Chapter 0163 âWake up!â
I groan, but I donât open my eyes. The voice sounded so far away and I thought that I was dreaming because how else would the voice sound so familiar?
âAva, wake the F*** up!â
This time I open my eyes. The voice sounded too real to be a dream. Also, why the hell would I dream of her?
My vision is blurry as my eyes try to adjust.
As the seconds go by, the memories of earlier come back to me.
Shit! Iâve been kidnapped again.
My brain was still fuzzy from what I assume is the chloroform I inhaled. I take a quick note of things, hoping that the chemical wonât affect my baby.
was seated on a chair with my hands tied behind my back. Trying to moves proves to be a moot point. The ropes were tight and they cut into my skin. Whoever took me probably didnât want to risk me escaping. 1 âAre you done?â she asks.
I thought it was just my imagination, but itâs not. I sharply turn to my left to find Emma also tied to a chair. She looked more alert meaning she was here longer than I was.
âWhat the hell are you doing here?â I ask her dumbly.
I survey the area. It was one big room with absolutely nothing. No chair or furniture except the one Emma and I were sitting on.
There was nothing to give a clue of where we were or who this house belonged to.
âIsnât it obvious? We were both kidnappedâ she answers sarcastically.
I roll my eyes at her. âOf course I know that! What I meant to ask is why whoever it is would take both of Usâ
I donât know who took us, but I have my suspicions. The only threat that was remaining was from the Reapers. It didnât make sense though on why they would want both me and Emma. If anything Emma was more important to the Sharps and Rowan than I was.
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âHow long have you been here?â I tried calming my breaths. It wouldnât do me anything good to panic.
The more I try the more Iâm taken back to the night Ethan betrayed me. Didnât things happen almost in the exact same way?
With the difference being Letty was the one kidnapped alongside me instead of Emma.
Fear grips me as I think of that day. Fear that the same thing would happen again. That I was about to find out that someone close to me had betrayed me again.
Iâm not sure. I gained consciousness just as they carried you inâ Emmaâs voice pulls me back from the painful memories.
âAnd how long have I been out?â
âMaybe fifteen or twenty minutes or soâ
Iâm quiet after that. Trying to do the math. It doesnât help though. Because Iâm not sure how far out they drove from the ice cream shop.
I start to panic again when I think of Noah. Oh my god, who was going to pick him up? School ends at three thirty and when I got to the ice cream shop it was already around noon. What if they decided to take him too? z âCalm downâ. I tell myself. âYou know the school will call Rowan if youâre unable to pick him up. Heâll be safeâ
I keep telling myself that until I calm down and my breathing stops being so erratic. Noah is going to bel fine. Right now I just needed to concentrate on myself.
âSo it is true, youâre pregnantâ Emma speaks, making me turn to her. She was looking at my baby bump.
Even when she was being held hostage, she still looked damn beautiful. How the hell is that even possible? Maybe she was a goddess in her previous life or something. 2 Instead of answering I ignore her and face forward. My pregnancy was none of her F***ing business.
âYou know, Iâm not surprised that youâre pregnant. With your track record, itâs given. Do you even know who the father of that baby is?â she scoffs, her voice irritating the F*** out of me.
âNo I donât. Iâve spread my legs for so many men I can barely keep countâ I snap.
Iâve been conscious for less than an hour and already I was tempted to ask our kidnappers to shoot me. Emma was so F***ing annoying. Why the hell did I never notice that about her? âYou donât have to be so rudeâ she frowns at me, as if thatâs going to do anything.