Broken - Chp. 20

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Chris’s POV
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"Couldn’t we try her phone?" I asked in frustration. "Track her down or something."

"We’re trying. The process is almost complete."

I glance at the police officers, all of them red faced and sweating. Lizzie had been gone for almost a week already, and these guys had been working all night and day.

"Sergeant Kennedy?"

The red faced Sergeant turned and walked towards the woman. They began to talk in hushed voices.

"What is it?" I walked over and saw the location. "The Tonto National Park?"

"I’m afraid so son."

There was a silence in the room, "We’ll I’m leaving now with some back up who have been in the room next door snoring their heads off."

"Wait!" I asked, he stopped and span around, "Can I come as well?"

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Lizzie’s POV
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The room I’m in is pitch black. No windows, no light. It’s just a concrete block. I bet this room is designed for torture. During the day, this place is an oven and during the night, the bucket of urine at my feet freezes solid.

Even my tears freeze.

I do wonder what Chris was gonna tell me though, that day I stroked that poor puppy. He reminded me of Pippa, my Yorkie from Somerset. The door opened and someone brought a lantern.

The door was bolted shut behind the figure and as it came closer, I realized it wasn’t the German guy.

"Time for a wash. We can’t have buyers, thinking our girls are dirty."
He unstrapped me and I fell on the cold concrete floor in a heap. "Klaus has a soft spot for you, that German freak, you remind him of his daughter."

He picked me up and put me in a large basin of freezing water. I was too weak to move. And he knew that.

He peeled off my wet clothes and threw them to the far side of the room, my mind was barely conscious. He began to sponge me all over until I was frozen all over. The cold water dripping down my hair. He grabbed a cloth and dried me. There was nothing left, I had no dignity now.

I closed my eyes trying to imagine something happy. I knew my end was near. I want to die with a smile on my face.

He dressed me in an oversized t-shirt and only panties. But I was too weak to care. He strapped me back to the wall before I fell unconscious.

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Chris’s POV
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I watched in the police range rover, leaning out the window. I heard screams and yelling and gunshots. I waited fifteen minutes, where was Lizzie? I watched police chase after four people, one of which was carrying a baby. The Sergeant came out and stood, staring after them.

"We haven’t found her."

I glanced at my hand, tears threatening to fall. "Have you checked everywhere?"

"Yes, we’re so sorry."

"I..." I struggled to find the words... "I... need some air."

"Of course son."

I walked into the warehouse. It was strange, boxes, a broken sofa. A cot? I shook the thoughts out of my mind. Lizzie could not have just dropped her phone in the middle of nowhere. Besides, what was a small warehouse doing in the middle of a National Forest.
I walked around just thinking about Lizzie. Her gentle smile, her sad eyes... she was so-

BANG! I hit the ground with a thud.

What was this? I’d tripped over an iron ring. "Sergeant?"

"Yep."

"What’s this?"

His eyes gave me a look, "I believe it is a trap door."

The moment I heard I gave it a hard yank and it pulled open. There was a step staircase and at the bottom, a door with five bolts and locks. I literally threw myself down those stairs.

"Lizzie!" I pulled the first bolt and it fell to the floor with a clang. "Lizzie!" Bolt number 2. "Lizzie!" I was desperate to hear something. Bolt 3. I undid the locks quickly and pushed the door wide open. To my horror, there she was, alive, but only just. Her face paler than white, her lips and eyelids were blue, I rushed towards her and undid all the straps.

Her eyes fluttered, staring into mine as I caught her before she fell to the concrete floor, "Chris... I knew you’d come." Her eyes began closing.

"Lizzie!"
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I hope you guys liked!! Your forever, Ava Connaly!! xxx
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