Got a big plan, this mindset maybe its right
At the right place and right time, maybe tonight
And the whisper or handshake sending a sign
Wanna make out and kiss hard, wait never mind
Late night, in passing, mentioned it flip to her
Best friend, it's no thing, maybe it slipped
But the slip turns to terror and the crush to like
When she walked in he froze up, leaves it to fright
It's cute in a way, till you cannot speak
And you leave to have a cigarette, knees get weak
An escape is just a nod and a casual wave
Obsessed about it, heavy for the next two days
It's only just a crush, it'll go away
It's just like all the others it'll go away
Or maybe this is danger and you just don't know
You pray it all away but it continues to grow
I want to hold you close
Skin pressed against me tight
Lie still, and close your eyes girl
So lovely, it feels so right
I want to hold you close
Soft breasts, beating heart
As I whisper in your ear
I want to fucking tear you apart
Then he walked up and told her, thinking maybe it'd passed
And they talked and looked away a lot, doing the dance
Her hand brushed up against his, she left it there
Told him how she felt and then they locked in a stare
They took a step back, thought about it, what should they do
Cause there's always repercussions when you're dating in school
But their lips met, and reservations started to pass
Whether this was just an evening or a thing that would last
Either way he wanted her and this was bad
He wanted to do things to her it was making him crazy
Now a little crush turned into a like
And now he wants to grab her by the hair and tell her
I want to hold you close
Skin pressed against me tight
Lie still, and close your eyes girl
So lovely, it feels so right
I want to hold you close
Soft breasts, beating heart
As I whisper in your ear
I want to fucking tear you apart
I want to hold you close
Soft breasts, beating heart
As I whisper in your ear
I want to fucking tear you apart
I want to hold you close
Soft breasts, beating heart
As I whisper in your ear
I want to fucking tear you apart
x She Wants Revenge x
Tear you Apart
Lisa lost track of how long they had been driving struggling to find a reason for Jackson to pull over so she could escape. Lisa glanced over at Jackson.
"You're starting to look tired. Maybe we should stop."
"You would like that, wouldn't you?" Jackson asked. "Really think you can outrun me, Leese? Is that it?"
"No" Lisa lied "I just thought you looked tired and I'd rather you not drive off the side of the road and get into a car wreck. I have Alexis to worry about too."
Jackson observed her momentarily and pulled off at the upcoming exit. "Fine, we'll stop but no games, Leese."
Lisa smiled in response to last comment "Whatever you say."
Jackson pulled into the parking lot of a mediocre hotel. He turned the engine off and seized Lisa's arm, turning her to face him. "Nothing stupid, Leese or Alexis will have more than a broken arm to worry about."
"Good." Jackson got out of the car and looked at the two of them wearily. "I'm going to get us a room. Don't go anywhere, Lisa."
Lisa clenched her teeth in anger glaring at him rebelliously. Futilely, she struggled against the metal cuff still connected to the car door.
Jackson returned quickly and walked around to the passenger side to unlock Lisa from the metal restraints. . He grabbed her by the wrists, yanking her out of the car causing Lisa to stumble. He then proceeded to pick Alexis up from the backseat and thought briefly about handing her to her mother but then decided against it not wanting to give Lisa the inclination to run off.
Alexis didn't make any attempt to break free well aware of his anger.
Once they were inside the hotel room that thankfully had two beds, Lisa announced she needed to take Alexis to the bathroom.
"I'll take her." Jackson insisted, grasping Alexis' hand.
"Right, that won't be awkward for her at all" Lisa retorted.
"It's either that or she can't go."
"You'd rather she have an accident on the carpet. I wonder how much the hotel would charge you to clean that."
"Fine, but don't be long or I'll be in to check on you."
"Whatever" Lisa picked up her daughter and closed the door behind them, turning on the water to hide their conversation.
Alexis started to explain that she didn't need to use the bathroom only to be interrupted as Lisa bent down and grasped Alexis loosely by the shoulders.
