Juliet's veins went ice cold. She bolted up from her bed. "Ewan?!" Juliet whispered. "Why are you calling me at two in the morning?"
"He got me Jules." Ewan said, tears choking his voice.
"Who? What are you talking about?" Juliet questioned.
"Dad. He found me while I was walking from school, he drugged me and brought me back to his house." Ewan panted.
"How'd he get out of jail?" Juliet whispered.
"He was released on good behavior." Ewan explained quickly. "I need you to help me escape."
"Ewan call the police!" Juliet yelled louder than she expected. She felt tears come to her eyes as she thought about he big brother being harmed like she had been.
"I can't. He said that if the police come, he'll shoot me. He really doesn't care, Jules." Ewan sobbed.
"Where is he right now?" Juliet asked, opening her bedroom door and rushing to Ginger's room.
"He's at the store buying cigarettes." Ewan explained. "He won't be back for about twenty minutes because he goes to a store that's out of town to get some drugs too." Ewan continued.
"Are you in the same house? What has he done to you?" Juliet listed off her many question.
"I'll explain when you get here." Ewan retorted.
"Ewan, what if you're dead when I get there?" Juliet stopped in her tracks. "I'm gonna try my best to get there, okay? But, don't do anything to anger him. He's got tons of things that he can do to you. Do you understand me?" Juliet's tone was serious. Ewan replied with a 'yes'. "I'm gonna ask my mom." Juliet ran to Ginger's room and shook her awake.
"Ginger, my dad got Ewan, my brother!" Juliet sobbed. Ginger sat up slowly, she blinked a few times and her eyes widened as she realized what Juliet said.
"Call the police." Ginger panicked.
"I can't. Frank will shoot him if I do. We've gotta get Ewan." Juliet sniffled.
"Jules, I can't afford to buy us both a ticket to fly to Miami." Ginger replied, sorrow coating her voice.
"Then fly me down. I'll pay you back, I promise. I need to save my brother." Juliet commanded.
"Juliet, I'm not risking you getting kidnapped again." Ginger bit her lip.
"Ginger, I need to do this. Frank will not hurt him like he hurt me!" Juliet wiped her face. "I need a ticket now. I will pay you back, I promise." Juliet repeated.
Ginger sighed, grabbed her laptop, and looked up tickets from Santa Barbara to Miami. "Juliet it's gonna be eight hundred dollars for a round-trip flight tonight or tomorrow." She explained.
"I'll pay you back with interest." Juliet begged. "I'll use the money that I have now to pay for food and hotels." Juliet continued, knowing that she had at least two hundred dollars in change. "I'll stay with my grandma." Juliet added.
Ginger sighed. "You will stay with your grandma the entire time. You will not be anywhere close to that house. Do you understand me completely?" Ginger set the ground rules. Juliet nodded vigorously. She told Ewan the news as Ginger ordered her ticket.
"Thank you so much." Juliet almost fell to her knees.
"The flight is in two hours." Ginger informed, watching Juliet rush to her room to pack for her spontaneous trip. She relayed the information to Ewan as she stuffed her suitcase with clothes for a week.
"Ewan, please, please be careful. I'm going to be there soon. I love you." Juliet sniffled.
"Love you too." Ewan replied before the line went dead.
An hour later, Juliet was on her way to the airport with Ginger. She went through security and turned to Ginger. "I will be safe." Juliet promised, seeing the worry in her eyes.
Ginger hugged Juliet, trying to keep her tears from pouring out onto Juliet's shoulder. "Stay with your Grandma." Ginger commanded sternly. Juliet nodded and hugged her mother one last time before walking onto her plane.
It was completely dark outside and Juliet felt a small sense of independence as she sat down in her seat at the front of the plane. She lay her head on the window and tried to clear her mind of everything that was going on. She imagined saving an unharmed Ewan and driving him back to his house while they talked about their lives. Juliet was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't even realize that she was slowly falling asleep.
Juliet woke up a few hours later and checked the time. Her flight was due to land at 12:30. She looked out the window and watched the clouds pass her by.
Once the flight landed, Juliet grabbed her luggage and walked off of the plane and into security again. She waited for her luggage to be scanned and then walked through the airport, feeling completely lost. Her eyes wandered around and fixed on a familiar face.
