- i did say that i was really good at procrastinating. i had this chapter for two whole years; never 'found' the time to post. if i ever get any more inspiration, i'll be back . sorry LMFAO
Should be Chapter 22
The dimly lit diner did nothing to relieve Sienna of any fears. They were in the middle of nowhere, a bust up diner in the middle of dirt roads. The destination certainly had erupted a couple of domestics in the car. Sienna didn't know anything about this 'Jose Rodriguez'; but she knew he must've been a big deal. After all, a massive latin American drug supplier who is hardly ever recognised must have been dangerous.
Sienna wasn't exactly surprised that Owen knew Jose very well, after all, the man's phone contacts were incredibly extensive.
Sienna and Owen sat opposite the finely dressed man. Every inch of Jose was covered in designer clothes; he also didn't forget the signature cuban cigar every gangster had. Sienna couldn't help but be reminded of Carter Verone and the way he had presented himself. Maybe Jose wasn't as much of an asshole Carter was. She scoffed lightly at the similarities and shook her head.
Owen sat comfortably on the seat with his arm slung casually around Sienna whose eyes were still fixated on Jose. Jose looked at the two for a great deal of time, only stopping to puff on his cigar. His men were scattered across the diner, not at all close to the severely daunting man. Sienna knew that this must have been because there was a great deal of trust between Jose and Owen. Jose then changed his focus on Sienna, nonchalantly checking the girl out as if he was searching for something.
Suddenly, he moved around in his seat and placed his arms on the table that had separated them.
"I'm sorry, who are you?" Jose said after a great deal of time. His tone had a mixture of confusion and crudeness while his eyes never left Sienna's eyes for even a second.
"This is Sienna O'Connor, the missus" Owen introduced while Sienna crossed her arms to show some sense of authority.
"Sienna O'Connor?" Jose repeated suspiciously, racking his brain for any sort of knowledge about the girl.
"The one and only" Sienna huffed, the journey really had exhausted her.
"I'm not trying to be mean, after all - you are Owen's partner" Jose edged closer to his seat. "But, there's probably a million Sienna O'Connor's in the world" A slight accent had creeped up, Sienna immediately recognised he was from Colombia. "I'm really sorry but you can't be 'the one and only"
Sienna smiled a little, appreciating the formality and the respect Jose had shown her, "I know 10 Jose Rodriguez's in my town, how many Sienna O'Connor's are there in Latin America?"
Jose chuckled as he puffed on his cigar, eyes widening and head nodding at Sienna's return. "You do have a point" He waved his hand in the air and immediately one of his men rushed to his aid. Before he addressed the man, he quickly looked at Sienna again. "I like you" Looking to the side, ready to speak to his man who intently listened as if his life depended on it, Jose gave an easy request. "Can you get me some water, please? And whatever my friends here want" Sienna and Owen shook their heads, refusing any refreshments. "Very well" Jose nodded.
"Now that the two of you have become best friends, let's talk, Jose" Owen said straightening up in his seat and moving his hands onto the table.
"Hold on!" Jose chuckled at Owen's eagerness. After receiving his water, he took a long sip as Owen rolled his eyes. Tilting his head back to Sienna, it was like a gear finally clicked in his head.
"Sienna O'Connor" he repeated once again as his eyes grew in shock. "The Sienna O'Connor who helped rob $100 million from Hernan Reyes"
Sienna grew worried at that moment, what if Reyes and Rodriguez were business partners? "Were you two friends?" She probed.
Jose responded with a hearty laugh, "Dios mio, no!" Jose stubbed out his cigar and took another sip of water. "I hated the man! In Rio, the people looked at him as either a messiah or tyrant. He was just a money loving asshole" Jose began to rant. "I hate those kind of assholes"
Owen knew exactly what was coming next, he warningly put his hand on Sienna's lap but she lightly moved it away. "I hope you don't mind me saying this but - aren't you a money grabbing asshole as well? Why else are you in this business?"
"Not like Reyes, miss O'Connor. That man was greedy and had completely corrupted Rio. So many people died because of him. I don't kill people who cross me!"
It was Owen's turn to be confused, leaning towards Rodriguez, he questioned, "So what do you do with them?"
"People don't cross me, Shaw. You make yourself so goddamn scary that people think a hundred times before they try to"
"You're not scary-" Sienna remarked.
"He's in a good mood" Owen cut.
"Like I said miss O'Connor, I like you. Anyway, we are digressing from the topic at hand" Owen breathed a sigh of relief, finally, they could talk about Don Fernando.
