She flipping hung up on me! Is she crazy?! Thea’s got no idea who she just let in her house. I can’t tell her who they are. They’d probably kill her if she knew what Mack knew. That’s half the reason Liam killed him.
After ten minutes, I sat in the car waiting for Thea to call the number back. Nothing. Another five minutes went by before I got a call.“THEA!” I felt like a piece of the world was just lifted off my shoulders. “I’m so glad that you’re okay.”“I’m glad she’s okay too... for now.”The voice wasn’t Thea’s. This voice was deeper, angry. He got to Thea before me. Before I could save her from him. “Damn you Liam.”“Hey now, I told you I can take the lives of anyone you care for or have ever met. I even told you I’d go after Thea first.”“Where is she?” I asked.“On her couch, fast asleep. Did you know she loves her brandy? She has an entire shelf just for that. It even has a sticker that says ‘don’t touch my brandy!’ I don’t know why, brandy’s disgusting. She should try bourbon.”“Leave her alone.” I quickly snapped.He was right about the brandy, though. I’ve tried it and it’s nasty.“I promise I won’t kill her and no one will kill her. Even people I don’t know. I’ll protect her.”“Yeah, the last time you said that you promised me something, they ended up dead.” I said. I could feel the tears pricking at my eyes. Seeing him get killed and seeing the dead body was killing me. I cared for him. And now he’s gone.“You can trust me.” Liam reassured me. And I don’t buy his act for one second.I chuckled at his words, “A promise from you is like me saying I’m going vegan. And that’s not happening because meat is pretty freaking good.”“I swear on my mother and father’s soul that if you come back, I will protect her as long as you stay at my home. And she will not get tortured at all.”“I wanna see her first.” I said. It’s a good deal, and the price to protect those I’ve cared for and met is worth being stuck in a stupid house for who knows how long.Oh, gosh, I’ve just become Belle and Liam is the freaking Beast. Though that movie is pretty good. Even if I become Belle, it’s worth it.“Fine with me. But you’re gonna have to convince her you never called her and that you are fine. I’ll tell you more about what you’re going to do when you get here.” Liam paused. I could tell he was waiting for me to say something. “How far are you?”“About ten minutes.”“Get here before I decide to hurt someone else.” Liam threatened and quickly hung up the phone. Once that phone call was over, I dumped the phone into the nearest garbage can and sped to get to her house.Once I got about a mile away from Thea’s house, I left the car and walked to her house.And there stood Liam with two guys I don’t think I’ve met before. And if I did, I didn’t recognise them. Liam came up to me and yanked on my arm. I flinched in pain and yanked my arm from him.“I’m here. Now, what do you want me to say to my best friend?” All I want is to cry, but I can’t show any more weakness. I showed him once, and it cost Mack’s life. I’m not letting Thea into this mess because of me. Who knows how she'd react to all of this.“You need to clean up. You look like shit.” Liam said.All I want to say to him right now is that it’s his fault for that. After all, he’s the one who tortured me. Well, he could’ve done more damage if he really wanted to. I think I saw guilt in his eyes while he was torturing me. Who am I kidding, he doesn’t have any emotions. Only hatred. And even if he showed any remorse, then why keep torturing me? And how did I not know about my parents being in a mafia? Were they going to make me take over when they died?I can’t think like that right now. If I do, then more questions are going to come and I won’t get answers from Liam. And right now, only Thea matters to me. I have to get back to reality. The world isn’t peachy at all. I learned that lesson a long time ago...one I never forgot.“Wouldn’t be the first time.” I said.He handed me a pair of new clothes with some makeup to cover the bruises that were sure to show up more tomorrow.The clothes he gave me weren’t that bad. The shirt he gave me was a maroon hoodie with white stripes on them (although it’s kinda hot outside), and a pair of long black jeans. So basically it was my outfit, but with longer pants and longer sleeves. And the makeup he bought covered all the bruises that I could see. I went inside to change into Thea’s bathroom and waited till she woke up. Liam somewhat told me what to do. Actually, no, he didn’t. He just told me to lie. That’s it. Thea’s smarter than she acts.Thea started waking up and looked at me, confused, “MELODY!” Thea shrieked. She sat up and hugged me. I flinched when she started squeezing. She let go, and glanced around the room, looking for anyone else.