~ RACHEL POVMy eyes start to slowly open, still slightly hazy. Once my eyes clear, they start to adjust to the brightness of the room. The first thing my eyes set on is a man who appears to be in his early thirties. He is dressed in a neat sky-blue tuxedo and is sitting on a chair across from mine with his leg crossed on the other. He relaxes his back on the chair before he speaks "Hi princess." His voice is husky and smooth. I don’t think he is American because his accent is a bit different.My brows snap into a furrow as I squint my eyes at him trying to figure out who he is or what is going on. A sudden wave of fear laced my heart when I realize I am not at home nor am I anywhere familiar. Panicked, I try to get up but something pulls me back. I try one more time before I notice that my hands are tied up together at the back of the chair. I look at the man sitting in front of me; questionably. He didn’t say anything, he just kept staring at me; sternly. My heart starts to hamme

~RICHIE’S POV"You said you received the video this morning, right?" Leo ask me. Leo is an investigation agent which I hired earlier. I had a chat with a friend of mine that works in the FBI department and he told me about Leo, he says Leo is one of the best agents. Of course, I didn’t tell my friend the truth about me needing an investigation officer but I told Leo the truth; I had to. "Yes, I did," I respond "Okay." He types something on his laptop before he says "Can I see it?" He holds his hand out for my cell phone. "Sure." I give him the phone and as he looks for the unknown number, he typed it on his laptop. While I am working with Leo, I asked the chief of police to begin his investigation while I do mine here. I need to find Rachel as soon as possible. Every single second I spend without her makes my heart rip apart feeling like I have no purpose anymore. I can’t even begin to imagine the pain Aiden has caused her and it’s all because of me. "I hope you won’t mind if

After Aiden told me where to take Alice and Jake. Andrew set up two tracking chips on each one of them. One of the chip is attached under Jake’s shoe and the other is inside Alice’s hair band. I deliberately put a tracking device on my watch so Aiden’s men can find it. I know that if I go there looking vulnerable, Aiden will get suspicious because he knows I will never come to him armless but if I put a tracking device and he finds it, he will be less suspicious. Andrew and his trusted team are in my house working on the plan, hopefully, everything will go as planned. He’s gonna track us down and send a bunch of officers there, though he wouldn’t do that immediately. Every action needs a perfect time. Aiden says he’s gonna send one of his men to take us to him so here we are standing near an uncompleted building. I’m not sure in what particular part of New York I am because I don’t recognize this place. It’s isolated and far away from town. My phone starts to ring and I just know it

I open my eyes, and with a single glance at her, I knew I chose the right thing. "I choose Rachel," I announce. Rachel’s swollen eyes locked in mine almost immediately as I spoke. I saw the pain in her eyes and I felt it. I saw how badly she is hurting and I felt it. She has a hint of shock on her face; I too am. I never thought I will be standing in a position whereby I have to choose between John and Rachel but more importantly, I never thought I will choose Rachel. I’m not even going to regret choosing her, I feel good that I did that. Rachel isn’t supposed to be here in the first place, she doesn’t deserve to go through any of this. All this is my fault and I’m not letting her suffer because of me. But at the same time, I am worried about John.A smile tear escapes Rachel’s eyes and I feel relieved; knowing that she gets it. I’m never letting her alone. My eyes still locked in hers, I felt a strange feeling; not the bad kind of strange but the good kind. It’s like a deep feeling

~ RICHIE’S POV One month later~My heart crumbles in pain every single time I recall how Rachel left and never turned to look at me, she just left and it hurts me to know that I deserve it, that I'm not worthy of her glance. I messed up big time and maybe I won’t be able to make it up to her or myself. That incident has always hunted me, I can never forget how is shot her, and now that I know she was Rachel’s mother I feel worse than before. If I can’t forget that incident how could Rachel? I feel really bad, I keep trying to figure out how I can make everything better but each time I do I realize that this isn’t a mistake; it’s a sin and that’s why sometimes, someday, I feel like a dog wanting to be out but afraid to walk around alone. I wish Rachel finds a way to forgive me. It’s been weeks, a whole month to say in full since the kidnap incident and well my break up with Rachel. I haven’t spoken to her since then, not that I don’t want to but she doesn’t give me the chance. Even w