Follow Faith’s Path

Faith stood in the house, angry and upset. She had sent home her friends except Heather.

Hailey tried comforting her. “I’m sure she’ll be fine, Faith,” Hailey said.

“Didn’t you hear Alexa earlier? Hailey, please. She’s my sister. And she hasn’t done ANYthing to deserve all of this. I mean maybe she’s been annoying, but all sisters and brothers are like that. What Amy is doing... she’s going to break her apart, use her, embarrass her. You saw that video Amy has of her, and she has so much more,” Faith said. “And then...”

“The thing on you?” Hailey said. “What was she talking about.”

Faith looked down at the ground, not meeting Hailey’s eyes. “I...” Faith said. “For my 18th birthday... Amy came over and she... she made me do some things after I was caught.... h-handcuffed to the bed.”

“What?” Hailey said, in surprise. “H-handcuffed?”

Faith blushed. “I...was experimenting. P-practicing,” her faced turned bright red. “Then Amy came in and took... pictures of me. She threatened me. She said if I tried anything, she would send them to my parents and other people. This is what she does, Hailey. She finds something to use against you and then she pushes it to the maximum level until you feel so humiliated you would NEVER dare to cross her.”

“But what about Alexa?” Hailey asked. “Do you really think... Amy would do something so extreme to her?”

“I don’t know what she’ll do to Alexa!” Faith shouted. “But... I’m worried. Hailey, if Alexa has been keeping this secret for God only knows how long, she’s probably really sensitive and fragile about the subject. If Amy exploits her she might... God I don’t know. I know it was like funny at first, but Hailey, she’s my sister. And Amy is probably going to destroy her.”

“But what can we do about it? I mean if we intervene... she’ll only hurt you in the process,” Hailey said, kissing Faith’s cheek.

Faith thought for a moment and then her eyes laid on one of the hidden cameras that her dad had installed before the summer started. “Of course,” she whispered. “Come with me.”

Hailey followed as Faith led her into her parents’ room and to the security camera monitor. She looked at the pass footage until she saw Amy creeping up the stairs to the bathroom. She watched as Amy locked the bathroom door. Then in another camera, Amy went down stairs and locked the bathroom in the laundry room. Then she hid, waiting. Faith watched as Alexa snuck out of her room to the bathroom, and then seemed to panic and then creep down the stairs. She watched as Alexa tried the laundry room bathroom and then did a desperate potty dance. She watched as Alexa wet herself and then Amy turned the lights on as she held up her phone. Faith listened to the conversation as Alexa went up the stairs and woke up her mom. She watched as Alexa was changed into a diaper and then moments later, Amy was ‘awake’ again and she told Alexa she had to mess her pants. Alexa pleaded, but Amy had her drink from a baby bottle. They went back up the stairs, and Alexa was begging Amy to let her go. To not do this. She watched as Alexa filled her diaper and then was forced to go to sleep. Her eyes widened as she watched all of it unfolding.

“Oh my God, Faith,” Hailey said. “That was so... so cruel and cold... she just... she forced... and then she... to her own cousin?”

Faith had tears in her eyes, but she took the footage and downloaded the section she needed. She waited as the file saved. The evidence she needed to bring Amy down. “Oh no,” Faith said. “She... she took Alexa. That means... oh God, Heather. What is she planning on doing to my sister?”

“But what do we do? She has all that footage of Alexa. If we intervene, she’ll probably share it,” Hailey said. “And she’ll probably add the stuff she has on you.”

“I don’t care about what she has on me!” Faith yelled. “If the worst thing that happens to me is some people see me handcuffed naked to the bed, it’s NOTHING compared to all of this on Alexa getting out. I have an idea, but it’ll be the long game. But I am NOT letting that WITCH hurt my sister.”

Faith grabbed the phone and dialed a number. “Hello, Faith? Faith what’a going on?”

“Mom, I need to talk to you, and you need to listen to me,” Faith said. “I’m sending you some security footage I think you might want to see. And I also need to tell you... Amy took Alexa to the park. I think she’s planning to do something to her. Just look at the footage.”

Faith heard a moment of silence as she was sure her mom was watching the footage. “Oh my God,” Helen said as she watched it all unfold. “Thank you for telling me this, Faith. I guess I’m leaving work early today. It’s fine. I’m sure my boss will understand, but none of that matters right now... thank you, Faith. I can’t believe all of this happened.”

Faith hung up and turned to Hailey. “Let’s go find Alexa and Amy,” Faith said.

Hailey nodded. “Okay, let’s go.”