“There were three other guys here. Where did they go?”“I’ve been here the whole time, Thea. We had a couple of drinks and you passed out. Don’t you remember any of that?”Thea looked puzzled. “No, you said don’t talk to the guys who were in the house. They put a cloth over my mouth and I passed out.”“Thea, I’ve been here the whole time. We’ve been hanging out for the past two hours.” I lied. All of this is already making me want to cry.“No, you’re lying. What really happened, Melody?” Thea asked.“We got a little drunk, that’s it!” I yelled. Rarely, I yelled at Thea. I’ve known her my whole life and I’ve only yelled at her when I was in that... relationship with Tom. And like this time, he had threatened Thea’s life. Unlike Liam, Tom almost killed Thea. She got in a crash once because I told him we were over. The next day I got a phone call saying that she was in a crash. She got hit with another car, but they never knew who the other driver was. But I knew. I got a phone call telling me that if I didn’t listen next time, she wouldn’t survive.“Melody, what is going on with you? You only yelled at me with Tom. Is something else going on that you’re not telling me?” She asked. I could see that look in her eyes. The one that always got me to say what was really going on.“Do not mention him.” I snapped. “And the reason we got drunk was because I’m leaving the country for a while.”“You’re what?!”“I got this amazing chance for college to go see Europe, and if I like it, I’m going to move somewhere over there.”Thea started crying. This was killing me. She’s my best friend. Well my only friend.“You can’t be going! You’re lying to me.”“Thea, I swear I’m telling you the truth.”“I don’t believe you.” Thea said sternly. She was giving me one of her famous death stares.“And why not?” I asked. She was smart and if she answered the way, I think she’s going to answer, then my response was going to kill the both of us.“Because we’re best friends, Melody. And I can tell when you’re lying, that’s how close we are. And I don’t like you going out of the country. If you even think that, then you’re wrong.”There it was the answer I didn’t want to hear.“Well, I told you the truth. And yet you say I’m lying. I care about our friendship Thea... but if you won’t even let me live out my life because you think I’m lying, then you don’t know me at all.”“That’s the thing I know you.”“Apparently not. And until you accept that I’m figuring out what I want to do with my life, you won’t see me.” I know I’m being dramatic about this but, it’s the only way to get through to her. Even if making it seem like a stupid way to say goodbye then I really need to work on ways of lying better. And the more dramatic I am, the more she won’t push me. It sounds dumb, but that’s how she works. It’s just who she is.Her eyes went wide, “Melody...”“Goodbye Thea.” I said. Before she could say anything, I ran out the door and could hear her screaming my name. I kept running until I reached where Liam told me to meet him. That’s when everything started hitting me. I’d just done the hardest thing in my life. My best friend thinks I hate her. I lied to her, and I even snapped at her.“Let’s go.” Liam said. He went to grab my wrist, but I walked faster and opened the door. But before I did, there’s one thing that he deserves.“Hey Liam.” I looked at him and he looked at me, obviously annoyed.“What?”I don’t know what I want to even say to him right now. He’s a jerk. And at that moment, I did the most ridiculous thing I could’ve done in this situation. I punched him right in the face. Before he could react, I quickly slid all the way in. I heard the car door slam.Five years later.Melody's POVEver since Liam walked out of the hospital telling me he never loved me I never saw him again. I knew from that day on I'd never see him again. Or any of his men again. And I never wanted to. He broke my heart. Though we never became a thing we had our moments. There were days we got close to kissing and all that romantic stuff. But someone would walk in and would ruin the moment. It's as if something in this world didn't want us to be together. But I never looked for him like some girls would. Why would I want someone who broke my heart? I didn't want anything to do with him or his mafia. I moved on and started over. I made a new life for myself and created a new me. I moved from New York to Washington. I know that's pretty far away from New York. But I didn't have anyone left there. I went to apologize to Thea but she already left for San Francisco. She probably wouldn't forgive me after what I did to her. How I lied to her how I yelled at her for no
