His to Ruin.

Chapter 19

Drey's POV

The news of Jacqueline getting kidnapped disoriented me. For the first time in a long while, I feel helpless. The only difference between then and now is that I feel rage all through my veins.

I have no clue about her whereabouts. I don't know why she just had to go to that party and didn't stick with Tracy.

After taking Tracy to my place, Luke asked if we could go in search of Jacqueline without Tracy, so we did. After several hours of driving, I parked and placed my head on the wheel thinking of any possible place she could be. If she were kidnapped, I'm pretty sure her grandmother would have received a call and I can't track her phone. Luke got out of the car and was asking the available people questions with a picture of Jacqueline I sent to him on his phone. My heart was aching, I was reliving the emotion I felt when I lost my mother, why do I lose people that mean the most to me?

Luke came into the car when my phone rang, I looked at who was calling but it was just an unknown random number, I was not in the mood to take any call but a thought crossed my mind while it was still ringing, what if it's Jacqueline so I picked up but received a male voice on the other end.

“I’m pretty sure you know why I called, but I don't want anything from you but from your father, Samuel Dankworth Mcmiller”

“What do you want? If it is what I am thinking then you must be out of your mind. You guys killed my mother and you want it back? You must be sick in the head”, I said this with so much anger and irritation. That dreadful event was a success even though my mother was killed and our ancestral orb was returned with the help of Luke. We both did not know what it was until later.

“Well if we are both on the same page, there is not much to say. You bring back what your friend stole from us, you get Jacqueline back.”

At the mention of Jacqueline’s name, I hit my hand on the steering wheel very hard. I know Andrew plays dirty but I never would have imagined him involving an innocent individual who knows nothing about it. Lost in my anger while trying to pour out my frustration on the wheel, I did not even care if he was still on the line,

“Hey big guy, don't hurt yourself yet because I plan on doing that for you if I don't get the orb back. You know where to find me.”, After he had said these words he hung up and I couldn't help but picture his sinister smile on his face.

“Drey who the hell was that?” Luke asked worried

“Andrew?”

“Yes Luke, Andrew took her. I’m just surprised how he was able to find out about my identity”

“What if he had known all along?” Luke asked

This made me halt and think thoroughly. I’m very certain he had no idea, maybe he recently got to know.

“So what are we going to do now?” Luke asked me.

“We give him what he wants but not precisely. We will still have it in our possession”

I was about to call my sister to get the orb but I would rather not involve her in this mess, so Luke and I drove down to the nearest airport and we took the next flight back home to Colombia.

My father as usual had some business to do, it was just my mom at home.

“Hi mom” I hugged her and I unintentionally melted into the hug for a while. I needed it. She has always treated me like her own after my father remarried, we never spoke much but she was always there for me.

“Are you good?” she asked me, her voice filled with concern.

“Yeah I'm good, just came to pick up something”.

I led Luke up into the safe room where it is kept. Luke opened the chest and it was empty. Nothing was in it. This left me furious, how can it just magically disappear?

I called my father and asked if anyone else had access to the safe room’s security code and he said no. I filled him in on everything but he just said “Wait there I’m coming”

But I can not just stand and wait for him. I went to my father’s room to check the security camera footage but everything has been erased.

I went back downstairs with Luke following my trail and asked my mother if anyone else was in the house with her today and all she said was no one.

“How about this week? Who came visiting?” I asked her sounding very desperate this time, but her response was still the same.

“Drey let us go” Luke said then he stepped out of the house while I followed him behind.

“We don't have time to start looking for the orb now, we need to save Jacqueline from Andrew before he does something drastic, and besides we weren't going to give him anyway. So man up and let's go get your girl.”

Jacqueline’s POV

I did not realize I had fallen asleep, I felt it was all a bad dream not until I opened my eyes clearly and saw myself still in chains like some wild beast.

