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"H-how...?" I ask and she shrugs her shoulders. "I'm sorry Mr. Moon..." She says and I nod, looking away from her. "Thanks for letting us know..." I tell her and she gives me a small smile. "Here..." She hands me a packet. "This is anything you might want to do to help her or to make it easier..." I nod another thank you and we both stand up. "Pleasure seeing you again." She says and I smile a little. "You too." I say and walk out of the room.
"Hey daddy..." She says and I give her a sad smile. "What you talk about?" She asks and I lift her up from the ground, making her giggle. "We were talking about how I can help you with school at home..." I say and she smiles. "It easier?" She asks and I nod. "Yep..." I tell her and she squeals in delight. "Yay! Tank you daddy!" She screams, tightening her hold on my neck. I buckle her into the car seat and I don't say much during the ride.
I gave her dyslexia... I can't believe it. Yeah, I have dyslexia... I never told anyone though because I was so embarrassed of it. All of my friends thought that I just didn't try, always wondering why my parents didn't care. Well, my mom cared but I was trying my hardest and she knew that. I always had a tutoring session during my free period in school everyday but nothing ever helped. School was h*** for me. I still confuse certain letters and numbers, mixing up words... It's hard to deal with. It really is and I gave it to my daughter. I gave my daughter a f****** disability.
When I get into the parking lot, I grab Ariana and head up stairs. I walk in and sigh, letting Ari down. "What's wrong?" Ally asks and I realize that I probably should tell her that I have dyslexia first. "Ar, will you go into your room for a minute so I can talk to mommy?" I ask her and she look at me with sad eyes but turns around to go into her room anyway.
"I've been keeping a secret from you..." I start off and she gasps. "You're not cutting yourself, are you?" She asks, grabbing my wrists and checking them. "No... Nothing like that." I say and she sighs in relief. "I have dyslexia..." I say and she gasps. "Austin! Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped you..." She tells me, grasping my hand. "That doesn't matter..." I say and she tilts her head in confusion. "Why are you telling me this now?" She asks and I turn my eyes from her gaze. "I talked to Ariana's teacher today..." I say and I look to Ari's door. "She has dyslexia..." I tell her and she gasps. "I'm sorry Ally..." I tell her, swallowing the lump in my throat. "About what Austin? We can get her help. She's smart. We're smart. We can help her through it!" She says and she clears her throat. "I know what you're thinking Austin. It's not your fault-" I cut her off with a groan. "We both know it is Ally! We both know that she has that disability because of me. We both know you didn't give it to her. I did. No one else. It is my fault. I make everything harder. For you and Ari. You know I do..." I tell her and she sighs. "Please Austin... Stop blaming yourself for everything d*** it!" She screams and I stand up, moving her away from her.
"Think about it Ally! Why was someone saying they wanted to kill you? Why did you have to come out to Miami? Twice! Why did you have to go through the growth and birth of our child alone? Why do you cry yourself to sleep every night? Why do have nightmares? Why did you cut yourself? Why did Ari spend half of her life without a dad? Why does Ariana feel like she's going to lose her father? Why does she have dyslexia?! Why Ally? The answer to every single one of those d*** questions is me. I'm the reason! I'm the reason..." I say, crying by the end. "I'm sorry... I- I have to go..."I say, walking to the door. "Please don't leave me..." She says, her crying too. I sigh, looking into her eyes one last time before walking out the door.
Ally's POV
"D*** it Austin!" I scream and flop down to the couch. I grab my phone and go to text him. 'Just let me know that you're okay...' I type and press send. Ari comes out of her room and looks at me in confusion. "Where daddy?" She asks and my eyes widen. "Sweetheart..." I say and her eyes fill with tears. "He weft?" She asks and I go to speak. "Daddy!" She screams and starts to bawl. "Daddy pwease!" She says and I stand up. "Ari please..." I tell her, tears in my eyes as well. "Don't touch me!" She says, stepping away from me. "Ariana." I say sternly and she screams a high pitched scream. "Ari stop it right now." I tell her and she glares through her tears before she turns around to go into her room.
About an hour later
"I can't do this anymore!" I scream and grab my phone. "Hey, it's Austin... Leave a message, I'll call you back as soon as possible." He says and the phone beeps. "Ari is non stop crying. You need to come back..." I say and pause thinking of what to say. "If you don't want to come back..." I swallow the lump in my throat. "I guess it's your choice... Just know that we both love you." I say into the phone and hanging it up.
Austin's POV
I slowly open my eyes, a pounding headache, tied up to a chair. Where am I? I look around, for someone or something I tell me where I am. "So I've finally got the great Austin Moon." A deep voice says and I snap my head towards where it came from. "Where am I?" I ask and the man laughs, coming closet to me. "You don't need to know that. You just need to know that if you don't do what I say, I will take your precious baby girl." He says and I snap my eyes open again. "Don't touch her!" I say, pulling at the knots around my wrists. "Listen to me and that won't be a problem." He says and I nod.
