An eye for an eye

Eternal Darkness

It was her father, Bella seemed to be so exhausted she didn’t even wake up. But of course, for obvious reasons, I couldn’t stay here. Her father hated me. I guess the best way to leave here was the same way I came; the window. I quickly grabbed one of my hoodies from Bella's closet and gently opened the window hoping I didn’t make any noise while Bella's father was trying to get her door open. I've climbed up this building so many times, it's like second nature to me now.  

Shit, I completely forgot I had driven my motorbike here and I'm just praying Bella's father hadn't noticed when he pulled up onto the drive. I put on my helmet and quickly drove off before Bella's father had enough time to run to the door and see me take off. 

HER POV 

“ISABELLA MORETTI, I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DON'T OPEN THIS DOOR I WILL FUCKING BREAK IT DOWN.” 

I don’t think I've ever been more startled in my life. What a beautiful wake-up call. I couldn’t even get any proper sleep. I quickly turned to the other side of the bed so I could wake up Ryder, but it seemed like he was already gone. That was a good thing, one less thing to worry about. 

I stumbled out of bed and unlocked the door, sitting at my desk with my head in my hands afterwards. My father kicked the door open, pointing a gun. 

Typical. 

“Where is he!?” 

“Huh.” 

“Don't play dumb Isabella where the fuck is he” 

“Papa, I'm not really in the mood for any of this, tear my room apart for all I care. I just wanted to sleep in peace for once.” I sat up from my desk and left my room, lightly barging my father on my way out. 

I could hear him sigh deeply and I kinda felt bad.  

The thing is my father isn't irrational. Everything he does is for a valid reason. I can't speak much for Ryder’s father. But mine. Mine was a good guy. Which always kept me thinking about why he wants me to stay away from Ryder so bad, there must be a logical reason. I was headed down the spiral staircase leading to our kitchen when I heard my father on the phone. 

He seemed mad, really mad. But in all honesty, I couldn’t be bothered with it all right now. I missed my Ryder. 

A few hours had passed since I woke up, I spent most of the morning reading manga and thought it might be a good idea to go for a walk. Some fresh air would do me some good. 

The afternoon breeze felt so refreshing on my skin, it was the only other thing that made me feel alive apart from Ryder. I didn't wanna go for too long of a walk, it was kinda cold, but 30 minutes would do me some good. 

DING! It was my phone. 

Papa: Isabella where the fuck have you gone? 

 
Ugh, I just wanted peace, was that too much to ask for. 

DING! Again, fuck sake. 

Papa: Isa, please. I'm sorry for yelling but this is serious!  
Me: Whatever papa, whatever... 
Papa: I'm coming to get you! 
Me: Just leave me the fuck alone! 

 
I was done now. I just ignored every notification. I was so sick of this. All I wanted was some time to myself. I was definitely gonna take a longer walk now.  

Around 15 minutes later, my phone started to ring. I assumed it was my father calling to see where I was so he could take me back to my jail cell. I let it ring out, but he called me another 3 times consecutively. What part of leave me the fuck alone was so difficult to understand.

My phone began dinging again, like crazy this time. I took it out of my shorts pocket to put it on silent only to see it wasn’t my father calling, it was Ryder. Shit.  

He had also sent me 4 texts, the last one saying; 

Ryder <3: Come to my house, grab the key from under my doormat, take my bike and get as far away from here as possible. 

My heart began to race, what the fuck was happening. But before I could even begin to think about what to do next, I was engulfed by sudden darkness.