141. Reunited

Dee kept on telling herself that Rocco would be better, now that Rockford is with them again. But still, her wariness was gnawing from the inside because she was concerned for her boyfriend. She had known him for years and they had talked about his trauma. And though she kept his nightmare as something dismissible, she knew that worrying about Rockford had made Rocco's old memories resurface.

She still remembered when Rocco's mom talked about it years ago. He was busy helping his dad in the garage. Dee didn't even remember the project, but she remembered how concerned his mom was when Dee mentioned her boyfriend's nightmare and how it had woken her up one night and found their son sobbing though his eyes were still closed.

His mom didn't hold anything back when she told Dee about Rocco's abduction. The man was caged in a basement for days without food and water. It was a psychopathic freak who decided to pluck Rocco off his campus grounds and shoved him into his van. It was a random