Annie sat for hours waiting for whoever Xavier claimed he would send. The sun was the only hint at time Annie had. When the sun faded away and she was left in darkness within her simple, empty room Annie was left with her thoughts. Nobody would be looking for her, she doubted she was safe with this new man. Something about Xavier shook Annie from the inside out. There was no way she could get out this time. No long lost best friend waiting in the wings to save her life. The only question Annie had was why her? What could Xavier want with her? She hoped it wasn't another gambling debt of her brother's. She couldn't bare to hear more people tell her about what a slimeball her brother was. Annie and Jack weren't close in their older years, something Annie regretted, she didn't need more reasons to beat herself up over not being there for her brother. Annie kept clinging to her happier memories, the ones before her kidnappings. She clung to the memories of being with Rebecca on the sofa,
Annie had been left waiting in a dining hall by Grace. The dining hall a long table running down the middle, the high celing was painted in gold and an archway sparkled as light bounced off. Annie stood still as she waited, almost afraid to move. Annie's dress made her feel wildly uncomfortable. Annie realised the dress was one size too small, something Annie hoped wasn't done on purpose but judging by the large wardrob that seemed to be filled with clothes tha fit her, Annie suspected this was a dig. A show of power and control. Annie knew not to show her discomfort. She wouldn't let Xavier feel that he had won. It was minutes until Xavier showed himself. The minutes dragged on, and Annie could swear the material clung harder to her with every passing second. The dress itself was punishing her. Xavier appeared with a smug smile that Annie immediately wanted to smack off his face. He had taken away her freedom and she was sure countless other's freedom and most probably their lives,
Cindy still hadn't gotten over Alexander deciding to let Annie go. While Cindy loved that he seemed to have a conscience now, she wondered why Alexander wouldn't at least warn her. Cindy and Alexander had spent the last three days arguing but Cindy was done now. Now Annie had her freedom she would go and talk to Annie, they could have a normal friendship. Cindy had multiple normal friendships that were not involved in the family business she had been dragged into. Cindy knew her friendship with Annie would need to be different, Cindy and Annie may have made up while Annie was held captive, however that was while Annie was held captive by Cindy's cousin. There was always a hint of fear around Annie, she had never seemed to relax. Cindy hoped that on the outside, now Annie finally could relax. Plus Cindy wanted to be able to keep Annie safe, seeing how innocent she still was it made Cindy want to protect Annie even more. Cindy wasn't the only one upset with Alexander's decison to just
Chris and Cindy stare at Rebecca in utter shock as she falls to the floor. "What did you do?" Cindy demands, moving over to help the woman that lay only partically concious on Alexander's office floor. "Nothing!" Chris defends, stepping backwards with his hands up in surrender. Cindy brushes him off, choosing instead to tend to Rebecca. Chris turned to Alexander, his eyes once again blazing. "This is what you are doing to innocent people Alexander, if you know where Annie is bring her back. If you don't, please, help us find her." Chris' voice is strong, but his plea is not unnoticed. Cindy gently lifts her head to look up at him. "You really think this is because of Annie's disapperance?" Cindy asks, gesturing to Rebecca who still lay helplessly at her feet. Cindy had never experianced anything like a loved one gone missing. Friends killed in the name of Alexander or her uncle, sure. She had felt worried for her friends or family members when a mission took longer than it should ha
Annie woke up in her new room, she had become acustomed to staring at walls over the past months. Each room a new prison for her to be kept in. Annie felt like a caged animal when she was with Alexander. She could always tells she was a captive, not an equal like Cindy who could come and go as they pleased. Now though, Annie knew what true imprisonment felt like. Stuck in a room, waiting to care to the wims of her new catpture.Xavier is a cruel man, Annie could tell, his heart was black all the way through. He has left no room for Annie to escape, there was no route for Annie to take, no window to climb from, no door to go through, even if she had gotten out there was no where for her to go. No safe haven anywhere in sight so for the time being Annie decided she would stay put, play along for as long as possible until finally Xavier would slip up, perhapse give her too much freedom one day and she could finally find a way out and back to her life that was hopefully waiting for her. A
Jason was on edge, it had been only twenty four hours since he met with Alexander and he knew that his time was running out. He wasn't sure his act had been enough to convince Alexander that he was innocent, he knew taking Annie was a big risk, the biggest he had taken. It was for sure going to get him caught. Xavier hasn't been answering his calls, he hoped that his message had gotten read and somebody would be meeting him here, the usual place for their information swaps. Jason needed to run, and soon. Perhapse if things had been different, than Jason could've told him about everything before he had gotten this deep. He was in too far to turn back now, much like the night Jason took Annie, there was no turning back for him now. "What do you want? Do you have anything for me?" Xavier asked, appearing from behind a dark corner. It was one of the rare times he had come himself. Usually he would send someone in his place. "I wasn't expecting results, expecially after your recent betray
Annie had been locked in the room alone forr hours, she had watched the sunset long ago, she assumed the sunrise was fast approaching. Her stomach ached, she hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. Xavier had been true to his word, keeping her locked in the room with no food brought to her. Annie didn't consider herself starved, but her grumbling stomach would disagree. Xavier had made her wait at least an hour for him, she couldn't help but think he wanted this. She was only glad she hadn't been caught too far from the hall she had been left in, she couldn't imagine the consiquences for attempting to escape. Previously she had been confident in her plan of gaining his trust, now she wondered if that would even be possible. What he would do to her if he ever found out Annie couldn't imagine. Facing Xavier's wrath was not something Annie ever wanted to do, her hopes of ever being free were quickly diminishing. Annie lay silently on her pillow, the bed a hard lump bellow her, the windo
Rebecca woke up after almost twelve straight hours of sleep, it had been a long time since she had managed to fall asleep, her body had clearly needed to regenerate. The last month of Rebecca's life had been spent searching for Annie, they had been best friends. The police hadn't wanted anythin to do with the case, claiming she was an adult or she would come home when she was ready. Rebecca knew Annie better than that, she knew Annie was unhappy with her job, her parents stressed her out and seeing Jack, her brother, was a shock to her that day but nothing would've made her run away. Annie had being doing a snack run for them both, Rebecca wished she could go back and do that day all over again. She wouldn't let Annie go, ever again, at the very least Rebecca would insist Annie drove rather than watched. Heignsight is always 20/20. This was the first time Rebecca had ever expeciaced anything like this. She hated going to work and wasting those precious hours that could be used searchi