Boss slams his hand on the table startling everyone.
I think it'll be better if you go and talk to him... privately...
Louise suggests and we all nod in agreement, after a few moments of silence he just gets up,
Leave him. I'm going to sleep
Boss says as he simply walks out of the room leaving us all in mixed feelings but mostly pity, no matter how much I want to help I can't afford to disrespect his orders, it's now the next day and boss is acting like nothing ever happened...
What do you want to do...
Louise whispers to me and I..
I don't know...he's been in there all night...
I whisper back
Do you think boss feels bad too...?
Louise asked and I shrug
No one knows what he's thinking...it's even hard for Mr chance to figure stuff out...
Hey guys... everything ok?
We turn around to see Christian standing there, his face also indicating the lack of sleep. Him and Mr chance both stayed here last night since it was late and they didn't want to drive back and considering the situation at hand...they didn't want to leave boss alone in case he does something he'll regret
What's the situation...?
Christian asks cautiously,
Still bad...we've been walking on eggshells all morning...
I reply as all three of us look at boss working through the office window, that's when Mr chance and him exit the room
Louise let's go.
W..where to boss?
Louise asks,
We need to get some stuff done and—
Just forget it. We can go ourselves this time
Mr chance interjects and after a while of bickering they both finally left but not before Mr chance turning to us and mouthing the words
Help him.
Before turning back and leaving with Boss. It was all we needed to hear, all three of us turned around and gave each other a silent nod, agreeing on the same thing and we make our way towards the basement door,
Why is it so quiet...?
Louise asks cautiously,
I don't know...maybe he's sleeping..?
Christian replied but inside all of us were thinking the same thing, I extend my arms and reach for the door knob but it's locked
Fuck...
I mutter to myself
Do any of you know where the key is??
I turn to the other two and they shake their heads,
What are we gonna do...?
Christian says
He's down their all alone...and we haven't even gave him something to eat...it's been almost 24 hours...
We all try for a few more minutes but to no avail, the door just won't open...and none of us had any idea where the key could be, finally all of us give up with heavy hearts and walks off glancing at the door one last time
LOUISE'S POV
Boss and Mr chance retuned after a few hours and Mr chance and Christian left leaving us alone with boss, I stayed by his side the entire day while secretly hoping Liam...or pheonix is alright, it's finally late at night and boss heads to his room to sleep so I take my chance...I sneak into his office after disabling the cameras and search his drawer and bingo
Finally...the key...
I quietly leave the office erasing all traces of me here and rush to the employee suite and knock on Ethan's door, he opened it after the second knock
What?
He said,
Let's go! I found the basement key!
His face immediately gets serious as he nods,
Let's go!
We both run to the kitchen grabbing some water and snacks and head towards the basement, insert the key into the hole and yes...it works. We creep down the stairs and see him still tied up to the chair, not moving and head down,
Liam? No wait...Pheonix...?
Ethan whispers stepping closer cautiously
Is he asleep...?
I whisper but before Ethan could reply he slowly lifts his head
Hey...are you ok...?
I ask stepping closer to him, (gosh he looks awful...the glow he had before now completely gone...his eyes that were once full of determination were now dull and blank...it's like looking at another person)
Why are you here...
He asks his voice hoarse,
Just shut up and drink this!
Ethan said holding up the straw UpTo his mouth
Just go... don't risk your jobs over me...I'm not worth it...
He said weakly
Just hurry and drink it! We're not risking our jobs we're risking our lives here!
He looks between us for a few minutes and then reluctantly drinks some water which sent a wave of relief over us,
You look like you haven't eaten anything in weeks...
I comment,
That's because I haven't...
He replies, that explained alot...he looks like he's lost ten pounds...
Just...stay strong! Don't worry be believe you...we won't let anything happen you
Ethan said patting his shoulder before be both reluctantly turned around and left before boss finds out.