Chapter Thirty-Four

[Justin's POV]

I wake up to the sound of glass breaking and shattering somewhere in the house. I slowly open my eyes and look up at the ceiling. My whole body feels numb and weak. I look around the room and realize that I'm in my bedroom at my parent's house.

I go to try and sit up, but a sharp pain hits me in my side and shoots through the my whole body causing me to groan in pain. My eyes squeeze close and I bring my hand to my side where the pain is. The pads of my fingertips run over what feels like stitches and I wince softly at the small pain that is caused by me gently pressing against the long line of stitches on my side.

"Hey, whoa," I hear someone say, then I feel a hand get pressed onto my chest. My eyes snap open and I relax a little when my eyes meet with Alfredo's. "Lay back down."

I do as he says and lie back on the bed to where I'm laying flat on my back. I take a deep breath as the pain increases with every moment, but then fades almost as quickly as it make itself known.

What the hell happened to me?

"Alfredo, what happened?" I ask, my voice cracking due to my dry throat.

"You don't remember anything?" he asks, looking over his shoulder at me with a raised eyebrow.

"No..." I reply. "The last thing I remember is these two guys dressed in all black with masks covering their faces coming into my bedroom after Selena and I-" I trail off when I realize I should probably keep the fact that Selena and I had sex to myself.

"Let me guess, you're not a virgin anymore now?" Alfredo asks with a chuckle following afterwards.

I find myself chuckling too, but then groaning in pain afterwards from the pain in my side due to when I laugh. "I guess you could say that." I reply.

"How good was she?" he asks abruptly as he walks over and hands me a glass of water.

I feel my jaw tighten. "That's for me to know, and for you to never find out. So, fuck off." I snatch the glass from his hand and glare at him. "I may be hurt, but I can still easily kick your ass."

"Calm down. I was just joking, jeez." he says, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Well," I say, after taking a small sip of the water. "Are you going to tell me what happened?"

Alfredo scratches his chin as he chews on the inside of his cheek. "I think it's best if you just get some rest. I'll tell you what happened later." he suggests.

I shake my head. "No, I want you to tell me now." I place the glass of water over on the night stand next to my bed as I groan softly at the pain that shoots through my side. Then suddenly I realize that I haven't seen the one person that is always on my mind. "Where's Selena?" I watch as Alfredo gulps hard and I immediately know something is wrong. "Alfredo, where the fuck is she?!"

I start to sit up again, but Alfredo quickly stops me and pushes me back down onto the bed.

"S-she's not here." Alfredo says.

"Obviously," I snap.

"Look," he starts. "Ryan and Louis were the ones who kidnapped you earlier and they took you to Liam's warehouse. I'm assuming you pissed off Liam because he stabbed you with a dagger in your side. That's why you have stitches." I bring my fingertips back over to my side and run them over the multiple little stitches. "And you're lucky you're even still alive because you lost a lot of blood. Like, I honestly thought you were going to die because on the car ride back here you passed out in the van, and you were barely breathing."

"Well, I'm fine now. Where's Selena?" I do want to hear every detail as to what has happened, but the only thing I can focus on right now is Selena. My heart is beating faster at just the thought of Selena being hurt, and I'd never be able to live with myself if she got hurt again.

Alfredo looks away from my eyes and looks down at the floor. "After Ryan and Louis had brought you to the warehouse they had came back here to get Selena." I feel my heart beating faster. "They brought her to the warehouse, then Selena," he trails off.

"She what?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. "Alfredo, what-"

"She made a deal with Liam." Alfredo blurts out.

"A deal? What kind of deal?" I feel my hands become clammy as all the possible things that Liam could have made Selena agree on doing. And I can bet that either it was my life or hers on the line if she wouldn't have agreed to make whatever 'deal' that Liam wanted to make.

Alfredo takes a deep breath and slowly makes eye contact with me again. "S-she, uh," he stumbles over his words and I'm mentally strangling him to make him continue. "The deal was that if Liam promised to let your parents, you, and me free that she would stay at Liam's warehouse. And she agreed to do whatever Liam wants."

I feel as if the wind has sudden been knocked out of me. "W-what?!"

"I tried stopping her, but she wouldn't listen. She said she had to do it in order to keep you safe." he explains. "Justin, she's going to get herself killed."

Everything starts to come back to me now. I remember Liam bringing Selena down to the basement where I was. I remember her telling me what she had done as Ryan began to drag me upstairs. Selena used the words that I had said to her earlier that day when we were making love and the last thing I remember is seeing Selena crying before I was pulled out to the van. The rest of the day is a blur and I guess that it's because I passed out, according to Alfredo.

"I have to get to her," I say, sitting up quickly which makes me wince loudly in pain and causes me to grab my side.

