Chapter 52: My Hunter Maddox-2

Once we were inside the kitchen she turned to me, "What the hell was that?" Her whisper was quiet but sharp. I gulped and then looked up at Jaimie, "That's Hunter." He eyes widened, "You're tell me he already got your letter!?" "No... that's impossible... but why would he bring Hunter here? I'm almost certain he knows he's my boyfriend." "Oh my gosh..." She looked at me scared, "He's testing you. He's making sure that you won't tell Hunter it's really you. I forgot until now but he did this with me too. He brought Paul in here and I almost told Paul who I was... I was so close to escaping that day but of course Jerry convinced Paul that I was just delusional. I'm so sorry Mili..." I could see the tears threatening to spill out of her eyes. "He's sick." I tried to contain my anger but my blood was boiling. "You're just going to have to go in there, slap on a fake smile and an accent too and not give yourself away." Jamie advised. I walked back into the lounge calmly. My kidnapper, whose name I found out is Jerry, was watching me cautiously. "How you doing, sweetheart?" "Just fine." I smiled back at Jerry. "Why don't you go take a seat next to my son?" Jerry taunted me. "Oh! Of course." I sat down uncertainly next to Hunter, keeping a good distance away from him. "So kiddo... To what do I owe this pleasure?" Jerry turned to speak to Hunter. "You're the last person I want to be asking a favor but I need help. You still have some connections with the police, right?" Hunter asked. Oh the irony. I should have seen it coming. The kidnapper having connections with the cops. "I do, son. But what's this all about?" Hunter closed his eyes and took a shaky breath. It was torture to sit next to him and not be able to comfort him, "My girlfriend..." Jerry and Jaimie's eyes flicked to me for a split second, "She was kidnapped nearly a month ago and I just need them to put a bit more effort into finding her. You see the thing is... her sister was also kidnapped and they recently found her dead body." Jaimie sucked in a deep breath and Hunter looked up to look at her. She covered her tracks quickly, "That's awful!" "It is... but that's not the part bugging me. You see, Emilia and I had a fight before she was kidnapped. Not only do I feel awful but I think I have a clue as to where she might be." I saw Jerry's eyes widen, "What so you mean?" "She believed her sister wasn't dead because she found some pieces of a poem hidden around her house and she was sure they were coming from Jaimie, her sister." Hunter just told our secret which was sure to have extreme consequences. I saw Jerry's face turn red and his fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles were white. "Dad... what's wrong?" Hunter asked. "Dad?" I asked turning to Hunter, completely forgetting my accent. "Emilia!" Hunter stared at me. While we had this exchange I saw Jerry screaming at my sister, "You disobeyed me! After all I've done! I told you I would bring her to you! You ungrateful son of a bitch! And you!" He turned to face me, "How dare you!" The punch to my face was unexpected and hard. I stumbled back at the impact but was pulled back by my hair. In the process, my wig fell off, which only seemed to make Jerry angrier. I was being pulled to the room I had been locked up in for so long. Now that I knew there was hope I was determined to fight back. Landing a punch to Jerry's side made him let go of me. I saw Hunter from the corner of my eye helping my sister up since Jerry kicked her to the ground. "Both of you fucked this up for me!" Jerry screamed looking between my sister and I. Before any of us could expect it, Jerry grabbed a gun from the drawer next to him. Since I was closest to him and I was still in shock, he caught me off guard and pressed the cold, hard barrel against my side. "I will shoot her." Jerry threatened. His voice was level and calm now which only made him sound more psychotic. "Dad, please." Hunter begged. "It's me you want, Jerry." Jaimie stepped in front of Hunter, "Let them go and you and I can runaway somewhere far from here. They won't tell." I shook my head, "You can kill me but I'm not letting my sister stay another day with you." "Is that so?" Jerry laughed manically. He kept his one arm around my neck while he out the gun in his back pocket only to take out a knife. "How about we make this slow," he said pushing the blade against my skin, "and make them suffer..." The blade pieced my skin and I bit back a scream as he cut down my ribs. The tears spilled involuntarily and I could see the pain in Hunter's face. The knife was pressed a little deeper and then removed which caused me to stumble backwards. Hunter was in behind me in seconds to catch me and he then pressed his hands down over the deeper cut. "Sweetheart, I'm so sorry." I hated that nickname but didn't care enough to ask Hunter to never say it again. Hunter's eyes glistened with tears. As he bent him head down to kiss me we heard a loud battle cry and saw Jaimie sprint towards Jerry. I screamed her name and sprinted forward ignoring my cut and Hunter's protest. I tried to pull her off him and did manage to but that's when I heard a gunshot. I collapsed and screamed out in agony. The blood seeped through my shirt and I writhed in pain. I'm losing a lot of blood. My sight goes dark and blurry and I try not to think about what just happened. I just saw my sister, who has been missing for ten years, shot dead in front of me by my boyfriend's father.