Bella's POV
Fear. That was the only word that could express my current state if mind. Mary Alice was gone? Who took her? And why? Whatever did we do to them?
I kicked my feet out of bed just as Nicole left the room. I ran over to the dresser, threw out a pair of jeans and a button-up flannel. My heart was racing faster than when Ryan and I had hot, angry sex! And I'll tell you, that was pretty fast.
I looked in the room to find Ryan already gone. I jumped into the nearest pair of flip-flops I could find and bursted out of the bedroom in a flash.
Poor, sweet Mary Alice. She was probably worried sick. She was just a baby!
I was a horrible mother. Horrible. What kind of mom leaves their baby out and about? In broad daylight, practically begging for someone to steal?
Well, shit. That's it, I'm going to Hell.
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"I remember one minute I saw her on the couch, the next I went to get some Cornflakes, and she was just gone!" Nicole panted, her hands grabbing each side of her head.
"Well, did you see anyone here?" Ryan inquired, his hands on his hips. He was searching the floor as if the thief could have possibly left some sign of clue that he was here - perhaps his shoes were dirty and they left foot prints.
Well, there weren't foot prints. The carpet was as clean as a fresh, white canvas.
"No. It was just me and her, sitting on the couch. I was on my phone reading on Wattpad!" she yelled, flipping out.
Wattpad? Hmm. I gotta check that book out sometime-
"I'm going to Martin's old meet up spot," Ryan said, leaving without a word.
"Martin? But he's dead!" I exclaimed.
Ryan stopped as he was about to go down the stairs. He turned to face me. "But his friends aren't."
That was true. While Martin may have been gone, the rest of his gang were still perfectly capable of getting revenge.
Shit - why didn't I think of that before? I should've been more careful!
"Nicole, come on, hop in the car with me, we're going to search for Mary Alice." I grabbed my car keys and hauled ass out the front door. Nicole trailed behind.
My first instinct was to go to Martin's meet up spot - but Ryan was already going there. Next was definitely the alley behind the mall. I knew they went there a lot to beat up teens and smoke weed. That could be a possibility, right?!
"Hey, you remember the alley behind the mall, right?" I asked Nicole as I shifted into gear.
"Hell yeah. Timmy Wedger used to get his ass kicked back there by the seniors before us. It was hilarious."
"OH MY GOD I remember Timmy! He always tried to sell batteries at school and literally no one gave a shit. I kinda felt bad for him." I bit my lip remembering high school. But now, here I was, almost 20 years old, searching for my month old baby in an old, broken down car.
Who would've thought.
"Yeah, believe it or not I felt bad for the kid, too. He was always bullied." Nicole popped out her phone and began scrolling through her explore page on instagram.
"I mean, what could they do to her? They wouldn't kill her, right?" I asked. I bit my lip so hard it began to bleed harshly.
When I didn't receive a reply from Nicole, I began to panic. "Right?" I questioned once more for reassurance.
"Yeah. I think they did it just to make you scared. In fact, they probably thought you'd like have a heart attack or something. That was probably their plan. They're doing nothing to Mary Alice, Bella, I promise," Nicole confirmed.
I turned, nearing the alley behind the mall. I was already able to see the smoke. I saw some tall boys messing around. Well, shit. Definitely Martin's friends.
I parked violently, causing Nicole to fall out of her seat, and slammed the door shut of my car. Nicole followed. I walked up to the 7 or 8 boys and crossed my arms. I recognized a couple of the faces. I remembered Shawn, the tall one with blonde hair. And Ashley, the short one with red hair and freckles.
"Give me my baby," I said, my voice shakey. They all turned around to face me and their eyes were dark.
"What baby?" One of them asked.
"The baby I gave birth to, the one that came out of my vagina," I said awkwardly. "Mary Alice.... give me my baby you assholes!"
"It's Ryan's girl," Shawn said to the one on his right.
"You're damn right I am!" I screamed, stepping forward. I was ready to pounce at someone.
"We can't give you back your baby, little lady," one of them said in a country accent, "unless.... unless, you're willing to trade Ryan for your baby. Let us have him instead."
What? No...
"No. Here's what's going to happen: I'm going to have my baby back, or you all will get your dicks chopped off," I smiled, using the biggest threat I thought of.
One of them pulled out Mary Alice, who was in her blanket, sleeping silently. "I think she loves us more than her own mother," he said.
"HOW DARE YOU FUCKING SAY THAT TO ME!" I screamed, launching forward. A couple of the guys pulled out guns. Nicole grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"Give me her," I growled.
"Absolutely not," said one.
"Give us Ryan," Ashley said.
I suddenly turned around to see Nicole gone. Where did she go?
Enough with this shit.
I dashed forward, my power strong enough to knock down the skinny one in the front. I used my strong right leg to punch the balls of Ashley.
I only got two down before the tall one with a country accent pulled my arms back and put a gun against the temple of my head.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
I sighed.
"You know what? Kill me. Do it. Just please... tell Ryan I love him and I did it for our family. And don't kill Mary Alice, she has a life to live," I whispered, closing my eyes.
"Actually, you know what's better than killing Ryan or you?" He asked.
Oh no.
He forced my eyes open with two fingers and pointed my head to face Mary Alice. He qued the boy to "do it," and the boy took a pocket knife from out of his pocket.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" I screamed, wiggling out of the grasp. "DON'T FUCKING DO IT! STOP!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
The boy with the knife smiled as he leaned the weapon toward Mary Alice's neck.
Just then, a miracle had struck. Nicole popped out of nowhere, punching the guy in the face, taking the knife from him and stabbing him.
She also stabbed the guy standing near him too. She took the baby and started running away with her.
The guy holding me pulled out and shot Nicole with his gun as she made an attempt to run away.
She fell to the ground, blood pouring.
Why me?
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Well, a whole lot of shit just happened this chapter! I actually cried writing this omg. I could feel Bella's emotions as I typed them.
Anyways, hope you have an amazing rest of your day, and thank you for 11K reads!!!! That is incredible!!
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