Sorry if you think this chappie is a bit short but I'm tired and my brain hurts to think too much.
Oh I just wanna say for anyone who doesn't know, Fóo = Tiger in Cantonese.
Chapter 17
"Did I say something wrong?" asks Tia as she looks at Kale.
"I don't know. Remember Alex never told us about her life before she came here. I also think that Li guy is the father of her baby." Says Kale as he looks at Tia.
"How do you know?" says Tia her eyes full of wonderment as they walk back to Kale's car.
"The way he was holding her and the way she stood around him. It's a way you act with a friend, only a lover."
"Kale do you think Alex is married?"
"I have no sweet clue Tia." Replies Kale as they get into his car and drive away.
Once up in Sakura's apartment and the door is closed Sakura breaks down and starts bawling her eyes out. She slumps to the floor and leans against the wall.
"Sakura no one knows where you are. Fóo is just trying to scare you out of hiding. Are you going to let her do that?" says Li gently as he kneels on the floor in front of Sakura.
"Li I can't. I have tried so hard to live a normal life here, but I couldn't. I missed you all so much and you the most. I cried myself to sleep every night. Fóo haunted my dreams, I never knew is she would come after me. I was always looking over my shoulder, Look at my door. I have enough locks on it to stop anything but as my pregnancy developed I just kept putting more locks on." Cries Sakura as she wrapped her arms around Li's waist and lets her head rest in his lap.
Li looks at the door and sees about ten locks. He looks down at Sakura and plays with her soft hair, "Sakura come on, you need some rest. I won't let anyone invade your dreams tonight. Well no one but me."
Sakura giggles between cries and she sits up in front of Li, "Ok, I'm sure you had a tiring flight and are sleepy as well."
Li smiles and he stands up, helping Sakura up off the floor. She leads the way to her bedroom and they both drop their bags and lay on the bed. Sakura laying on her back and Li on his side with his arm laying over her belly protectively, both quickly falling asleep.
"First Sakura leave eight months ago and now Li leaves with no explanation as well. Where the hell did they go." Says Meilin as she paces around Madison's room.
Madison is sitting on her bed and Eli is staring out the patio window.
"Listen Meilin I'm sure everything will be fine. Right now we have to deal with the murders. Fóo is getting worse. We kept some things from Li that we probably shouldn't have but we did anyway. He doesn't know exactly what Fóo is up too. And neither do we but I have an idea." Says Eli as he looks over his shoulder at the girls.
"Eli do you think it involves Sakura? And the baby?" asks Madison praying her friend is alright.
"I do. If Li never had a child by the time he was a certain age Fóo was to take over the gang in both countries. When Li broke up the leadership roles between the five of us it pissed off Fóo and the elders. Of course the elders soon realized it was much better to have five leaders than just one. Fóo never got over it."
"Eli how do you know this?" asks Meilin as she sits on the bed beside Madison.
"I heard Fóo and Aaron talking one day. She told him everything not to long after Sakura left. Anyway when Fóo and the elders found out that the fifth leader was a girl not born into the gang and had only been in the gang a month they were mad. Everyone but Fóo got over it. Fóo then found out that Li loved this new girl Sakura. She knew that she had to stop it but she couldn't. That's why she's here she came looking for Sakura and is trying to kill her baby."
"But what I don't get is why did Sakura leave?" says Madison as she tries to think of any reason.
"She left to save her baby." Says Meilin.
"Right. She left to live out her pregnancy in a new life I would assume." Says Eli.
"Has Li gone to be with her? By my thoughts Sakura should be giving birth within a week." Says Madison.
"That would be my guess but we don't know. Li also could have gone to see the elders."
Meilin stands up and growls, "I'm calling the elders."
"Meilin you can't." says Eli as he grabs her arm and holds her back, "The elders musn't know that we know anything. If they hear that we have put two and two together they may think Fóo knows where Sakura is and will be going after her. Tell no one Meilin, you too Madison."
"Fine but I'm going to be worried until I hear from Sakura or Li." Says Meilin.
Aaron smiles as he stands outside Madison's rooms and hears the conversation between the three remaining leaders, "Hmm I wonder if Fóo knows about this?" says Aaron quietly as he walks down the hall.