The man picks up my phone and looks at me. "What's your password?" He asks and I glare, not saying a word. "D*** it!" He screams, kicking my in the ribs. I moan and groan in pain, breathing heavily. "I can grab your daughter with ease!" He says and I squeeze my eyes shut in pain. "0825." I say and he puts it in, smiling as it unlocks. "One voicemail from Ally..." He says before he plays the message.
"Ari is non stop crying. You need to come back... If you don't want to come back... I guess it's your choice... Just know that we both love you."
The man smiles at me, then at the phone. "Call her. Tell her that you're not coming home. That you two are done. Over." He says before punching me in the face. "What the h***?!" I scream and he turns around. "I've always wanted to do that." He says, like he didn't just punch me. I flinch in pain as I lick my lip, tasting blood. "Austin?" I hear Ally ask, I can hear her tears. "Ally..." I say and the man grabs a knife. 'Do it' he mouths and I look at the phone. "Where are you?" She asks as I shake my head at the man. He slices my throat, making me groan out in pain. "Do it!" He whisper yells but before I can even speak, Ally does. "Are you okay? Austin, please come back..." She says and the man laughs. "I'm not coming back..." I say, straining my voice, tears coming to my eyes. "We're over Ally." I say, a choked sob coming from my throat. "Austin-" she says as the man hangs up the phone.
He puts the camera on record and smiles. "Ah, let's record this for your lovely family." He says, coming closer and closer to me. He drags the knife down my face, making me scream out in pain. "Keep it down!" He screams, smashing my head against the concrete wall behind me. I feel the blood drip down to my neck and I groan quietly. I'm breathing heavy, gasping for air. "Stand up." He says and I look at him like he's insane, because he is. "I can't. I'm tied to the chair." I whisper and he grabs the knife, whipping it across my chest. "D*** it do as I say!" He screams and I try pulling from the chair. "I can't..." I say after five minutes of trying. He slices the ropes off and smiles. "Cass!" The man screams, still recording the whole thing with my phone.
A woman comes toward me, dressed in nothing but a short skirt and a super tight crop top. She pushes me against the wall, trying to kiss me But I refuse to let her. "Woah, woah, woah..." I say, pushing her off of me. "C'mon, you and Annie are over!" She screams and I shake my head. I'm not so hurt that I don't know anything. "It's Ally. It doesn't matter. I still love her." I say and the man smashes me against the wall. "Don't correct her ever again!" He yells, sinking the knife through my shoulder and then ripping it out. I bite my lip to keep myself from shouting. "Let her do what she wants or I'll kill you..." He says, putting his knife to my chest. "Do it! Just f****** kill me. I don't give a c*** anymore!" I scream and he laughs. I try to push him away, trying to punch him in the face but he pushes the knife across my face. "Don't do it again." He says, and he turns around to grab something.
He pulls his gun out, pointing it toward my leg. He hands the phone to the still half naked women and shoots my right shin. "F***!" I groan, collapsing to the ground. He kicks me in the face as I lay on the ground. "What did I tell you?" He asks and I groan, grabbing my leg. The women gets on the floor and straddles my hips. "Get off..." I groan, weakly. She bends down to kiss my neck but I turn my head. "Stop." I say, still weak but stronger than before. She tried to grind her hips against mine but I lift her up with the only strength I had left. "Please stop... Please. Kill me. Shoot me. Run me over for goodness sake just..." I need to take a breath before I finish. "Please don't." I beg and they both laugh. "Fine. This is the only thing I'm letting go." The girl says and walks away.
She comes back seconds later with a whip and comes over to me, ripping my shirt off violently. She pushes me on my back and lifts her whip. She brings it down on me hast and hard, making me yelp in pain. "Cut the c***. I'm not even close to done." She says then kicks me, telling me to flip over. She whips my back, I can feel blood falling down my back after several whips. She takes her sharp heel, digging it into my stomach and I clench my hands into fists. They both laugh at me and then smile. "Any last words?" He asks and I squeeze my eyes shut. "Alls, I love you and Ariana. I'm sorry... For everything..." He laughs at me, calling me pathetic. "Goodbye Austin." They say together and he shoots me in the stomach and stops recording.
Laughing, he smiles at me. "Now let's send this to your family..." He says and I groan in pain. "Rocky... Riker... Rydel... Ratiliff... Dez... Trish... Dad... And Mom..." He says, clicking the name as he says them. "Please watch..." He types and I sigh in relief when he doesn't send it to Ally. The messages send and I lean my head back in pain, sitting up against the wall. "Ally, please let Ariana watch this video before you..." He types and I groan. "No!" I scream and he kicks me, right where he shot me. D*** it. I can't... I start breathing heavily and the man laughs. The last thing I see is 'message sent' before everything goes black.
