Mackenzies story

"so we finally got there Mrs Harris" I said as I moved the mirror around so she could see the colour of her hair. she came in crying earlier, her daughter had tried to bleach her hair but it had gone an awful orange colour. But I had fixed it and she was now a perfect blonde.

"thank you Mackenzie, I'm sorry if I made you late" she said.

"oh its no problem, I think everyone must be running a bit late today... It is friday after all" I said looking up at the clock, Sheriden should of been here 15 minutes ago to drop Georgi off to me, and Logan should be picking me up.

Mrs Harris paid her bill, I walked her out to the door, the other clients and staff had left half hour ago, all I had to do was get the takings from the till and lock up.

"oh it looks like you have another customer" Mrs Harris said as she left the salon.

"no... That's my boyfriend" I whispered with a smile.

"oh he is very handsome" she smiled back as she walked to her car.
I waved her off as I saw Logan approaching.

"hey beautiful!" He chirped

"hey babe, Sheriden hasn't arrived yet, I hope I'm not going to miss that appointment for Georgi" I said as we walked in the salon.

"they are just on there way, I saw their car outside kendalls as I left" he said giving me a kiss and wrapping his arms around my waist.

I kissed him back. "I love you" I said as I pulled away.

"love you too. Did you want me to take these down to the basement?" He said looking at the large pile of towels that needed washing.

"yeah if you could chuck them in the wash and press go that would be amazing, I just need to count the money in the till then I am ready for our hectic night with three kids" I smiled.

Logan smiled back at me "won't be a sec then" he said as he opened up the door to the basement where the washer and dryer was kept.

Since Sheriden had bought the salon back for me as a gift for being her and james' surrogate, It had been changed to a completely different building in my absence.

The guy that had bought it off of Logan originally, really changed the layout, the upstairs apartment was now gone, the salon had stairs leading up there which was now used as a nail bar. I had hired two nail technicians to run it for me while me and 4 other stylists took care of the hairdressing sides of things downstairs. Business was booming!

The bell over the door jingled "I won't be a sec Sheriden" I called not wanting to lose count of the takings,

There was no reply so I turned around to see my sister there. Her mascara down her face and big red puffy eyes.

"savannah!? What's happened?" I said putting the money back next to the til and walked up and gave her a hug.

"he is cheating on me!" She sobbed.

"what? Carlos? He can't be sav, Los loves you so much its untrue" I soothed as I led her further In and sat her down in a salon seat.

"I found a text on his phone from his ex, Tammi, they had dinner together last night, Carlos told me he was at the studio" she cried.

"oh savannah... Come on babe" I said just as Logan came back up.

"what's happened?"He asked.

"Carlos is fucking her about! Meeting up with that Tammi girl behind her back... Can you just... I don't know try and calm her down while I sort this money out," I said looking at the time, Georgi had her appointment in twenty minutes. Where was Sheriden?

I quickly counted the money through, while trying to listen in on what savannah was telling Logan. I can't believe Carlos could be so stupid.

The bell on the door jingled again.
"heyyy... Are you ready for a crazy night" I heard Sheriden say with a laugh.

I turned and rolled my eyes at her then looked at savannah.

"oh what's happened?" Sheriden then said looking at savannah

James walked in the salon holding Georgi and a bag.

"Carlos has been meeting up with Tammi behind her back" I explained to which sheridens face fell. She was a part of Carlos' family, and was a kind of sister inlaw of savannah, and her boss. Sheriden loved savannah, she lived a lot if her lost modelling dreams through her I think.

"you best be joking!" She said as she too went and sat with Savannah who was hysterical now in tears telling Logan.

I looked at James who now wore his 'for fucks sake' look on his face as it looked like his surprise plans for Sheriden were now going awry.

"James if I take Georgi could you do me a massive favour and just carry that box up stairs for me and dump it in the store room... Then I will make sure you can get out if here on time" I smiled

James grinned at me "thanks Macks... Its never a peaceful life is it?" He said glancing at savannah as he handed Georgi over to me. He picked up the box and made his way up the steps.

"Logan let Sheri talk to her" I said pulling Logan up and away from his crouched position.

Logan stood up then came and stood with me at the salon desk, he propped himself up against it as I sat Georgi down and pulled funny faces at her.

The bell over the door jingled, I looked up and a man walked in.

"sorry dude we are just closing up" Logan said.

The man didn't speak he just walked up to the desk, he pulled a knife from his jacket and held it clenched in his fist on the counter. I picked Georgi up and backed away.