"How did you do it? $100 million. From him" Jose seemed incredibly impressed by Sienna and the team's escapade.
"Er. We just burned the money in one of his cash houses and then broke into the police station where he moved the rest of the cash-" Sienna shrugged.
"While being chased down by Luke Hobbs" Jose finished for her.
"I still don't like him" Owen harshly muttered to himself.
"You seem like a bitch" Jose's tone made it seem like he was giving her a compliment. "No wonder Carter Verone hated your guts"
"Who the fuck is Carter Verone?" Owen spat. It was unclear to him why he suddenly felt malicious. If Jose knew about this Verone character, then he must have been important. But, the journey to this stupid, run-down diner had definitely taken its toll. He just wished they could talk about Don Fernando already. Owen had begun to form a throbbing migraine.
"He was before I met you" Sienna explained unsatisfactorily, Owen began to get more agitated.
"Evidently, or I would've known about him!"
"He was just some rich, powerful drug guy Brian, Roman and I were trying to bust"
"Sounds just like your type"
"What's got you so mad, parcero?" Jose shrugged his shoulders.
"Don't even get him started-"
"Out of all the choices you had in this bloody country. You picked-"
"Here we go again"
"The world's most dodgiest hang out place. If I wanted to be raped-"
Sienna sighed loudly.
"I'd come here! If I wanted to die, I'd come here!-"
"I think you've made your point, parcero"
"Do you have any idea what it's like to have" Owen accusingly pointed his finger towards Sienna who rolled her eyes; after all, she's been hearing this for forever. "This as a passenger. I don't know who to kill! Her or me!"
"Your man has anger issues" Jose informed Sienna quietly while they unwillingly listen to Owen who violently grabbed the glass of water and threw the remaining liquid across the floor.
"This place is a shithole" Owen angrily finished.
"I… um" Jose looked down at his shoes, it was clear that Owen had the most authority between the two. "I… I really like the hamburgers here"
"Go fuck your-"
"We should totally try them!" Sienna stopped Owen from standing up in anger by rapidly putting an arm across his body.
"Yes! Of course" Jose smiled brightly as he gave a look to his man behind the counter who immediately understood and rushed to the kitchen. "Let's talk business"
"I want Don Fernando penniless" Owen deadpanned.
"Owen, you know I respect you and admire your work. But, Don Fernando is good for business"
"He's a money grabbing whore and you should cut him off" Sienna interrupted, skilfully using Jose's words of hatred towards greedy people and using it against him.
After a excruciatingly long minute, Jose sighed, "I'll start a war-"
"He wouldn't dare" Owen assured.
"I don't know" Jose pondered on the request once again. "Alright, anything for friends!"
"While you're here, I don't want to see any drugs in or near Monterrey. At least from your people" Owen had made Jose seem feeble and submissive; Sienna couldn't believe that he was the biggest cartel leader in the entirety of the Southern Hemisphere. He seemed like Owen's lapdog.
"No. I can't do that!" Jose tried his hardest to put his foot on things.
"Yes you will" Jose's man suddenly broke the tension that was quickly beginning to form by placing three hamburgers on the table. Owen looked at the mediocre, standard diner burger and then looked accusingly back at Jose who had looked the burger as if it was his other half. He caught Sienna's gaze who had the exact same disgust and confusion Owen had.
"You brought us here-"
"For this shitty burger?" The couple took being unsatisfied to a whole other level. They were both mad, tired, and suffering from a colossal headache.
"Hey! Do not disrespect the burger" Jose threatened. So, the man has balls when it comes to his shitty burger? Sienna thought crudely.
"No drugs in Monterrey and especially no drugs for Fernando. Entiendes?" Owen lightly pushed the burger away and stood up. He waited for Jose to give confirmation on what he had proposed. Once Owen had got a firm nod from Jose, he glanced at Sienna who also had stood up. Sienna didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to Jose as Owen clasped her hand and led her out the front door. "You're going to need to drive, I need sleep"
Owen didn't even wait for a response before he rolled his eyes dramatically after tossing her the keys. "I'm not driving that" Sienna pointed accusingly to Owen's car. Sienna's reaction would have made the casual onlooker think that Owen was driving a beaten-up, way past it's sell-by date red truck. It was actually an Aston Martin V12 Vantage, a sexy, sleek car that was just perfect in every way.
Sienna despised it.
But, Owen, he loved it. It was his pride and joy and the only materialistic thing that he had wished would join him in hell. Owen tried his best to tweak the car so that Sienna would consider taking the wheel in it, even going so far as changing the clutch system purely because she didn't like it. Still, Sienna rarely drove it, and Owen tried his hardest to not be put in a situation where he was in the passenger seat while she was driving.
