CHAPTER 4
ONE WEEK LATER…
BECA'S POV
It's been a week since I lost a very dear friend of mine, Leila. We've been friends since I started working as an Agent here in LA. She's my senior and same age with my sister. I was her junior partner and she's the one who trained and teach me things I need to know on how to be a great Agent.
She's always there for me when I need someone to talk to, though I'm close with my sister, there are things that I don't tell her but Leila knows. I know it's still a mystery to you on what really happened that night.
She was an undercover agent; our boss sent three of his agents on a spy mission to uncover who is the mastermind behind the human trafficking, illegal drugs and selling powerful weapons. We do know that there are big names behind this group and we want to find out who they are.
On that fateful night, Leila called me and asked me to meet her. I was 30 minutes early but when she arrives, she seems that she's running for quite some time now. We haven't got the chance to talk and tell me what she finds out. The rest is history.
It still hurts and I promise myself that I'll do whatever it takes to see those people involve suffering behind bars!
Chief Max Beale re-assigned me while they think of tactics on how to enter the den of our enemy again. He told me that he wants our service to be the bodyguard of his niece and her friends. It's been also a week after the shooting incident in front of the hospital.
They are lucky none of them got hurt. They are now investigating who wants those girls dead. I mean if you look at them, they are the kinds that will annoy you and can be a pain in the ass but I don't think they'll do illegal things, especially Chloe.
I have this strong feeling that we already met. Though I'm not that sure when and where. Also, I want to find those people who helped me. I owe them my life, without them, I'll be dead by now.
A tap on me shoulder brings me back to reality. It's my sister and she's handing me a cup of coffee. She sits on the empty chair in front of me as I took a sip.
"So, are you sure you can handle guarding some bunch of famous, rich but spoiled brat girls?" she asked me, I rolled my eyes at her and place my cup of coffee on the table.
If you ask me, guarding someone is not my forte or our forte. For me, it's a boring task but there's nothing I can do for now.
"We can't say no to the boss right? So there's nothing we can do about it." I answered "Yeah and I think they are really in need of bodyguards. I mean, who wants those girls dead?"
"Boyfriends? Enemies of their families? Gang wars?"
"Gang wars? I don't think so; I'll go with enemies of their families." I nod my head twice when I hear her phone beeps; she reads the text message and told me that Sir Beale wants us to be at his office in 5 minutes.
We didn't wait and immediately proceed at his office. We found Aubrey, Cynthia Rose, Lily, Benjie, Jesse and Flo. Our whole team is present so I think this is serious.
I close the door behind me and sit next to Aubrey who smiled at me "How's your wound?" she asked "It still hurts but I'll manage." I answered and saw Sir Beale holding four folders on his hand.
He placed it on the long table in front of us as he sits on his swivel chair "Okay, I called for a meeting because I want to give you a head ups about my niece and her friends." He said.
"As you all know, there's been a shooting incident in front of the hospital which involves my girls." He then places a crumpled paper on the table. After the shooting, a man in the car threw it towards his niece; the words written to it are ALWAYS WATCH YOUR BACK FROM NOW ON!
I bet they are scared as hell right now. He then places three more paper on the table which has these words:
WE'RE ALWAYS WATCHING YOU! – 2nd note
GIVE US BACK WHAT WE WANT OR YOU'RE DEAD! – 3rd note
CHLOE BEALE, AMY WILSON, STACIE CONRAD, EMILY JUNK – 4th note
So the hired killers already know their names, poor kids.
"I know this is hard for all of you as you do not have any background on guarding someone but with your skills and knowledge I don't think we're going to have a problem with that." Sir Beale added.
"Don't worry sir, we will assure you that they are in good hands and whoever is doing this, we will find out as soon as we can." I look at my sister and I'm so proud to have her. She's the leader of our team and she's really good.
"I know that but I think the only problem you'll encounter is these four girls."
