Chapter Seventeen

Julia

"Where is my daughter?" Panic like I have never felt before claws its way through my chest and just simply breathing has become hard. Riley must see the mess that I'm getting into as he starts to look worried and takes a step closer to me. "Don't!" I can't bear the idea of him touching me right now. I knew he was too good to be true, I fucking knew it and now... now my daughter is, God knows where with God knows who, and it's all my own stupid fault! "Where is she, Riley?"

"She's fine, Julia, my best friend Josh has taken her for a McDonald's. She was hungry, and the food here is shit, so he offered to take her." The more he speaks the more I feel like my blood drains from my body. "You what?" My panic quickly turns to anger and once again I find myself heading for the door in search of my daughter.

"What are you doing? Get back in here, now!" His firm tone just pisses me off more, and then he moves in front of me blocking my way, only pissing me off even more. I kick out to try