27.

"No! Joe! I'm with his child don't do this." I shout at the top of my lungs as he pulls the trigger. At the exact moment Jake jumps in and pushes Joe away making the bullet hit the wall behind the bed. My heart stops the exact moment I hear the gun shot, it was like someone was trying to pull the life out of my body. Tears start to fall on their own when I realize that Daniel is still on the floor all crouched up. I start to pull on the rope as hard as I can to rip the ties off my wrists. Seeing him like that makes me feel so helpless, I have never felt this helpless. Jake glares at Joe as if he is warning him to not do this again, he walks up to me and starts opening the rope ties. When he was done I jump off the bed and sit by Daniel and hug him.

His whole body is shivering, when he feels my touch he flinches and tries to get away from me. But I tighten my arms around his bo