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Family Ties

Chapter 20

"Blunt ordered it." Mrs. Jones mumbled.

Alex didn't hear her. "What?"

"Blunt ordered the shooting Alex," She repeated, she looked on the verge of tears. "I asked him not to, told him it'd kill you if he killed her. He didn't listen to me." Mrs. Jones walked over to Alex pulling out a key from her pocket. She undid the hand cuffs and Alex immediately stood up. She stepped back unsure of what he was about to do.

"I can't believe you people, if you can even be called people." Alex turned to face the wall where the door was. He sighed, trying to control his anger. "Why did he kill her?"

"So he could get custody of you, so you had no chance to back out of missions. You weren't supposed to turn up when you did."

Apart from the staring and whispers, school hadn't been that bad that day. He cycled home with Tom who left him as he reached his own home and Alex cycled on as fast as possible. Alex reached the his street corner and as his house wasn't that far down the relatively short street he could see Jack in the garden, trimming back the roses. He smiled. Several cars drove past just as they would normally; families returning to their home or going out. One car caught his eye; it was a black Ford van with tinted windows.

As the car neared the house a lot quicker than Alex could cycle he saw the window being wound down. He dreaded the worst. A hand came out of the window. He saw a gun. He cycled harder. A muffled sound was heard and Alex guessed it was the gun in the man's hand that had gone off. He hadn't got there in time. He threw himself off of his bike and didn't look back as it slid into the road. He could feel hot tears running down his cheeks as he picked up Jack's lifeless dead body.

"Help!" He cried. "Somebody help me!"

A man who was jogging down the road heard his shouting and came to his assistance. His face paled when he saw the dead body lying in the arms of the young boy.

"What happened?" He wondered, taking in the shock.

"She was shot, call an ambulance!" The man pulled out his phone and dialled 999, but he could already tell by the purplish pallor of the woman that she was dead.

"They'll be here in about five minutes." He said, he knelt down next to the boy. "What's your name?"

"Alex," He pulled Jack closer. "Her name is Jack."

He could hear sirens in the distance and knew they would be coming here. Then he saw it the blue flashing lights of the ambulance. He watched as the paramedics took the body off of him and helped him up. They had a large black bag, it was then the realness of it hit him and he twisted himself out of the paramedics grip and ran for it.

"I cycled home I record time." He told her, not that she needed to know. "Tell Blunt that I won't be seeing him ever again..." He walked out of the door. Stepping out of the door to the bank she shivered as he remembered the day he was nearly assassinated. He started to walk home, but he heard a shout from behind him.

"Alex, let me take you home." She said, seeing he was still in his pyjamas. Alex just stood there. Mrs. Jones brought her car round to the front where Alex was stood.

He got into the back, glad of the warmth inside the car compared to the iciness outside.

They arrived at Wolf's house. Alex got out of the car and started walking up the three steps that led to Wolf's front door. Mrs. Jones followed him. She knocked o the door. Wolf answered it.

"Alex!" He said. His face lit up until he saw who was behind him. "What do you want?" He let Alex walk past him and into the house but Wolf stayed at the door.

"I'm sorry for what MI6 did."

"It doesn't matter; you won't be touching him ever again. I have full custody of Alex." Wolf though he saw he saw Mrs. Jones smile. His brow furrowed.

"Thank goodness." So Mrs. Jones did have a heart.

"Pardon?"

"I asked Blunt not to do what he did, but he did it anyway to get custody of Alex. Now that you have him he won't have a chance." Mrs. Jones turned to leave, leaving Wolf, mouth agape, stood there.

He turned on his heel, shutting the door in the process.

"Alex!"

Chapter Finished... next chapter Wolf wants answers from Alex and they have a nice chat... may be the last chapter unless I do an Epilogue (do you want one?)

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