~Kari’s POV~
I woke up in the same room. Axel walked in and I looked away from him.
“My doll isn’t going to say good morning to me?” he asked as he sat next to me. He tried to kiss my cheek and I dodged it.
“I’m not your fucking doll.” He grunted in anger. He got up and began to wave his hands in the air.
“Why can’t you just be nice one fucking time! I love you so show me that you love me!”
“I can’t show what I don’t feel.” He began to walk over to me. He stroked my hair making me cringe at his disgusting touch.
“Well then I’ll just have to show you how much I love you.” He leaned in to kiss me and I bit his face. “You fucking bitch!” he said as he repeatedly punched me all over. “When I come back, your mine no matter what!” he left the room and I heard a door slam. I assumed that he had left. I began to cry. When he returned, he was going to rape me. I needed to find a way out. I looked all over the room. In one of the corners, I saw a knife on the floor. I can’t believe he had it there thinking that he would use it. I scooted over to it. It took me a while to get to it, but finally I did. I sat in front of the knife and grabbed it with my hands that were still tied together behind my back. I began to move it back and forth trying to cut the rope. The rope was too tight, making me cut through my skin a few times. I tried to muffle my cries of pain as I cut through. My hands were finally free. I looked at my wrists and saw that I had made numerous deep cuts in them. I moved on to freeing my legs as I ignored the blood dripping out of my wrists. I stood up. I was finally free. I took the knife with me and walked out of the room in which I was held captive. I walked around the house and found a back door. Without thinking, I went outside through it. I hopped the fence and had no idea where to go. I began to run as fast as I could in a random direction. I ran faster and faster.
~Tony’s POV~
I saw Axel leave his house. I waited for a good while to see if he was going to return any time soon. He didn’t return so I went for it. I got out of the car and headed for his house. I jumped over the fence to see if there was a back door. Strangely, it was already open. I went in and started searching every room. After searching the entire first floor, I found nothing. I headed down to the basement which was the only place left to check. My eyes went wide when I saw what was there. There was a pile of blankets in one corner, cut rope in another, and stains of blood in random places but still no Kari. My hands turned to fists at the sight. Just as I had decided to wait for Axel and beat the shit out of him, my phone started to ring. I decided to pick it up just in case it was important.
“Hello?” I said with absolutely no emotion.
“Hello. Is this mister Tony Perry?” said an unfamiliar voice on the other side of the phone.
“Yes it is.”
“Do you know a Kari Rosales?”
“Yes! Do you know anything about her?”
“Well I asked her who she was close to or who was a family member that I could call and she gave me your number. Listen, I’m a nurse at the San Diego hospital. I called to let you know that she is here.”
“Thank you so much! I’ll be there in a few minutes.” With that, I hung up the phone and ran out of the house. I got in the car and turned it on as quickly as possible. I began to drive in the direction of the hospital while worry took over my body. I was scared to see what had happened to Kari. I arrived at the hospital and ran out of the car. I ran in the entrance and to the nurses’ station.
“I need to know where Kari Rosales is.” I said trying to catch my breath.
She flipped through a few papers before telling me, “She’s in the emergency room. Room 8.” Without thinking I ran down the halls of the hospital earning stares from many people. I found the emergency room and searched for her room. I finally found it and let myself in. She was asleep on the bed with bandages covering her wrists. Bruises were all over the place on her body. I sat down next to her and lightly kissed her forehead while I held her hand.
The doctor walked in, “Are you a family member or close friend?”
“Yes I’m a friend of hers. Also her roommate.”
“Ok well I just wanted to tell you that you can take her home. We just needed to give her a few medications and have her rest a bit. Also, here. These were in her pocket. I’m assuming they’re hers.” He said as he handed me a small bottle. It was the bottle that she had at the store the other day. I looked closely at it. They weren’t allergy pills, they were anti-depressants. I sighed as I took them in my hand and thanked the doctor. “So just let us get the paper work filled out and you can take her home.”
“How long will that take?” I asked the doctor.
“About 10 minutes.” He said as he left the room. I turned to see that Kari was still sound asleep. I quietly walked out of the room and headed to the gift shop. I saw a small, soft teddy bear. I picked it up and headed to the register and bought it. They put it in a bag for me and I walked back to Kari’s room. As soon as I got there, the doctor walked in and told me the paperwork was done. Since Kari still hadn’t woken up, the nurses helped me get her in the car. I drove home relieved that she was with me once again.