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Chapter 17

Jesse’s POV

‘She tricked me,’ I mumbled as I sat with my hands tied behind my back in the back of a carriage which was tied onto two black horses. A large man was sat on a bench next to the door with his arms folded. ‘I need to see my dad,’ I said with a croaky voice whilst trying not to cry.

‘And I need to get paid so you can sit down and shut up!’ the large man’s voice boomed which sent a shiver up my spine. ‘Take this!’ the man demanded as he threw a box of pills at me.

‘I ain’t taking those. Anyway I couldn’t if I wanted to,’ I said as I wiggled my hands behind my back. The man stood up and walked over to me causing me to flinch. He was like 7ft tall. The man bent down in front of me and squeezed my face before putting about five pills into my mouth. I tried to spit them out but he held my mouth shut before pouring an entire bottle of water over my face and into my mouth. I could feel myself choking and I then swallowed.

‘Not so hard is it?’ the man asked. I could instantly feel something happening to me and my body began going numb. And then everything went black.

‘He’s waking up!’ I heard someone yell. ‘Get him some water Finn.’ I jumped back in alert and then looked around the room I was in. The walls were made of brick and the door was just metal bars. A boy began pushing a glass of water towards my face and I stepped backwards again.

‘Drink it, it will make the pill side affects ware off a little quicker,’ the other boy with the water explained. I took the water nervously then sipped it. My eye sight was blurry and I couldn’t really tell what was around me and I also had a really bad headache.

‘Where am I?’ I managed to whisper as I put the cup of water on the concrete floor beside me. Both the guys shrugged.

‘We don’t know. A man took us not long ago and sent us here. I’m guessing you are someone from the palace but I’ve never seen you before,’ the boy who gave me the water spoke.

‘I only arrived this morning. I was friends with Geoffrey and Charles back in America,’ I replied.

‘You’ve seen our brother? Is he okay?’ the boy asked at matching times. I nodded my head slowly seeing as it gave me a really bad headache just to move. ‘Rosanne tricked us as well. She took us to the horse stables and then forced us into a car. Don’t worry though, I know that Geoffrey will come and get us eventually. He promised to look after us.’ I nodded. ‘What’s your name anyway?’ the other boy asked.

‘Jesse, what about you?’

‘I’m Julian and this is Finnley,’ the boy who didn’t give me the water introduced. ‘Wait a minute, are you Jesse Taylor? The person who kissed Prince Charles?’ Julian asked in shook. My cheeks went a pale shade of pink. ‘Prince Charles wouldn’t stop speaking about you when he came back from America,’ Julian continued.

‘He was speaking to Geoffrey about it and we just happened to be in his room at the same time and he didn’t notice us,’ Finnley added cheekily.

‘Don’t tell him we told you, we’re sworn to secrecy,’ Julian laughed. I didn’t understand how they could act so casual if though they were looking in a cell because they were friends with the royal family. I nodded then began playing with my red converse. ‘Did you come to Driftwood to see Prince Charles?’ Julian questioned.

‘Partly. I came to find my dad and to apologise to Charles.’

‘Prince Charles,’ Finnley corrected.

‘Sorry, I came to apologise to Prince Charles,’ I said exaggerating the “Prince” part. ‘What is going to happen to us now we are in here?’ I asked nervously.

‘We get a month and then he kills us,’ Julian mumbled quietly. ‘He killed our mother and father so now it is our turn.’

‘He isn’t killing anyone,’ I confirmed as I stood up. ‘If we try hard enough we will find a way out.’ Julian and Finnley both looked at me like I was crazy. I sat back down silently feeling a little awkward.

Charles’s POV

The information still wasn’t progressing even though I got told it over an hour ago. Everyone had left me in my room alone to go watch the footage of the palace to see if they could suss out who had taken Jesse or at least been around the same time he got taken. The silence of my room was deafening. The only sound I could hear was my constant sobbing. Jesse had only just arrived and now he was gone again and possible never returning. I stood up from my bed; my legs were weak and I just fell to the ground. Pain shot up me which just made me cry louder. ‘Jesse!’ I cried loudly as I lay on the white carpet on my bedroom.

                I still hadn’t moved when there was a knock on my bedroom door. ‘Prince,’ I recognised Geoffrey’s soft voice. I tried to tell him to come in but I couldn’t even speak which obviously caused him to panic because he banged on my door louder before pushing the large doors open and then slid smoothly open on their hinges. ‘Hey, are you okay?’ Geoffrey asked nervously as he rushed over to my side then began pulling me up from the floor.

‘Jesse,’ I whispered as I looked at Geoffrey, my eyes were all red and swollen which made them hurt whenever I blinked.

‘We are trying our best Char,’ Geoffrey whispered as he pulled me onto my bed. I wasn’t making it easy for him as I just let all my body weight fall against him. ‘Harvey and Elton are watching the camera footage for anything that looks peculiar,’ Geoffrey began.

‘I don’t need any footage,’ I began. ‘I need Jesse,’ I muttered as I began crying again. I pressed my head onto Geoffrey’s shoulder as he wrapped his arms around me comfortingly.

