Paternal Bonds Shattered

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Chapter 13 (Emotional)

Valerie looked at her cell phone and saw she had several messages and missed calls, they were from her sisters, mom, dad, and various friends. She looked over at Sam as she sat next to her. Hector allowed Sam the right to move around the house, but she still had a few designated rooms she couldn't go and was basically bound to the point where she couldn't escape. The doors were locked and all, there was no way she was getting out. When Hector wasn't around, Jeremy was in charge, and that was when he did not allow Sam any free will whatsoever. In some respect, Jeremy was worse than Hector.

"Why don't you call your family?" Sam asked quietly. Valerie was the one nicest to her, she didn't understand why Valerie was with these people. Had she wanted to hurt her? Did she know what they were planning? Or was she just an innocent bystander caught up in all this crap? "Can't you reach them, let them know where you're at?"

"No. You know those men have this whole house under surveillance. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a camera in the fucking bathrooms." Sam shuddered at the thought that the men could be spying on Valerie going to the restroom. As for her, they didn't let her go to the bathroom in the toilets unless she was freely roaming around. She had to use a hole in the ground. At least, Nevel was the one that had to clean it out, that was the most satisfaction she got of it all. "I know my mom must be having a heart attack with worry. My dad's already incredibly busy with his job, and now that I'm gone…" Valerie sobbed once and Sam started rubbing her back. "I think I'm just a wreck these days."

"I don't know why you're here, Valerie. I don't think you should be…" Valerie slowly shook her head and Sam took a deep breath. "You're scared…like I am…I can see that. Jonah tried to save me, you know. I don't know why he was involved in all this either." Valerie slowly looked up and Sam closed her eyes, trying to push away the nightmares that seemed to plague her mind. "Did you guys want to hurt me too?"

"No. We never knew all this was going to happen. Jeremy came to us and told us it was just going to be a harmless prank."

"A prank? That's what he called it?" Valerie nodded her head as Sam clenched her hand up. She hated Jeremy, she hated him more than any of the boys there. Nevel was just annoying, Gibby was Gibby, a mass of confusion, but Jeremy of all of them was the most vile and disgusting man she'd ever seen. "Didn't he know what he was doing when he got together with my father?"

"That's just it, Gibby told me that Jeremy didn't know Hector would go crazy like this." Sam flinched and placed her fingers on her forehead. He was the one that she was most afraid of, because of how he was to her. These people were violent, they were vicious. "They told us it was just going to be a prank for how much you guys hurt them. They coaxed Jonah into it by showing him a photo of that wedgie bounce thing and poking at his mind." Sam frowned as she thought back to that prank against Jonah, she had regretted it for so long. She knew it had to hurt him, and she had forgiven him now.

"I hope he knows how sorry I am for that."

"I think he does, and I think he's done everything he can to put that behind himself." Valerie smiled and her eyes lit up when she thought of him. "You should see how he is with me, he's like the most perfect boyfriend!" Sam smiled too, smiling for the first time since she'd been taken away. She was thinking of Freddie, and how he confessed his love for her.

"Freddie is quite the boyfriend. I'm willing to bet he's looking for me." Sam didn't know about Jonah, she was still a bit confused with everything that had happened on that fateful night. She knew Valerie told her Jonah survived, but she wondered about his family. "I don't know how I can trust any of these other men, though. Do you see how some of them look at me?"

"I know. Of them all, I'm scared most of Jeremy…" Sam frowned and nodded her head as she gave Valerie a comforting hug. "I shouldn't be here Sam, but neither should you, and I guess that's why I'm here…I don't know."

"No, you're here because Jeremy tricked you guys."

"I can't leave, I can't talk, I can't do anything…or else they might kill me."

"Gibby doesn't seem like he'd let that happen to you. I know he doesn't give a shit about me, but he's friendly with you."

"Jeremy can still hurt him. And then where will I be when he comes for me?" Valerie stiffened up and quickly closed her eyes, shaking her head. She tried not to think about things like that. She looked at the list of missed calls on her phone, so far there were about 94 in a four week radius. 29 of them were from her mother, 20 from Vanessa, 16 from her father, 10 from Veronica, and the other 19 missed calls were from other friends of hers. "Most of the calls have stopped now, but mom calls at least once a day." Valerie shook as a river of tears started to escape her eyes. "How could I call her and tell her that her baby girl's trapped in a house of psychos and living in fear every day of her life and that the cops won't look for me?"

"Valerie…" Valerie started bawling and fell into Sam's lap, letting Sam comfort her.

"Who's going to give my mommy hope? She may never see me again. She's not that strong, Sam! This could break her…"

"You seem to have a strong family though. Your sisters, your dad, they'll take care of your mom. Who else is going to, I guess?" It reminded her of her own mother, how would Amy be faring? She was strong, so it wasn't like she was going to let it get the best of her. "Call them, let them know you're okay. I mean, it's not like they're doing anything to you…it's just…Jeremy."

