Faith didn’t know how to feel. She was conflicted. Her mind wasn’t working. She doesn’t know whom to believe and whom to not. She pressed her lips thinly and looked at Mateo. Even in this graving situation, she couldn’t read that man. He looked concerned because of the gun that was pointed at her by Jeremy, but she couldn’t understand if Mateo already knew about everything Jeremy just said. Where else, Kai was a different story. He looked close to tears. Faith couldn’t tell if it was because of what Jeremy just said, or if it was because of Jeremy himself. Faith knows that Kai doesn’t want to lose his brother. He already lost almost all his family. Faith gulped, “Why am I too blamed for this?” She wanted this to end. She already had enough of all this. She wanted everyone to live. She was here to protect Mateo and Kai, but she also doesn’t want to hurt Jeremy. Even when Jeremy was glaring at her with his gun pointed at her, she knows he hated this all just as much as she does. She do
“Where are we going to find Jeremy?” Faith asked Mateo, as the two of them were sitting still on a big rock near a hollow steep. They had their eyes on the ocean that shone under the setting sun. They weren’t looking at each other. A lot changed in a matter of minutes between them. They are not addressing them now. They both are completely drained. “I don’t know,” Mateo muttered. Faith looked at her interestingly. He is the man who always has an answer but now here he sat beside her with no clear answer to give. She looked at him closely. The man hasn’t slept. He hasn’t eaten. He looks tired, but not just physically. He is just as mentally drained as physically. He felt her eyes on him. He turned his head to look at her. She had a small scar on the top of her eyebrow. He clicked his tongue and brought his hand to her eyebrow. He traced his dirty thumb under the scar, making sure he doesn’t touch the open wound, “You got hurt.”She faintly chuckled, “Look who is talking.” She shook he
Kai and Piper were standing in the middle of the road. Kai’s men were all scattered around, but none of them were looking for Jeremy/Dario. Kai has ordered them not to. “So, we are just going to let him escape?” Piper asked Kai, who look worn down. Kai sighed and nodded his head. Piper clicked her tongue and added, “What if he doesn’t stop after this, Kai? What if he escapes now but tries to do something else later? Are you really going to risk it?” Kai sharply looked at her, “He is my brother, Piper. You don’t understand.” “I understand, Kai. I would have stood by your side if he wasn’t casting danger over us. You heard him, he is not going to change his mind.” She pointed out.Kai clenched his jaws and glared at her, “So, what am I supposed to do, Piper? Kill me, brother? He is my family.”Piper glared back at him, “Your family is trying to kill you, Kai. Don’t be an idiot and think that he is going to spare our lives only because you will tell him to. Yes, he will spare you, but
Piper was angrily striding out in the dark, but her anger couldn’t hold the impact because Faith was following her. Piper was already furious with Kai and Faith following her wordlessly wasn’t making it any easy for her. Piper halted and jerked her head around to see Faith stopping as well, a few feet away from her. She glared at Faith, “I don’t need anyone to follow me, Faith. Leave me alone. I don’t want you or anyone else coming after me.” She hotly said and resumed her walk towards nowhere. “Piper, come on, please – listen to me. You have every right to be mad at Kai, but what did I do? Why are you so mad at me?” Faith didn’t stop following her. Piper stopped walking, almost making Faith bump into her. She didn’t turn around, so Faith walked around to face her. Piper had a deep scowl on her face, “Seriously, I am as mad at Kai as you are. I would love to kick his ass with you, but at the same time, I know he didn’t mean it, Piper. He is just in a very difficult state. I am tellin
Benji ran. He ran as fast as he could. He ran to the point where all he could hear was his own heartbeat and labored breath. He turned around while running to see his sister, but Piper wasn’t following him. His eyes filled with tears. Piper wasn’t there, but nobody else was there either. It was too silent. Everything was too still. “Piper,” he muttered under his breath and turn his head once more to see if maybe she appears in his line of vision, but he was left disappointed and dejected when he didn’t see her. He was shaking again. His vision was blurry due to the tears in his eyes. He squeezed his eyes tightly to get rid of them, and that was when he collided with someone. He gasped and with his eyes still closed he tried to pull away, but whoever it was held his arm and shook him. “No! No! Piper!!” He called for her sister whom he wasn’t sure if he will ever be able to see again. The person didn’t let him go even though he was screaming, instead, they shook him up, making Benji op
“You have completely lost your mind, Jeremy! What the fuck do you want?!” Levi yelled at him while pointing his gun at Jeremy. Jeremy and his men had their guns pointed at Levi and Kai. Kai was completely stunned and broken. His eyes were fixed on Piper, who was on the floor, back facing him. She wasn’t moving. At one point, his mind stopped working. He couldn’t comprehend why was she not moving. He slowly blinked. He wanted to call her name, but words would form in his mind. Even if they did, he know they will not escape his mouth. Jeremy grunted, “I want you all dead!” Jeremy replied. “How hard is it to understand that the longer you people are around the innocents will keep dropping dead? You all are the reason why my wife died. She was innocent. You all killed her! I am going to kill you all!” Jeremy loaded his gun and jabbed it at Levi’s head but still, Kai was not moving. He was completely deadened. His eyes were on Piper. Her hair was covering her face, he couldn’t see if her
Faith gasped as soon as Jeremy fell down. She dropped her gun and tried to run towards him, but Mateo held her. She didn’t think Kai would do it. She didn’t think he would pull the trigger. She didn’t think that Jeremy would die. She didn’t know Jeremy as her brother. She didn’t get the time to bond with him at that level, but she still felt a dull ache in her chest. Her blurry vision made Kai fall to his knees, his head lowered. Faith and Mateo were standing behind him, so they couldn’t see his face. Levi and Mateo rushed towards Piper, who was still unconscious. Faith gulped as she couldn’t tear her eyes off Jeremy, who was bleeding through his head. She blinked and looked at Mateo, who was saying something to her, but she couldn’t understand the word he was saying. His voice was muffled to her ear. She rapidly blinked and pulled herself out of the muddle, “…he needs you,” was all she was able to understand. She connected the dots and realized that he was talking about Kai. Kai nee
“You will be okay, right?” Faith asked Kai while they stood on the deck. Kai, Piper, Benji, Levi. Ethan and Noel were about to get on the boat to get back to the city. Kai was yet to get on the boat, while they have already taken Piper and Benji in there. Piper was still unconscious and Benji was sleeping. Faith hoped that Benji doesn’t wake up until they reach the city. Ethan walked past them, offering Faith a soft smile where Levi was in deep conversation with Mateo behind them. Kai heaved a sigh and nodded his head. The sky was getting brighter as they talked. Kai had bags under his eyes. His eyes were red from crying. “I will be okay as long as she will is okay.” He bobbed his head towards the boat. Faith smiled and put her hand on Kai’s shoulder. He was still letting her touch him, which was a wonder. Kai had his shoulders sink, “You will be returning back home, right?” He asked.The way Kai asked her made her heart squeeze in her chest. She knew that she was the only family lef