Wed or Dead

XLVII ⚜️

Third-person POV

"That's me," Casey said. She was relieved when heard Remi's voice

"Thank God! Listen, where are you? Are you safe?" Remi asked, overjoyed to hear her voice.

"Yes. I'm safe. Listen, there's a problem with the address of our location It's the cabin in the middle of the forest one-hour ride from the city, I don't know where exactly" Casey explained.

"Don't worry about it, we already know. We're on the plane, it should be landing soon" Remi said calmly.

"What? How do you know?" Casey asked with confusion.

"The self-defense knife you got from Milo. Make sure to not lose it. It has a tracker. We know where are you staying. Rafael wants to talk to you"

"What are you doing in the city center?" Rafael asked. His voice was strict and cold as always.

"I needed to let you guys know somehow where are we. I had no idea you'd find us without my help" Casey tried t explain.

"Is Eliana with you? I need to speak with her" Rafael directed.

"No, Eliana is not here," Casey said awkwardly "I am alone"

"Does Eliana know about it?" Rafael wanted to know.

"No" Casey responded truthfully.

"Then how did you get to the nearest city?" he continued his questioning.

"Um... I walked?" Casey said, it sounded more like a question.

"If it's a 1-hour car ride, you would need 16 hours to get there. Unless you developed superpowers" Rafael pointed dryly, instantly catching her lie. "Why is Eliana not with you?"

"I think Eliana is going through a serious depressive episode. I am worried about her" Casey admitted. She let fear enter her voice for the first time.

"How bad is it?" He asked in all seriousness.

"I've never seen her like this. She's not moving out of her bed. She's sleeping all day. She refuses to eat. She needs help" Casey responded.

"I will get to her soon. You will stay in the city until Remi and Milo get you" Rafael instructed "

"There's no need, I will just go back and-"

"Casey, I need you to focus and listen without arguing with me. I will book a hotel room for the closest one to your current location. As soon as we finish this conversation, you will go there and stay in your room. Under no circumstances, leave that room or open the door for anyone unless it's Remi and Milo. Is that clear, Casey?"

"Fine," she said, not feeling like arguing right now. Rafael probably had a goon reason for what he was doing.

"Wait for my instructions" Rafael ordered and hung upon her.

She soon received a message with the address of the hotel.

She was about to move to the designated location when someone's hand closed on her mouth, someone pulled her into the corner of the street. She was being crushed into a concrete wall, she started screaming for help.

"Shush. Be quiet for your uncle, Casey" She would recognize this voice anywhere.

Ethan. He was always so creepy, but it was the first time Casey was alone with him. Normally he would focus all his creepy attention on Eliana, only from time to time sparing her a glance.

Casey started to cry as she was trying to desperately pull away, but her attempts were useless. He brutally pulled her by the hair towards the car parked nearby. She let out a muffled scream, but no one helped her. People around just looked with a weirded-out corner, someone screamed something, but it was already too late.

They drove away.

Casey's hands were tied up. There was a cloth covering her eyes. Her panicking made it very difficult to measure how much time the ride itself takes because every moment felt like an eternity until they pulled up somewhere.

Casey was once again dragged out of the car. She was thrown into a very small, claustrophobic storage room, it was a part of the larger shed. It was like a movie about a serial killer.

But she wasn't alone with Ethan. There was also the other familiar face here.

"Casey. How nice to have you here. We never had a chance to really talk, I feel really neglectful as your uncle" Harvey said.

"Eliana being my sister doesn't make any of you my family," she said, looking at Harvey and Ethan with clear disgust.

"Ah, that's a really hurtful thing to say, but I guess you don't have any good examples to learn manners from," Harvey said, pretending to be hurt.

"Fuck you" Casey spat out.

He ignored her insult and continued.

"Hopefully your sister will soon show up to rescue you. Ethan will make sure you're not up to any funny business. Now if you excuse me I have a call to make"