Patricia's POV

"I highly suggest you don't run from me, little girl." Rufus growls, scanning the room for me. I am hiding behind a stack of wooden crates which I'm assuming are full of beer and wine, considering the warehouse reeks of alcohol. As I am deep in my thoughts, I slip up as he gets closer and I accidentally knock over one of the crates. "There you are." He smirks, grabbing me by my wrist and drawing a knife from his pocket. He slowly brings the cool metal to my arm, and begins to engrave something in my skin. A single tear slides down my face, and I have to bite my cheek to keep me from screaming. I feel blood pouring from inside my mouth, and my arm. Once he has finished, he leaves the room, locking the big metal door. I am now lying on the ground, limbs weakening. I bring my head to look at my upper wrist. I am barely able to make out what it says in the dark: RZ.

I wake up from the nightmare, panting. Cold sweat floods my body and my face as I feel my heart beating so hard, I'm afraid that it will pop out of my chest. Tears slip down my cheeks as I reach for my iPhone and text Eddie asking him to come quick. I breathe a sigh of relief when I hear a faint knock on my door, and it creaking open. I quickly pull the covers to the end of the bed and quietly tip toe over to Eddie, and he engulfs me in a huge hug. I then begin to sob as he carries me over to my bed, slipping in next to me. I feel an arm wrap around my waist and I look up to meet his gaze.

"Patricia this is the third night in a row you've been woken up by a nightmare, what's going on?" He asks, a worried look on his face. I guess that it's okay to tell him if I don't tell the whole truth.

"Okay, so last year, Nina arrived the same day Joy had left school, and I thought that she had like gotten rid of her so she could move here. Turns out, Nina was supposed to come, but came late, and Joy had to leave because of personal reasons. But I went to this so called 'private investigator', and he-he kidnapped me." I begin to sob harder as I finish, speaking only in a soft whisper.

"Why didn't you tell me? He is gone, right? He got arrested, please tell me he got arrested..." Eddie panics, and I give him a soft kiss to get him to calm down.

"It's alright, he's gone, it's just.. He's the only thing that I'm actually afraid of..." I mumble, slightly embarrassed.

"Hey, it's okay, I would be scared of him too. But he's gone now, and he's won't hurt you." He reassures me.

"How do you know?"

"Because I won't let him." He whispers in my ear, and then kisses my hair softly. "Shut your eyes and get some sleep, I'll be right here when you wake up." I do as he says and shut my eyes, my head in the crook of his neck.

Hi! Just so you guys know this I am going to be co-writing this story with Love2Write21. We would love it if you gave us a quick review and tell us what you think so far! We'll be updating again soon, bye!:)