Chapter Forty-Eight

[Selena's POV]

I head down into the basement like Justin had asked me to. When I reach the bottom of the staircase I can't see anything. The basement is pitch black to where I can't even see my hand in front of my face. 

I run my hand along the wall to try and find a light switch. I walk along side the wall as I trip over something multiple times before I finally find a light switch. Sighing in relief, I flip on the light switch and the room becomes brighter.

Now that I can actually see, I notice the large filing cabinets that line up against the wall on the other side of the room. With Justin's words replaying in my head to stay away from the filing cabinets, I look around for something else. I see multiple drssers that have over six to eight drawers and decide to start checking them first.

Opening up the first drawer I find a few hand guns along with a long piece of rope. I think back to when Liam had Justin tied down here and then me as well  at one point. Just thinking about what has happened over the course of these last few weeks gives me a chill down my spine.

I open the next drawer and I see a bomb sitting inside. I quickly back away from the dresser and end up stumbling over my feet and fall to the ground. Clearly, I'm no expert to when it comes to bombs. Only Justin is, and he's never taught me to know when a bomb is activated or not. So I'm not taking any chances.

My head snaps up when I hear something moving in the next part of the basement from around the corner. I furrow my eyebrows together as I pick myself back up to my feet.

With my curiosity getting the best of me, I walk around the corner to see nothing due to the darkness. I run my fingers on the wall and end up switching on the light.

And the sight I see before me almost makes my eyeballs pop out of my head.

Sitting on the floor with their backs up against the same very pole that both Justin and I have been tied up against sits Jeremy and Pattie. My hand covers my mouth as a gasp escapes past my lips.

How long have they been here?

Then I realize that they never did come back home after they had went grocery shopping today.

Pattie picks her head up and looks at me. I can tell she's been crying because her eyes are red and puffy while her cheeks are stained with tears. She shakes her head at me and I'm by her side in a blink of an eye.

"It's okay," I say, my hands going to untie the tight rope that has them tied up against the pole. "Justin, Alfredo, and Louis are here. We're going to get you guys out of here."

Suddenly, I hear a click noise next to me before I feel something get pressed to the side of my head. All my movements stop and I slowly look out of the corner of my eye.

"Think again, sweetheart." I hear Liam's voice next to me.

My heart drops into my stomach.

This can't be happening.

I feel Liam grab my arm before he jerks on it which makes me wince and stand to my feet. He takes both my hands and pins them behind my back.

"You scream," Liam says, pressing his gun back to the side of my head. "And I'll pull the trigger."

"Why are you doing this?" I say. "Why can't you just leave me alone?"

"Trust me, after tonight I won't want anything to do with you. Besides, you're not who I want dead anymore." he replies.

My eyes widen. "Leave Justin alone!"

And as if on cue, both Liam and my snap up when we hear the basement door open. I shake my head as I hear fast footsteps run down the staircase.

"Selena!" I hear Justin's voice call out for me.

Seconds later, I see Justin appear from around the corner. My eyes lock with his immediately before he sees Liam's gun pressed to my head. He stops where he is and has a blank expression on his face.

"Missed me?" Liam says, a smirk playing across his face.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Justin growls, taking a step forward.

"Justin," I say.

Justin's eyes lock with mine. I nod my head over to where his parents are tied up and his eyes follow. I watch as his eyes widen before he dashes over to their sides. He kneels down next to them and he starts to try and untie them.

"I wouldn't do that if I was you," Ryan says, walking from around the corner with a gun in his hands that is raised in front of him and pointing right at Justin.

"Why the fuck are they here?!" Justin shouts, rising to his feet.

Ryan loads his gun. "This was the only way we could lure you here."

"What do you mean?" I say, trying to wiggle out of Liam's hold but his grip tightens making me wince.

All of our heads turn when we hear two different pairs of footsteps running down the staircase. Moments later, Alfredo appears from around the corner and he stop dead in his tracks when he sees me. His eyes glance from me, over to Justin, to Ryan, to Justin's parents, then his eyes meet with mine once more before he looks at Liam, his jaw clenched.

"What the hell is going on?" Alfredo shouts.

"It's called revenge." Louis says, coming from being Alfredo and walks over to Liam's side. "And you guys were dumb enough to fall into the trap."

"What trap?" Alfredo asks.

"If you haven't caught on by now, I lied about Liam being gone. The whole coming here and getting the weapons and supplies was all a lie. It was all to just get Justin here. But the two of you," Louis glances from me to Alfredo, "had to be difficult and tag along. If you two wouldn't have came I would have had him dead by now."

"I give you one job, and yet you can't even accomplish it." Liam says disappointed.

"Well I thought since these two," he gestures between Justin and I, "were fighting, I thought I'd easily get Justin to leave and she wouldn't bother to tag along. But these two are like glued together. They can't be separated."

"Then maybe we should fix that..." Ryan says, smirking.

Ryan's finger moves down to the trigger on his gun and I feel my pulse quicken. He points his gun to where he's aiming right at Justin's chest.

"What are you going to do?" Alfredo says.

"What I should have done along time ago." Ryan replies, taking a step closer to Justin. "I'm going to put a bullet through his heart and kill this son of a bitch."

"Go ahead." Justin challenges.

"No!" I shout, my voice echoing throughout the basement. "Stop! Kill me! Kill me instead. I'm the one you guys have wanted dead since day one, so kill me. Don't hurt him, please..."

Liam spins me around to where I'm now facing him. My body is pressed against his as there is no space between us. His face is inches from mine while his gun still remains pressed against my temple. I look into his dark eyes and end up looking away from how intensely he is staring at me.

"You'd die for him?" Liam questions. "After everything he's done to you?"

"You've hurt me a lot worse then what he's done." I snap.

"Really? Even after he's killed your mom and who was it, Nick? Your ex-boyfriend? Trust me honey, he has done worse then I ha-"

Feeling my anger rise inside of me, I give a hard shove to Liam's chest which makes him let go of me. He stumbles backwards a few steps before he regains his balance.

"He didn't kill them! You did!" I yell. "Everything that has happened to me is because of you. Justin has done nothing to me but protect me, so don't you dare start to blame him for everything when you're the cause for all of it." I glance over my shoulder to look at Justin who stands there staring at me with a shocked expression written on his face then I look back at Liam. "If anyone is dying tonight, let it be me."

"Selena, don't." Justin says sternly.

"Okay." Liam says, taking a step towards me which makes me take a step back. "But to make this a little more fun..." Suddenly Liam grabs me by my arm and pushes me to the ground next to where Pattie and Jeremy sit.

"Selena!" Justin shouts.

"What are you doing?" Louis asks.

"Let's have Justin decide who dies." Liam says, now grabbing Justin's arm and pulling him away from his parent's sides and me. "You choose who gets out of here alive and who gets a bullet through their head."

"Liam-" Louis starts to say something but Liam cuts him off.

"Shut up!" He turns his focus back to Justin. "Either your parents both get killed and I'll allow Selena to get out of here safely, or Selena dies and you get to keep your loving family alive. Now, which one will it be?"

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~ Author's Notes ~

Two chapters left!!

What do you guys think Justin will do? Is he going to let Liam kill his parents to keep Selena alive, or is he going to let his parents live and watch as Liam kills the love of his life? Unless Justin has a third choice up his sleeve...

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