Chapter 33

Dean

My mind was working overtime, and I could see Aleck’s mind working too.

“Okay we’ll investigate it. Come on its almost midnight you need to sleep”. I picked her up off the bed and gave her a shower. I dressed her in one of Aleck’s shirts and put her to bed. After I grabbed a shower, we got into bed with her. I could tell she was trying to figure it out.

“Stop thinking about it and get some shut eye”. I said kissing her forehead. After I was sure her was asleep, I drifted off to sleep. I was somewhere between wake and sleep when I heard it then I heard it again and then I was fully awake. I sat up instantly, Aleck sat up and looked at me. Then we heard the gunshots. It sounded like there was a fucking shootout inside the house. He jumped off the bed and went to the closet. I grabbed her and she woke up. At first, she looked confused, but I saw the minute she heard it because her eyes went wide.

Aleck came back and handed me the gun. I picked her up and walked into the closet. There was a hidden room behind the closet panel . Aleck opened the door, and I put her to sit down and looked at her. “We’ll be back. I Promise you. You’ll be safe in here”. She looked like she wanted to revolt at the idea of leaving her alone.

“We’ll be back baby girl we promise”. Aleck said looking at her. she nodded slightly. I smiled at her and kissed her forehead and left. When Aleck walked out, we locked the door sealing her in the room. We made our way over to the door. There were no longer any sounds of gunshots. Aleck stood to the side; The minute I opened the door the gun was pointed in Deigo’s face. I let out a sigh of relief. “I could have shot you to the face”, I said putting the gun down.

“Sorry boss. I was about to knock when you opened the door. Can the young Ms hear us”?

“No. Aleck go get her out “.

I looked at Deigo. “What happened”?

“I think they came looking for her. Marcella was the one that saw them, and she called me. She was heading to the kitchen when She overheard two of them around the corner saying ‘this is where they live, the friends were here so she must be here too. Find her and bring her out don’t kill her’. She said she hid and called me”.

“How many of them where there”. I asked making sure she didn’t hear

“Ten of them boss, fully outfitted with special ops gear. We got most of them, two of them ran, tony and David went after them. I already alerted the police”.

“Okay we’ll be down soon”. I went back into the room, and she was sitting on the bed. She looked at me then Aleck. “They were looking for me weren’t they”? I didn’t want to answer. It didn’t matter if I answered her or not because she always knew when we lied. I heard the sigh she let out.

“Maybe it would be in everyone’s best interested if I left, just disappear”,

“What did you say? Do you want out princess”? I asked her, my heart beating too fucking fast. Please say no, please say no princess. My mind and heart were in turmoil because she remained quiet, and I felt my heart breaking because if she wasn’t here then what was the point of having all this. I looked at Aleck and I could see it on his face too. If she left us again this would destroy us more than the first time.

“No” she said quietly, I walked to her and stooped before her. “Just give us some time and we’ll figure it out I promise you Layla”.

“And if you can’t”? she asked quietly

“Then if we can’t and you want to disappear then we’ll let you”, I said looking at Aleck and I could see it in his eyes that was not something he wanted but we had no choice but to let her go if she wanted out. We had both agreed on it in the begining.

“Okay”.

I left her with Aleck and headed downstairs. When I walked out to the front of the house, Mac had already had them here. Three guys were shot, nothing fatal or life threatening or anything and five were hogtied. I looked at them and two of them looked really young.

“If you tell me right now who sent you then I’ll let you go before the police get here. Don’t and you’ll spend some time in jail and Mac here will do everything in his power to make sure you die in jail”.

“We don’t know who. We just received the order via email. That’s the truth”. One of the younger ones said.

“How much did they pay you”? I asked

“Fifi…….”

“SHUT THE FUCK UP” One of the others yelled at him. I walked over to him and stooped down and looked at him. “I’m guessing you’re the leader. Where did you get the outfits”?

“Fuck you, I ain’t saying shit” he said smirking, I saw the blue and red flashing lights.
“Then I guess it’s jail for you. Mac put the word out, whoever and whatever it cost make sure they die”.

“Yes boss”

“No, No, no, please. I don’t want to go to Jail”. The younger one said

“Should have thought about that before you joined these assholes”.

Layal

I laid in bed unable to sleep. Aleck was beside me holding me. I cold see the flashing lights and I knew it was the police. I didn’t want to leave them, but this was not going to end anytime soon. I never found out who it was, and they can’t find any clues.

“I can hear you thinking baby girl, stop. Trust us to handle it please”. I turned around in his arms and looked at him. “What happens if something like this happens again and this time, I die then what? You’re all going to regret it for the rest of your lives and then you’ll wish you had let me go”.

He sat up and looked at me. “Don’t ever say that. You’re not going to die; nothing is going to happen to you. Please don’t think about it for now”.

“Okay” I said quietly. He laid next to me and held me. I tried shutting off my mind. I knew when Dean came back to bed and let the seep consume me.

When my eyes opened the sun was now rising. I sat up and rubbed my legs. The room door opened, and Dean walked in. “Morning Princess”.

“Morning”.

“Time for a shower and breakfast”, he said picking me up off the bed and walking into the shower. Throughout my shower I saw the look in his eyes he was tempted. I fisted his hair, and he looked at me and smiled. “I’m not fucking you Layla, not yet”.

“Please” I whispered

“Princess you’re not better, I’m not going to hurt you Layla stop tempting me”,

“Okay”.

After my shower and breakfast, they left me with Marcella to do some exercises and went out. They wouldn’t say where they were going, and I figured it was the police station. During lunch Marcella sat with me.

“Do you think our relationship is weird”? I asked her. I knew ,she knew it would be hard to miss, especially if you’re living with us. She smiled and looked at me.

“Weird No, Strange no, Amusing yes. This life is complicated most people spend their entire lives without knowing what actual love is and you have it, double the amount of love what’s wrong with that”?

“People don’t accept relationships like ours”, I said quietly

“Ahh people that don’t accept relationships or anything else for that matter and always seem to have an issue with it are the ones that are jealous and wish they had it instead”.

“It was my friends that did this to me. One of them is in love with Aleck and the other is in love with Dean and they think I stole them away from them”.

“Jesus, have Mr Cavanaugh alerted the police of this”?

“I have no idea, those two can get into trouble especially with the other four friends. They probably want to teach them a lesson”. I said with a sigh

“Then you need to be more careful, as long as everyone around you knows who to look out for then you should be safe”. She said drinking her coffee. Maybe she was right but my stalker was another issue.