Thanks for staying and reading for so long. I know this hasn't been the most straightforward story to follow but thanks for staying and reading it. It's not the best, but I am learning from the experience and will have better stories in the future. Anyway, here is the next chapter. These final chapters will be after our OC detective is in the basement and his escape from that predicament. Hopefully, there is no confusion.

So now that we are all caught up, I was cuffed to this pipe, and I couldn't find any way to get free. I pulled on the pipeline for a few minutes, and with no success, I was still stuck, and I had no idea how I was going to get out. I could hear movement upstairs, but I could tell that there was more than one person. I knew that I'd have to get out of here somehow or I was going to die. I couldn't find anything down there to help me.

I just sat there and waited. It seemed like forever before I heard footsteps coming down. Slowly the person made their way down. When the person, turned the light on I immediately knew who it was that abducted me.

"Hi, there detective. It has been a while since we've seen each other in person but believe me I've been watching you and I've been waiting for the perfect time to make my move."

I scoffed.

"Kyle. You have NYPD out there searching for you, and here you are standing in front of me."

"What can I say, shepherd, not everyone is as smart as I am."

He pulled a chair and sat down in front of me. I realize that this probably isn't going to end in my favor. I had to do something to stall for time but with my hands tied there wasn't much that I could do.

"So what now?"

He gave me a puzzled look.

"What do you mean? I have you chained up in a basement, and I'm going to make sure you don't make it out of here alive."

I nodded.

"What I mean is that you're the bad guy, Shouldn't you have some long monologue to drone on about your plan."

He scoffed

"This isn't a movie smart ass. I'm going to kill you no matter what, but I want you to suffer, so I am going first to take away something that is precious to you like you did to me."

"What I did was take your wife and kid out of a bad situation. You were going to kill them, and I am going to save them."

I knew I shouldn't have provoked him but I did and I paid for it. He hit me over and over. He got a good knee to the face before stopping and laughing. I could feel the blood dripping down my face but just looked up and smiled at him before spitting the blood out of my mouth. He just shook his head.

"You don't know anything about me and my family. I take care of them and I provide for them. All Karen has to do is not fuck up and I wouldn't have to hit and Sammy…. Well he wasn't supposed to be there but I couldn't control my rage and hit him to. we could just be happy but Karen just can't seem to get it through her head that she needs to be a better wife and mother."

I couldn't believe what he was saying. The scumbag was blaming his family for the vial acts that he was committing. I was going to say something before I noticed someone making their way down the stairs. The person hit McClain from behind with one hit. He apologized to me and then knocked me out as well.

The next thing I knew; I was laying in the back seat of a truck. My head was pounding and Every other part of my body was beginning to ache and hurt as well. A noise caught my attention and I looked up.

"Sorry bout hittin' ya back there. I wasn't sure you'd come with me willing so this was the only way."

I hadn't heard that drawl in so long but I knew it the moment I heard it.

"What do you want Robert and how did you get here?"

He scoffed and shook his head.

"Not much of a greeting for your old man after he saved ya huh, well I guess I deserve it considering what I did to you and your mama. I know you'll never forgive me but at least let me try to help ya out."

"That doesn't answer my question and I didn't need your help. I had everything under control."

He just laughed sand shook his head.

"If that's what ya want to call it but fine. I served my 27-year sentence. I called ya a few weeks back to let ya know but like always there was no response. I write letters to but those don't go anywhere except for the last one I sent. I had a fella I knew on the inside do a little digging for me and go me your address but like I said, there was no response. I sent that a couple weeks back."

I just shook my head. I couldn't believe it. Had it really been that long. I always dreaded this day growing up and it was part of the reason I took the transfer out of state.

"How did you get up here and how did you know where I was?"

"I took some of the money I had and got a bus ticket. Figured there might be some work and I could get a clean start because I couldn't go back. You know how rumors spread in a small town and I wasn't ready to face that. I've been doing odd jobs around the city lately. I responded to an ad for some work. Said they needed someone to help move some stuff out. Said they'd pay in cash. I showed up early and the door was unlocked. I wandered in and was trying to find someone to talk to so I could get to work and heard the noise from down in the basement. I went down and saw what I saw and did what I did and here we are."

He looked in the rearview mirror at me and in that moment I was staring down the monster who had killed my mother and almost killed me. At the same time, I saw much softer eyes then the ones I remember. They seem to be softer and he seems to have aged more than I thought he would have. My parents had me when they were young so it wasn't like he was in his sixties or seventies. He was fifty-one but looked a little older. I couldn't believe that I as actually leaning towards forgiving him but a small part of me wanted to. I didn't want to be the type that held a grudge but at the same time I would always be haunted by what he did. His voice pulled me from my thoughts.

"I'm really sorry for what I did to you and your mama. I was a monster but now that I'm out I want to try and do right by ya."

I just nodded and sighed.

"I know but I'm not ready to let you just waltz right back into my life like nothing happened."

He nodded before looking away but to let him know I'd work on it I said something else.

"Thanks for saving me back there."

He gave a small smile and then pulled into a little gas station.

"I have to fill her up."

And with that he walked into the store and came back and began pumping gas. I moved from the back to the front. I could feel the pain spread throughout my body. When Robert was done pumping gas he got back in the truck and pulled out. He looked over at me.

"A good amount of people are out looking for you son. Seems the NYPD has much respect for ya."

"Yeah well the NYPD looks after their own. How long have I been missing?"

He furrowed his brow as he began to think and rack his brain for an answer.

"Paper this mornin' said you'd been gone about two days."

I let out a sigh. It felt like I was gone for much longer than I actually was. He saw that I was in thought and pulled my attention back to the conversation at hand.

"Any particular place ya want me to go?"

I sat and thought before nodding

"Yeah, The 1-6 precinct. I need to let them know I'm fine and to get them searching for the right guy."

He nodded and after that it was a relatively quiet ride other than me giving him directions to the precinct. After a little while I began to say something. I don't know why I was telling him this but the words just came flooding out of my mouth.

"The other reason we are going there is because my girlfriend will be there."
He looked at me and nodded but I kept going.

"She's the assistant district attorney and she really cares about me and loves me but at the same time I haven't been super forward with her. I've actually been kind of a jerk to her and all she is trying to do is get to know me. She really loves and cares for me but I have been a jerk."

He nodded and I looked out the window. Why was I opening up to him like this after all he has done to me? He began speaking after a few moments of silence.

"If ya love her then tell her because you only have so many days in this life. As for you pushing her away, if she truly loves ya, then you two will get through this but you have to talk to her and tell her."

I nodded at him and then we both sat there in car for the rest of the ride in silence.

Once we got to the precinct he helped me out of the truck and we made our way up to SVU. When we walked into the precinct I caught the eyes of Olivia and just like that everything and everyone stopped and looked over. Olivia came over but before she made it all of the pain hit my system and it was too much for my body. I passed out and all I could see was black.

Not the greatest way to end the chapter but it is a new chapter. Sorry for the delay in posting, life keeps me super busy. Hope you guys enjoy and I'll see you in the next chapter. Any questions, concerns, or just a comment please leave a comment so I know what you are thinking. Thanks for reading.