"You're too hurt to even move, Justin." Alfredo says trying to push me back down onto the bed to make me lay down. "Liam is much stronger than you right now. He'll easily kill you in a blink of an eye if you even think about trying to get inside his warehouse. You'll have to wait until you're fully recovered and have gained back your strength before you try saving Selena. I already know he'll have Ryan and Louis spying on us and keeping the warehouse on full lock down. So, sneaking inside won't be easy."

I put my face in my hands. "Why the fuck would she do this?!" I shout angrily.

"She did it out of love." Alfredo says. "You and I both know that you would do the same thing she did in a heartbeat."

"Yeah, but if Liam would end up killing me it wouldn't be a loss. My life means nothing." I reply, rubbing my face before slowly removing my hands down from my face.

"Your life means something to Selena," he says.

I sigh. "Okay, so how long is it going to take for these damn stitches to heal? I need to get inside that warehouse and save Selena as soon as possible. And I'll still go even if I'm still hurt." I say, changing the subject.

"The fastest you'll get healed is in a week." I go to say something, but Alfredo quickly cuts me off. "But, I'll try and see if I can somehow save her for you because if you lose another good amount of blood, you're going to die, Justin."

"And you expect me to trust you in putting Selena's life in your hands? Yeah, fuck you." I snap.

Alfredo raises an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

"You turned your back on me to work for Liam. You've been working with him to try and get Selena dead all this time. The last thing I need is you're help. I can do this by myself." I can't do this by myself while I'm injured, but I'd rather do it by myself than have Alfredo help me.

"I just saved your life, man." he points out.

"No, Selena did." I reply.

"Whatever." Alfredo huffs, standing from the chair he was sitting in and I watch as he walks out of the bedroom.

I lay my head back on the pillow and close my eyes. My mind is spinning at the moment. I hate the fact that I can't even move at the moment thanks to fucking Liam for stabbing me. And it kills me even more knowing that I'm just laying here while Liam is doing god who knows what to Selena right now.

My eyes snap open and I pick my head up when I hear what sounds like another glass object has been shattered downstairs. Then I hear my father's booming voice come up the stairs.

What the fuck is going on?

I chew on my bottom lip in pain as I slowly force myself to sit up. The pain hurts like hell, it almost feeling like I've been stabbed again in the same spot, but this time the dagger has gone deeper into my skin. I take a deep breath and climb out of bed before I take baby steps out of the bedroom and to the staircase.

After struggling down the stairs, I make my way into the kitchen. My eyes land on the hundreds of shattered glass scattered all across the floor before I see Pattie and Jeremy standing in the kitchen. There's tears falling down Pattie's cheeks while Jeremy's cheek are red with anger.

"What is going on?" I ask.

Both Pattie and Jeremy's heads spin towards me. Their eyes widen when they see me and in a blink of an eye, I'm in Pattie's arms with her arms wrapped tightly around me.

"Thank God you're alright." Pattie says through a soft sob. "I thought you weren't going to wake up."

"What do you mean?" I ask, confused as to what she means.

"You passed out in the van on the way here. You've been out cold the last two days." she explains.

My eyes widen. It's already been two days?

"Yeah, well he wouldn't have been passed out in the first place if it wasn't for him losing so much blood thanks to Selena." Jeremy huffs.

I glare at him. "Don't you dare even begin to blame what happened on Selena. She's risking her own damn life right now all because she wanted to keep me safe!" I shout.

"Good. Maybe Liam will kill her." he says.

My blood boils inside me and my hands clench into tight fits by down by my sides. "What the fuck did you just say?!"

"You heard me." he replies.

I start to take a step towards him to send a sharp punch to his jawline, but with my mother grabbing onto my shirt gently and the pain in my side, I'm not even able to take one step.

"Don't fight, please." Pattie begs.

I limp over to the dinner table and sit down in one of the chairs. I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding as the pain in my side quickly fades. I run my hand through my hair and pull at the ends.

What the hell am I supposed to do? Selena's life is being numbered with every passing minute and I can't do nothing about it while I'm hurt like this. here's nothing I can do until I'm healed, like Alfredo said. But what if I'm too late to save her? I can't lose her.

If I lose her, I'll lose myself.

The thought of not having Selena in my life or not being able to see her beautiful smile anymore makes my eyes sting with tears. Picturing Selena locked in a cold, dark room all alone is what makes the tears suddenly fall down my cheeks and I find myself sobbing as my heart begins to ache of not having Selena here, safe in my arms.

Once again, my promise to keep her safe no matter what has been broken and I hate myself even more then I ever have.

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~ Author's Notes ~

This chapter wasn't as great as I thought it'd be, but hopefully it wasn't too terrible. :)

Poor Justin...

Do you guys think he'll save Selena in time? What do you guys think Liam is doing to Selena right now? Or a better question would be, is Selena even sill alive?

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