To Live For Once (Set Me Free II) - Episode 45

 

Rory:

"Thanks." I grab the ticket and silently thank God I finally got away from the nosy sales attendant. I start to walk back out of the line when I notice two things. One, Amaya isn't on the spot I left her. Two, I notice her slipping out of the theatre's doors. I let the breath I didn't know I was holding out then start after her.
"Amaya wait u--" A pair of hands out of nowhere grabs unto her shoulders. I let out a scream and bolt for the door . I run into a woman dragging in a wailing child in my haste.
"Hey! Watch it!" She screams at me. I only pay them a moment's glance. I can't even mutter an apology. All my senses are screaming for me to get out of this building.
"Amaya!" I push out the door but there's no one. Amaya's gone. The sound of an engine revving pulls my attention to the other side of the road. Just as my eyes clock on it, the car pulls out into the road. I catch Watson in the driver's seat and I see red. He has her! 
"Watson!" I  almost get run over by another car as I run into the road without thought. The car screech to a stop and an angry driver curse at me. I can't hear him through the roaring in my ears though. My brain is only sending one signal to my body

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. Go after them.
"I'm sorry." I say to the man and before he registers my intention, I grab his head through the window and slam it against the steering wheel. His surprised eyes turn into one of panic when I pull his door open and drag his slumped body out. He rolls and lands on the tarred road. I don't waste any time I fly into the driver's seat.
"Wh--" the disoriented man tries to stand.
 I slam the door shut and reverse the car like a lunatic. I hit a few cars parked along the road in my haste before I finally zoom off after Watson's car. There's only one road leading here and I take it with the highest speed the car can go.
"Please don't let anything happen to her, God. Please. This is the only thing I'll ever ask of you. Please." I pray, worrying that I might have gone the wrong way but then I see the red car in the distance, parked in the middle of the road. I push on the accelerator and come to a screeching halt beside it. My heart leaps at the sight of a woman's hair from the car's window. I jump out of the car I'm in and rush to the abandoned car. I knock on the window furiously. The body in the backseat isn't moving.
"Amaya?" I pull the door open with more force than necessary. It's not locked
"Amaya." I gently pull the body over and gasp. It's not Amaya. My heart beat spikes up dangerously.
"Prudy!" I nudge her limp body twice before her eyes flutter open. More like one of her eye. The right one is swollen shut. She looks down from me to her body then panic register in her eye.
"Amaya! He took her! He took her! We have to find her!" She tries to stand but double over in pain.
"Where did he take her? Come on! You must know something." I grab her shoulders and shake her. She winces and I notice the fear in her eye. I withdraw from her and pull on my hair. This is a disaster! I fumble for my phone and punch the digits quickly. My legs beat nervously on the tarred road until the call connects.
"Rory. You finally called huh? Was having fun with wifey and completely forgot about me. I've been--" 
"They've taken her." I say between Michelle's tantrum. The line goes silent.
"Oh no." She breathes out.
"What do I do? Watson didn't seem mentally stable the last time I saw him. Now he took my wife! She's in no condition to go through whatever Watson's planning. I--I I should have been there for her. Damn I shouldn't have left her even for a minute. Moreover, I insisted on this date! I di--"
"Hey! Get your head in the game! Amaya doesn't need this now." I bow my head in shame but I know Michelle's right. Beating my self up would only give Watson time to get her as far away from me as possible.
"Listen, we've gone through worse things. You have always been the clear head in the midst of troubles. Think! Why would he be doing this?" Michelle says from the other side of the line. The mention of us doing this together snaps something in my mind. I've been debating on whether I'm right in my hunch for a while now but now, I don't have a choice but to follow any lead I have. No matter how unbelievable this one is.
"Michelle, I need you to come out of town to the Rawson motel. I have a lead to follow but I need you to be at the motel in case something comes up."
"I'm on my way." She says. I know I can always count on her.
"I'm I'm sorry Rory. It's all my fault." Prudy sobs. My eyes comes down to her hunched form. It's not just her eyes that are swollen. There's an ugly  bruise on her shoulder. I realize how insensitive I am being to a hurt woman.
"And Michelle, I'm sending Amaya's friend over to you. She's pretty shaken up and hurt." I say into the line.
"I'll take care of her.

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. Just be safe."
"Michelle, thank you."
"Bring her back home, Rory." Of course I would.
"Of course." I say then end the call.
"Let's get you out of here." I say soothingly as I pull Prudy into my arms.
"He was babbling about how Amaya is his. He thinks you kidnapped Amaya. He kept on saying he's saving her from you." Prudy says weakly.
"Is that all he said?" I ask as I take her to the car I parked haphazardly.
"He said something about a woman. Jennifer? I can't really recall the name." I stop in my track.
"Jessica?"
"Yes! That's it. Jessica. He kept mumbling that Jessica was right."
"I'm going to kill them both!" My hands ball into fists. My teeth grinding hard.
"He looked deranged. Yet tortured. His eyes looked scared." Prudy curl up in my arms like she's cold. I take the remaining steps to put her in the car.
"You're safe now okay. I'll get you to someone capable of protecting you." I hurry to my side of the car and quickly pull the car out into the road.