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When Wooyoung's phone rang, he immediately grabbed it, hoping it was the police.
What he didn't expect was for a familiar number to show on the caller id...
He had deleted Lila's name out of his phone the moment he had bought separate phones for them to use, but he would always know her number.
Wooyoung's mind immediately jumped to it was either her or Nate calling. And by the way Nate was talking last, he was willing to bet that psycho was just wanting to taunt him some more...
But that small part of him that said it could be Lila took over and pressed answer.
He stayed silent. If it was Nate, the asshole would probably start speaking first.
But all he got was silence in return...
Until he heard a familiar shaky breath on the other line.
"L-Lila?" Wooyoung's heart started racing as he waited for her to reply.
"W-W-Woo..." She sounded terrified... Like she couldn't even speak. It broke something inside Wooyoung and he covered his mouth for a moment and looked around the room before he remembered he was alone.
"Oh my god, Lila I'm here. Where are you? Are you ok?" He had a million other things he wanted to say to her right now, but they could wait.
"N-No... I'm s-scared." She whimpered.
He was going to kill Nate. All he felt right now was anger at what was going on. But Wooyoung worked to keep himself calm by gripping his hair. "It's going to be ok. Can you tell me where you are?" He asked, praying she was somewhere far away from Nate and in a place he could go pick her up.
"I d-don't know. N-Nate..."
"Where is he?" Wooyoung heard his own tone change as he asked.
He heard her make a sound, but it was cut off by a distant, "Lila!"
Wooyoung covered his mouth again as he heard Lila sob and her breath start to quicken, like she was running. She hadn't escaped... Then she hissed, like she was in pain.
"Lila, what's going on?"
"He's h-here..."
Wooyoung felt like he could tear out his own hair. "Fuck... Lila I need you to-"
She screamed.
It made Wooyoung crazy listening to it. And all he could hear was his precious Lila's screams of terrors and grunts coming Nate.
Then the line went dead.
"Lila?! Lila!! No! Please!" He screamed, falling to his knees. He fumbled with his phone and tried calling her back, several times, but it went straight to voicemail. "No, no, no, no, no..."
The door opened and Seonghwa was immediately at his side. "What happened?"
"H-Hwa... We need to hurry. Lila c-called me and, and, and..." Wooyoung sobbed and covered his face with his hands.
"Wooyoung, take a deep breath." Seonghwa said as he pulled his phone out.
"I heard her scream!" The younger said, on the verge of wailing as pure terror flowed through his veins. He never wanted to hear that sound again. And now his imagination was running wild with all the possible things that could be happening to her right now.
"Roger? I need you to get over here or at least call the police. Lila just tried getting ahold of Wooyoung....Yes....He said he heard her scream....I don't know," Seonghwa bent over to talk to Wooyoung, "Did she say where she was?" All Wooyoung could do was shake his head. "No, she didn't know....Yeah....Thanks." He hung up and pulled Wooyoung into his arms. "Roger is calling the police to see if they can speed up their search."
The younger nodded and clung to the cook as he tried to calm himself down. He needed to try and be strong...
She had called him. She had chosen to call him over anyone else she could have called, even the police. That had to mean he was forgiven, right?
He prayed that was true, because if she forgave him and would take him back, he was never letting her out of his sight again. He would quit his job if it meant getting to spend the rest of his life with her.
After a few minutes, Wooyoung's phone started ringing again.
It was Roger.
"Hello? Did they find her?"
His manager sighed gently. "They aren't that fast. But I do have other news. The courts approved the pregnancy test. And I've spoken with Yunho. He is willing to do it for us. Can you get to the hospital? It's happening in a few hours. There's going to be security there so you should be able to get in just fine."
"Yeah, I'll be there as soon as I can."
Seonghwa was already bringing Wooyoung his shoes and a sweatshirt. He thanked the older and quickly slipped them on.