‘We’re trying our best Prince,’ Geoffrey mumbled as he held me tightly.

                Finally I had the strength to stand up and make my way to the kitchen where Geoffrey’s entire family, minus Finnley and Julian, were searching the footage. In the palace the kitchen is like the main meet up place for the Jacob’s. ‘Charles baby, are you okay?’ Rosanne squealed as she ran over to me and hugged me.

‘Yeah I’m fine,’ I mumbled feeling like I would burst out crying again.

‘Hey what this?’ Richard, another of Geoffrey’s younger brothers, asked as he looked closely at the camera screen. ‘Someone is speaking to Jesse minutes before he went missing,’ Richard began. Rosanne quick let go of me then ran to the computer before tripping over and dropping the camera onto the floor.

‘I’m so sorry,’ Rosanne apologised as she instantly fell to the ground and picking up the few bits of the camera which had broken off.

‘What the hell Rosanne? Why did you do that you bitch?!’ Geoffrey shouted. He instantly smacked his hand over his mouth. I looked at him angrily.

‘Geoffrey don’t speak to Rosanne like that!’ I shouted as I helped Rosanne pick the pieces up. ‘She obviously didn’t mean to do it did she!’ I continued to shout at Geoffrey who backed away before leaving the kitchen.

‘I’m sorry about him,’ Lilith apologised for her younger brother. ‘He hasn’t been the same since Finnley and Julian went missing. Sorry again though Rosanne, I’m sure he didn’t mean in.’

‘But he did mean it; he has been being really horrible to me lately. Like the other day he threatened to force Charles to break up with me,’ Rosanne began as her eyes watered. ‘He said that you’d break up with me any day if Geoffrey said anything to you,’ Rosanne wailed. I quickly put the camera parts onto the table and then hugged Rosanne tightly.

‘Don’t worry, I’ll have a word with him later,’ I croaked as I held Rosanne protectively in my arms.

‘Just get rid of him, he deserves to be fired,’ Rosanne cried into my arm.

‘I can’t do that, he is my best friend,’ I admitted. ‘I’ll give him a warning then if anything like this happens again I will have to take some serious action.’

‘He was right wasn’t he? You do like him better then you like me don’t you?’ Rosanne said.

‘Rosanne he has been my best friend since the day I was born. I can’t just leave him,’ I muttered, I heard Rosanne sigh loudly.

‘Where is the card for the camera?’ Richard asked as he looked around the kitchen floor. ‘If we don’t have that then we can’t find the footage again.’ I began to panic again as I dropped to the floor and began looking for the card.

‘It’s probably gone under the counter or something,’ Rosanne said simply. I felt my breathing get heavier as I continued to search the floor.

‘No, no, no,’ I whispered to myself as I continued to look.

Geoffrey’s POV

‘Geoffrey what has gotten into you?’ Charles asked as he appeared in my bedroom whilst I sat on the computer chair spinning around.

‘Your girlfriend,’ I answered stubbornly. ‘I don’t give a damn if she is getting married to you or if she is going to be the next Princess I still don’t like her,’ I admitted not at all bothered right now if I got fired or not.

‘Geoffrey stop it!’ Charles shouted. I looked at him then laughed falsely. ‘You can’t keep on blaming everything on Rosanne all the time!’

‘But Rosanne has something to do with the kidnapper,’ I announced instantly regretting it.

‘What?’ Charles asked as he gasped. ‘Please tell me you are joking Geoffrey.’

‘I’d love to say I am but think about it, with every single disappearance she has been there. Like with Jesse, she spoke to him just before he went missing. And with Finn and Jules she was with them in the horse farm just before they went as well,’ I explained.

‘But you aren’t sure are you?’

‘No but I’m surely close to being sure. Like the other day she told me if you two broke up then my brothers would have a lot less longer to live,’ I responded.

‘So that was true? You actually told Rosanne that I would leave her?’ Charles asked me.

‘No I told her that you deserved better than her and she had a fit at me before saying if I did say that my brothers will die quicker. Anyway I have a plan on how to catch the kidnapper,’ I announced.

‘How?’ Charles asked nervously as he sat on my simple double bed with a patch quilt which my mother had made before she died.

‘If we throw a party here and just send a notice out then maybe the kidnapper will come here. If we all stay close together then when the kidnapper comes someone is going to have to see him and stop him, then I’ll get the boys back and you can have Jesse back,’ I explained my plan. Charles looked amused.

‘It’s better than nothing,’ Charles replied. ‘I will go and ask mother and father and then I’ll get back to you. Yeah and I’ll keep an eye out for Rosanne but I can’t jump to conclusions.’

‘Whatever Char,’ I said with a smile, this plan could actually work!

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5 more days to go, 5 more days till Christmas! I can't flipping wait! Anyway, I think I'll upload more regularly in the Christmas holiday and try to finish this story by the end of the holiday. I'm going to make a sequel I think (eventually) which will be more on the line of the boys actually being a couple and shizz. It will hopefully be a lot better then this because this is my first ever story. To be honest I'm surprised I've gotten this far. -ALEX!

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