"Grandma!" Juliet called, causing her grandmother to smile. Juliet hugged her grandma and began explaining to her what was going on.
"I already know. Your adoptive mother called me and told me everything." Grandma explained. Juliet nodded, walking out of the airport and into her grandma's car.
They drove back to Grandma's house and her grandmother offered her some food. Juliet gladly excepted and plopped down on her couch. She couldn't shake the constant eerie feeling running throughout her body.
"So, Jules, how has life been?" Grandma asked in almost a joking manner.
"Well, after I ran away, a police man named Henry found me and brought me to an adoption center, where I met Ginger." Juliet explained nonchalantly.
"I'm just so happy to see you." Grandma smiled, kissing Juliet's forehead.
Juliet smiled and nodded, looking around her Grandma's house. It hadn't seemed to change at all except for one thing. "Where's Grandpa?" Juliet inquired.
Grandma's face softened, "He had a stroke and fell into a coma. He stayed like that for a year until I decided it was time to pull the plug." Tears formed at the corner of her eyes, but never fell.
"I'm sorry." Juliet apologized, feeling like she should have been sadder. "Grandma, is it okay if we get Ewan now?" Juliet asked. "I'm really scared for him." She added in.
Grandma bit her lip and looked at the time. "I guess we need to act ASAP." Grandma replied, grabbing her purse. They walked out to her car and began driving to her old house.
Once they were a few blocks away, Juliet hopped out of the car and began toward the house on foot. She ducked in some bushes and checked if Frank was home yet. His car was parked in the driveway, sending anxiety through her body. She tried not to think about what could be going on in there. Grandma was close behind her looking at the house with concern. "When he got me, he always left at around one in the afternoon to go to somewhere so we have about, twenty minutes." Juliet whispered. Grandma nodded and they walked back to the car.
After about twenty minutes, they checked to see if Frank had left. As they looked past the shrubbery in their faces, they saw Frank getting into his car. Relief rushed through Juliet as he drove off to wherever he was headed. They waited a few seconds before rushing over to the house. Juliet brought up a shaky hand and knocked on the door. "Open up, it's Juliet." She yelled. A loud crash sounded from inside the house, worrying Juliet even more.
"Ewan, open up!" Juliet screamed. The doorknob twisted and the door swung open to reveal a bruised, burned Ewan staring off into space. "Ewan!" Juliet cried, embracing him with a hug. "Oh my goodness, are you alright?" Juliet hadn't let go of him yet.
"Jules, we need to go now. He's gonna be back in a few minutes." Ewan explained frantically.
"Right." Juliet turned and ran only to see Ewan walking slowly with his hands out in front if him. "Ewan, come on!" Juliet screamed.
"I can't see." He explained. "Take my hand and lead me." He yelled. Juliet nodded and grabbed his hand, pulling him to their car. They got inside and Grandma sped out of the neighborhood.
"Ewan, why can't you see? How'd did you call me if you can't see?" Juliet blurted out questions.
"A few hours ago, he put a drop of acid in each of my eyes because I punched him in his goodies." Ewan smiled, as if he were proud of himself.
"Ewan, oh my God. Are you okay?" Juliet let tears pour down her face.
"My eyes just burn." He replied with a smile. His voice had gotten so much deeper since Juliet had last talked to him.
"How'd you get this?" Juliet asked, pointing to an oozing blister on his right cheek.
"Cigarette." He replied. "Really, I don't want to talk about this right now." He turned his head to the ground. Juliet tilted her head, but soon realized that she was the exact same way after she was kidnapped.
Grandma drove Ewan to a hospital and called the police to report Frank. Ewan was checked into the hospital and was immediately injected with fluids. Juliet waited outside of his room while he was evaluated. Juliet felt the weight of guilt pull at her heart. She wished she would've arrived sooner, Maybe he would be able to see. Juliet thought. The minutes dragged by as if they were years. She wanted to check on Ewan, but knew he needed to be alone.
As Juliet felt tears form in her eyes, the door opened, surging relief through Juliet. "Juliet, you can go see him now." The nurse smiled. Juliet nearly sprinted into the room.
"Ewan?" Juliet smiled, in her gentlest voice.
"Who is it?" Ewan asked.
"It's Juliet." She replied, grabbing Ewan's hand. "Are you alright? Do you need anything?" She reminded herself of Ginger.
