Chapter 4

Your sleep is restless. You got maybe a few hours of sleep if that. During some points in the night you feel as if you're going to die from blood loss. The deep red puddle slowly builds around you and there is no way for you to escape it. It follows you. Justin comes in early that morning to make sure you're still alive. "You be good for Jc today Kayla. If you think last night was bad, you can't even imagine what I could do to you. The pain I could cause." You swallow. The bleeding had finally stopped.

 Jc comes in later that day, you hear him as he enters the house. His laugh is like music. He is not alone. You're scared that Justin is back with him. Maybe he took the day off. You find that you're too weak to move and for some reason, you just don't care. Even death is better than this. Jc enters with a man you do not know. He stops dead and the man behind him runs into his back. "Oh my God..." He runs to your side and the second man just stares for a while before he runs into the bathroom.

You feel your angel at your side but you're only half conscious, unable to respond to him in anyway. He lifts your head onto your laugh and forces your mouth open. You don't know where the fear came from but you struggle and scream slightly, well, you try to scream. It comes out as more of a muffled gurgle. "Shhh... Come on Kay... It's just me." His words comfort you and you allow him to examine your tongue. "Alright, you're ok. Just a cut... Just a little cut baby..." You whimper and he looks into your eyes. "I need to get you out of here." Your eyes grow wide and you shake your head no. "No? Why?" You try to sit up but the handcuffs keep you down.

"He-He- He'll k-k-kill me," you manage to spit out.

Jc suddenly grows mad. "You're going to die here if you don't! Look, I'll help you out. Just... You have to trust me." You hesitate before you nod slightly. You're angel is going to save you.'

He soon has you untied and cleaned up. The man that entered the house with you is no where to be found and your glad of this. You just want to be alone. Jc carries you through the house to a bedroom you've never been in before. "This used to be my room." You look at him strangely. "I used to live with Justin. Before he went crazy." He chuckles slightly and you find yourself easing up slightly. He lays you down gently in the bed and tucks you in. "Rest. We need to wait for Justin to get back but I promise... I'll save you Kayla."

Their angry tones wake you up later that night. The door is cracked open and you see Jc violently push Justin against the wall, holding his collar and his face only inches away. "I'll call the police."

Justin smirks. "Jc, I thought you would have known this by now. I have enough money to cover all this up. Temporary insanity."

"You MURDERED them Justin! All those innocent young girls! Murder!" You tremble hearing Jc's scream and hide under the covers.

He rolls his eyes. "I didn't actually kill them Jc. I just tell the girls that to scare them. I leave them alone when I'm done with them. The police think they're crazy and it's amazing what you can do with a little bit of money."

Jc shakes his head. "You don't know how hard this is for me. I've always considered you as my brother but I can't ignore this. Give me the girl and I won't call the cops."

"She's way too valuable Jc. She's mine. I own her."

"You can't own a human being."

Justin laughs out loud. It makes you shudder. "Oh but I do Jc. You can own anything. Just give it a mark." You find yourself subconsciously touching your hip. You had tried to forget about that. "I own her Jc. I owned all these girls. If no one cares about them, if no one knows, then they... are... mine."

Jc shakes his head in anger. "What made you like this Justin? You were never so... so damn stupid! This isn't right." His eyes plead with his younger friend. "She's fourteen years old. You're slowly killing her. She's only a child."

He glares into his eyes. "You're only doing this because of her." You watch as Jc immediately tenses up. His look goes from sad to boiling with anger.

"Don't talk about that," he says through gritted teeth.

"You know what Jc? I will. If it wasn't for you and that damn kid of yours, you would never have gone so human rights on me. You would be here right now, having fun instead of trying to take away my fun."

"I told you to leave her out of this Justin. Give me the girl and stop doing this. If you stop, I won't call the police. You give me no choice. And I'm sorry but you're not going to get away that easy. You''ll be in jail for life with this Justin and... and I think you know that."

You can tell that he's getting scared by the way he speaks next. You have never heard him frightened before. "You wouldn't do that to me."

"Oh I would." Justin looks back into the bedroom and you shut your eyes, pretending like you are still asleep.

"Why won't you just let me do this Jc? It makes me happy..."

Jc grins and shakes his head, knowing he won. "Find another hobby Justin because this one is going to kill you." He finally drops the death grip he had on his shirt and walks into your room. Your eyes are open now, you don't even bother to pretend you're still asleep. He smiles warmly at you and for the first time since you got here, you feel hope. You might just make it. Justin glares at you as Jc carries you out.

"This isn't over yet Jc. I will get back at you for this." He stops and your fear rises. He can't take you back. He can't give up on you now. He turns around and grins at Justin.

"I know you love me man and I know you aren't going to be mad at me for long man. Give this up. Please. I don't want to do something to hurt you but if I'm forced to... I will take desperate measures." With that, he turns around. You try to keep the voices in your head quiet as he carries you outside. You know Justin isn't going to stop but maybe someday... maybe someday Jc could convince him to change his ways. It was a long shot but you still had hope. You didn't want any other girl to go through the things you did. Jc carefully places you in the front seat of his car and he runs to the other side.

You drive in silence for a long time, Jc looking over at you often to check to make sure you're ok. You haven't seen the outside in almost a year and you are in awe of all the colors. You finally get the courage to speak. You're tongue still isn't letting you speak right. "Jc," you slur, your words hard to understand.

"Yeah Kay? Are you alright? Are you feeling ok? Do you need anything?" You shake your head to silence him.

"Why? Why did you do this?" you whisper.

He turns his head back the road, suddenly very quiet. "I don't expect you to understand this but, I'm in this band. With Justin. We're very... innocent. I uh... Well me and Justin were out with the other guys a few years ago and I got drunk. I ended up at some hotel... With a girl. A few weeks later she calls me and tells me she's pregnant. The record company did everything they could to get her to abort but... I told her to run. To hide. She tried. Tried so hard to resist them but eventually... eventually she gave in to their money. She killed my baby."

You sit in a stunned silence for a while. "What did you do?"

"I told the guys and eventually we broke away from the old company. It never hit the public. I've regretted it more and more everyday. I could have saved her... my baby. I know it was a her... I could feel it. I was supposed to have a child. A baby girl. But... She never came. I killed someone."

You don't know what it is but you feel the strange need to protect him, to make him feel better. "It wasn't your fault. You did the best you could." He looks at you and grins.

"Thanks Kayla." You smile slightly.