"What do you mean?" I asked. He leans his back on his chair before he answers my question "I love them and treat them as my daughters but I'm not going to lie that they can be a big pain in the ass." He answered.
He took a picture of a young girl and places it in the middle. "This is Emily Junk; she's the youngest of the four. Well she's a very sweet and nice girl, Emily always look up to her older friends."
He took the remaining three pictures and places it beside Emily's picture "This is Amy Wilson, the joker of the group. She likes to ask question but most of the time it's the silly ones. Stacie Conrad, same with Amy they like to joke around but most of the time she like to have a debate with her. Like Emily, these two girls are also nice and sweet."
It took a while before he talks and just stares at his niece, I see how worried he is for their lives "And of course my niece, Chloe Beale. She has the same age as Stacie and they are one year younger than Amy. It's safe to say that she's their leader." He added.
"Like they'll do what she says and likes?" Aubrey asked "Yes but there are times that she let them decide, think or even plan a vacation with them."
"Okay sir so what's going to be the problem?" Sophia asked, I think I already know the answer to her question. Sir Beale looks at us one by one.
"They don't like someone or somebody following them everywhere, they don't take orders from a stranger, they hate knowing that a certain person is taking over their lives and to make this short, they hate having bodyguards." He answered "I think I already mentioned that you girls before."
I remember how they acted that day especially when they saw me but the most intriguing part is how did they know that I've been shot at the chest? You see, my sister ask Aubrey if they somewhat told the girls about Beca's condition or even talk about it in front of them but she said no.
After the meeting, Sir Beale told us that he's going to bring us to his brother's house to formally meet the girls and they are expecting us there. He assigned me and my sister to be the bodyguard of his niece, Chloe, Cynthia Rose and Flo will guard Amy, Benjie and Jesse will guard Emily, Aubrey and Lily will guard Stacie.
We arrive at his brother's house in less than 30 minutes and I tell you the place is huge! Well what do you expect if you're one of the richest businessmen in LA!
"Does Emily, Stacie and Amy lives here?" Jesse asked "It's not technically called living here but their parents wants them to stay here with Chloe if they have some business trip or out of the country meetings with some investors."
As we walk towards the front door, we saw a lots of guards scattered around the house. We saw his brother smiling at us and hug his younger brother.
"Hello ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our humble abode." He said, we smiled at him and look around. Honestly speaking, I wanted to have a house like this but now that I'm actually seeing one, I think I'll be much comfortable on smaller one.
"Did you already tell them about this?" I heard Sir Beale asked "Actually no but they are upstairs and I told them that you're joining us for lunch." His brother answered.
"So it's going to be me who will tell them about their bodyguards?" his brother smiled at him and taps his shoulder "Don't worry, I got your back."
He motions for us to go to the dining area as they call for the girls. We all sit and look at each other; no one said a word because we are overwhelmed on how big the place is. We saw some people putting plates on table with food and so.
We heard voices behind us, Sir Beale, his brother and definitely the girls. We are facing our backs on them as I hear Chloe's voice.
"I told Dad that we're going to the mall after and watch some movies but he doesn't want to." She said, I don't know why but every time she speaks, all I recall is the girl at the hospital pleading at me to let go of her hand.
"He'll say yes once you agree to have a bodyguard." And in three, two, one we heard four answers from these spoiled brats.
"A big NO!" Chloe answered
"Certainly not Uncle Max!" that comes from Stacie "I'll go with the majority!" which I think is Emily.
"Oh food! Come on!" Amy perhaps.
"We're doing this for your own good. You got 4 death threats, that don't bother you?"
"No, we think it came from those girls who hate us. They are so jealous of what we have and that we're a lot popular than them."
"Chloe I don't think this is an act of those girls."
"It is Dad, don't worry too much."
"We can take care of ourselves, right Ames?" Stacie asks "Right! But for now I'm starving can we please eat first." We all look at Amy who sits in front of Cynthia Rose, she grabs her spoon and stuff some mash potatoes in her mouth.