"I'm okay." Ewan's useless eyes were red from crying. His voice cracked from tears.
"Ewan, I need to tell you something." Juliet sighed. "After I was kidnapped, I kept everything inside, I didn't talk about it, I tried to forget everything. But eventually, I figured out that talking to Ginger, my adoptive mother, really helped." Juliet explained. "All I'm saying is that you can tell me anything. I'm honestly the only person that would understand." She continued.
Ewan nodded. He sighed and turned over, being careful not to lay on the multiple IV's in his arm. "Can I start from the beginning?" Ewan asked. Juliet nodded, only to remember that Ewan couldn't see.
"Of course." Juliet smiled.
"I never went with the social worker." Ewan began. "I left to follow you but I couldn't find you. I think I went the wrong way." Ewan smiled. "A few days later, I was still outside and I had no food or money, and I started calling to cars and telling them to call the police. Eventually, I was picked up by an officer in Hollywood, Florida. They brought me to an adoption center in Hollywood." Ewan blinked a few times.
"Wait, so, you weren't at my adoption center?" Juliet asked, confused.
"No." He replied. Juliet tilted her head, but shrugged it away. "After that I was adopted by a woman and her husband. They were really nice, but they turned abusive and eventually, I was brought back to the same orphanage." Ewan told. "I've been there ever since. On my way back from school, Frank walked up behind me drugged me with something and threw me into his car." Ewan sniffled.
"Okay, so what happened at his house?" Juliet tried not to push him.
"He told me to call him 'Dad' and he called me Juliet. I was all really weird. He was replacing you with me." Ewan replied. "He threw things at me, he made me take drugs until I would pass out, he poured bleach on me once." Ewan continued. Juliet covered her mouth.
"I am so sorry, Ewan." Juliet sobbed into her hand.
"He tried to make me eat moldy bread, but I socked him where it counts and he ruined my eyesight." Ewan smiled weakly.
"I am so sorry." Juliet apologized. "This is all my fault. He should've gotten me." Juliet hugged Ewan, letting him sob into her shoulder. "You'll get through this. Trust me. It gets better." Juliet assured him.
A few days later, Ewan was allowed to walked around out of his room and Juliet assisted him over to the cafeteria, where they sat and ate their lunches. "Your chicken in at six o'clock." Juliet explained, helping to move his hands towards it.
"Thanks." He sighed, shoving an over-sized piece of chicken in his mouth.
"So, do you have any romantic interests?" Juliet asked, adding in a giggle.
"I was with a girl named Lily, for a few weeks but she was stupid." Ewan laughed. "Do you?" he asked back.
"Actually, the night you called me, I kissed a boy named Shawn." Juliet giggled, watching Ewan's face light up.
"Ooh, sounds cool." He smiled. "So, uh, this is going to sound odd, but could you describe yourself to me?" he asked, blood rushing to his face.
Juliet tilted her head for a second but agree to try to explain her appearance. She looked at the back of her spoon as a mirror. "Well, I have blonde hair, still. It's wavy and it just comes past my ears. I have mom's nose, of course and I look exactly like her." Juliet tried her best to explain herself.
Ewan nodded. "How tall are you? I can't imagine you being taller than you were when you were six." He chuckled.
"I'm about five feet three inches." Juliet replied. Ewan nodded again. "My god, you haven't changed at all though." Juliet smiled, moving his hand over to the part of his plate with mashed potatoes on it.
"Thanks." Ewan thanked her again.
"I'm really glad to see you again." Juliet admitted, giving his hand a slight squeeze. "You should move closer to us. Come live in Santa Barbara." Juliet suggested seriously.
Ewan shrugged. "I don't know. Would I be able to do that?" Ewan asked.
"Probably." Juliet replied.
Both of the were silent. "I'm smiling right now." Juliet told him.
"Why are you doing that?" Ewan asked.
"I am just so happy that you're back." Juliet gave him a short hug and a kiss on his forehead.
Don'e fret! EWAN IS OKAY!
I reaaaalllly hope you guys enjoyed thus chapter update, Sorry it took me so long but I promise, the content of my next chapter will make up for that! :)
Lots of shules? Maybbbbeeeeee.
Okay, so even though Psych is over *tear* I will still continue to write my stories. Thank you for reading.
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