be hit by something large and blunt, I fell to the ground and everything went black.

Brax's POV:

I came into the house the following afternoon to see Ruby and Casey studying at the table,

"Hey guys, listen Rubes, have you heard from Charlie lately? I've been trying to call her but she won't answer her phone."

"Nope, I've been doing the same thing."

I have her an uneasy look, "What?" She asked me.

"We had a bit of a thing last night."

"Braaaax" Can you two never talk without ripping each other's heads off?"

"We did the opposite Rubes, we were so close to getting back together, till she changed her mind and ran off, I've been trying to call her since but she hasn't picked up."

"Maybe we should look for her?" Ruby questioned.

"Yeah, how about we check your place first?"

"Okay, you don't think anything's wrong do you?"

"I dunno, it's just not like her to just vanish like this."

Charlie's POV:

I woke up tied to a chair, by legs tied at the ankles, arms tied at the wrists, I slowly opened my eyes to a brightly lit room, it took my eyes a while to adjust, there was a throbbing pain from my head and I could feel a small bloody treacle on the right hand side of my face,

"Ah, nice to see you're awake." I looked to see Hammer standing in the distance,

"Ru, where's Ruby?" I asked rapidly,

"Oh she's not here." He said.

"What do you mean?"

"Ah Sergeant, what you'd do for your kid eh? I never had her in the first place, it was just a lure to get you here, and now I'm gonna get Braxton here too, then I'm gonna kill the both of you."

He took my phone out of his pocket,

"Don't you dare, you leave Brax out of this!" I yelled at him.

"It's not your call, Serge." He said slyly as he put the phone to his ear.

Brax's POV:

I had just pulled up at Charlie's place with Ruby and Casey with me when my phone rang, it was Charlie,

"It's Charlie." I told them before answering,

"Hey Charlie." I said as coolly as possible.

"Aah, Braxton, nice to know you'll answer so quickly for your ex."

"Hammer, what're you doing with Charlie's phone?"

"She really is a stunner y'know, I'm surprised you let her go." I heard muffling on the other end of the line,

"Oh, in case you hadn't figured it out, yup, she's here, with me."

I felt a sudden rise of anger and worry,

He continued, "Come to the warehouse, you know where it is, you bring the cops, and she's dead as soon as I hear 'em."

"NO BRAX DON'T!" I heard Charlie yell before her mouth was obviously covered again as all I could hear was he groaning,

"I'll be there." I said, before hanging up.

"Well?" Ruby asked eagerly,

"Hammer's got her Rubes, he's kidnapped her."

"OH MY GOSH!" She yelled.

"Listen, I need you to stay here with Casey, stay calm, I'm gonna go get her alright? I'll call you later."

She nodded before her and Casey got out of the car, I sped off to the warehouse immediately.

Charlie's POV:

"If you make a run for it, I'll shoot you on the spot." Hammer said as he began to untie me from my bounds,

"Y'hear me?" He repeated.

"Yes." I replied.

He was untying my wrists when I heard someone knocking on the warehouse door,

"It's me." I heard Brax say, my heart sunk, I didn't want him to be here, to rescue me, to play the hero, but he just couldn't resist.

Hammer pulled me to my feet,

"Come on in Braxton." He called, the warehouse door opened slightly, Brax peeked in to see Hammer standing behind me, his arms tightly holding me,

"Alright, I'm here now, let her go." Brax said after opening the door completely and stepping in.

Hammer slipped his arm around me so his hand was resting on my stomach, he then moved his face closer to mine, I felt his breath on my neck and a loose tear rolled down my cheek,

"See Brax, I never quite understood why you'd want to bang a police officer, but now I do understand, she's a beautiful lady." He said as he used his free hand to stroke my cheek, I tightly shut my eyes as a few more tears fell, I couldn't see Brax or I getting out of this alive.

Brax's POV:

I cringed as I watched Hammer touch Charlie, I could see her crying and couldn't do anything to stop it, Hammer had withdrawn the hand in which he was stroking his face, and he replaced its grasp with a gun,

"Don't touch her." I said protectively, Charlie opened her eyes and looked at me pleadingly, I could tell she didn't want me to be here but I wouldn't let him hurt her.

"Any last words you'd like to say to each other?" Hammer asked Charlie and I.

He moved his gun up and pointed it at me,

"Goodbye Darryl."

I heard shuffling behind me and there was a bang, Hammer dropped to the floor, for once in my life, I had been right to finally do what Charlie wanted and use the police for help.

Charlie quickly turned back to see Hammer on the floor, even more tears fell from her eyes, she looked back to me, I put my arms out, ushering her to come to me. She slowly began to walk towards me before she collapsed on the floor in tears, I quickly ran over to her and knelt down beside her,

"Hey, it's alright Charlie, you're safe." I said to her soothingly.

She looked up at me with a tear-stained face, I cupped her face in my hands and wiped her tears away, I looked at the cut on her head,

"Are you alright?" I asked, looking back into her eyes, she nodded,

"Come here." I said.

Charlie's POV:

I looked up into Brax's eyes, I nodded, he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly, I buried my face into his chest and wrapped my arms around him too, and felt so safe in his arms.

Thanks for reading dudes, hope you enjoyed, this chapter was a dramatic one but hey! Next update might not be for another day or too, please review! (: