The rose garden. Everyone in town has gone past it at some point. I can't get what he said out of my head. It makes sense that he keeps up on his appearances around town. In the morning he goes to work, visits us, and brings us food on his lunch break and still gardens in the flower patch. He's the one in charge of it. Who would've thought that their child could be under there, so close yet so far from them? What is gonna happen to me now that I'm pregnant? Will he end up like his grandfather and do those things to the baby? I never knew that Paul would've done that to people. He was so nice to others when he was around the townspeople. My family knew him and they were friends. Alex said he was the previous mayor and then worked at the bookstore after he retired. How much money did he put away for Alex to do all of this? How many people have been tortured in the cage I'm staying in now? As for the baby, I don't want it. What choice do I have? It's not like Alex and I have not been having sex. After that night in the bathtub he kept coming back for more and I never said anything about it. I look over at him and he's asleep in the chair next to my bed. He looks so peaceful when he's asleep. I've never seen him this tired, he must have stayed up the past few days. There's a knock at the door and the doctor comes in to see me finally. "How are you feeling now that you have eaten real food?" "Good, much better, thank you for checking on me." He nods his head and grabs the clipboard from the wall and looks at a few things on it. "I'll give your foot and wounds a few more weeks to heal up before we send you back home, okay" I give him half a smile and nod. With that, he puts the clipboard back and leaves the room. Alone with him once again. "Alex, Alex" Shaking his knee, I wake him up and he jumps. "What's wrong are you okay?" "yes, yes, I'm fine." He looks relieved at my answer. "What are we gonna do now?" He rubs his eyes for a moment and stretches, "What do you mean?" I let him finish with him yawn before I speak again. "What are we gonna do about Hailey and staying here for another few weeks?" He rubs his hand over mine and rubs his fingers down my cheek as if he was trying to soothe me. "If you have to be here for another few weeks then that's fine I just want you to be healthy for when we go home. As soon as we get back I'll fix the cages and set up all the things needed." Yay. Even though I'm tired from everything they're putting in me, I don't wanna go to sleep so I carefully swing my legs over the bed and try to stand up. "Woah, take it, easy honey." He runs over to the other side where I'm trying to get up from and loops my arm over his neck. "Where do you wanna go?" My finger points to the bathroom and I force my legs to move once again like a robot. "Do you want me to go in the bathroom with you, or do you think you can do it?" "I can do it, thank you, just wait outside the door" I reach my arm up to open the door and step inside eager to pee by myself. Thank god there is a handle in here otherwise I would've fallen right on my ass. As I start to pull my pants down and sit my brain starts to think about things. I can't have this baby, I don't need to. I wanted a baby when I got older but not like this. I have to get rid of it. The first chance I get. I think these awful things as I flush the toilet and hoist myself up by the bars on the side. After getting myself up, I pull myself over to the sink to wash my hands and I get a glimpse of what I look like. Tears well up in my eyes as I see my reflection for the first time in a long time. My hair is darker than it was before, I was a blonde, now it's black. My eyes have dark bags underneath them and it makes me look like I haven't slept a sound night since I was born. There's a scar on my forehead from when I was younger and that must have triggered something as I fall to the ground and start to cry. I miss my life. I never had anybody like friends or family that cared, but I miss having freedom. Alex has been my only real friend to care about me, but I want more. I want out. I've been with him so long now that the days have blended. When I was taken I was eighteen, every year I'm still with him, I get a happy birthday card and a present. It's been two years. I'm twenty now. What do I do past this point? Half of me wants to leave and run away from him and tell everyone that I didn't run away and I was still alive and the other half of me finds the comfort and love that was never there for me when I was younger. He makes sure I have everything I need and I could want, within reason. He makes sure I'm fed and I don't get hurt. He genuinely loves me. Do..I...Love him? Telling myself that I do, my cries become louder and I can hear Alex trying to get in. "Please let me in honey. I'm here for you whatever you need" Hearing that makes me realize I just need him to hold me. I reach up with tears rolling down my face and I unlock the door and allow him to come in. He kneels to me and looks into my eyes, "What's wrong?" I start to cry harder not knowing how to answer him. "I don't know, I don't wanna have this baby for starters." He sits next to me on the floor and pulls me to lean over, careful not to hurt me, and I lay my head on his chest feeling his heartbeat. "I just wanna go home." I can feel his embrace tighten around me as he holds me tighter and listens to me cry for what seems like hours. I cry myself almost to sleep and I feel lifted off the ground with a smooth transition. It's Alex, he picked me up and is carrying me to bed. He lays me flat on the bed and scoots me over to where he can lay with me and he continues to hold me. Laying my head back on his chest I feel his heartbeat as he starts to drift off. I put my hand on his chest and he kisses my forehead as I drift off to sleep with him. I hear him utter a slight whisper, "Marry me." He strokes my hair and waits for an answer. He does love me and maybe I do love him. "Yes." He holds me tighter than he ever has and with that we drift off to sleep, waiting for what the next day brings us.
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