I think I am going crazy."Where the hell is he?" I yelled out of fear. Alex puts his hand on my shoulder as support and I am seated on an uncomfortable chair.I now start to cry because I don't know what else to do. "Lucy I'm sure he's fine" Alex says trying to make me feel better. "He was supposed to be back five days ago" I cry into my hands. Chris comes into the room. "Please tell me you found something" I say looking up at him. He shakes his head. "Oh please, what if he's dead I can't go through this again" I beg."Everyone is looking for him. I'm sure someone will find something," Chris says now seated in front of me. Alex is still on my side."Five fucking days Chris, nobody has found anything" I say my fists on my lap. "Just wait a couple more days, I am doing everything I can '' Chris says now calling someone. I give Chris a nod before I head out to my room. Alex follows me upstairs. "Alex I'm fine I just need to think" I say."You are not fine kid. Let me be therefor you.

The men walk down first to protect us. Holding our guns tight in our hands we go down the staircase. We are like 10 people here and well prepared so I have no doubt we will lose.I see a door and follow the guys as they step inside a room. This is not like a cozy room. I don't even know if I want to call it that. It's more like a big basement. So fucking big. I look around and suddenly I see him.Rexford .Chains holding him up. The chains go into the roof and he hangs there so bruised. His face is bleeding so much I don't know if he's alive. His head hangs low watching the floor. He only has pants on and I now see all the blood dripping down his chest. So many cuts.I can't stand this anymore. I rush forward, run to him. But a gunshot stops me in place. "Stay where you are" that voice says. Rexford gives no reaction to any sound. I stand still but keep my eyes on him. Please look up.Like a shadow father steps out another door with so many men surrounding him."What do you think of m

~Rexford ~I've never been good. Not to anyone. Well there I lied. There was a time in my life where I was good. That was before I was forced to shoot my own mother. It still feels unreal. How could a son ever shoot his mother you think? I know it's horrible, I'm horrible.It's not something I'm proud of and trust me it has haunted me ever since that day. Before Lucy I had almost panic attacks every night.I have a room in the house that I would call my panic room. I don't let anybody in there. It's just an empty room. I always go there when I am having a panic attack.When I was around 10 years old my father trained me every day. He said that I would be strong and everybody would fear me in the future. As a kid I didn't want that of course. So I made my own rules. I made some nice friends. I had fun for a total of 3 days before my father found out about them. He said friends make you weak and vulnerable.I don't know what he wanted from me at that age. He wanted so much from a 10 year

Lucy's pov Rexford has been really tense this morning. I tried talking to him but it's almost like he doesn't want to answer me. I guess this is about his father being home. I put on a cute mini dress today. It’s after all summer soon.Rexford is downstairs telling something to Kendrick. "Just give me a day it will be done tomorrow" he says as I walk down. Kendrick doesn't like me. He looks disgusted as I come up behind Rexford . I hug Rexford from behind and in a second he turns to me. Our eyes meet. But this is sadder. "What is it?" I am worried for him. He shakes his head. "Nothing love" he says then stepping out of my grip. Huh.Kendrick watches us but I couldn't care less because what the hell is going on here. Rexford never backs up from me."I have to take a call, don't disturb me anyone" he says looking at me then walking to his office. What have I done?He leaves me and Kendrick alone. I look at him confused. "Don't look all surprised he's always been like this" is the on

I've spent a lot of time in school with Seth. And I think he likes me. He wants to talk to me all the time. And I try to stay away because I am not ready for something like this. I know a lot about him. He has a beautiful bond with his family. His family is so different from what I have ever experienced. And it all scares me because he is so different from me. He knows so little about my life but I know so much of his. I don't feel comfortable enough to tell him about it all. My past.My phone vibrates in my pocket. I answered the phone. "Want to hang out tonight?" Seth asks. I hesitate. Not knowing what to answer. I like him, I really do, I don't know what's stopping me. "Commonly, it'll be fun," he says. Maybe he is what I need right now. "Okay, but this time at Alice's place." I say as he agrees. I hang up the phone and walk home from school. He skips a lot of days. I guess it's because they need him at home.I open the door and step inside her house. "Alice my friend will be here