She smiles at Cynthia Rose and look down but look back up in an instant as she scan the area and saw us. She coughs which makes Chloe, Stacie and Emily run towards her.
"Are you alright?" Emily asked her "I told you to chew your food first before swallowing!" Chloe added while rubbing Amy's back.
"Hey! You're saying that I eat like an animal?" Amy asks "No because animals' eats properly than you are." Stacie answered.
"Oh shut up you twig!" we are still looking at them and I think they feel our presence as Chloe's eyes landed at me.
CHLOE'S POV
What the hell is she doing here?! Why is she in our house?! I wanted to scream, run towards my room and lock myself inside but I know if I do that, my dad and uncle will questioned me. I'm still looking at Beca who is also looking at me too.
"What are you doing here?" I ask her, I saw her opens her mouth but Uncle Max is the first one to answer me "Oh sorry I forgot. Girls I want you to meet your bodyguards!"
Me, Emily and Stacie didn't say anything while Amy stops from eating her food and look up to us "So what are we going to do now?" she asks and I slap her shoulder and I don't care if my dad sees that.
"Dad, for how many times do we need to tell you that we don't need bodyguards? We can take care of ourselves!"
"She's right Uncle Wil, we're grown-ups and we got each other back" I look at Stacie and she gives me a small smile.
"I know that but this time it's different. They are sending you threats and they even shot you in front of the hospital."
"There's no alarm on that one." Amy says "Aren't you girls afraid that there are some people that want you dead? Shooting at someone is alarming, I must say." A brunette says, I forgot her name, its Sophie or whatever!
"Agent Bush is right and by the looks of it, I'm the one who needs to decide what's best for you girls and having a bodyguard will somehow give me a peace of mind."
As much as I wanted to fight over this, I think I won't win against two Beale.
"Besides, we will let you girls go wherever you want from now on because we know they are here to protect you just in case." Uncle Max says.
"Well yeah that's why we hate to have a bodyguard. We don't want someone who is standing behind our back and look over our shoulders to see what we're doing."
"Or who are we texting." Emily butted in "Also who are we talking to." Stacie then slaps Amy's arm who just keeps on eating her food.
"Or stealing our shit." I raised my eyebrow at her, this girl is really something "Enough of this, like I said I have the final verdict and that is for you girls to have a bodyguard whether you like it or not!" I rolled my eyes at my father while Emily raises her hand.
"And yes, your parents agree on this one Emily."
I saw Agent Bush walks over to my dad and uncle and say something. Uncle Max nods his head twice and whisper something to my dad then they both leave the dining area.
"Why don't you three take a sit so we can talk." She said while gesturing her hands on the chairs on our side, I know Stacie and Emily are both waiting for my next move but I don't follow orders with a person I don't even know.
"We don't have time for any chit chat and there's nothing to talk about." I didn't wait for her to say anything, I start to walk away from the table and I saw Emily slaps Amy's shoulder and she stops from eating and bring her plate with her, but before we can even go to the stairs, Beca blocks our way.
"Move over midget." I said and she raise an eyebrow at me "Did you just call me midget?" she asks while pointing a finger at herself.
"You're not deaf are you?"
"No."
"Then why you need to ask if you hear it the first time." Right now I don't give a fuck if I'm standing too close to her and by the way she looks at me like analyzing if she seen me before "Now if you'll excuse us, we have better things to do." I walk pass by her and slightly bump my shoulder at her causing her to wince in pain.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Agent Bush team went home for a while to get the things they needed for this mission. They meet at the headquarters to have a short meeting for what happened earlier that day.
"Do you think they will listen to everything we'll say to them?" Sophia hears Benjie ask Jesse "By the looks of it, they are really against on having a bodyguard." He added.
