Loving Madeline

Madeline's POV

"Aren't you afraid, Madeline? I mean, we don't know if these people will not hurt you." Gina said as she continued driving, we had already passed the center of Archois city, and we were on our way exiting to the south side of the town.

"Of course, I am afraid. I don't know what our enemies will do to me, but I am more worried about Lily; she is innocent, and she has nothing to do with all this. I couldn't believe Kaye would do this to her." I replied as I looked at the road.

It was now dark, and I could tell if it was a weekday, the traffic would be heavier at this hour because it is peak hour, and many will travel in going home from offices and schools. And I am just glad it is Sunday, the road going to towns is smooth and has no heavy traffic at all, but I can see the heavy traffic on the other lane since there are a lot of vehicles going to the city, and I am sure most of them came from vacation.

"Gina, I don't want you to come with me, drop me off near the place. I want you to drive back home, and don't stop after I get out of the car." I declared.

"Madeline, you know I could never do that. Besides, we are in this together, and I will never leave you. Besides, you are pregnant, and anything could happen to you." Gina responded, and I could tell by the tone of her voice that she would never listen to me, no matter how I would convince her.

"Gina, for once, I want you to listen to me. You need to come back to Hunter and tell him everything. I am sure they will not release Lily unless I do everything they will ask me to do, and if ever you will come with me, we don't have a fucking chance to survive because no one will know where we are." I replied, and she kept silent, and I could tell she was contemplating what to do, but at least she was listening to me.

"If you will come home, you can tell my husband what happened. And please don't forget to tell Hunter I love him so much, and I need to run away from Roman because I want to save his little sister." I said, and she looked at me, and I heard her sigh, but she never spoke again, and I knew she agreed with my terms.

"Thank you, Gina, for being here with me through thick and thin. You are always there for me, and if ever something will happen to me, don't forget I love you, and I will treasure our friendship in my heart forever." I said, and she suddenly pulled over the car on the side of the road.

"Madeline, I think we should go back to the Magnolia village and inform the police," Gina said, and I shook my head.

"Gina, please, we are almost there. I will never do this if not because of Lily. What if they will hurt her." I said.

"They only want me, so I think the moment I arrive, they will release our sister," I added.

"I don't think so, Madeline, and we do not know who we are dealing with, so I think it is better to be safe than sorry," Gina replied.

"Gina, if you will not drive me, then I need you to get out of this car and take the bus," I said in a firm voice since I didn't have a choice but to be strong in this time of trouble.

"I told you all about this because you are my best friend, and I know that you are the only one that I can trust." I declared.

"Yeah, I know, thank you for trusting me, but I am your fucking best friend, Maddie, and I also have to look after you. Do you think I can continue living my life if something happens to you?" She asked me, and Gina was crying now, and I couldn't stop my tears from falling.

"Gina, I know you care about me as much as I care for you, but I hope you will understand that I needed to do this for Lily's sake," I replied.

"You don't need to tell me about it over and over again, Madeline." She responded, and we are now shouting at each other, and this never happened to us before.

"Just go out!" I shouted at her, but I could see her hands tightening her grip on the steering wheel.

"I will never leave you, Madeline!" Gina shouted back at me, we were both crying, and I couldn't argue with her anymore because it hurt me so much that we were about to say goodbye to each other, and we were fighting.

"I am sorry, Gina, I love you, and I don't want you to get hurt, and to be away from you is not easy for me, but I hope that you will believe in me when I say that everything will be alright. Nothing will happen to me, okay?" I softly said.

"I am sorry, Madeline. I love you too. I hope you also understand I was trying to do that because I care about you so much." I said, and before I could reply to her, the phone rang, and I answered the call immediately, and I put it on speaker.

"Madeline, such a clever woman, no wonder Hunter Divenson married you. You found the hidden camera, I see. And since the promise is a promise, I want to talk to your friend." He said, and I suddenly felt so nervous.

"Okay, I will give you to her," I said, and Gina and I shared a fearful look, and I wondered what he wanted from my best friend.

"Hello, Gina, right?" He said.

"Yes," Gina replied, and I could see that her arms were also trembling.

"Gina, I will pay you a good amount of money; deliver Lily Divenson to her home. I know I can trust you that you will never tell a single soul because the moment I learn you tell anyone where you have last seen Madeline, I will not hesitate to kill your friend. So, here is the deal, after you arrive at our meeting place, Madeline will come to me, and then in exchange, I will set Lily free and be sure to bring the little Divenson to safety. Got it?" He asked.

"Of course, just please don't hurt Madeline," Gina begged.

"If you will be a good girl, of course, I won't lay a finger on her. And I will tell you a secret." He replied, and long silence had followed, and I could hear the rapid beating of my heart.

"I will not hurt your friend. I will only bring her to a faraway place so that she will never set foot at Archois city for the rest of her life. My bosses only wanted Madeline to disappear in Archois, they are not that evil, but I am sure they made an immense deal amount of money." He said, and he ended the call abruptly.

"Oh no, they, meaning your father-in-law is involved with the kidnapping of his daughter to get rid of you. I don't think Clark Divenson could hurt his child, Madeline. So, let us go back now." Gina said.

"We don't know about it yet, Gina," I responded.

"Well, since I can tell that there is nothing I can do to change your mind, so you better speak now. What do you want to tell Hunter? I think all I can do right now is to be strong because it's making me crazy, Madeline." Gina declared.

"And if I will bring you back to the city, I know you will hate me forever. At least if you die, I can assure you I will ask our government to declare you as a hero." Gina said, and I hate to think that we are back to arguing again, but this time I opted to keep quiet because if this is the last time I could see my best friend, I don't want us to hate each other. 

I know why she is acting this way, and I understand her very well. I try to concentrate and think of ways to save Lily and myself, but if there are so many of them, my chance to escape would be so slim.

"Can you tell Hunter to forgive me? I told him we would grow old together, but tonight I can tell I am bailing on him. I don't know what will happen to me, but don't listen to the mystery man. I want you to tell Hunter where you have last seen me. I want you to tell him everything, Gina." I said, and I realized we were now in the last town, where we would meet the unknown caller. And twenty minutes later, we arrived at our destination.

"A port? Oh no, they are taking you somewhere, Madeline. He wasn't kidding at all." Gina declared.

"Hey, don't panic, okay," I said as I dialed his number.

"You called me, Madeline, it means you arrived at your destination, now, make sure you don't bring anything, no money, cellphone, and clothes. Just yourself, got it?" He asked.

"Yes," I said, and I couldn't stop my lips from quivering.

"Got out from the car now, and Gina, you need to meet Lily, and Madeline, don't show yourself to Lily." He said.

"Okay," I responded.

"Can you see the boat "The Wildflower"?" He asked.

"Yes! Lily will come down now. And Madeline, I trust you to do your part." He said and hung up the phone, and my heart was beating so fast as I waited for Lily to come down, and it felt like an eternity, then I saw her walking gracefully out of the boat, and I felt so glad that she was safe.

"Madeline, I am doing all this for you, promise me you will save yourself, and we will see each other again soon," Gina said.

"Yes, Gina, we will see each other soon. Please bring Lily to Hunter, and tell him I will be okay," I said, and Gina and I got out of the car, and she ran towards my sister-in-law while I walked to the other side. Lily's face lit up when she saw my best friend, and together they walked to the car.. When they got inside the car, I tried to run, but before I could get away from the port, strong hands caught my wrists.