Becca stands alone, because deep down she really is alone. It felt like
everyone was against her. She asks Holly one more time
"Who was that"? Holly rolls her eyes,
"You wouldn't like the answer" she mumbles softly. Becca pins
her against the wall and starts demanding answers, she had to know where her
daughter was going and more importantly who with and... why. Holly starts
laughing
"You really are trying to hide you past aren't you? she says.
Becca steps back and puts her hands to
her head in frustration,
"I am not that person anymore!" She screams.
Silence and stares from everyone fill the
air. Becca backs away and turns around and runs out the hotel lobby door. She
falls to her knees and starts crying, she can't believe that this is happening
all over again. She had run from this life, but it was always one step ahead of
her. She has to find Ava, but she was running out of options and time.
Ava gets out of the car and looks around. Her kidnapper stands next to
her.
"I never wanted to come back here"
she says.
"It was time" he says.
"By the way my name is Ed" he says.
"Such a simple name for a man who is claiming to be my worst
nightmare" she says as she is smiling and walking away. She knew where she
was, but the question that needed to be answered was why? Why after all these
years was she brought back to here. The place that defined her in a way she
hated. She looks up at the large brick building and sighs as she reads the sign
"Belladonna Center for Lost Souls." She looks at her feet and kicks a
rock into the building, she is frustrated and her mom is in the back of her
mind. Ed starts to approach her as she slowly walk away, avoiding the inevitable
was the only thing she could do at this point. Ed follow behind her and says
"We can do this the hard way or the easy way, either way you will
end up behind those walls again."
"I am just enjoying my last moments of solitude" she says.
"Times up" he say as he grabs her and pulls her aggressively
into the building. She looks back as the door slams behind her, the last view
of sunshine she will get to see in a while.
©Amanda Catherine