"I want the money from the till" he said

Everyone was now looking,I looked at Sheriden as she stood up in shock. I moved away further holding Georgi in my arms.

"its gone man" Logan said opening the till to show it was empty, I had just placed all the takings that I bagged up in to my purse to take home. It was roughly around 7000 dollars from todays takings and what I had in the safe. "they went to the bank already" Logan finished, sounding calm.

"don't lie to me or will cut your fucking throat open!" The man said.

"Logan!" I said my voice shaking, the man looked at me

"where is the fucking money?" He shouted.

"its gone... Honestly... Look I have 100 dollars on me, take that... " Logan said handing the guy his wallet "just leave... Please" Logan said sounding too calm, I don't know how he was doing it. I glanced at my sister, worrying that she might pull a stupid stunt but she looked scared stiff.

"how much have you got?" The man then asked me.

All I could do was shake my head.

"kenz give the man your bracelet then he will leave..." Logan said undoing the bracelet that was on my wrist. I could see James on the stairs, he held his finger over his mouth for me to stay quiet.

The man then layed eyes on Sheriden.
He walked over to her, she was of course adorned in a selection of fancy rings and jewellery.

"give me your bag, and your jewels" he said.

Sheriden looked at Logan.

"just hand it over princess" Logan said. What happened next is something I will never forget, I have seen some awful things in my life but this will haunt me forever.

James came from upstairs slowly, he grabbed the guy that held the knife and twisted his arm round his back. The guy dropped the knife, I heard the bell of the door go again and another man marched up to me and held a gun to Georgis head.

"let go of my brother or the kid gets an extra breathing hole" the gunman said.

James instantly let go. I was sobbing now, so was Sheriden.

The knife man picked his weapon back up.

"hand over the jewellery bitch! NOW!" The knife man then shouted at Sheriden, she was an absolute wreck looking at Georgi with a gun held to her little head.

"and the car keys to that Aston Martin" the gun man said.

Everyone looked at savannah, the Aston Martin was Carlos' car. Why was she even driving it, her license had been revoked.

"please don't hurt my baby" Sheriden stammered as she took savannahs purse and gave him the keys to the car.

"did you get the takings?" The gun man said.

"no they have gone" the knife man said.

"bullshit... I've been watching this place for weeks... Where's the fucking money" he said now digging the gun in to Georgis head, she started crying.

I just moved away I cradled her head in my arms. Logan then handed my purse over that had the takings in then received a smack round the head with a gun.

He slumped to his knees from the pain but he looked okay, he just sat there.

I notice James then took his base ball cap off and put it on Sheriden.
unfortunately I wasn't the only one to notice this.

"what are you doing?" The gun man said as he walked over and knocked the peak of the hat with his gun, the hat fell to the floor and the gunman chuckled to himself.

"hey baz... Look who it is!" The gun man said.

The knife man called baz then came over and looked at Sheriden. "oh...its the hotty from the TV... The model" baz confirmed.

"please just don't hurt my baby" Sheriden said "take my car... Here take my house keys, take anything you want... just don't hurt her" she begged.

The two men then looked at each other, they walked over to the entrance of the salon and began chatting quietly and quickly.

One pulled out his phone and dialled a number.

"things have changed, come in" he said to the person on the phone.

A few moments later a short, balding fat man walked in.

"give me the keys to the door!" baz said to Logan.

Logan got up from the floor, I noticed the side of his head was bleeding from the impact of where he was hit with the gun. He got the salon keys and handed them over.

We were then locked in.

The gun man then walked back over to Sheriden, he grabbed her tightly around the arm and sat her next to savannah in one of my salon chairs.
"okay so this is what is going to happen, you miss money bags are going to transfer some cash in to my account... Does that sound like fun?" He hissed to Sheriden.

Sheriden just nodded "anything you want" she whispered.

The gun man then handed her the phone and his own card from his wallet to make the bank transfer. After a while things turned sour.

"its just an answering machine, it opens again at 8am" Sheriden said "take the card, I will write the pin down, take as much as you can get" she added. Her eyes were locked on me and Georgi.

The three men then gathered again and had another hushed discussion by the door of the salon.

"we are going to have a sleep over" the gun man then revealed.

I looked at Logan in horror at the thought of being held captive by these three men overnight.

"that's my wifes card, I will stay, I can do the transaction... just let the others go" James said

"shut your fucking mouth gorgeous George" the man said to James. "everyone is staying!" he said forcing James down on to floor with a wave of his gun.

The fat man then went out side momentarily, he came back in with a bag, the door got locked again and it became apparent we were about to be tied up.

Panic then struck me.