The pair ran into the diner first. "Jongho, I'm going out. Emergency. Can you handle things here?"
The young boy looked at Wooyoung, concern on his face, but he nodded. "Of course. Call me if you need anything, ok?"
"Thanks." Seonghwa gave his cousin a quick hug before he and Wooyoung ran to his car and drove to the hospital.
Roger hadn't been joking about security. There were people checking every car that pulled up.
Wooyoung flashed his id and the guard waved them through to the garage where they could take an elevator into the special wing of the hospital.
Then floor they stepped onto was already abuzz with what was going on.
Yunho came loping over to them, the serious look on his face broken only for a moment as he smiled in greeting. "You're looking good! I wish we didn't have to meet again under these circumstances, but come with me. We have a special room set up so that you can listen to what she is saying. She's not going to know you're here."
"Thanks Yunho." Wooyoung followed the taller eagerly, with Seonghwa behind him, to almost the opposite end of the floor.
Roger was already waiting in the room, typing furiously on his laptop. "Ah, good. You got here just in time. They just checked her in." He motioned for them to sit down. "I called Yeosang to fill him in, but asked that he and San stay away, just so we don't draw too much attention to ourselves. I also called in a favor. There will be two doctors here today just to make sure there's no tampering going on."
"Who is the other doctor?" Wooyoung asked.
His manager flashed a kind, but mischievous smile. "Kim Hongjoong."
"The doctor who treated Lila's dad? How?" Wooyoung said, his eyes widening a little.
"I'd rather be safe than sorry. He jumped at the opportunity to come out and help. And he's willing to stay here a few days if needed to help with Lila too."
Wooyoung's heart warmed at the thought. He felt so fortunate to have someone like that on their side with the mess that was happening with both of them.
A loud crackling sound echoed in the room and all three of them flinched. "That was much louder than I thought." Roger hissed before pressing a couple of buttons on his computer and the now screeching sound got softer. "Sorry, we have microphones that the police set up in that room. They must be getting it set up."
And sure enough, a few minutes later, Wooyoung wanted nothing more than to leave the room and hide.
"This is so fucking stupid! I shouldn't have to be doing this! This is an invasion of my privacy." Rachel said, her voice ringing loud and clear through the speaker.
Seonghwa immediately reached over and took Wooyoung's hand to try and comfort him.
"I'm sorry you feel that way." Yunho's voice came through now. It sounded like he was having to really work to keep himself under control. "I'm just trying to do my job, and there is a court order. So the more you cooperate, the sooner this will be over."
"Cooperate?! No! I am not going to! I should not have to go through one of these stupid tests! I already took one and it came back as positive."
"Interesting. I don't see any test in your medical records." Yunho stated bluntly.
"It was from a drug store. Duh! God did they give me the dumbest doctor here? Are you even capable of being a doctor? This is fucking ridiculous! I'm not doing this!"
"Ma'am, if you aren't going to cooperate I have no choice but get the police involved. I have a court order to get a urine sample from you."
There was a lot of grumbled done by Rachel for the next few minutes, but it was low enough that Wooyoung couldn't pick out what she was saying.
"Ma'am, I have other patients to see. Here is your cup. You can leave all of your belongings here."
"No, I need by purse." She snapped.
Yunho audibly sighed. "I can't let you take that into the bathroom with you."
"And why not?"
"Because you could tamper with the evidence." Yunho stated.
The corner of Wooyoung's mouth lifted as he listened to Yunho's tone. It was obvious that he was already done with Rachel.
They went back and forth for a few more minutes before Rachel threw a sling of curse words at him and the door opened. "Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to leave your belongings and come with me. Otherwise I will place you under arrest." The deep voice said.
"Assholes! All of you!" She yelled, but then her voice became faint, indicating she was no longer in the room.
A gentle knock sounded on the door of their room and the door was pushed open. Yunho stepped in looking exhausted. "Dear lord... She is a piece of work." He sighed, running his hand through his hair. "Are you doing ok?" Yunho asked, turning to look at Wooyoung.
