Dangerous Attraction

Chapter 13 of my story, enjoy.

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Chapter 13

Beth smiled lightly as she finished getting herself ready. She quickly made sure that her dress was on properly, a quick check in the mirror to ensure that her hair was in place, and she was satisfied. She couldn't wait to begin. She and her family would be going out to a restaurant to celebrate her and her sister's safe return after everything that had happened to them.

'Hannah wasn't so sure about us doing this. But this will be good for us. It'll help us get back into normal life.' she reflected.

Even as she thought that, she left her room and began heading downstairs. Going out in public to a place where there would be a lot of people around, all of them who knew their family history, especially over the past year, would be considered by some people to be extreme, especially after spending that year in captivity, cut off from the world.

Beth paused briefly as the dark memories began to surface. 'I can't... No! Don't think about that.'

She tried to push it away, but she couldn't stop it. She had taken it upon herself to protect Hannah, enduring that beast's loathsome touch, letting him do whatever he wanted, all to ensure that he didn't touch or harm Hannah in the same way.

'It's in the past, stop dwelling on it. You can beat this!' she told herself. 'That's why you're going out with your family. To beat this, to overcome it!'

Slowly, she recovered, gathering her thoughts. She wasn't going to let this get the better of her. Her emotions never got the better of her while she was captured and she wasn't going to let it happen now!

She already knew about Hannah's attempts to slowly ease her way back into society, while Beth had been trying to just jump right back in. Neither of them had much success yet, but Beth was determined and wished to aid Hannah, hopeful that this would work for her sister, too. Entering the living room, she found the rest of the family waiting for her. She smiled at the sight of the people she loved.

"Hey, ready to go?" she asked.

They turned to her and all smiled, although she could tell that their smiles were guarded.

"Alright, good, we're all here." Josh remarked. "Shall we?"

Beth nodded enthusiastically and they were soon all out in the car, heading to the restaurant. As they did so, Beth glanced over at Hannah.

"Hey, Han, it's gonna be alright." she said softly, seeing Hannah's expression.

Hannah bit her lip, turning to her. "Beth, I'm not sure about this. I mean, we're..."

Beth spoke confidently. "We're regaining our lives, Hannah. We can't go forward if we keep looking back and dwelling on the past."

"Beth, you should know that we worry about you." Josh remarked. "We get that you're trying, but we know how much you suffered. You don't have to hide it."

"I'm not trying to hide it. I'm just trying to get past it and live my life like how it used to be. I want everything to be normal again." Beth replied confidently.

Nevertheless, she understood where Josh was coming from and knew, to her relief, that she had all of the help she needed when she needed it.

At the restaurant, they soon found themselves seated and waiting for their meal. As they did so, they passed the time by talking, trying hard not to listen to the whispers around them and the stares.

'We all expected this.' Beth thought to herself. 'We have plenty of publicity already, thanks to Dad and Josh. Now that Hannah and I are back, it will have only increased...and not necessarily for the better. But we'll just have to face it.'

She pulled herself out of her thoughts, smiling lightly as she listened to her family. It was then that her mother turned to her.

"So Beth, how did the job interview go?" she asked.

Beth paused for a moment, wondering how to best explain. "Well...for the most part, it went well, but...I don't think that the employer liked me."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, she seemed rather...frustrated about something." Beth explained. "As well as suspicious, with the way she kept looking at me, as if...expecting me to do something drastic if I was hired."

"That's...odd." Hannah replied.

Beth nodded in agreement. Then she shrugged. "It's cool. I'll just keep looking." she said.

It was yet another way in which she was attempting to overcome the kidnapping. She was trying to get back to work and look for a job. So far, however, she had found none. The job interview that she had been talking about was just the latest of three attempts.

Still, she knew that this was just the beginning. She was certain that, with effort, they'd finally overcome their fears of the past year and face the future.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.