“Ohhh finally you're up. You were sleeping for so long” Andrew said but at a perfect distance from where I was lying. I couldn't even tell someone was there until he spoke up.

“You know I've been thinking what I should do to punish you for your mistakes..”

“Mistake?!” I asked cutting him short.

“Darling don't interrupt me again, but yes mistakes. Should I remind you of you making me wait in vain, or of you leaving me for someone you said I shouldn't be worried about? Or when I Andrew Anderson wanted to come back into your poor wretched life you pushed me away, or should I keep going on?”

“Andrew you are sick and you need to seek some help”

He only laughed hysterically at my words. Then and there I confirmed he is sick mentally. How come I never perceived or suspected it all these years, why did realization hit in after it was too late?

I closed my eyes trying to disagree with myself and the reality of what is happening right now. My eyes were still closed in hopes that I would be rescued, even if not by the police but by someone at least. I later opened my eyes at the sound of an approaching presence, it sounded like this person did not want to make a noise. I know for a fact that the person is not Drey, or is that Tracy?

I hope not. I don't want her getting involved with this maniac’s scheme.

“Hey sis” Andrew said while she was getting closer.

My eyes widened as soon as I saw who it was “Daniella!? How? I don't understand”

Daniella just looked at me with an expressionless face, I could read no emotions. She held something round, it looks like a clear glass ball, with a gold-like design clinging to the obvious corners of the object. I have no idea what it is but I know it is very beautiful.

“This is what you wanted right? Now you have it. Just let her go” Daniella said still with the same cold expression on her face.

This is not the Daniella I know. I'm still trying to understand how and why she is involved in Andrew’s scheme.

“Well I guess, but no, I'm not letting her off so easily” After Andrew had said this my heart definitely took a break before it continued to pump some blood. He took the stuff from Daniella and handed it to one of his men. He came closer and he put the strand of my hair that was covering my face behind my ear, “darling I'm sure you are confused but let me make it brief. Daniella is actually my sister and your lover’s stepmom is my mother. Some years back after the orb was stolen from us we decided to use their weakness to our advantage so we won't have to do so much work. Honestly, at some point, I thought she and my mom would betray us cause they took years just to execute a simple task” As soon as he explained everything he nodded towards one of his workers and he grabbed Daniella from behind, forcefully tying her arms and he covered her mouth dragging her out of the room where we were.

“Andrew why did you freaking do that?!”

I don't know what irritates me more, his psychotic laughter or the fact that I'm still in chains.

“Oh you wouldn't understand, she's no longer useful likewise her mother, they both lived with our enemies for too long. Now what are we going to do for fun?” he said with a sinister smile plastered on his face, “How about we play parts of the body”

“I don't want to play, if you are going to kill me just kill me already” then I spat on his face.

A smile still on his face, he cleaned his face with his hands and said I should save my spit for some other place and I'm already setting the mood for the game.

He sent the other people working for him to leave, then he set up a camera and turned it on to record. He set it up in a way that I was the only one showing in the frame. I was helpless, I was screaming for help but no one could hear me, I couldn't even tell if it was night or day, or if we were in a deserted place.

He loosened his pants hurriedly, and tears started flowing down my cheeks.

“Now let's have a taste of what you have been gatekeeping”

He ripped off my clothes stripping me naked and every single time I tried to resist, it's either he either slapped me or used a razor to cut me. Then and there I was not only physically abused but also r***d.

He got off, took down the camera and he put his clothes back on, then he stared back at me, “What? Why are you looking at me like that? Okay, you did well. Is that what you want to hear? He nonchalantly got dressed and unchained me after, then gave me clean clothes to put on. I was thinking of every possible way to escape but he was with his gun already, and I felt very weak, so I just had to comply.

When he was done, he chained me back to the bed and I just had to ask, “For how long?”

“You are not needed anymore but I still have one more thing to do.” Then he left me all by myself. At this moment I was no longer wishing for freedom but death.