That was it, just by the sound of his voice, Jude knew. She knew there was no way she was going to come up with a plan in time. There was no way she and Tommy were going to get out of there. And just by the sound of Hunter's voice, she knew she wasn't going to live to see 19. But, she did know one thing; she knew Hunter wasn't going to make it out alive either. He was either going to go off the deep end or Darius is going to kill him. Either way he wasn't going to live to see his next birthday.
Jude shook her head to rid her of the evil thoughts and she looked at Hunter. He threw the phone onto the couch and began pacing.
"Why didn't you just make this easy for me, huh? Why did you have to call the cops?" He mumbled to himself. Tommy let go of Jude and slowly got off the couch.
"Hunter man, just let us go and we'll figure it out. I'll talk to Darius and have them cut you some slack." He said slowly making his way over to Hunter. Hunter looked at Tommy and shook his head with a scoff.
"Please Tommy. Don't be so naïve." He looked over at Jude and smirked, "Jude is Darius' little baby girl. He won't let me go without justice." Jude shook her head and leaned back n the couch, getting comfortable.
"Let it go Tommy, he's not going to let us go. He's got his cold-blooded heart set on getting revenge and killing me. And we all know none of us is getting out of this house alive. Isn't that right Hunter?" She asked looking at him with a smirk on her ace.
"Let's face it Hunter. Either Tommy and I join your sister or you join your sister because some way or another, you're dying too." Hunter shook his head.
"No I'm not. I need to live my life; for me and for Angie. And if it wasn't for Tommy breaking her heart, she would have never taken his car and driven it into the tree" He said. Jude shot off the couch and walked in front of Hunter.
"What about me? What about Tommy? What, we don't get to live our lives? Hunter I'm sorry about what happened to Angie, but she shouldn't have taken Tommy's car that night. It wasn't Tommy's fault and I shouldn't be paying for it. Neither should he." She said finally letting her tears fall. Hunter looked between her and Tommy before shaking his head.
"You don't know the real story Jude. I bet Tommy said things were complicated or he said that you were meant to be together. I know I'm right because he said the exact same things to Angie. Jude you knew Angie. You knew how she was. How she saw the good in people and how she was everyone's friend." Hunter said finally letting his tough guy façade crumble. He sat on the coffee table and ran a hand over his face. Jude looked at Tommy who was looking around the room, but she didn't know what for. He finally settled for slowly reaching into his pocket to pull out his phone. Hunter looked up just as Tommy flipped his phone open. He reached behind him and pulled something out from his belt. He raised a gun and pointed it at Tommy.
"Put it away, Tommy." He said softly causing Tommy to look up from his phone and at Hunter. He saw the gun and dropped his phone. Jude watched the scene unfold in front of her and she looked around the room desperately looking for a big object. Anything that she could use to hit him. She then remembered something…more like someone. As Hunter forced Tommy to sit down, Jude began to whistle the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Tommy looked at her confused, but she could see the annoyance on Hunter's face.
"Shut up." Hunter whispered harshly putting the gun to his forehead. Beads of sweat fell from his face. Jude didn't shut up, but she got louder. Hunter couldn't take it anymore and started heading towards her. Tommy got up to jump in front of him but was beat to the punch as Hunter was knocked to the ground. Tommy jumped back to see Zeus biting at Hunter's arm, shaking his head back and forth. Tommy grabbed Jude's hand and pulled her out of the living room and out the house. Jude whistled run last time and Zeus came running after them. Jude and Tommy quickly ran to the end of the driveway and she jumped in Darius' arms. Tommy was escorted away by an officer and Zeus sat down next to him. As the officer began to question him, he looked down at Zeus and smiled.
"Mr. Quincy? Mr. Quincy are you listening to me?" The officer asked him snapping him out of his trance.
"Yeah, I am. Can you just give me a minute?" He asked. The officer nodded and walked away.
God this has been a long day.
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Walking up the driveway to the front door was like the nightmare replayed all over again. When he reached the door and knocked. The door opened to reveal a very tired looking Darius carrying a very scared looking Angelina. Darius walked away and let Tommy come in."How is she?" He whispered rubbing Angelina's back.
"She's fine. Liza's sleeping in and Jude hasn't been to sleep all night." Tommy nodded and looked up the stairs.
"Can I?" He asked pointing up the stairs. Darius nodded and watched as Tommy ran up the stairs. Tommy slowly opened Jude's bedroom door and saw her sitting on her bed, her back to him. He walked in and gently closed the door. Jude's head shot up at the sound of her bedroom door closely and she inhaled. She smiled at the scent of Tommy's cologne.
"What are you doing here?" She asked not turning around. She could feel the bed dip in as Tommy sat on the bed.
"I wanted to check on you. Darius said you couldn't sleep." Jude nodded.
"I keep seeing Hunter's face every time I close my eyes." She whispered.
"Jude, I'm so sorry." Tommy whispered, but Jude shook her head.
"You didn't see the look in his eyes when I was talking to him. They were so sad." Jude whispered. Tommy stayed silent for a while before speaking.
"Jude, I'm leaving. I'm talking to Darius and we're going to finalize everything." Jude smiled at him and nodded.
"I want you to come with me. I want you to be with me. Let's get away from all of this." Tommy whispered. Jude looked at him and nodded.
"Let's do it. Let's do all of it."