The younger just nodded a couple of times and glanced back at Roger.
"How long will it take the test to be run?" His manager asked, leaning forward.
"Not long at all. And the cops will watch me and Hongjoong do it. Nice guy, by the way. Good choice for a second pair of eyes." The taller grinned. "Well I just wanted to make sure you're ok. I'll be back for a bit." He winked before ducking out of the room.
A short time later, Yunho's voice came over the speaker again telling Rachel to sit and wait.
"No! I'm going home! You can't keep me here!" She shouted.
"Actually, yes we can. We have every right to until we get the test results back." Yunho snapped back and then slammed the door.
Rachel spent the next several minutes screaming and throwing things. It just made Wooyoung roll his eyes.
But then he paused when it sounded like she started crying. Seonghwa glanced over at him, his eyebrow lifting in confusion.
Then Roger chuckled. "I think we've got her." His eyes flashed up to Wooyoung and he nodded once.
But before he could start talking, the door to Rachel's room opened again. "C-Can I go home now?"
"No, no you may not." Officer Barnes' voice came over the speaker now.
Wooyoung sat up a little straighter.
"Why?" Rachel's voice shook.
"Because we need to ask you a few questions. Why did you lie about being pregnant?"
Wooyoung felt his heart pounding in his head as everything got a little fuzzy. He blinked several times and felt Seonghwa wrap his arms around him.
"I-I don't kn-know what you're t-talking about."
"I think you do. How could you pretend to be pregnant after raping someone?" Officer Barnes asked, his voice getting harsh.
"I...I..." Wooyoung could hear the panic in Rachel's voice. He started to shake as memories of that morning came flooding back into his mind.
"Don't try to deny it. We have the test that showed Wooyoung was drugged. And he woke up in your hotel room covered in your marks. We have DNA samples to match. You're already going to be booked for that alone, but if you tell us why you pretended to be pregnant, we might go easy on you."
Rachel was silent for a long time. "Because I love him. And I want him to be with me and not that worthless little bitch." She said.
"You're walking on thin ice right now, I'd watch my tone and words if I were you." The officer growled.
"It doesn't matter anymore anyway! Yes I faked being pregnant! Yes I drugged him!" She started to cry again. "This whole thing was ruined because of that bitch! I was supposed to get pregnant, I wanted to be pregnant, so that he would have to stay with me and not her!" Her crying got louder. "But the bastard couldn't even get hard for me, no matter how hard I tried!"
Now everything stopped for Wooyoung. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Wait, so are you saying that you didn't actually rape him?" Officer Barnes also sounded a little shocked.
"Yes. That's what I'm saying you idiot! But don't get me wrong, I definitely tried." Rachel let out a hysterical laugh. "I guess he really does love her if I couldn't even succeed in that."
"Wow." The man let out a long sigh. "Rachel you are under arrest for kidnapping, drug abuse, and attempted rape..." He went on to read Rachel her rights.
Wooyoung lifted a hand to place it over his heart. She... She hadn't actually... She had tried... But...
It was all so much to process. The biggest relief for him was that he hadn't actually had sex with Rachel. He still felt disgusting knowing she had tried while he was unconscious, but it ever fully happened.
Before he knew it, tears were rolling down his cheeks and Wooyoung was being pulled into Seonghwa's chest.
He could feel hot tears rolling down the back of his neck, indicating that the cook was also crying.
There were no words to describe how he felt right now. Relief? Joy? Sorrow? There were too many swirling around in Wooyoung's mind as Rachel's words rang in his head.
He had spent weeks afraid of what had happened that night, and while it was still bad, there was some semblance of closure with what Rachel had just confessed.
Wooyoung looked over at Roger and saw tears in his manager's eyes as well. The man smiled and nodded slowly.
They had achieved one small victory today.
Now they just needed to find Lila.
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