On the way home from the village, we stop off at Austin’s favourite pizza place. I wasn’t that hungry as I thought those pastries filled me up, but Austin kept saying that cloud spotting really took it out of him. We were walking up the steps to the apartment, Austin was going on a long tangent of how pizza is actually good for and that’s why we should eat it at least once a week. I laugh unlocking the door telling him how insane that sounded.“The ingredients for pizza may be somewhat healthy, but the amount of salt that they put in it isn’t good for you” I laugh walking through the door, it’s nice to have it every once and awhile but not constantly.I place my purse on the little shelf by the door before entering the living room, but once I look over, I stop in my tracks. Standing in the middle of the living room, facing the door was Roman. Austin continues to make a joke until he walks into me, he stops what he was doing until his eyes also go to the living room and saw Roman there
I didn’t see Austin that night, I was worried until I heard him walking through the door in the early hours of the morning. I got ready for the day with Roman sat on the bed watching me, he was asking me questions about Jacob and the things I’ve had to do. I told him some parts while keeping others to myself, I knew Jacob would probably want to keep some parts between us for the time being.Once I was ready, we both leave the bedroom and head towards the main part of the apartment, where sat in the living room was Austin. As we walk in, he turns to look at us, I send him a tiny smile before looking over at Roman. Him and Roman haven’t been in the same room as each other since he found out what has been happening, just from this morning he doesn’t seem to be too annoyed anymore. Roman and Austin soon make eye contact, but for the first time, Austin doesn’t seem to be the one starting a conversation.“Alright, I just want to say I don’t have anything against you man, I understand why yo
I follow Jacob into this huge abandoned looking warehouse, but my mouth just hangs open from shock when I walk inside. I had never seen a place like this in all of my life, I thought it was just in those crime hunting tv series. The outside looked like a rundown warehouse whereas the inside, was decked out with high level computers and more devices than I have seen in all my life! As we walk in, I spot three other people sat there, who hadn’t noticed we had walked in due to their heads being buried in work.“Look alive people!” Jacob exclaims loudly which does finally get their attentions, they all whip their heads up to look at Jacob before all their eyes turn to look at me trailing behind him. “We need to widen our search for Brooke, we need to look at places where Markus frequents the most” he tells them stopping at a table, I was a little behind him just trying to take all this in as I was still pretty shocked about it all.“Do you believe there is a connection between Markus and
In no time at all, we arrive at the apartment that Brooke shares with her mother. She had tried to move out on her own a few years ago, but her father passed away and she didn’t want her mother to be alone, so she moved back in. I get out of the car scanning my surroundings, I’ve become accustomed to doing that since Markus has turned up on scene. Jacob sends me a smile as we both make our way towards the old metal steps.“You know, you and I could be partners once all of this is done” Jacob tells me as we reach the front door, I look up at him sending him a weird look with a smile, I mean we have done some mini mission together. “But now that I’m thinking about it, it couldn’t happen as you already have two other men fighting over you” he says placing his hands in his pockets, this didn’t make any sense to me which makes me send him another confused look. “I know Roman and Austin are currently fighting over your hand, at least you’re keeping your options open” he says in a weird acce
I continue walking around Brooke’s apartment, I couldn’t really do much as I wasn’t an officer like Jacob, but I still wanted to look around in case I found anything that didn’t fit. Jacob was in the kitchen seeing if he could find any fingerprints, while I slowly make my way around the living room taking in all the insignificant details. I didn’t come in Brooke’s house too often, but the handful of times that I have been over, you can see that her mother likes to keep everything looking the same.My eyes soon move to the mantel piece just above the old fire, which is where I see the photo of me a Brooke sitting there. I walk over with a smile recalling the memory, it was actually the first photo we ever took as friends about a month after she started working. The whole restaurant had to be evacuated due to some fire drill, but it was freezing cold, so Brooke pulls her phone out saying let’s take one more photo before we all freeze to death!I let out a little laugh before turning awa
We were soon pulling into the carpark for my house, the entire car ride Jacob was trying to reassure me that everything was going to be okay, but I was unsure. We both just heard how Markus is planning something big that has to do with me and Austin, perhaps it would have been better if I didn’t know. But I knew what Jacob was saying was right, now I’m working with his team I know that he will protect me and the guys, but I can’t help worrying. Markus is a tricky guy, you can neve guess what that man is thinking.We soon pull up at the start of the stairs, I thank Jacob before turning and opening up the door. I couldn’t help but close my eyes slightly as the wind whipped through my hair, so much has happened in this short amount of time that I’m struggling to keep up with it all. I was about to close the door, but I pause looking back into the car at Jacob who was sat smiling at me.“Now we know Markus is dumping Brooke’s phone somewhere, it’s pretty likely that she’s dead right?” I a
We all wake up in the morning a little shocked about his car, my head was just swirling with the question why? Whenever Markus does something like this, it means you have done something to anger him and he wants to teach you a lesson. But I have no idea what we could have done, I know it can’t be down to him finding out about me helping Jacob. He would do much more than just burn Austin’s car, it can’t be that he knows Austin and I aren’t really a couple because I make sure Roman and I can never been seen together when we’re not at home.But then my mind goes to what I heard yesterday, Markus was telling his friend that he had big plans for his company which involved, me and Austin. But how is burning Austin’s car helping his company?! I have so many questions, which I have no idea what the answers could be!I leave my bedroom where Austin was shouting down the phone, at first I was a little confused on who he could be talking to, until I heard him discussing his car. He must be talki
It’s been a few hours since Markus appeared at our door, I haven’t left the bedroom but I could hear the argument that Austin and Roman had. I wanted to go out there and help, but I knew me being there would only make the situation that much worse.I was now getting ready for this dinner that Austin and I are being dragged to, this time around I wasn’t as nervous. I knew the kind of things to expect but also, I knew what I could and couldn’t do when it came to Markus. I just hope Austin keeps to the plan and doesn’t try to make Markus angry, we all know what happened last time he did that!In the middle of the guys argument, I was able to call Jacob and explain everything that is happening. He told me there isn’t enough time to get officers in the building with me, but he’s coming up with a plan to have them outside where I’ll also be wearing an earpiece.I was placing my earring in my ear, when the bedroom door opens causing me to jump slightly. Through the mirror, I see Roman making