Bound By Love
Happily Ever After...NOT!!
Bill
I have a bad feeling and I just know it has something to do with Andy. I had to find him. I sat up slowly and pulled the IV from my arm. I removed all the electrodes from my body and quietly slipped from the room. I looked up and down the halls and no Andy. I tried to sneak back to my room when I bumped into Ashley.
“Bill, why aren’t you in your room?”
“I was looking for Andy, have you seen him?”
“No, I was supposed to meet him here but he wasn’t in the cafeteria and he wasn’t in the lobby or outside smoking. But Tom is out there.”
“I don’t care about him right now. I overheard Andy’s dad talking about something that involved Andy and me and he didn’t believe me when I told him. I’m scared that something’s happened to him.”
“I’ll go searching for him but you stay here.” He took me back to my room and sat me down on the bed.
“I mean it; Andy will have my head if something happened to you on my watch.” He left the room and I just sighed. I searched through the drawers and found my cellphone. I dialed his number and prayed that he would pick up.
“Hello?”
“Who is this?”
“Bill, I am so sorry. Please understand that I have to do this or I won’t have a job anymore.”
“Chris, what did you do?”
“I can’t tell you but know that I regret this and can you please just come voluntarily when I get back? I can’t fight anyone when I’m going through withdrawals.”
“I am not going anywhere with you.”
“Look, my employer busted Jorg and Gordon out of prison and they’re coming for you. You’d be safer to just come with me.”
“I am not going anywhere.”
“Bill, I am trying to make this entire experience easier on you.”
“Go to hell! I defended you, so Andy would give you ass a second chance and you go and join the enemy. Some father you are, at least I knew my dad hated me. You betrayed your son and for that you are a bigger monster than my father. You deserve death and you shouldn’t even call yourself his father. How dare you choose your job over your family?! I hate you!” I hung up my phone and slammed it against the bed. I was not staying here. I grabbed my clothes from the bin next to my bed and slowly put them on. I grabbed my phone and slipped from the hospital room again. I was careful to not get caught leaving out the doors. I called Ashley and I used the three rings to figure out what I was going to say to him
“Hello?”
“Hey it’s me, Bill. Meet me at the camera shop three blocks from the hospital.”
“I thought I told you to stay at the hospital?”
“You did, but right now, I’m safer on the run. Just meet me Ashley.” I heard him sigh.
“Fine, I’ll be there in ten minutes.” He hung up and I slipped inside the store and looked around. No one thought I looked suspicious. I just pretended to be looking at the cameras while waiting for Ash to arrive. Anything could have been happening to Andy but I will not let him die. Memories played in my head of all the times he’s held me, talked to me, protected me and let me know how much he loves me. I was never alone when I had him. I heard the bell ding on the door and I turned to see Ashley walk inside. I put down the canon I was holding and walked over to him.
“I see you have the clothes, Andy left for you.”
“This is about Andy; I think his dad may have kidnapped him.”
“What makes you think that?”
“I called Andy’s cell and his dad picked up. He started talking about how I would be safer going with him because his boss broke my dad and step-dad out of prison which also leaves me to believe that the prisons here have terrible security.”
“We don’t have much crime here so they don’t really have much security.” He sighed.
“Yeah, well they should put that on priority list number one, get more security for prisons.”
“Right, so, what do we do?” I sighed and looked at Ashley.
“I could bait myself so they’ll leave him alone. They want me right, so I’ll just hand myself over to Jorg and Gordon.”
“Bill, you can’t. Andy wouldn’t allow that.”
“Ashley, this is Andy’s life here. Besides his dad doesn’t know about the epilepsy. What if the perverts that want sex from him find out he’s sick? They’ll kill him; I couldn’t live with myself if that happened.”
“But you aren’t strong enough to take all those assholes on. How will you get out?”
“I’ll find a way but for now, you can’t tell anyone what I’m planning.” He looked away and sighed.
“Ashley, I mean it.”
“Alright, I won’t tell anyone. But what about your brother, he’s probably going mad at the hospital looking for you.”