"I can't, I can't break it to my family. Besides, what if I'm caught using my cell phone? I might lose it!" Jeremy would for sure destroy the phone. He had been letting the power get the best of him. Both Valerie and Sam hoped Jonah would come back and kick his ass. After all, he deserved it. She hadn't been able to contact Jonah for some time either, considering the heavy surveillance they were in. She didn't know where or when good times were to talk about it.

"Well at least talk to them. Do you even know where we're at?"

"Uh…somewhere in America…" Sam frowned and closed her eyes, so the group wasn't aware of where Hector was taking them either. It made since, so they wouldn't tell anyone anything.

"Here, you said each of you guys has your own surveillance system to see all the camera's in the house, right?"

"Yeah, but I don't use them." She pointed to a desk with a computer on it. They didn't have internet access, the computer was only used to see the cameras. Sam walked over to the computer and started scanning all the cameras. She chuckled wryly and looked over.

"Well, good news is…there are no cameras in the bathroom."

"I suppose so." Valerie walked over as Sam continued looking for the cameras. There was a camera in every bedroom, the living rooms, the dining areas, the game rooms, basically every single room was filled with cameras. Gibby was asleep in his room, which was the one next to Valerie's. Jeremy wasn't anywhere to be found, and Nevel was in the kitchen.

"So go into your bathroom and talk to your mother." Valerie smiled and nodded her head as she slowly walked into the bathroom. Sam followed her and shut the door. Valerie flipped her phone on and dialed her mother's phone.

"V-Valerie?" Viola's shaky voice answered the phone. It was strained, as though heavily stressed. Valerie sobbed once and her cheeks were once again wet with tears. She hadn't heard her mother's voice in so long. "Valerie sweetie, is that you? Oh baby please tell me you're safe…"

"M-Mommy, D-Daddy…" Valerie's lips slowly curled into a smile as Viola flipped her speakerphone on. "Is 'Nessa there?"

"I'm here baby sis," Vanessa's voice rang through the phone and into Valerie's ears like music. "Where are you?"

"I-I can't answer that. I honestly don't know where I'm at…"

"Hi Mrs. Williams," Sam said with a slow smile. It was nice to hear the voice of a good person after so long of pure hate. Viola gasped and you could tell she was crying.

"Samantha Puckett, you're there too?"

"Valerie, did they take both of you?" It was Vincent Williams, he was greatly concerned for his daughter and needed to know where she was. He wanted to find her.

"Mommy, Daddy, is that sister?" Asked a little girl. Valerie gasped softly and closed her eyes, it was Vixen. Sweet, angelic Vixen, her favorite baby sister.

"Yes it's me Vixen, how are your dance classes?"

"I don't know, I don't like not knowing where you are!" Valerie sniffed as Sam started to wipe Valerie's eyes with a tissue.

"I know Lil' Vix, I know you are all scared."

"Valerie you sound like you've been crying!" Viola said urgently. She wanted to be there to hold her baby girl, she wanted to take care of her. "Please tell me what's going on."

"Mom, how is your health?"

"I'm fine baby, I'm fine…Vanessa and Victoria have been doing the best they can to make sure to fill in for you." Valerie closed her eyes and started sobbing, she missed her family so much. Sam rubbed her back and quickly looked up, she heard something.

"Oh no, Valerie," Sam whispered fearfully. Somebody had just entered Valerie's bedroom. It didn't sound like Hector's footsteps, his were a bit heavier, like thuds. She would never forget what his walk sounded like. There were so many things she wanted to forget, and he was one of them. "Someone's here."

"What?" Valerie asked as she looked up nervously.

"Valerie? Valerie are you okay?" Viola asked quickly, her breathing rising. "You know, it always feels like someone's watching…Ever since the Browns left, I've been so afraid…"

"Valerie! I know you're in there!" Valerie and Sam gasped, it was Jeremy's voice. He pounded the door violently, he was going to break in. Valerie lowered the phone and swallowed hard.

"I'm going to the bathroom!" Valerie shouted.

"Don't give me that, you little bitch!" Jeremy finally kicked the door open. Nevel was there as well. Nevel ran in and Sam tried to block them from getting to Valerie.

"Get out of my way slut," Nevel said as he smacked Sam in the face. She screamed and fell to the ground, clutching her face and biting her lips as the tears fell from her eyes. Valerie screamed as Jeremy grabbed her arm.

"No please, please don't!" Valerie pleaded as Jeremy glared at the phone.

"Talking to someone, are you?" Jeremy asked spitefully. He growled and narrowed his eyes, jerking Valerie's arm and making her scream out with pain. She clutched that phone like it was her lifeline. "You know better than this! Do I have to show you what's going to happen when you act out like this?"