"Hey mom, hey dad." I greeted walking into the kitchen."Hey sweetie, I made your favorite." My mom said putting a scrambled egg with two chocolate chip pancakes with it. And even put the best thing with it.Hash Browns. You can't go wrong with Hash Browns. "Have you seen dad, mom?" I asked glancing around the kitchen."He had some work he needed to do first.""What's up, Mrs. Fawson!" Thea shouted, barging into the house. That girl has no personal space."Hi, Thea." My mom slightly groaned. She's not a big fan of Thea. My father doesn't like her either which isn't surprising. Thea's got one of those personalities that is a tad harder to handle. Nonetheless, she's my best friend. She's the only reason why I go to school.As I finished my breakfast I noticed how fancy my mom looked. She was in one of her nicer outfits."Where are you going, mom?" I asked grabbing my backpack."Oh, I and your father are meeting with some friends. We're discussing a business opportunity today.""Oh with
I woke up, doing my morning routine. As I saw myself in the mirror. Dark circles started forming underneath my eyes. I looked exhausted and looked like I was about to kill someone. The second I thought that I decided I needed to blow some steam off. And when I mean blow steam off, I'm going to the gym. After I started my workout, I didn't stop until my hands were bleeding badly and started to bruise. I jumped in the shower that was near the gym and stayed in there for who knows how long. Once I jumped out, I put on new clothes that I'd brought with me. I then grabbed the first aid kit that was stashed away in case of blood and bruises. Which I have.I walked out of the gym and headed towards the tech room and saw something...unexpected.Wilson and Emily making out. They didn't seem to notice me, so I cleared my throat. They both looked at me and they both pushed away from each other. "Look, sir..." Wilson started before I cut him off."You can do whatever you want. Both of you are
Charlie! I felt relieved that he was okay. I hope his arms are okay, though. "Well, I was hoping you'd be out for a while longer," Payton admitted.I heard a slight chuckle from Charlie, "I was never out. Nick sucks at knocking people out.""I will shoot him." Payton threatened."You even try pulling the trigger, you will be dead before you blink an eye." Charlie threatened back. I got pulled back a bit by Nick, further away from Payton and Charlie."What are you..." I started but got cut off when Nick's hand covered my mouth."If you want anyone you care about to survive, you're going to do exactly what I say..." Nick whispered. He leaned directly next to my ear, his hot breath on my ear and a little on my neck, "I know Mack is on the driver's side of the van..."Mack? What's he doing here?"He's betrayed us one too many times for my taste. Here's what you're going to do. You're going to distract him while I knock him out. If you don't help me, I'll kill Mack first. Possibly kill
My heart started to beat so fast that my heart was going to jump out. I don't know how I'm supposed to be taking all of this. Am I supposed to say, 'Do what he wants' or, 'Don't listen to him! He's going to kill me and you, regardless of what you do.' This is why I don't develop feelings for people anymore. I've had my heart repeatedly broken, and I don't know how much more heartbreak I can take. "What's it going to be, Mr. King, helping me or fight for love? Especially when you know, regardless of what, I'll get what I want either way."Liam looked at me directly in the eyes, with what I saw in his eyes was they were dark and clouded. His face completely calm and showed no emotion. He didn't seem to have any sign that he cared what could happen next. That Liam didn't mean it when he said I love you.And that last thought terrified me to my core. I'm not ready to die! I'm 21! "Follow me." Liam grumbled. He quickly turned around towards the door and just walked out. Nick went out,
My father was holding my girl away from me...my girl! I don't care if he's family, she's family...she's my home.Home.I looked at Melody and her eyes were all red and a tad bit puffy. She seemed to have calmed down a bit, which is good. I don't need her doing something ridiculous that's going to possibly get her hurt or killed. I don't know what I'd do if she was hurt even more by them. And if she died right here, I know I'll never be the same again. I eyed Payton closely, just as Charlie had been doing. I could see it in his eyes, the way he watched each step Payton took and where Payton's eyes were at. Unfortunately, they were either at me or Melody. "Charlie, have a seat...please." Payton ordered, a smirk forming on his face.I looked at Charlie from the corner of my eye and saw all the color from his face immediately drain. We both knew what could happen to us if we didn't listen to Payton, but the thing that scared me the most was what he could do to Melody.Charlie considere