Ally's POV
Right now, I'm sitting in the living room, crying. I have no idea how long I've been sitting here bawling but I know it's been at least an hour. I finally calm myself down enough and jump at the noise my phone makes. I sprint toward it, knowing that ringtone is Austin's. There's a video attached with a message below it. I sigh, swallowing the lump in my throat and walk to Ari's room. "Ar, daddy sent us a video. He wants you to see it first baby..." I tell her and she comes out with red puffy eyes. She looks up and me and sighs, grabbing the phone. "Tanks..." She says and then walks back into her bedroom. I walk to the couch and wait for Ari to finish with the phone. I hear her gasp and cry. "Ar, what's wrong?" I ask, walking to her door I try to open it but she locked it. "Daddy!" She screams, and I try opening the door again. She's screaming bloody murder but won't let me in. "Ari! Open this door!" I tell but her shrieks and cries are too loud for her to hear me. "Daddy!" She screams again, the tears still in her voice. She comes out, tears falling from her eyes without the phone. "Why mommy? Why?" She asks me and I look at her in confusion. Grabbing the phone, Ari cries herself to sleep. After I know she's asleep, I press play on the video...
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The video ends and I stay there, on the couch, frozen. I hear banging on the door and swallow the lump in my throat, going to the door. "Did you get the video?" Trish asks me and I nod. "Dez is showing the police. That was horrible..." She says crying. "Whoever took the video... Said to show Ari first... I did. It was..." She gasps as I trail off, choking down a sob. "I just watched Austin get killed. So did my two year old daughter." I say and she pulls me in for a hug, both of us crying now. "I don't know how I'll get through this..." I say and she nods. "I know Alls..." She says and I let out an angry breath. "Why?" I ask and she shrugs. "I don't kn-" she gets cut off by my phone ringing. It's Austin's ring tone.
I run to the phone, answering it quickly. "Where's Austin?!" I scream, tears pouring down my face quickly. "Ah, sweety... Didn't you see the video? Or is Ari still watching it?" He asks and I scream out in frustration. "Why?" I ask but everything gets silent for a minute. "Is t-that Ally...?" I hear a voice ask and my eyes widen. "Austin!" I scream and I hear him groan. "Don't do that baby... He'll just get more hurt than he is." The man tells me and I cry a little harder. "Tell me where he is. I'll do anything. Just let him go... Please..." I plead and he pauses a moment. "Come to 24 High Hill Road (I made that up but if it's real, I don't own it!). Alone. Leave now. I'll let him go." He says and I sigh. "Fine." I say and I hear a scream in the back. "Ally, don't. It's n-not worth it." He says and I cry harder at the sound if his weak voice. "It is Austin. I love you..." I say and look over at Trish. "Love yo-" he gets cut off by the phone hanging up. "I gotta go..." I say and walk past her, ignoring her questions and protests. "Watch Ari please... I love you Trish. Love you baby girl..." I say and walk out the door. I've gotta plan. I just need to make one stop.
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I pull up to the abandoned house and take a deep breath, wiping my tears. I call Austin's phone and the man answers. "I'm here." I say and he responds and okay. "Ally, leave! Please! He's gonna kil-" he cuts himself off with a scream then the phone hangs up. My heart is racing and I'm sweating. The door opens and the man from the video comes out with Austin. "Let him go." I say and he pushes Austin to the ground, putting his hand around Austin's throat. "Are you alone?" He asks and I nod. "Get out of the car." He says and I turn off the car, stepping out. "Ally stop." Austin says but I ignore him, not looking him either. Not wanting to see the pain he's in. Not yet. Not until I'm done here. He kicks Austin 'there' and he groans in pain. "S***..." He says and a few tears slip down my cheeks. "Austin, get in the car." The man says but Austin doesn't budge. "I c-can't..." He groans and I bend down to help him up. "I can't. I can't Ally. You need to get out of here..." He says and I let out a sob. I press my lips against his bloody ones and I look him in the eyes, hopefully letting him know that I have a plan. He nods a little which makes me realize he gets it.
"What do you want from me?" I ask and he smirks. "Mmm... I want you..." He says and I almost gag. "And then?" I ask and he smiles. "Does it matter?" He asks and I laugh. "Not really..." I say and the man grabs my hand, dragging me inside. I press the button in my phone and three policemen hop out from the bushes. They tackle him to the ground, nodding at me. "Go. You need to get him to the hospital." One of them tells me and I nod.
I help Austin get to the car and run to my side. I turn the key and look over at him. "Austin, stay awake." I say and I see him swallow, lifting up his head. "I'm sorry..." He says and I shake my head. "You did nothing wrong Austin." I tell him and he starts coughing. He groans in pain, clutching his stomach with his good arm. His eyes start to close again when I'm stopped at a red light. "Austin, keep your eyes open..." I say as I honk at the slow driving car. "Austin..." I say as his head leans back against the seat with his eyes closed. "Austin!" I scream but he doesn't even move. I start to cry, calling out his name. "Austin, wake up. Please Austin..." I say sobbing. I pull up front at the hospital and try to wake him up. He opens his eyes a little and it gives me hope. "Austin, please. Just make it five feet. That's all you need to be better." I and he gets out of the car on one foot. I guess the nurses or someone saw us and came out with gurney and take him inside. He speaks one last thing before he gets taken in for surgery. "I love you..." I smile at him and kiss his lips one last time. "I love you too." I say and they wheel him away from me.