Angelica and Peggy stayed for the weekend, and promised to come back soon or whenever Eliza needed them. She was eternally grateful for her amazing sisters.

"Eliza? Do you want something to eat while I'm out?" she heard, and snapped out of her thoughts.

"Um... no thanks. I'm good" she said

"Fine. I'm still getting you food eventually though!" Alex laughed, grabbed his stuff, and walked out the door. Eliza sat down on the couch and started to watch the show "Fuller House". About 20 minutes into the episode, there was a loud banging at the door.

"ELIZABETH GET THE FUCK OUT HERE NOW!" she heard. She recognized the voice instantly

Mr. Diggs

Eliza ran to the bathroom and sat in the tub. She then closed the curtain and sat there, hugging her knees tight.

She heard yelling and loud thumps, and soon she could hear the door open with a bang.

"Elizabeth... where are youuuuuu?" her former boss asked

Eliza squeaked and hugged herself tighter

"SCHUYLER! OUT HERE NOW! I KNOW YOU'RE IN HERE!" he boomed

Less than 2 minutes later, the curtain ruffled, and Eliza looked up to see Mr. Diggs's smirking face

"You really thought you could hide from me, slut?" he questioned evilly. Eliza winced.

"Let's get going, shall we?" he said, and with that he picked her up and put her over his shoulder. Eliza winced again and kept shaking her body violently.

Soon, she felt herself on the floor. But then the world went dark and it felt like her world was closing around her...

* * *

Alex was parking his car when he noticed a tall, buffy man walk outside. He recognize him from somewhere...

Then he realized:

That was Eliza's old boss

The one who took advantage of her personality

The one who hurt her

The one who really gets on his nerve.

Alex was thinking of possible scenarios, but looked over and saw Mr. Diggs dragging a bag behind him.

Alex was suspicious, so he followed him.

* * *

Eventually they stopped at a run down house.

"What the...?" Alex muttered and quietly got out of his car. He watched the man grab the giant bag out of the trunk and drag it harshly into the backyard.

Alex followed behind. He peeked over the corner and watched the man open the bag and lay it down. He pulled the bag away, revealing a limp, female, human figure. He then went inside his house.

"What the fuck?!" Alex breathed, and grabbed his phone out to call the police. He looked over at the body, and noticed the long, chocolate hair spread out on the ground, the limp hand lightly resting on the hard surface, and how softly her chest was going up and down.

Alex panicked when he noticed Mr. Diggs come out of his house, holding a box of many different things:

A rope

A knife

A bat

And a... polaroid?

Alex was lost in thought until he heard a squeal. He focused and looked up, and noticed the girl in a shaking ball. He looked at Diggs, and noticed he was taking out the baseball bat. Mr. Diggs tied her in the rope, and hit her a couple of times. Alex shuddered every time he heard the girl's scream. It sounded kind of familiar, which made him feel worse.

Then he thought: "I should go help her. The police aren't going to get here in time. She could be murdered!".

"But what would happen to me?" he thought again. "Oh screw it! That poor girl... I need to help her".

He called Mr. Diggs's number (he knew from the diner). He watched as the kidnapper paused the beating and took out his phone.

"Hello?" he asked in a gruff voice

"Hey, um, so someone is at your diner, and he's trying to ... steal silverware. I'm at the table next to him. You should come and check it out" Alex said in a fake voice

"Seriously? Ugh, fine. I'll be there. Bye" Diggs said. He bent down to the girl and said something in her face. He grabbed his polaroid, took a picture of the girl, put it in his pocket, and then walked out of the backyard. Alex watched his car drive away and made his move

He walked over to the girl, who had her back turned to him. She was in a ball, bloody and shaking. Alex put his hand on her shoulder, and she jumped in surprised and tried to hug herself tighter.

"Its ok... I'm not going to hurt you. I'm here to help" Alex said in a soft voice

"Alexander?" the girl asked

Then Alex saw her face

"ELIZA?!" he yelled, shocked

"Alex..." she whimpered

"We need to get you out of here. Now" Alex said, and started to pick her up bridal style

"Ow!" Eliza squeaked

"I'm sorry, I can't be as gentle as I would like...:" Alex apologized

He brought her to his car and was about to put her in his backseat, but stopped when he heard a "well, well, well".

Eliza panicked and held on to Alex until her knuckles turned white.

The voice started to speak again. "Look what we have here. Did you really think I'd believe your fake phone call crap? Everyone knows not to steal anything from me"

Alex trembled. "DAMMIT! I should've thought of something else! " he thought

"W-why are you d-doing this?" Eliza asked softly

"Its my job" he responded, crossing his arms

Alex and Eliza looked at eachother

"What?! "

There will be an explanaition next chapter! I'm glad I found a way to keep the book going! Thanks for being patient and staying with me in "Happy Again"!