“I can’t go back there. I have to find my dad and trade places with Andy.” I pulled off my twin bracelet that my mom got for us when we turned two.
“Give him this and he’ll understand.” I hugged Ashley and then walked out of the camera shop and ran to the one place I know my dad will be, our old house.
~*~
After running for what seemed like hours, I made it to my old home and saw the crime scene tape had been ripped off and the door was wide open. I swallowed my fear and walked inside. My heart dropped to my feet and my stomach turned to knots when I entered the place. Terrible memories were made in here and I hated it. I could hear the whispering in the cellar of the house. I carefully walked through the place and snuck down the stairs and nearly gasped when I saw what was happening.
“Come on, kid, we know you know where Bill is, just tell us and this whole ordeal will stop.” My dad was slapping Andy around and he looked a mess.
“I’m not telling you shit.” Andy’s dad sighed and looked at him.
“He ran away from the hospital and only you know where he could hide at. Just tell us where he is.”
“I wouldn’t tell you even if I hated him. You disgust me, I trusted you, and I thought maybe I could give you a second chance despite you abandoning me. But I guess I was wrong.” He spit blood on the floor and I had to swallow my tears and I flinched when Gordon punched him again.
“STOP!” I finally called out. I descended deeper into the cellar and tears poured out of my eyes.
“B—Bill, what are you doing, get out of here!” Andy scolded.
“No, you’ve defended me and now it’s time I defend you. Jorg, Gordon, Chris, if you set him free, I’ll go with you without fighting. Just please don’t make him suffer like I have. I’ll do whatever you want just please let him go.”
“Will you now, that is fine with me, let him go. We got our prize.” They took the handcuffs off Andy and Gordon grabbed my arm to make sure I didn’t run off.
“Bill, please don’t do this.” I smiled weakly.
“Andy, I have to. You know how much I love you but I’ve been through this. I suffered for 8 years. I have built a natural wall and I can go through it without it bothering me much now but you can’t handle it.” He got closer and kissed me. Chris pulled him out of the door and I felt detached.
“Bill, welcome to the rest of your life.” My dad snickered in my face.
I have a bad feeling and I just know it has something to do with Andy. I had to find him. I sat up slowly and pulled the IV from my arm. I removed all the electrodes from my body and quietly slipped from the room. I looked up and down the halls and no Andy. I tried to sneak back to my room when I bumped into Ashley.
“Bill, why aren’t you in your room?”
“I was looking for Andy, have you seen him?”
“No, I was supposed to meet him here but he wasn’t in the cafeteria and he wasn’t in the lobby or outside smoking. But Tom is out there.”
“I don’t care about him right now. I overheard Andy’s dad talking about something that involved Andy and me and he didn’t believe me when I told him. I’m scared that something’s happened to him.”
“I’ll go searching for him but you stay here.” He took me back to my room and sat me down on the bed.
“I mean it; Andy will have my head if something happened to you on my watch.” He left the room and I just sighed. I searched through the drawers and found my cellphone. I dialed his number and prayed that he would pick up.
“Hello?”
“Who is this?”
“Bill, I am so sorry. Please understand that I have to do this or I won’t have a job anymore.”
“Chris, what did you do?”
“I can’t tell you but know that I regret this and can you please just come voluntarily when I get back? I can’t fight anyone when I’m going through withdrawals.”
“I am not going anywhere with you.”
“Look, my employer busted Jorg and Gordon out of prison and they’re coming for you. You’d be safer to just come with me.”
“I am not going anywhere.”
“Bill, I am trying to make this entire experience easier on you.”
“Go to hell! I defended you, so Andy would give you ass a second chance and you go and join the enemy. Some father you are, at least I knew my dad hated me. You betrayed your son and for that you are a bigger monster than my father. You deserve death and you shouldn’t even call yourself his father. How dare you choose your job over your family?! I hate you!” I hung up my phone and slammed it against the bed. I was not staying here. I grabbed my clothes from the bin next to my bed and slowly put them on. I grabbed my phone and slipped from the hospital room again. I was careful to not get caught leaving out the doors. I called Ashley and I used the three rings to figure out what I was going to say to him
“Hello?”
