Broken Dreams Stories

Chapter 123

Before anyone spoke, lake moved from the side of the bed and carefully picked me up so I was cuddled in his lap. I knew he wouldn’t let me go anytime soon, so I got comfortable and waited for them to begin. Patrick and Josh moved closer to me, and then Patrick started talking

When we returned to the house, we realized you were gone. We immediately pulled up the security camera recordings and saw the man in a pizza delivery uniform carrying you out of the house and driving off a few minutes later.” Patrick let out a shuttering breath, reaching for my hand and kissing my palm.

Josh continued, giving Patrick a minute to collect himself.” Patrick was on the phone with his dad, and I was trying to reach Drew and Mike to tell them what had happened and to get them home.” Drew and Mike stepped closer, each resting a hand on my legs.

Taking a steadier breath, Patrick continued.” I got ahold of the dad’s, and lan began working on getting access to the traffic cameras; the others started. reaching out to friends and acquaintances they knew could be of some help: Patrick paused again, looking at me carefully.

“I’m okay, I promise,” I assured him. 1 remember ordering a pizza and going downstairs to meet the delivery guy. He injected me with something that knocked me out, and everything got fuzzy after that.” I shrugged, taking a deep breath, hoping to calm myself.

arms around me, kissing the top of my head. “Sweetheart, you were missing for four days before we rescued

help we began tracing his movements and found out he was planning

onto me tighter. My father was standing at the top of the stairs and stopped them before one of them got more then a hand under my shirt, and told them not to touch me, that I needed to be ready to work. It makes more sense now

baby girl, no one will ever hurt you again.”

out the men that were in the house, and rescued you.” Patrick finished. All the guys were watching me carefully, seeing how I would react

ok I’m not upset that my father is dead.” I found myself saying before giving them each a tired smile. “Thank you for rescuing me,

I cuddled closer to Jake, I was still feeling tired, and all I wanted to do was sleep, but I wanted them all to stay. Waking up alone would be terrifying, and I knew it would be a

-Since

She waded through the guys and set down a couple juice boxes, some cheese, crackers, and jello. I thanked her as she left, and Josh handed me a juice box, and opened some crackers for me.