We were soon driving out of the gates and towards town, I had given Austin the address which seemed to be on the outside of town, a place which I personally, had never been. I had no idea what to think going into this, it does seem like a simple job of just delivering some unknown packages to these unknown people. But now I know how Markus works and what goes on in his brain, I’m worried that some issue is going to pop up which will be dangerous. The silence that was filling the car was soon broken, by Austin letting out a sigh.“I’m sorry Payton, I keep telling you that I won’t let Markus involve you in this mess but look, you’re sitting right beside me as I do one of his jobs!” He says shaking his head as he went, I knew he would be beating himself up about this, but he doesn’t have to!“Come on, we knew it was going to happen at some point” I say with a little smile to lighten the mood, I’ve known since I first learnt what Markus likes to get up to, that I would be involved in some
We spend the next few hours delivering all the packages, Markus told Austin he had to follow the list in order which took us from one side of the town to the other! There was houses that were down the road from each other, but Markus made us go around the Wrekin! We had just delivered the last package after hours, I take a look at the clock to see it was nearly 2am!“I know Markus said we had to go to see him after, but I think we should just head home, we’ve been out for hours now” Austin sighs rubbing his face, I knew he was probably much more tired than I was as he’s the one driving and running up each house, while I was sat in the car.“As much as I would love nothing more than to go home, it says at the bottom of the letter that we need to go back to Markus’s house no matter what” I say pointing to the little note at the bottom of the letter, I was trying to make sense of the note and why we would have to do that, but like everything with Markus, there’s no making sense!“What th
The man at the pizza place was so nice, he let me and Austin stay the night. He said it was much too dangerous for us to be walking around straight after it happened, he set us up in a bedroom and left. Not that I had a very good sleep after everything, but I managed to get a few hours in.I sent a text to Roman explaining that we were both okay and how lovely the guy at the pizza place was, at first I got worried as he didn’t text me back straight away but in the morning he does. He offered to walk over and walk us back with him, I said how that was nice but it would be safer for him to stay there and Austin and I would meet him after.Austin opens up the door to the pizza place, the air wasn’t as bad as it was last night but you could still smell it in the air. As we walk out, there were lines of police cars cornering off some parts of the town, I suspect those were the parts that were hit the most.“Thank you so much for letting us stay” I smile as I hug each member of the family,
After I was done in the shower, where I hoped and prayed the smell of pizza was off my body, I walk out to see both guys still in the living room. They were stood up standing in front of the tv, where with how the people are talking I guess it’s the news.“Is there anymore updates?” I ask walking over to the two guys so I could also see, Roman looks over as I come to a stop beside him.“No yet, but they said there’ll be a huge update in a few minutes” he explains looking back towards the tv, he soon wraps his arm around my shoulders as we both stand there and wait.“Were you able to get the pizza smell away?” Austin asks trying to break the long silence that kept appearing, his comment alone makes me laugh and look to the side of Roman so I could see him.“With a lot of body wash, yes” I laugh holding my arm up for him to smell, he leans over smelling my arm saying yep it’s gone. “I was just thinking in the shower, now the car Markus gave you got destroyed, you’re back to square one”
It was the next morning, when I woke up I was shocked to find Roman not asleep next to me. It took me a few seconds to remember what happened, where the feeling of confusion just takes over my body. I still don’t have a single idea why Roman was arrested, he’s nothing like Markus who should be the one put in jail! I walk out of my bedroom to see Austin in the kitchen, he was downing a cup of coffee leaning up against the counter. He looks up to see me with a smile on his face, before I could reply he holds a second cup of coffee up towards me.“I knew this would be something you’d be after, I heard you pacing up and down the house most of the night” he says handing me over the cup, I send him a little smile as a thank you before taking a look down.“I’m sorry, I hope I didn’t stop you from getting any sleep” I say with a little smile jumping up on the counter, the coffee was definitely needed as I take my first sip.The silence soon engulfs us as we remain the in the kitchen, I just
The car ride was silent, now I was in the car it gave my mind time to work. I know after this trip, Jacob will tell me what Roman has done and why he was carted away the way he was. But part of me doesn’t want to know, to me Roman is the most generous and thoughtful guy, I don’t want my view of him to be ruined by this situation. But I also want to know what he has done, if I never knew it would always be in the back of my mind. I know I could have started the conversation with Jacob, we’ve been with each other so many times that I kind of class him as a friend. But I could tell the vibe in the car, he was also lost in his own thoughts trying to make sense of everything that has happened. I assumed I would be taken to that abandoned looking warehouse, but we soon turn a corner and end up in a nice looking neighbourhood. We soon pull up at a nice looking house, which only makes me turn to look at Jacob a little confused. “This is where I live” he tells me as he turns the car off with
I stay at Jacobs for a few more hours going over things, I have to admit for awhile I’ve been worried that him and his team weren’t really doing much. But he sat me down and went over everything they have on Markus, all I can say is that man has got lucky on some of his escapes.We pull up at the apartment complex, where I send him a smile as I take my seatbelt off. I was about to open up the car door to leave, but I turn to look at Jacob once more who was still sat there smiling at me.“I know I have been asking so many questions, but I just want to know if you have seen Roman since you know, the whole arresting thing?” I ask trying to keep my voice down, if Markus has people waiting outside of a flipping warehouse, I wonder who he could have wating here!“Going to see him is actually my next stop, I let him know yesterday that I would be telling you what’s happening today, he wanted me to let him know how you took it all, you two are really the same person” he smiles which only make
It was early the morning after the kiss, I was sat in my bedroom getting ready. I was trying to take as long as I could, I wanted to avoid Austin for as long as I could. As I sat looking at myself in the mirror, memories of last night fill my head.*flashback*We continue to kiss for a few long moments, it was as though my brain just didn’t know how to function in that moment. But after awhile, it starts to work and I’m snapped from the moment. I push on Austin’s chest making him pull away, where his shocked face looked back at me.“This can’t happen” I say repeating what I said in the room, I push past him and start to make my way towards my own bedroom.“You know what just happened felt right, more than it does with Roman” Austin says following behind me, of course he wouldn’t just allow me to walk off!“You have no idea how I feel!” I shout still trying to make it to my bedroom, but Austin was hot on my tail.“Everyone can see that you’re not happy with Roman, but you know when you