"You leave her alone, asshole!" Sam said as she slowly rose up. She didn't know what she could do, she was just as equally afraid of these men.

"Did I not say shut up?" Nevel shouted angrily as he hit Sam one more time.

"Valerie! Valerie what's going on!" Vanessa pleaded for her sister to respond. "Mom's fainting over here, please be okay!" Next was Vincent's voice, angry and hateful.

"I don't know who you are, but if you hurt my daughter, you're going to have to face me!" Vincent shouted aggressively. Jeremy grabbed the phone from Valerie's hand while squeezing her wrist tightly with his other hand. Valerie cried out as Jeremy put the phone to his ear.

"Sorry sis and dad," Jeremy mocked while narrowing his glare on the girls. "Valerie can't talk right now." He hung up the phone and threw it in the toilet. Valerie cried out again as Jeremy started to drag her out of her room. "I'm going to teach you to act out like this." Nevel followed Jeremy like a loyal mutt and Sam started to panic. She ran out the door and watched them drag her into Jeremy's room.

"No," Sam whispered quietly. "Gibby!" Sam quickly ran into Gibby's room and shook him awake. She knew she might be hurt for waking him from his sleep, but she didn't care. Gibby growled and quickly sat up, glaring angrily at Sam.

"What the hell do think you're doing?" Gibby asked while rising. Sam flinched and closed her eyes, fearing that he was going to hurt her.

"Please don't hurt me…it's Valerie…Valerie's in trouble!"

"Valerie? What's going on?"

"Jeremy caught her on the phone."

"Shit." Gibby quickly ran out of his bedroom and hurried to Jeremy's door. It was locked. He could hear Valerie screaming and it sounded like punches were being thrown. Gibby quickly cracked his neck and took a few steps back. Sam watched with worry as he ran for the door and busted it down with his shoulder. Jeremy was on top of Valerie, choking and hitting her. Nevel was watching as she was beaten. "Get off her, asshole!"

"Gibby?" Jeremy asked curiously. Nevel knew better than to get into a fight with Gibby, he knew he would lose. He quickly ran out of the room, he didn't want to be fingered as having been involved in beating Valerie. After all, if he was, he knew he would be reprimanded by Hector.

"Hector forbade you to do anything to her!" Gibby quickly punched Jeremy in the face and the scrawny youth fell to the side. Valerie rolled off the bed and clutched her shoulders, crying hard. Sam ran to her and knelt beside her, wrapping her arm around Valerie's shoulder.

"You dare defy me?" Jeremy got up and punched Gibby in the gut. Gibby growled and grabbed Jeremy's arm and pulled it over his shoulder, he bent forward and sent Jeremy in an arc, crashing into the ground. Jeremy groaned and rubbed his head, his body was in incredible pain from the blow. Sam inspected Valerie's face and saw that she had a black eye. She growled and cussed out Jeremy.

"How could you! It's me you don't like, why would you hurt Valerie? What right do you have to hit her?"

"That's quite enough!" Hector's voice boomed from the doorway and Sam froze. She suddenly felt like she was about to throw up. Gibby and Jeremy looked over as Hector walked into the room, Nevel followed him. He grabbed Jeremy from the ground and pulled him up. "Nevel told me what was going on, I don't buy for a second that he wasn't involved. I know Valerie broke a rule, but she's part of this team, do you fucking understand that? I forbade you from doing anything to her. If anyone is going to be punished, it is you. Not her." Valerie looked up, she was shaking like a leaf. Gibby walked over to her and helped her up with Sam. He looked over at Hector, who gestured them out. "And close the door when you leave."

"Yes sir," Gibby replied. They led Valerie out of the bedroom and shut the door. They stopped and breathed in for a moment, listening in silence as Jeremy and Nevel screamed out, receiving a fierce beating from Hector. They knew when those two came out of the room, they were going to be a million times worse off than Valerie was. Gibby turned to Valerie and sighed. "Are you all right?"

"I feel like someone just pummeled me with bricks…"

"It's okay, I'll stand outside your door while you get some rest, okay?" Valerie nodded as they walked her to her room. He looked at Sam and frowned, he wanted to send her back to the basement, but he thought maybe she should be with Valerie right now.

"Now I am not being nice to you Sam, but I want you in there with her. That's an order, don't question it." Sam slowly nodded and walked Valerie into the bedroom where she could medicate the girl's wounds. Valerie turned and smiled weakly at Gibby.

"Gibby, thank you," Valerie said quietly. Gibby nodded and shut her door, then stood next to it. He was going to make sure nobody tried to get in for a while, at least until Jeremy cooled down.

It starts now. Well next chapter. The most action packed chapters I've written in a long time. You will love it, and it WILL keep you on the edge of your seat!