Chapter 12

*Lilith’s POV*

I sit in the porch swing and think about what Kosta said, and then I begin to figure out what he is doing. I don’t have a good feeling about anything right now.

I call my dad, but the line is busy, so I know he is in on whatever plan Kosta has, so I try to clear my mind.

I open up my TikTok app and scroll the FYP for a while and then check my Notifications. I see a user, Natalie_ has liked almost all my videos, so I go to her page and check out her content.

But rather than being someone who likes my content, I am confronted with Videos of her and Kosta at the wedding and how she was #happy #inlove. I look at Kosta, and he is unaware of her filming him. I get a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach she knew who I was all along...

So I went back to my page and saw videos of my house. When I moved in, I gave my followers a tour of it, and then the penny dropped. That’s how she found me. I wasn’t careful about keeping my address a secret.

I go and hide all the videos, and then I notice my inbox has unread messages, so I check to see who they are from. Most are from the followers who sent me the wavering hand and just said hi, but then I see Natalie has sent messages

Natalie: I found you, and I will make you pay for stealing my man.

Natalie: lovely house. How will it look on fire

Natalie: you can’t hide forever. Kosta is mine bitch.

I screenshot all the messages and then call the police and get them to go to Kosta’s city house

Then I try my Dad again

“Hello,” he says. “Nic, are you okay” I sigh a relief. “Dad, don’t go to Kosta. It’s a trap change the plans” I wait for his reply. “Nic Kosta is with me. What’s wrong, honey?” I quickly send the screenshots to my dad and Kosta. “Look at my messages don’t go. I have called the police. She is setting it up” I hear what the fuck come from Kosta and my dad saying something muffled “dad, I can’t hear you” I begin to pace the living room. “Nic, stay where you are. We are coming. This is what we needed” I sigh a relief when I hear that “, okay, Dad, please be safe” I go to hang up, and I hear Kosta “, wait for fuck”, I pause “, what?” “Nic, we are on our way to you, baby. Hide some ware safe. She isn’t after me. It’s you!” I feel the hairs on my neck stand up “she can’t find me. I’m safe” I hear a message come through, and I gasp. A picture of me sitting on the swing comes through. I begin to panic and go to Mila and pick her up from her crib, and I go to the bedroom and lock the door and sit on the bed “what do I do, Kosta? Where do I hide?” I hear a car roar to life over the phone. “Nic goes to the wardrobe and move the box. There is a door on the floor. Go down there, sweetheart and follow the tunnel. We will be there soon. I love you” I get up off the bed, and I move the box. Sure enough, there is a door there, so I open it and the. I get Mila and make sure she is secured to me. I close the wardrobe door, and I go down the hole. “I’m in Kosta, hurry, I love you” I hang up my phone, and I reach up and pull the door closed and use the torch on my phone to navigate through the tunnel. I hope Kosta reaches me on time.

*Kosta’s POV*

Fuck I scream and punch the steering wheel of my car.

Nic is in trouble, and I'm not there to protect her. I put my car into gear and drove as fast as I could to get to her while her Dad called the police, and then he looked over at me. “Nic and Mila will be ok, Kosta! Where does the tunnel lead to?” I glance over at him “the boathouse is hidden in the woods. I found it when I went to look at the house” Nic’s father nods “good, she will be ok” I press my foot down more on the accelerator and focus on the Road when I round the final bend, my heart drops I see smoke coming from the direction of the house I see police in my rearview mirror, so I pull off the road and take an old dirt track that leads to the boathouse I stop and make sure my car is hidden and then we continue on foot. When the boathouse comes into view, I feel relief wash over me. When I see it still standing and looking untouched, I run to the boathouse. I can smell Gasoline, and my stomach drops and fear sets in, so I go to the trap door and try to open it, but it has been nailed shut. I curse under my breath and look around for something to pry it open when I feel something hard hit the back of my head, and I fall to the ground. I try to keep my eyes open, but all I can see are shadows. I try to get up, but I can’t. It feels like I’m being pushed down. The cloud gets closer, and my world goes black be strong, Nic I’ll get to you.

*Lilith’s POV*

I follow the tunnel to a fork and then begin to panic. Where do I go? I begin to smell smoke, and I know I have to get out of here, so I take the path that leads to the left and preys it is the right way. Mila begins to fuss, so I sit on the floor of the dark tunnel and begin to feed her. I'm thankful I still have breast milk. I use my torch to see around the tunnel, and I see smoke coming from the direction I came from. Then I look in the order I am going, and all I can see is Darkness. I pull my shirt over my head and cover up my mouth and nose; then, I look down at Mila. How am I protecting her, so I decide to use the shirt for her? I make a little mask and cover her head, making sure she can still breathe, and I stand up and continue to walk while Mila feeds. I get to an opening of q cave, and I cautiously look around and see some light coming through a door, so I walk towards the morning. I get to the edge of the cave and see trees and foliage cover it, and I sigh a relief.

Then I see a boathouse and men surrounding it. I try to get a better look with lit being seen, and I notice Kosta on the ground. My heart sinks, and I text my Dad. I know he can't be far away. “Dad boat house Kosta needs Help. I'm safe.” I wait for the reply, but it never comes, so I go back into the cave and wait for nightfall to come. I know I can't Help Kosta. Now I can only pray he will be okay and that help will get to him soon. I look down at Mila, who is asleep in my arms, and I let my tears run freely “it will be okay, baby. I won't let anything happen to you” I look back out to the boathouse, and I see the police surrounding the men and my dad standing near the police car. I begin to run towards my Dad and scream out his name when I feel a sharp pain in my back, and I fall. I try to get back up, but I have the wind knocked out of me, and the pain is unbearable. I cradle Mila in my arms and try to make her safe. I heard shouting and gunshots before I lost consciousness.