Little Audrey

Moving back as quickly as I could screaming, tears began to roll down my cheek.

I couldn't believe it, he was right, no matter where I went or what I did, he will continue to find me.

"Talk to me, Audrey, what is it, what did you see" Asher asked trying to reach out to me.

I pressed myself to the wall, shaking and crying.

"What did the text say?" I heard Asher ask Blake who had picked up the phone

" It just said ,'I've found you little Audrey '" Blake replied.

At the mention of little Audrey, more sobs racked my body and fear filled me, I ran quickly into the toilet where I threw up.

I sat on the floor, leaning into the toilet bowl and I threw up, and when my stomach was empty, I dry heaved. I could taste the bike on my throat.Asher held up my hair, patting my back.

My body racked with sobs making breathing hard, I tried to control the tears and the fear in me but It was so hard all that kept on playing in my mind was Peter's face and his words before he was taken away by the police.

When he wa being dragged away, he had sworn to find me and finish what he had started whilst Harriet stood by and cried, begging them to release him.

After his arrest was the first time I smiled over the years, I could not have been more joyous at the downfall of him.

Despite my efforts to regulate my breathing I started to have shortage of breath, I couldn't breathe probably, black dots began to cloud my vision and I was shivering uncontrollably.

I lay on the cold tiles tucking my legs beneath me when I felt arms go under me.

Asher carried me and cradled me against his chest, the warmth from his body reducing my shivers.

He whispered words that I could barely decipher into my ear.

"What is wrong with her?" I heard Blake ask Asher who carried me into the room.

"She's having a panic attack"Asher murmured as he sat me down on the bed. I immediately felt the loss of the contact and the warmth that came with his skin.

"Audrey, Audrey, Audrey, look at me, okay. Pay attention to my voice. Fix your focus on me" Asher murmured grabbing my face in his hands and looking into my eye.

I grasped onto his voice to hold myself from slipping away. His voice was my rock.

"That is it baby, breathe slowly, follow me and breathe. Audrey baby, breathe with me okay?" Asher murmured.

"In...Out....In...Out...." Asher chanted slowly.

I followed his instructions but it took a while before I had started to breathe okay, I began to pant, I was very spent and tired

Asher pulled me into a bear hug, my head under his chin, I took in a whiff of his scent.

"Don't do that to me again, never do that please" he murmured softly into my hair while I just nodded.

"Are you okay?" Came Blake's worried voice hovering around us.

I managed to nod as Asher had not released his hold on me.

He wiped away my tears , murmurring continuously that I should never scare him like that again.

"I'm fine, I'm fine" I managed to croak out. "You can let go now" I continued .

As I made that statement, Asher snapped out of it, he cleared his throat, and shifted back.

"Mmgh, you should not do that again. I would not want to in a situation where I would have to explain to Lilah or the police about what happened to you" Asher said avoiding my glance.

"Enough of all this, Audrey, who sent you that message that made you lose your shit" Blake asked.

My eyes widened as I had no idea how to escape from this right now.

"Yes, Audrey, who sent that message" Asher's gruff voice interrupted my thoughts.

I bit my lips keeping silent , and avoiding eye contact with the two boys.

"I don't know, it is probably nothing" I whispered.

"Nothing, nothing? Did you see yourself Audrey? You had a fucking panic attack, you couldn't breathe you were screaming and you call it nothing. Audrey that is not nothing, that is something, tell me who the hell was that " Asher shouted.

"I really can't support you in this. You need to tell us who sent that message that made you react out the way you did, imagine we were not here when this happened, things could have escalated " Blake's quiet voice said.

I bit my lip harder that I could taste the blood on them. I couldn't tell them about my past and I needed to tell them something to satisfy them so that they would quit asking, but what on earth could I say to distract them.

"I'm waiting for your answer Audrey." Blake said as I noticed him staring at me from my peripheral.

"Since she is not willing to speak. Blake , you should call up that private Investigator of yours, let him help us find out who this is" Asher growled.

I looked up at them immediately.

"No, no, don't do that" I said in a hurried tone.

"If you insist that we should not, then you should tell us who the person who sent you that text is. Because you do not expect us to sit while someone is threatening you and just a mere text from the person is enough to send you into a panic attack. I wonder what would happen if the person did this physically " Asher said

My breath hooked on e he said that, Asher eyed me worriedly , I immediately looked away from him.

"Then please tell us , Audrey, who was that person" Blake pleaded.

"The person that sent you that text is Uncle Peter, right " Asher said suddenly

"What?!" I exclaimed.

"Am I right?, It is basically the same reaction you had when we asked you who uncle Peter was so it's pretty easy to conclude that they are probably the same person. So now tell me, are they the same person" Asher asked again.

I didn't reply to him, I just fiddled with my fingers.

"Okay, you don't want to talk, no problem. Blake, your phone?" Asher said motioning to Blake who made to hand over the phone.

"Yes , yes, they are the same person" I shouted out.

"How do you know that?. The caller ID was private" Blake asked me.

"Peter is the only one that calls me Little Audrey" I replied after being silent for a while.

"What did he mean by that he has found you?" Asher pressed on.

"Uhm...I " I started, stuttering, wondering how to get the words to say.

"Say something. Damnit!" Asher shouted hitting the table and I jumped.

"Chill out side, she's about to talk" Blake said.

"Aren't you?" He continued looking at me.

I nodded still pulling at my lips

"He is a rapist" I muttered

"What!" Blake and Asher said in unison

"He is my mum's husband and the man who abused me" I muttered in a very low voice.

"What!" They shouted again.