A Step Closer to Love

Ryder called the police and gave them the location that Kimberly had given to them hoping that it was the right location. Kim was sure of it so Ryder and Kieran had no choice but to believe them as that was the only ray of hope that had appeared since morning.

They stayed a distance from the abandoned warehouse out of town. “Our first thought should have been to check abandoned buildings” Ryder said as Kieran brought the humming car to silence.

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“That would have taken us all day” Kieran replied.

“What?” Both Ryder and Kim asked with confusion.

“There are at least a hundred abandoned buildings around the city, how would we have known the one to check?” Kieran asked.

“We might gotten it on our first try” Kim replied laying her head on the headrest. Since they wanted to ensure the safety of everyone they had decided to wait on the police before bursting in since no one knew what Aurra was capable of doing.

“The probability of that happening..”

“Is not your business, I cannot believe you are still going on and on about logic when your girlfriend is being held hostage by someone who wants to hurt her. How is your mind working now?” Kim asked shocked he was not all over the place by now.

A normal human would have been trying to put their mind at ease and showed signs of fear but he was so coordinated that he even drove all the way here. “Aren’t you scared?” Kim asked wondering. She could not help but ask, was his love not strong enough for him to be worried about her?

“Would I be here if I wasn’t?” he asked his eyes darting all around the yard around the building standing a few meters from them. He wanted to check for any suspicious movement so he could report it.

“You do not seem like someone who is suffering” she added and then gave him a one-sided short smile when he turned to face her.

“Overreacting and acting out of proportion would not save her”

“And logic would?” Kim asked and he nodded. “Oh my gosh, I can not believe you, you are still the same, nothing changed” she added before looking out the window by her side. Some cars pulled up to them silently and they were all glad that the police had listened to them and came silently without a siren.

Kim had told Ryder to tell the police to come that way because sounding a loud alarm could trigger the kidnappers and cause them to do something to her and that might not be good for them. Kieran came down from the car to greet them.

“He seems to be handling it well,” Kimberly said as soon as he was out of hearing.

“You know him, he turns to logic before emotions. I am sure emotions would come later” Ryder responded.

“Is he happy these days?” she asked looking at him as he spoke with the officer.

“Seems like it”

“Then I guess that is okay”

Kim and Ryder got down of the car and followed the cops who had strategized to surround the building and already had a plan to get Arabella out of the building safely. By the time they busted into the building, they were able to subdue the two men blocking the path to the door.

They got to Aurora and put her in handcuffs before taking her down to meet Kim, Ryder and Kieran standing there.

“What of Arabella?” Kieran asked trying to get into the building.

“She would be done shortly so just wait” the officer guarding the door said. “You can not go in” the officer added when he tried to push his way in through the doors.

“Kim you did this?” she asked with a gasp Aurora screamed as she saw them standing there.

“Yes but I did it for you” Kim said with a smile stepping closer to her.

“For my sake? you ruined my entire plan even though I confided in you” she continued screaming.

“I had to ruin your plan and shorten your sentence. I am sure if you beg well enough for forgiveness you would not be sued” Kimberly said before glancing at Kieran who was standing at the back there.

“I will never beg because I never committed any crime” Aurora said screaming so much that everyone thought that the veins on her face might pop.

“Good, don’t beg because I do not intend to settle and I hope you get the maximum punishment for your crime” Kieran said holding back his anger.

He told himself over and over again that his mom had taught him never to hit girls and that he should do the right thing because hearing her defend herself seemed like she was pushing him to the end of the stick and forcing him to act action against her.

“I did nothing wrong” she screamed as the police took her away.

Soon an ambulance came around and a few moments later Arabella was carried out of the building on a stretcher with her face badly injured. “Oh my god,” Kieran said going to the side of the stretcher and walking alongside it.

“What happened? Was she beaten?” Kieran asked as they transferred her to the back of the ambulance.

“We will need her guardian to come with us to the hospital;” one of the paramedics said and Kieran was into the ambulance faster than the speed of light. He threw the key to the car at Ryder and hoped he would do whatever he wanted to do with it.

Arabella was barely conscious and kept driving in and out of consciousness until they got to the hospital. Now that Kieran thought the worst was over he sent a message to his mom not having the time to think of the time zone difference. He explained fully everything that had happened before attaching a picture of Arabella.

He was sure his mom would do justice to delivering the news in a good way to her mom. He went back to the room where they had transferred her after emergency treatment. The doctor had treated all external wounds and told her to rest a bit before she went for tests to ensure everything was okay.

“You are awake?”