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Chapter 39

Dougie's POV

Oh my god, oh my god. I willed myself to stay calm, really wanting to call Tom, Danny and Harry. But I couldn't stop myself from breathing rapidly, and my hands were shaking nervously. It was weird though that Rick wanted to call them with a walkie talkie. Maybe he thought a phone was too risky, seeing how it could be traced. But couldn't a walkie talkie be traced as well? Weird.

Rick looked at me frowning though, expecting an answer.

'Yeah.' I hastily said, 'I'll stay calm, I won't freak out, I promise.' Rick nodded, then clicked the walkie talkie on and pressed the button in to talk to it.

'Hello? Boys, I wanna talk to you.' He then pushed the button again, and waited for an answer that didn't come.

'Hello! Pick up the walkie talkie now!' Rick said a little louder through the walkie talkie and tried a few times again. Sweat was already forming on my forehead, and my hands were clammy while I rubbed them together, nervousness growing inside of me. What if they wouldn't pick up the walkie talkie?

But not too long after I heard a rushing sound, and then I heard the nervous voice of Tom talking into the walkie talkie.

'Hello?' I gasped and closed my eyes, trying to supress the urge to just scream out for Tom in relief to hear his voice.

'Are you all there?' Rick asked in a low voice. He obviously didn't want his mates to know he was calling them. I didn't understand why.

'Yeah we're all here!' I then heard Harry say hastily, and my breathing sped up immediately, my heart aching for the worry in his voice.

'What do you want?' Rick looked at me for a moment, mouthing a 'stay calm' at me, before answering the walkie talkie again.

'I just wanted to know how far you are with the money?' He half stated, half asked. I froze when there was a short awkward silence. Did that silence mean they didn't have it?

'Yeah we have got it all sorted. You'll get it very soon.' Harry's voice then said semi-confident, nervousness radiating from his voice though. It scared me a bit.

My breathing was speading up even worse, and I was by now having trouble breathing properly. My whole body was trembling, and I was sweating like crazy. It was the shock of hearing my best friend being so nervous, it made the reality seem even worse than it was, and it scared the crap out of me.

'That's good. Very good. When will we receive it?' Rick asked Harry, he seemed a bit relieved about the answer. Another short hesitant silence.

'We'll get it to you as soon as we have it. We're busy trying to sort it out exactly with the bank, but I assure you that we have the money.' Harry answered quickly then.

'WHEN will we get it?' Rick demanded. 'Within a week?'

Fear struck me like a wirlwind. Another whole week of surviving this shit? I couldn't take this a whole week! I didn't care if I sounded weak or selfish, but I just couldn't take a week of this anymore. They could actually make me lose it, and go nuts with fear.

'Yes! Within a week!' Harry said quickly.

Tears started to leak from my eyes, as I gasped for air, a panic attack trying to force itself into my system. Rick obviously noticed it and rubbed his hand over my shoulder, only resulting in me flinching. Rick shook his head sighing, then spoke to my friends again via the walkie talkie.

'Okay. I'll come over tomorrow night, to sort everything out. Make sure you DON'T have anyone knowing about all this though, then everything will be fine.' Rick announced.

'Okay, but can't you just take Dougie with you when you come? I promise we'll get you the money anyway, we just want Dougie to...' Harry tried but was interrupted by Rick.

'No! No way. Don't even go there, Judd. Just make sure you hand us the damn money as fast as you freaking can!' Rick barked at him angrily.

'Alright, alright! Well, can we at least talk to him then? Just hear his voice to know he's alright?' Harry tried, almost begged Rick now. I tensed and looked up at Rick with big tear-leaking eyes, puppy-eyes as Harry would call it, silently begging Rick to let me speak to them for a little while.

'Yes, for a few minutes. But then I want you to go get your money ready. Here he is.'

He then handed the walkie talkie over to my shaking hands. I almost dropped it while gasping in relief and anticipation, when I heard Harry call my name nervously.

'Dougie? Are you there?' I let out a sob, then answered in a choking voice.

'Harry!' Was all I could manage. I heard him and Tom and Danny gasp.

'Dougie!' Danny choked out, followed by a choking sound of Tom.

'H-hi Dougs! How are you? A-are you alright?' Harry choked out and I let out another huge sob, before breaking down completely, hugging the walkie talkie for dear life.

'Harry... You need to... to... save me, please! Please Harry! Please save me.' Was all I could choke out in between my sobs. I wanted to talk to them, wanted to be strong and tell them I was alright, but I couldn't. I was so desperate and afraid.

'Oh my god!' I heard Tom cry out in shock.

'God Dougie! What did they do to you? Are you alright?' Harry asked raising his voice in shock.

'Calm down, Dougie.' Rick told me sternly, forcing me to look at him, by lifting my chin up with his big strong fingers. I tried to obey him, but I just couldn't control myself anymore and I let the panic take over, the sobs painfully wracking my body. Rick grabbed me by my shoulders and softly shook me, to try to get some sense in me but all I could do was continue to cry hysterically.

'Dougie! Dougie, please talk to me!' Harry cried through the walkie talkie, while I could hear Tom break down in sobs too.

'What the hell is going on there!' Danny cried out.

'Dougie!' Rick shook me again. 'Calm down now or I won't let you talk to them anymore.'

I shook my head desperately and quickly tried to stop crying.

'Dougs? Dougie! Please talk to me?' Harry cried out again, and I gulped in some breath before answering the walkie talkie again.

'They're hurting me.' I almost whispered.

'What have they done to you?' Danny almost whispered back after Harry let out a small sob.

'He... He punished me with the belt, and then... then they almost m-made me... made me...' I couldn't even tell them.

'Please just save me.' I begged them, and I saw Rick sigh again. He did that a lot lately. He seemed quiet stressed himself.

'Okay, this is enough.' He stated and reached out to take the walkie talkie.

'We will, Dougs, we will save you!' Danny reassured me, and I heard Tom copy him.

'I'm sorry guys! I really am!' I whispered, my voice croaking, when Rick reached out and then actually grabbed it out of my hands.

'Okay that was enough. I´ll come over tomorrow around 4 in the afternoon, to sort out the money. I seriously want this all to be over as soon as possible. I´m warning you guys, get the money soon, cause Dougie will have to pay the price if you don´t get it soon. There´s nothing I can do about that.´

´Okay. Okay! We´ll see you tomorrow. Dougie! Hang on in there, alright? We'll get you out really soon! I promise, we'll save you!' Harry found his voice again.

'Okay, bye guys!' Rick groaned, then without anything else anymore he clicked the walkie talkie off. I looked at him with frightfull eyes, afraid he would be angry for not being calm as he had ordered me.

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