But Daddy I Love Him

instructions, and tomorrow, get them ready and sen

but everything remains blurry around me. Soon, the cries of the other girls die

t dad was

hear footsteps, and then make out a bottle of water in front of me. I tak

him. I'll come right back if he tries to send me abr

definitely do not work for your dad,

in the mafia, and you're his little puppets, aren't

homable reason

t why everything is so blur

et me an aspirin," I tell

ny? I asked yo

ngers wrap around my throat tight enough to choke me but not quite

nd minty between my eyebrow

le girl?" he grits out, and

telling him about this," I croak defiantly, and my bre

ss off and rile up, I'm going to make hi

ot work for your dad, or anyone else for that matter. And starting now, you're going to resp

when the door opens. Little girl, little p

move the girls. Coco

tle. "

nd what was the point of kidnapping all the girls if they were just going to s

s and then I hear a gun click. I think he is pointing it at me...I can't be sure. My vision

Let's go," he says, replace

hen lock, wait a beat and t

nd grab the bed post when I sway. It feels like

get away from my dad and this insane shit. The bottle of water is still on the nightstand, and I stagger

ey card from the inside of my boot. I lean my entire weight agains

th at all the rattling. It doesn't work and the edge gets compl

try again, putting more weight on the door. The card is complete

les grazing painfully against th

pen and I fall into the hallway and take off my heels. I stand

stairs at the end and run faster, my body surging with adrenaline with each step. I descend into some

mp my hand over my mouth to muffle my breathing and slowly descend the rest of th

the stairs, and then he pokes his head through the open door. H

no glass in the railing on the second flight of stairs, and I jump right through and land

tairs, taking them two at a time. They stop on another floor, and I see freedom. At the end are doub

me. I reach the door, turn the knob, step out, slam

d cry all at once, not sure that this is eve

s, and lock eyes with the man who not so

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