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Chapter 8 - Holden

The door to the room opened. Taylor didn't even turn around to see who entered. He heard the footsteps of whoever it was walk toward him and stop. He felt their eyes staring at him. After about a minute of this Taylor couldn't take it anymore and he looked up. It was the boy who was sitting outside of the door before. He was much bigger than Taylor and he gave him the most hateful look. As Taylor looked at him more closely he could see that he wasn't much of a boy, he was a man, but he looked young.

"I remember you" he said. Taylor looked away.

"I don't remember you" Taylor said, still not looking at him.

"I wouldn't imagine you would. I'm Holden, Ron's son" he said. Taylor looked up at him. For some reason he couldn't imagine Ron having children. He didn't say anything.

"Get up" Holden said walking over to Taylor. He kicked the chair he was sitting in and he stood up. Holden pulled out a small gun, "I'm taking you to your room now" he said grabbing Taylor's arm. They walked out of the room and back into the room Taylor had entered the house in. He looked over at the doorway and saw that Mark's body was gone. He shivered thinking about it. They stopped in front of one of the many doors in the room. Holden took out a key and unlocked the door and they proceeded to walk through. They entered a big hallway. There were many rooms. Taylor tried to look into the rooms, but they were either all dark or the doors were shut. They arrived at one of the doors in the hallway and stopped. Holden took out a key and unlocked it. They entered the room.

"This is your room, you'll be staying here" Holden said, releasing Taylor's arm. Taylor looked around. The room was small. There was a bed in the corner, a bathroom on the other end of the room, a few shelves and a TV. Taylor jumped as he heard the door slam shut. He turned around and looked at Holden. Holden walked towards Taylor with hatred in his eyes. Taylor backed up until he hit the wall and stood there as Holden walked up to him. Holden grabbed Taylor's neck, wrapping his hands around it. Taylor gasped and grabbed onto his wrists trying to push him away.

"You listen to me. I don't like you. I didn't like you when you were four, I don't like you now. I don't like that my dad has been obsessed with finding you all these years and he has ignored me, but now you're here and I will not make your stay a pleasant one. You can just forget about ever seeing your family again because you're not getting out of here, I know my dad's plans. You're here to stay. I've been watching you too and you disgust me" Holden said still holding the grip on Taylor's neck. Taylor tried to yell, but nothing came out. He thought for sure Holden was going to choke him to death. Holden finally let go. Taylor bent over coughing. Holden grabbed Taylor again and punched him in the stomach, sending Taylor to the floor where he crunched up in a ball, still coughing. He backed away and looked down at him.

"You're pathetic" he said and with that he opened the door and walked out. Taylor laid on the floor. He rolled onto his back and rubbed his neck with his hands. He then pulled himself up with his arms, not able to stand and crawled slowly to the bathroom. He leaned over the toilet and threw up. With his head hanging, he reached up and flushed. He then leaned against the bathtub, put his head in his hands and cried like he had never cried before.

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Taylor opened his eyes slowly. He had fallen asleep. He noticed he was lying in the bed in the room and then remembered where he was and realized it wasn't just some bad dream. The last thing he remembered was crying in the bathroom. He didn't know how he got onto the bed. Rolling around to his side, he saw Ron sitting there, looking at him. Taylor jumped. He remembered just the day before when Isaac did the same thing and how that got him to where he was now. He wished so badly now that he had stayed in the room and talked to Isaac instead of getting into that fight with him. He then sat up and rubbed his face.

"What is it with people watching me while I sleep?" Taylor said, rubbing his eyes.

"Good morning Taylor. I came in to check on you last night and saw you passed out in the bathroom. I put you to bed. I hope you don't mind" Ron said.

"Would it matter if I did mind?" Taylor asked, now looking at Ron. Ron stood up.

"I took the liberty of buying you clothes because you can't stay in those forever" Ron said, walking over to one of the dressers in the room. He pulled out a t shirt and a pair of pants and threw them at Taylor. Taylor caught them and looked at the sizes.

"These are my size" Taylor said looking at them.

"Yes I know. I tried to pick out things I knew you'd like. I've been watching you over the years, I figure I know your style" Ron laughed. Taylor looked at him.

"That's creepy" Taylor said, shoving the clothes over to the side. Ron got a serious look on his face and he stared at Taylor. Feeling uncomfortable, Taylor spoke up.

"You can't keep me here. You realize you can't just take me like this. Millions of people know who I am. My parents will pay the best people to find me. I'm not staying here" Taylor said, raising his voice. Ron smiled.

"Who are you trying to convince, Taylor? Yourself or me?" he asked. Taylor looked away, he didn't even know the answer to that question, "truth is," Ron continued, "you'll be here for a long time so you better get used to it" Ron said walking toward the door, he opened it up to leave, but stopped and looked back. "Oh Taylor..." Taylor looked up, "Holden said you were difficult last night. I don't like hearing that. You will not disobey him or myself ever again or I'll have to punish you, got it?" Ron said. Then he walked out and closed the door.

Taylor closed his eyes taking it all in. He then opened them and in a fury took the clothes Ron had thrown at him and threw them on the ground, yelling, letting out his frustration. He swung his legs over the side of the bed and sat there not knowing what to do. He pushed his hair back and looked up at the ceiling. A million thoughts ran through his head. What if no one found him? What if he was forced to live like this forever? What if they killed him? Taylor truly felt like he was going to go insane and felt an intense longing to be back with his family. He fell back onto the bed and began to cry again. This was all too much for him to take.

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