Stuck between two bad boys

I walked out of the sitting room glad the police didn’t want to interrogate me yet. They probably felt he was saying all that because he was accused and it made me feel a rush of relief.

I opened the door to my bedroom and looked around. The mess I made on Emily’s bed was still there and I didn’t have the energy to clean up yet. I knew she wasn’t going to yell at me for messing up her bed because she wasn’t there and it hurt me to think of her absence.

I turned my face away and walked to my bed. I sat on my bed and fell on my back. I looked at the ceiling, thinking of nothing but how to sneak out of the house.

Devin had a plan he says we need to see and talk about. I wondered if he had other motives in mind when he sent his invitation but I was blank. I could ask him to tell me the plan over the phone but he would refuse and say it had to be a physical meeting.

“Fucking hell,” I scoffed in an undertone and turned to the other side of the bed. It was only 8 pm and I could get some sleep before it was time to meet Devin.

I rested my head on the pillow and closed my eyes but I couldn’t fall asleep. I remained in the same position for an hour before I opened my eyes.

I turned to the table and picked up my phone. When I checked the time and saw it was almost 10 pm, I stood up from the bed. I got dressed in a black hoodie and black jeans.

Black was the best color to pick in moments like this, I didn’t have to think of it twice. I needed to meet Devin, we had to discuss the fucking plan.

Devin asked me to come armed so I checked under my bed for a dagger and grabbed it. I should have taken a gun instead but I didn’t have one. I could borrow one from Sky since I didn’t have the cash to properly ask for it. I sneaked out of the house through the window and walked to the dark alley. I thought of calling Sky and ask if him for a gun, if I needed to meet Devin armed, I should have a gun.

“Hey Man,” Sky cheered.

“Uh, hey. Can I ask for a favor?”

“Go ahead. What’s the issue?”

“Can I borrow your gun?”

“I don’t have my gun,” he replied.

“Uh?” I asked raising my brow. Why didn’t he have his gun? He was a fucking gangsta.

“Gave it to a guy and he’s yet to return it. What’s up though?”

“Nothing, I just uh- I just wanted to scare someone off. That’s all.”

“I see. I got a deal though, you should come over. You get it done and you get paid.”

I thought of it for a moment. I didn’t want to get involved in larceny again.

“Xavier, are you coming or not?”

“I’m not,” I managed to say.

“Why? You want to return to crack deals?”

“Talk later,” I randomly said and ended the call.

I heaved a sigh and shoved the phone into my pocket. Sky was tempting me by calling me for the deal. It wasn’t the first time he’s called me and I was trying to avoid getting involved.

After walking for a few miles I decided to call Sky again. I dialed his number and placed the phone in my ear.

“Changed your mind?”

“Did you see the girl on TV? She’s all over the internet right now and her face is pretty much on all the posters on the street of New York.”

“Yeah, the fair kid. I’ve seen her a couple of times and we had her before someone came to buy her. What about her?”

I swallowed hard as he said that and quickly replied in a low tone. “She’s my sister.”Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

The call beeped and Sky ended the call. I tried to call back but he wasn’t taking any of my calls. I clenched my fist and exhaled.

“Fuck it.”

I turned around and headed to the address Devin texted me. It was close to his home address and on the same aisle. I met him standing by a pole, in a black T-shirt too.

It was almost like we planned the dress code. “Let’s go,” he said the moment I reached where he stood.

“Go where?”

“Just follow me.”

I scoffed and followed him only to see he was holding a device. We were on a different route to my house and I stopped in confusion.

“What the hell are you doing?”

“Don’t ask me questions, I’m trying to decipher something.”

“Well if you don’t tell me right now, then I’m leaving here.”

“Fine,” he scoffed. “The GPS belongs to the person holding Emily.”

My eyes widened and I stared at his hands again.

Before I could say a thing, I felt a first behind my head. My eyesight got blurry and it took a minute to realize we were getting attacked.

Two hefty men held Devin and continuously threw their first at him till he was bleeding. They grabbed the GPS from him and threw him to the floor, kicking him.

“Boss, we have them,” One of the men announced on the phone.

Whatever the Called said made them bundle us and tie our hands. I turned to Devin and saw the hefty man who made the call, injecting him.

“Please! Please don’t inject me, I won’t say a word- please.”

Devin fell unconscious immediately after the drug entered his vein. It was scary to see how quickly he lost consciousness and how helpless we turned in seconds. I swallowed hard and tried to beg the man.

“Don’t be so sure.”

“Please- please don’t.”

I kept apologizing till he tossed the syringe away. I exhaled and kept panting hard.

I looked around but we were kept in an incomplete building with open doors. Everywhere was dark and I could barely see their faces. All I knew was that they were hefty and had thick muscles. Their chest flaunted beneath the shirt they wore.

As the young man walked closer to me, I tried to adjust to the floor but my hands and legs were tied and so there was a restriction on how far I could go.

“Don’t be so-”

He finished his sentence by jamming my head against the wood and I passed out. Everything went blurry for a second and silence took over.