“Hey it’s me, Bill. Meet me at the camera shop three blocks from the hospital.”
“I thought I told you to stay at the hospital?”
“You did, but right now, I’m safer on the run. Just meet me Ashley.” I heard him sigh.
“Fine, I’ll be there in ten minutes.” He hung up and I slipped inside the store and looked around. No one thought I looked suspicious. I just pretended to be looking at the cameras while waiting for Ash to arrive. Anything could have been happening to Andy but I will not let him die. Memories played in my head of all the times he’s held me, talked to me, protected me and let me know how much he loves me. I was never alone when I had him. I heard the bell ding on the door and I turned to see Ashley walk inside. I put down the canon I was holding and walked over to him.
“I see you have the clothes, Andy left for you.”
“This is about Andy; I think his dad may have kidnapped him.”
“What makes you think that?”
“I called Andy’s cell and his dad picked up. He started talking about how I would be safer going with him because his boss broke my dad and step-dad out of prison which also leaves me to believe that the prisons here have terrible security.”
“We don’t have much crime here so they don’t really have much security.” He sighed.
“Yeah, well they should put that on priority list number one, get more security for prisons.”
“Right, so, what do we do?” I sighed and looked at Ashley.
“I could bait myself so they’ll leave him alone. They want me right, so I’ll just hand myself over to Jorg and Gordon.”
“Bill, you can’t. Andy wouldn’t allow that.”
“Ashley, this is Andy’s life here. Besides his dad doesn’t know about the epilepsy. What if the perverts that want sex from him find out he’s sick? They’ll kill him; I couldn’t live with myself if that happened.”
“But you aren’t strong enough to take all those assholes on. How will you get out?”
“I’ll find a way but for now, you can’t tell anyone what I’m planning.” He looked away and sighed.
“Ashley, I mean it.”
“Alright, I won’t tell anyone. But what about your brother, he’s probably going mad at the hospital looking for you.”
“I can’t go back there. I have to find my dad and trade places with Andy.” I pulled off my twin bracelet that my mom got for us when we turned two.
“Give him this and he’ll understand.” I hugged Ashley and then walked out of the camera shop and ran to the one place I know my dad will be, our old house.
~*~
After running for what seemed like hours, I made it to my old home and saw the crime scene tape had been ripped off and the door was wide open. I swallowed my fear and walked inside. My heart dropped to my feet and my stomach turned to knots when I entered the place. Terrible memories were made in here and I hated it. I could hear the whispering in the cellar of the house. I carefully walked through the place and snuck down the stairs and nearly gasped when I saw what was happening.
“Come on, kid, we know you know where Bill is, just tell us and this whole ordeal will stop.” My dad was slapping Andy around and he looked a mess.
“I’m not telling you shit.” Andy’s dad sighed and looked at him.
“He ran away from the hospital and only you know where he could hide at. Just tell us where he is.”
“I wouldn’t tell you even if I hated him. You disgust me, I trusted you, and I thought maybe I could give you a second chance despite you abandoning me. But I guess I was wrong.” He spit blood on the floor and I had to swallow my tears and I flinched when Gordon punched him again.
“STOP!” I finally called out. I descended deeper into the cellar and tears poured out of my eyes.
“B—Bill, what are you doing, get out of here!” Andy scolded.
“No, you’ve defended me and now it’s time I defend you. Jorg, Gordon, Chris, if you set him free, I’ll go with you without fighting. Just please don’t make him suffer like I have. I’ll do whatever you want just please let him go.”
“Will you now, that is fine with me, let him go. We got our prize.” They took the handcuffs off Andy and Gordon grabbed my arm to make sure I didn’t run off.
“Bill, please don’t do this.” I smiled weakly.
“Andy, I have to. You know how much I love you but I’ve been through this. I suffered for 8 years. I have built a natural wall and I can go through it without it bothering me much now but you can’t handle it.” He got closer and kissed me. Chris pulled him out of the door and I felt detached.
“Bill, welcome to the rest of your life.” My dad snickered in my face.
@Purdy's_little_lady_outlaw there's a sequel called Fond Memories
5/6/14