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I watch my bullet leave the gun as my shoulder jerks back at the force. The woman staggers back as a bullet pierces through her chest. When she collapses, another bullet hits the brick wall of the abandoned building behind her.
Two men immediately carry her body away as Blake and Anna run over to the boy. Adrian yanks open my door and gives me a fiery look that could scare the living shit out of anyone.
"What the fuck was that?! Bailey, you have no fucking clue how to shoot! You are so fucking lucky that I shot her, or she would have shot that kid for sure! You were going to fuck it all up, I knew I should have left you home. You don't fucking belong here!"
I bring my knees up to my chest. "All I knew was that the boy would die," I whisper. "I needed to do something, Adrian. Blake, Anna, everyone had their hands in the air... you were going to strike a fucking deal with her. All I knew was that the boy would die. The woman was bad, and the boy needed help."
My entire body is trembling and I begin hyperventilating. "Adrian, I'm sorry. I messed up."
His arms hook around my neck and he pulls me closer to him and my chin rests on the crook of his neck. "She could have fucking shot you."
He cares... He was worried about me.
"I know... but the kid..." I quickly pull away from his embrace, push him out of the way and rush towards the little boy. Adrian follows after me as I crouch down in front of the boy, next to Anna and Blake. "His hand- Adrian, get him help. He's going to bleed out!"
I reach out towards the boy's hand and he weakly pulls it away. "Fuck," Adrian breathes as he watches the boy's wrist. "Get him in the car." One of the men pick up the little boy and carries him towards the car.
He's fucking trembling... He's a literal kid. He's so fucking young and woman had and audacity to do that! "Adrian, tell me he'll be fine... He has to be fine. He's so damn young. He's barely more than a toddler..." My lips start to quiver as I hug myself, rocking back and forth on my heels.
"He'll be fine," Adrian assures, placing his arm around my shoulder. "You saved him after all."
"Y-you did."
"No, you did. I would have let the woman roam free in trade for the kid, but you were the reason she's dead. You're the reason the boy doesn't have to worry about her anymore."
"W-who was she?"
"Raven Abbot... that was her sister's child. She would abuse him and all that fucked up shit. One of my men told Blake about it, when they saw her using a belt on the boy. The hook was up... When she got news that we were after her, she ran for it. When Blake and Anna came along with my men, she threatened to kill the kid. She slit his wrist..." Adrian explains, not even slightly fazed.
"How are you so fucking calm?! The child is fucking bleeding and you're acting like you're in a damn mindfullness class!" I cry out, bothered by his calmness.
"I've seen this before," He replies, his voice not faltering the slightest. "Like I said... you don't belong here. You should have been home right now."
"I don't have a fucking home," I mutter under my breath. I didn't have one with my dad, and I don't have one now after being fucking kidnapped. "Whatever," I reply, louder this time. "You're right. I don't fucking belong here. I belong in an apartment building where I live on my own, work for myself, save up money, go to college and make my own damn life."
"You're being so difficult."
"I'm not being difficult! You and I both know that I'm right. You have no fucking right to keep me with you against my will, and now you fucking go on and tell me I don't belong here. If I don't belong here, then let me the fuck go!" I shout. By now, Blake and Anna are both listening in, and I could care less.
"Yes, you're a good person at times, and I have nothing against living with you, but you're keeping me with you against my will, and that's where I draw the line. You tapped my phone, you're tracking me, I feel like I've lost everything in one night, and the fact that I never had anything to begin with apart from hope is really saying something."
"Fine."
"What?"
"Leave."
"Wha-"
"Did you not fucking hear me? I told you to leave. Go do whatever you fucking wanted to do. But if you cross my line, and tell the police about what you saw, there will be a fucking bullet in your head. And I won't care about what Anna says."
"Now fucking leave. I never wanted you in my life anyway."
That last statement hits me like a bullet to the heart. I take a step back, and one more until I'm running in the other direction.
I'm free.
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I watch the rain outside my taxi window and pretend I'm in a sad music video. On one side, I'm happy that I can do whatever the fuck I want, but on the other hand, I'm truly sad about leaving Adrian behind.
My Addy-Baddy.
But it's okay, I didn't need him anyway.
I open the phone, that Adrian better have untapped, and see texts from Dylan, Anna, Luna, and Blake. It's an actual spam.
Dylan (8:35 PM): you left Adrian?!!!!
Dylan (8:59 PM): bailey... fuck.
Luna (8:57 PM): fuck, bail did you hear...
Blake (8:42 PM): i'm sorry for what adrian said, you know he didn't mean it right? and i'm not saying come back, you deserve freedom, but maybe... nvm
Anna (8:37 PM): you deserve freedom :) i'm glad, but maybe we can still hang out, right?
Anna (9:10 PM): fuck, bailey, this is all your fucking fault.
I sit up straight as my heart begins to start racing and text Luna.
Me (9:14 PM): what happened?!
Luna (9:14 PM): nothing, he's fine.
Me (9:14 PM): WHO'S FINE??!
Luna (9:15 PM): I said he's fine.
Me (9:15 PM): tell me dammit
Read 9:15 PM.
"Turn the car around, I need to go somewhere else," I tell the driver.
"Ma'am, that's now this works."
"Turn the fuck around!"
"Ma'am, please mind your language."
"Turn around!"
"Ma'am, you can leave if you want. Just pay your fare."
I toss a hundred dollars to the front seat and scramble out of the car. The rain immediately begins to drench me, but it's not like I'm not used to it anyway. My dad would make me stand outside in the rain when he was angry.
I quickly go stand under some shelter, and open my phone. Luckily, it's waterproof. I open my Life360 app, where I managed to get Adrian to let me stalk him from.
They're not at his mansion. They're a while away from it actually. All I fucking know is that I need to get there. Something bad happened, and they're not telling me. Just because I'm free doesn't fucking mean I don't care about them.
I call another taxi, getting impatient by the passing of every second. It's getting darker as well... And it's raining cats and dogs.
Once the taxi gets here, I rush inside, getting more and more anxious as time passes by. When the taxi stops at my destination, I get more anxious that I'm at a hospital. Oh fuck, please be okay.
I pay my fare and nearly run inside. Frantically looking around, my eyes land on Luna, Dylan, Anna and Blake. They're all drenched... Where's Adrian? I sprint over to them, and Anna gives me a dark look.
Blake simply looks away, his hands draped around Anna's shoulder. Concluding that I'm not going to get any answer here, I look around for more answers.
A man approaches the group, and all of them gather around him.
"I'm sorry... He didn't make it."
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a/n: well, this was a fast moving chapter. oops. i'm now going to down water because i feel dehydrated. hydration is important y'all. ð
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