"I know, I know" Lisa said. "But mommy needed to talk to you by yourself. I need you to get away from Jackson. It's not safe for you. When we go back out, I want you to run to the office when I say so. Tell the person there that you need help, Okay?"
Lisa had Alexis repeat her directions back to her several times to make sure she remembered them. "It's going to be okay." Lisa said attempting to convince not just Alexis but herself as well. "You get home to daddy and I'll be there as soon as I can"
Anywhere was safer than here for Alexis at this point. The office wasn't that far from here. Lisa thought.
Once Alexis was no longer in danger she could focus on getting away from Jackson. He would no longer have any kind of leverage over her.
Lisa had just turned off the water and was getting ready to exit the bathroom when the door swung opened to reveal Jackson glaring at her suspiciously.
"What was taking so long?"
"Sorry" Lisa replied quietly "I couldn't get Alexis to stop playing in the water."
Jackson seemed to accept Lisa's explanation to her relief and stepped aside allowing them to enter the hotel room.
Jackson's arm coiled around Lisa's waist as he led her over towards the closest bed. Lisa was disgusted at his touch but decided it was better not to fight it. Alexis followed her mother over to the bed and sat down with her while Jackson retrieved some clothes out of his suitcase and set them on the bed.
"I'm going to take a shower and since I can't trust you to behave…" Jackson retrieved the cuffs he brought in from the car.
"No" Lisa pleaded. "I'll stay! Just don't use those again"
Jackson seized her wrist ignoring her plea and secured it to the headboard. He gathered up his clothes taking the key with him.
Damn Lisa thought. If only he left the key…
Lisa sat quietly on the bed waiting for Jackson to reappear and Alexis sat still next to her while her mother absently minded played with her daughter's hair. Glancing at the doorway, Lisa's heart sank realizing that the dead bolt was too high for Alexis to reach on her own. Their eventual freedom would have to be obtained another way.
Jackson came back from his shower fully dressed in a fresh suit which Lisa found a little strange since it was late at night. Maybe he's used to having to be ready to leave at any moment cause of his work. He retrieved a pair of pink athletic pants and a white t-shirt for Lisa to change into to sleep in and set them down beside her. Lisa looked down at the clothes and then back at Jackson not sure of what to make of his offering.
"I figured they be more comfortable than the jeans and t-shirt you wearing now."
"Well it really doesn't help me, Jack when I can't even move."
"Fine, Leese. I'll unlock your cuffs but you will change out here." His lurid grin displayed his obvious pleasure at her dismay.
"There's no way I'm changing in front of you!" Lisa didn't even try to hide her anger at his appalling suggestion.
"Lisa, you have nothing that I haven't seen before." The comment sent her mind spiraling back to the night he assaulted her without regard to the fact of how in sating his whims, he nearly destroyed her.
Lisa would have slapped Jackson had he been closer. "I'd rather not discuss this with my daughter present."
"Fine with me. You can just sleep in the clothes you're wearing now." Jackson replied.
"Wait, Jackson…" Lisa needed him to unlock the handcuff if her plan was going to work. "I…you win. I'll change out here."
"Now that's a good girl" Jackson said, unlocking the restraint.
Once she felt the cold metal leave her wrist she brought her knee up into his stomach and then used her foot to push him backwards. Lisa realized his distraction would only be short lived so she had to get Alexis out quickly. Grabbing her small hand, Lisa ran over to the door unlocking the dead bolt that Alexis had been unable to reach on her own.
She almost had the door opened when she felt arms encircling her waist, pulling her backward. Lisa gasped as Jackson's grip tightened around her and threw her head back and stomped on his foot trying to get him to release his hold on her.
Her head collided with his and she managed to get to the door and open it just enough to push Alexis outside before Jackson yanked her away, throwing her onto the hard unforgiving floor.
Alexis stood outside momentarily, shocked by the events going on inside the room. Remembering her mother's instructions, she ran towards the office, her heart racing as she pushed open the door to the reception desk.