"Please, love, just drive so I can sleep" Owen pleaded as he opened the driver door and waited impatiently for Sienna to put her ass on the seat.
"Fine" She huffed as she slid onto the seat, Owen closed the door swiftly afterwards.
…
Stupid, Goddamn piece of perfection! Car's too perfect for its own good. This asshole just had to not get any sleep. Sienna angrily gazed at Owen's sleeping body. His chocolate hair that was messily styled hid away most of his face as he fell into an almost comatose sleep. His muscles that were ever so visible thanks to his tight jumper heaved up and down as he breathed. He's too perfect for his own good. Sienna sighed dreamily at Owen, forgetting her anger.
She didn't know what Owen put in his love spell but she honestly could forget about her rage whenever she would just look at him. Owen was the only person in the world who could make her realise that sometimes things need to be addressed in a calm state. Truth be told, she was much more chilled whenever he was with her.
While helplessly gazing at Owen and his irresistible muscles, Sienna caught two unmarked cars in the passenger rearview mirror. Two then became two with three motorcyclists. The car was like a rabbit surrounded by evil, calculating foxes. Sienna's breath hitched, they were very close to being surrounded. She pressed harder on the acceleration, unbeknown to her that she was already driving at the top speed. She looked back at Owen, feeling incredible guilty for what she was about to do.
"Baby" She said worriedly as she took a hand off the wheel and used it to roughly shake Owen.
Owen moaned in response, shifting a little in his seat. "Baby, I think we're being chased" Suddenly, Owen was as awake as a toddler at 10 PM.
"You sure?" He asked hoarsely as he reached behind the backseats. He grabbed the guns he had secretly hidden underneath those seats. Sienna watched as Owen dragged out big guns, small guns, and even a mini rocket launcher. No wonder this was his favourite car.
"Look in the mirror" Sienna said in a worried tone, taking a sharp right to try and confirm her suspicions which were undoubtedly true.
"Just drive okay. Don't do anything else" Owen warned as he opened the sunroof and skilfully peered through it.
"Owen, you so much as get a scratch on your body" Sienna began to threaten as Owen perked his head back down at her harsh tone. "There will be no sex for a month"
Owen laughed heartily, "honey, you can't go half a day without having sex with me. You won't last three days, let alone a month"
Sienna's eyebrows creased at the truth, pouting at his candidness, she contested. "That's so not true and you know it!"
"I have more self-control than you, and that is saying something" Owen was getting ready to climb up the sunroof.
When Sienna didn't say anything in response, Owen took the silence as an opportunity to return the threat. "Now, you so much as get a scratch on your incredibly frail body. There will actually be no sex for a month"
"I'll try my best to not get shot" Sienna huffed.
Sienna gulped as she saw a motorcycle gain speed, almost reaching the back of the car. She drove a little faster. "Owen, I'm so sorry" She apologised loudly beforehand. It was like a plane was about to land, all Sienna could hear was piercing sound of the air smacking against the car, it didn't help having the sunroof open. Now, she was about to make the deafening sound worse.
"Sienna! Don't do anything-" Owen quickly came back down and caught Sienna's gaze. He could swear that beneath the innocent, apologetic façade that she displayed in her eyes, there was a flicker of red that briefly flashed, notifying him that the devil was residing within her. Sienna opened her door as the motorcycle crashed onto it; the door and he tumbling and rolling onto the highway.
"MY FUCKING CAR!" Owen screamed in anger. A migraine plus a laughable short temper wasn't the best mixture. He knew Sienna had no choice as it was either his car door or her life, so he projected his anger at the oncoming bullets that were being fired at him by the rest of the vehicular gang. He climbed back up the sunroof.
Using his semi-automatic handgun, he rapidly fired at the motorcycles, some bullets ricocheted as they hit the cool steel of the vehicle. Most pierced through the driver as he clumsily fell limp and dropped out of his motorcycle which steered away and crashed onto a tree at the side of the highway.
Sienna watched the escapades from the clear view of her side, now that she had no door. She was utterly upset with Owen's 'reckless' behaviour. He clambered back down on his seat, reloading all his weapons.
"Who do you think this is?" Owen asked, while he played around with the guns.
"Fernando?" Sienna asked but she got no response. "Cipher?"
Owen whipped his head to Sienna and thought for a second. He then stretched his body to look outside from his missing door's side. He returned back to his position and cursed.
"I've got a strange feeling it's both"