Escape Via Larceny Chapter 13, a twilight fanfic

Chapter 13

Tick, tock…

Time is going quickly.

Too quickly.

We're gonna run out of it…

That can't happen.

It just can't!

We've been on this couch for nearly an hour.

It's 11:31am.

We have under 90 minutes to find a way out.

I've begged them.

Pleaded with them.

But they're adamant that no one can leave.

Apparently it's all part of their plan.

They've done this before.

That much is obvious.

It's hopeless.

I hug my baby boy tighter to me.

E appears out of the back office.

"Please…" I whisper again, begging him with my eyes, "Let us leave… Please."

I'm desperate.

He looks at me with a baffled look in his eyes. "Why do you need to leave so bad? We've told you we won't hurt you."

I look down at my lap.

I can't tell him.

I can't tell any of them.

Because Jacob will find out.

He will find out and he will hurt Hunter.

And he will find out.

He always does.

He has eyes and ears everywhere.

I can't risk it.

…

I nearly told them… about 20 minutes ago.

But every time I opened my mouth…

I remember the slaps.

I remember the punches.

I remember the bruises.

Hunter calls the bruises stars because they look like swirling galaxies with the fusion of the greens, purples and pinks.

…

Jacob is an unpredictable bastard.

There's no telling what he'd do if I opened my mouth.

So I've kept if firmly shut.

Until now.

"It's not you I'm worried about…" I mumble. My body tenses.

The words just slipped out.

But maybe if I say a little, they might just understand enough to let us go… maybe.

It's all I've got to work with. I raise my head slightly, but keep it mostly downcast using my hair as a kind of shield.

E casually leans against the door frame of the back room. His arms are folded and his ankles are crossed. His physique is impressive. He's not as burly as the other guy with him but he has broad shoulders and a defined chest that his t-shirt is stretched across. Long, lean legs and well-toned arms.

He probably matches Jacob in height but Jacob is obsessed with bulking up, whereas E is slimmer but still with decent muscle mass.

"So, what are you worried about?" he asks.

I don't answer.

"Or should I ask who are you worried about?"

My eyes snap to his but my head stays lowered.

I just stared at him.

His didn't move.

As still as a statue.

Except for the movement of his chest and the slight tightening of his eyes.

The woman appears. I haven't seen the large man since E first sent him to that back room.

I've heard metal hit, grind and scrap against metal.

I assume they're trying to open the vault.

E shifts his weight to stand up straight. He slowly walks over to the couch before crouching down in front of my legs again.

"Does this person have anything to do with the bruises on your face and neck?" He asks in a quiet murmur, slowly reaching up to move a lock of hair out of my eyes and away from my cheek, giving him a perfect view of my maltreated skin.

I didn't flinch away.

I didn't feel threatened.

For once in my life.

"You don't have to go back there, yo—How old are you?" He interrupts himself abruptly.

Yes I do and too young.

"Eighteen," I whisper.

He mumbles to himself, rubbing his eyes.

"And… Hunter is yours?" He asks but I think he already knows the answer.

I place one arm around Hunter's shoulders and the other hand on my belly. With a quick glance up to the woman in the doorway, I look back to E and nod once.

"Fuck," he says under his breath. His head falls forward and his hand rubs the back of his neck. He looks over his shoulder to see that the woman has gone back to the other room. He suddenly looks back at me. "How… where are your parents? Do they know where you are right now?"

I shrug, not wanting to talk about it.

So, I flip the attention away from me.

"How old are you?" I ask.

He huffs knowing exactly what I was doing. "I turned twenty-one just over a week ago."

"And… where are your parents? Do they know where you are right now?" I repeat his exact words, my eyes flicking towards the clock, like they have been since we got here.

Tick, tock…

We are running out of time.

He chuckles to himself. He grabs the base of his ski mask and lifts it enough to put his hand under to pull down a small microphone attached to a clear, curly wire.

My jaw dropped open a little.

"You mean… they're in on it?" I question.

He smiled slightly.

"Couldn't pull it off without them."

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