Alexis stood in the doorway of the office pondering how to get the attention of the young woman behind the counter who seemed otherwise pre-occupied by her work on the computer. However, the door chime alerted the receptionist to Alexis' presence.
Glancing up, the receptionist was surprised to only see a small child and was confused why she wasn't being accompanied by an adult.
"Excuse me," She stood up from her computer and circled around the desk to where the child was standing. "Where are your parents?"
"My daddy's at home but my mommy needs help" Alexis murmured, starring fixedly down at the ground.
The front desk clerk had never run into a situation like this before. What should I do? Kneeling down to the child's level, she put a consoling hand on Alexis' arm.
"Is she here at the hotel?"
"Yes, but I don't remember which room." Alexis sniffled, attempting to hold back her tears from being separated from her mother
"It'll be okay. Can you tell me your name at least?"
"Alexis" The child's reply was barely above a whisper.
"Okay I'm going to try and help your mom, all right?" Standing up, she went behind the desk and picked up the phone, dialing the number for the police deciding that they would know how to handle the situation better then she did.
"That wasn't smart Lisa. Really, what did you think you were going to accomplish?" His anger was evident. "She isn't going to remember where we are. The reservations aren't even under my name."
"At least she's away from you." Lisa's voice resonated with disgust as she attempted to push herself into a sitting position against the wall.
"That's okay. I still have what I want." Jackson smirked as he advanced towards her.
"Stay away from me!" Lisa stood up and made a dash for the door only to feel Jackson's fingers encircle her ankle, causing her to fall forward.
Jackson walked over to where Lisa fell, gripping her hair as he yanked her head up. "Ready to give up, Leese?"
"Never" Lisa spat at him, shoving her elbow into his stomach as she lifted herself off the ground. He released her, doubling over from her attack as Lisa pried the clock free from the wall and threw it at Jackson, aiming for his head.
Jackson quickly side stepped the flying object, advancing towards Lisa managing to seize her wrist, pulling her close towards him. Lisa thrashed in his grasp desperately hoping to escape. Jackson merely tightened his hold on her. "You don't ever listen, do you Lisa?" Jackson released her wrist only to grip her shoulders as he brutally shoved her against the wall.
Lisa moaned from the pain of the impact, her head spinning as she frantically tried to focus.
"You'll pay for all that you've done to me and my daughter." Lisa said, standing up using the wall as a means of support.
"Is that a threat?" He folded his arms across his chest. "You're mine, Leese to do with as I choose."
"I will never belong to you, Jack" Lisa threw one of the glass cups off the counter at him which hit him on the forehead. Momentarily dazed, she ran past him for still unlocked door and pulled it open getting part way out before Jackson's hand encircled her wrist and forcefully yanked her back inside.
She started to scream only to have her cry cut off as Jackson firmly clamped his hand over her mouth, "You wouldn't want to disturb our neighbors, now would you?"
Lisa lashed out, propelling her knee directly into his crotch, forcing him to relinquish his grip on her. Scrambling upwards, she tripped over her own feet and stumbled trying to regain her balance. But then she noticed something tucked away under the bed. A handle to a weapon was sticking out of the suitcase Jackson had used earlier. Lisa wrapped her hand around it and pulled hard feeling Jackson getting closer and with one last tug she freed the item from the suitcase.
"Get up, Leese" Jackson's demanding voice echoed from behind her. When Lisa didn't move, he repeated himself again. "I said get up"
She got up slowly, her fingers clenched around the gun comforted by its mere presence as a shield between Jackson and herself.
The police arrived at the hotel upon being informed of the situation. However, if the little girl didn't recall the room number, they had no way of determining which room to search.
The police officer in charge introduced himself to Alexis and tried to console her telling her that everything was going to be all right.
After talking to the few guests who were in the lobby trying to ascertain more information about the current situation, they decided to take Alexis down to the police station. Then the police could find a guardian who could pick her up or at least provide more information. Alexis was hesitant to leave the hotel to get into a stranger's car after what had happened the last time she had mistakenly decided to trust someone unknown to her.