"Actually I'm not sure on how to answer your questions but they are just bunch of young ladies so I think they won't do anything to harm us." Jesses answers "Harm us? Or you mean they won't do stupid things that will cost them their life." Beca butted in.
"Well they are not scared of the death threats they received. They don't even give a damn care about the shooting incident!" CR says as she places some ammo on her bag.
"I know this will be hard guys and a little different on what we used to do but Sir Beale wants our service to protect his nieces, so we'll do what it takes to protect them." Sophia says "So tomorrow, Lily, I want you and Benjie place some CCTV camera's all over the house especially on the outside."
"Jesse and Flo, gather all the information you can get about these girls. Who are they friends, where they hang out or if they have any boyfriends." The two agents nod their head as they continue to pack some guns.
"Okay so if you guys are done, we need to go and do some rounds for the night."
MEANWHILE AT THE BEALE'S RESIDENCE
After they found out about their bodyguards, the girl didn't go to the mall even Chloe's dad already allowed them to go out. The idea of having bodyguards following them behind their back annoys the four girls.
"What now huh? I don't want to sit here all night doing nothing." Amy says as she plays some game on her phone "We're not allowed to go out without them so we're stuck here for the night."
"But I want to go out! I want to get wasted." Stacie whines and lay down on Chloe's bed while the latter is looking outside the window watching the four guards roaming the area.
"Do you still have any booze left in your stash Ames?" Stacie ask her "Nope and I haven't gone to the store to buy some." Chloe looks at her friends and like them; she doesn't want to be stuck inside her room for the rest of the night.
"What time are they supposed to get back?" Chloe asks the three girls? "Who?"
"Those bodyguards. Dad told me that they left to get their things."
"I don't know and I don't care." Stacie answers. Chloe thinks for a while, she knows that they are not back yet so she thinks of a plan on how she and the girls sneak out at the back.
"How many people guarding the backyard?" she asks once more "I think there are three of them, I saw them doing their rounds before I went here to your room." Emily answers.
"Okay then, we need to go as in now before they come back. We will sneak out like the way we use to do." Stacie sits on the bed and this time there's a smiling forming on her pretty face.
"Just like the old times?"
"Yeah just like the old times." The four girls' smiles at each other and run towards Emily's room to sneak out before their bodyguards know they were gone.
SOMEONE'S POV
I've been watching the Beale's Residence for a week now, studying the house and searching for the weak spot on where we could enter without the guards noticing us.
Everything is running well according to our plan until Chief Beale and his brother decided to hire personal bodyguards for the girls and this makes our job a lot harder than it looks.
I hear my phone ringing and I answer it "So any update?"
"Other than the girls having a bodyguard? Nothing."
"What about your plans on sneaking inside the house tonight?"
I look at the house, it's really big though I have an idea how many are guarding the front and back of the house, having another 8 people roaming around will make it hard for me to sneak in.
"I'll see what I can do about that, I'll give you a kill if there's any changes." And I ended the call. I let out a deep sigh and was about to get out of my car when I saw a hummer stops on the other side of the road.
I hide myself and saw a young man went out of the car with a phone on his ear talking to someone. After two minutes, the gate at the back door opens and there goes the four girls laughing and getting inside the hummer.
A smile appears on my face, now I don't need to sneak in and force the girls to come with me. I dial a number on my phone and waits for my call to connect."
"Any update?" he answers "Yeah, the four girls sneak out of the house with a young man. I'm going to follow them, be sure the guys are ready once I inform you where they are headed."
I turn on the engine and keep my distance so they won't notice me. Well maybe it's time to do drastic measures so they will give us what we need.
Hi! Wow thank you for those who follows and favourite my stories, of course for giving it a review also. This is my first BECHLOE story and I'm really happy that some people are actually reading the stuff I write. By the way, I have posted another story entitled THE DJ, THE LAWYER AND THE LITTLE REDHEAD. I'll focus on these two stories while I'm on summer break so expect an update everyday or every other day. Again thank you!