I'm not sure how long I had been in this room for but from the feel of how much my back hurt I knew it had been at-least 2 days, maybe even more. I had only seen Peter once since I first woke up and that was to check up on me. He hadn't given me any food or water and I was struggling to keep conscious. My head got more painful as time went on and I didn't bother to open my eyes anymore.

To be honest, I had no idea if I was conscious right now or if I was dreaming. My stomach felt empty from hunger and my throat was so dry I couldn't even speak. I felt so weak, the weakest I have ever felt in my life. I don't think I could even stand.

I didn't bother trying to get out of here anymore. The first few hours after he left, I tried and tried again to get out of my chair but all it did was leave me with rope burn all around my wrists and ankles. I was freezing in here as I was only in my dress that I had on for Cole's party.

I wondered what my family and friends were doing right now. Dad would most likely be panicking as I never don't come home, especially not for a few days. I wondered if I was a missing person right now.

Being in here has given me time to think. I regret how I acted at Cole's party, I should have never tried to make Reece jealous just because he was talking to a girl. It was childish.

That's one of the reasons he doesn't like you I told myself.

I just wanted to be in his arms right now. I would do anything to go back in time to that party. I would have just talked to him. I would have agreed it was a mistake and to just forget about it and start again.

But no, instead I made things worse and now I might never see him again.

I smiled so lightly to myself as I thought back to a time earlier on in our friendship, the exact moment I started to fall for him. It was after Belle's party when we were watching 50 shades of grey. At every sex scene, we would burst out laughing and I laughed so hard that night I snorted. We had the giggles for the rest of the movie and both of us couldn't stop. We stayed up till 4 am just talking and laughing with each other.

I had forgotten all about what Amber and her friends did as I was the happiest I felt in a long time. Looking back, I now realise that was the start of me falling for him but at the time I had no idea. I pictured his gorgeous face. The way his green eyes sparkled when he was about to laugh or the way that he would lick his bottom lip when thinking.

My head was becoming even more painful and that's when I realised it was definitely not a dream. I think you can feel slight pain in your dream but that's nothing to what I was experiencing right now. I assumed it was bleeding but I couldn't even check.

I had given up hope of getting out of here. From the quick glance I had when the door was open, it looked as if I was in some sort of warehouse. Nobody was coming to save me and I had accepted that.

At-least I would be able to see my mum again but I would be leaving behind everyone I loved.

My dad. My family. Reece. Jodie. Cole. Jake.

It was only time until I would slowly slip away without even realising.

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Everyone was a total fucking mess. It had now been 3 days since we last saw Sam and I couldn't even explain the feeling. My heart felt completely empty and I had never felt more scared in my entire life. Elliot was there to comfort me but I couldn't eat or sleep. I had spent the last 3 nights at her house. David was the worst out of all of us. He looked like he hadn't slept in days or done anything in days apart from search for his daughter.

But it was no use.

She was still missing and none of us had no idea where she was. Jodie and Cole hadn't left the house either as they both looked terrible too. We all did. I don't think Reece has even been home as all he does is drive around looking for her. We tried to get him to rest but he refused. The poor guy thinks it's his fault as he provoked her and angered her.

He admitted to me, Jodie, and Cole that they were both trying to make each other jealous but we all told him it wasn't his fault. Jake had also been awful as he was trying to help out his best friend while also trying to hold it together himself.

We all spent every day out there looking for her, along with the police. They had no idea where she would be and even suspected that there was a possibility she was dead.

I shook my head, refusing to let myself even think about that. She was out there somewhere; I knew she was. My cousin was the biggest fighter there was and I knew she was alive.

She had to be.

None of us had been to school and there was missing person signs around the entire town. I watched as her beautiful face came up on the tv.

It was a picture of her smiling widely with her arms wrapped around Cole. 18-year-old Samantha Walker is still missing. It read at the bottom and I turned away from it, not being able to look at the tv anymore.

We all sat around the living room after a whole day of searching for Sam, picking at the pizza my dad had ordered for all of us but none of us could eat. Jodie and Cole sat on one sofa, their faces filled with hurt and sadness. Next to them was Jake who had become a large help to all of us. He kept himself occupied by helping to clean and cook for us. I hadn't realised how close the two had become as he looked utterly distraught.

Then there was David sat on his own in the recliner, staring off into space. On the end of the couch I was sat on was Jack, who was typing away on his laptop, creating more and more missing person posters. He had flown back from college in New York the second he heard about Sam and he hadn't left since. Jack was good at tech so he was constantly making new posters and getting it out onto the internet.

Finally, there was my dad who sat in-between us. He was staring at the tv with wet eyes as different pictures of Sam flashed up onto the screen. None of us said a word to each other. I don't even think I was able to cry anymore.

We had given the police her bag but they found nothing that could help find out where she was. They did however scan the rock and matched the blood on it to Sam's DNA. That was not something we all wanted to hear.

Our heads all shot up as the front door burst open and Reece came in with a face full of horror. He looked utterly awful. "David he's out of prison."

David shot his head up and looked up at Reece. The rest of us looked at them with confusion whilst David shot up as he paced up and down the living room. "Oh god, you don't think-"

Reece threw a hand through his hair. "I don't know."

"What's going on?" Jack asked, pushing his laptop screen down. I watched as Jake's face turned from confusion to horror.

Jake jumped up. "We need to tell the police."

David nodded, grabbing his phone and exiting the room. "Reece what's going on?" Cole asked as Reece scanned the room before sighing and explaining to us everything.

"Oh my god." Jodie mumbled, tears brimming at her eyes.

I was shocked at what Reece had just told us about his abusive step dad who was sent to prison because of him. None of us had any idea about this.

Jake placed a hand on Reece's shoulder. "We don't know if it's definitely him."

Reece gave him a wild look. "He was released a fucking week ago Jake."

Jake's eyes widened as he took a step back in shock. "David was my lawyer who helped put him away. It all adds up." Reece explained before turning around. "I'm going to find that fucker." He snarled and before any of us could stop him, Reece was already out of the house.

David came back in the room seconds later with his phone clenched in his hand. "The police believe its possibly him." His distraught brown eyes then scanned the room. "Where's Reece?"

Jake sighed. "He left."

David shook his head. "That kid needs to sleep, he hasn't stopped looking for her in days."

"We tried." Cole said. "He won't listen to any of us."

"So you think it's really him?" I asked. It was one of the few times I had actually spoken since the other night.

David looked guilt stricken. "He most likely wants revenge on Reece and me. Reece was the one who called the police on him and I helped him get the largest sentence." He fought back tears. "It only makes sense."

"I need to talk to Amanda." David said, grabbing his phone. "She might know where he would go."

We all nodded as he once again left the room. Amanda had also been a massive help with helping us put up posters and helped to get people to look for her. Apparently she works at some high end company so had got all of her friends and colleagues to spread the word.

We all awaited David's return as we could hear him talking to her. I just hoped that she would know something. I hoped it so fucking bad.