She finally agreed and once they arrived at the station the police officer realized that the little girl was actually listed as missing and immediately contacted her home.
Landon got to the police station as fast as possible considering the great distance they had already traveled.
He was so happy when he saw Alexis sitting in the police station. He ran over to her and hugged her making up for all the time she was gone.
"Daddy!" Alexis exclaimed, overjoyed to see him. "I missed you!"
"Oh, I missed you too sweetheart. I'm so glad that you're back but where's your mother?" he looking around the police station not aware that only Alexis had escaped.
"The girl's mother." the police officer confirmed, "We're unsure of her whereabouts right now but we're working on it."
"Well work faster!" Landon tried not to allow irritation to creep into his voice. He had been so overjoyed to see Alexis that he didn't even notice the ace bandage on her arm at first.
"Honey, what happened to your arm? Did you fall?" Landon held his breath, trying not to assume the worst.
"No, he did it."
"Who?" Landon coaxed.
"The bad man that still has Mommy. He hurt Mommy too" Alexis said sadly "He said it was Mommy's fault that he hurt me because she wasn't listening to him."
Landon could feel his heart breaking in two, and he knew had to find Lisa right away before anything else happened.
"I did try really hard to behave like mommy said." She looked pleadingly at her father.
"I'm sure you did a wonderful job." He embraced her, attempting to hide the fear that gripped his heart.
Lisa made sure to hide the gun behind her back while she lifted herself off the ground.
"You win, Jack. I'm tired of fighting you. I give up."
"I'm a little disappointed Leese. I never thought you would surrender so easily." Jackson advanced towards her.
"I guess you thought wrong." Lisa murmured.
"That's a good girl. Now that you finally decided to cooperate, we can start to have some fun." Jackson smiled his intent evident.
"Fun for whom?" Before she realized it, Lisa began backing up.
Jackson was continuing to close the distance between the two of them.
"Stop!" Lisa's scream was easily dismissed by Jackson as he continued to approach her, thrilled at the opportunity to have her all to himself.
"I said stop." Lisa warned him, raising the gun from behind her back.
"Oh, so you're going to shoot me?" Jackson taunted Lisa. "You don't have the guts to kill me."
"Care to find out?" Lisa asked, cocking the gun "Then by all means, keep walking."
"You're bluffing." Jackson proceeded towards her, undeterred by the presence of the weapon.
Lisa squeezed the trigger and was startled by the recoil uncertain whether she hit him because his approach was unhindered by the blast of the gun.
"You stupid bitch" Jackson clutched his side. He lunged towards her trying to wrench the weapon from her hands. Lisa brought her foot up to his already injured stomach knocking him backwards onto to the floor. "You're going to pay for that" He snapped, grabbing her leg causing her to fall as the gun skidded across the floor away from her grasp.
Lisa knew she needed to get the weapon back. Using her foot to connect with his head, she scrambled to her feet reaching for the gun. "And that's for hurting Alexis!" Lisa spat at him.
Keeping the gun aimed at Jackson, she used the phone to inform the front desk that the police needed to be sent to her room immediately. "You're not going to get away this time." Lisa smiled confidently. She was now back in control and it was finally over. "If you ever think about coming near me or my family again, I swear I'll kill you!"
"That sounds like a threat, Leese." Jackson sneered, pushing himself into a sitting position, doubting the veracity of her statement considering she previously didn't have the courage to pull the trigger.
"It's a promise, Jack!" Lisa met his gaze forcefully as she waited for the police to arrive knowing that Jackson couldn't escape and her nightmare would finally be over.
A/N Sorry for the long delay before updating. There will be one more chapter/epilogue type thing. I'm thinking about writing a sequel from when Alexis has gotten older. I was wondering if people would be interested in reading a sequel? Big thanks to emptyvoices for her help with correcting and revising this chapter.