Chapter 10: We All Fall Down

Sean stuffed some clothes into his duffel bag, along with the money Dean had given him. He zipped up the bag and looked around the room to see if he was forgetting anything.

"What are you doing?" Sean whirled around to find Emma in his room, looking at him.

"Packing." He replied solemnly.

"Packing. Drug dealing, killing spree road trip?" Emma asked sarcastically.

"Em, don't do that." Sean replied.

"Why are you leaving, Sean? Why are you leaving me?" Emma asked, close to tears. "I thought we had something."

"We do." Sean rushed over to her and put his hands on her face. "Em, we do. This is for your own good. For my own good."

"I just don't understand why you're leaving me." Emma replied.

"Emma, I made a deal and got in over my head." Sean replied.

Emma sniffled, wiping her tears off with her sleeve. "What kind of deal?"

"It'd be better if you didn't know..."

"What kind of deal, Sean???" Emma yelled. Sean sighed.

"The guy I work for, Manny is his biggest competition. He paid me ten thousand dollars to kill her." Sean replied. Emma gasped and held a hand to her mouth. "I couldn't do it, Em. I took his gun, I took his money, but I knew I wasn't going to kill her."

"Then why..."

Sean shrugged. "I don't know. I did something really stupid. When it gets back to Dean that I didn't do it, he's gonna come after me. And everyone I care about. I love you, I couldn't do that to you." He kissed her softly. "I have to go."

"Where are you gonna go?" Emma asked.

"New York." Sean replied. "I know some people there."

"New York City? As in the States?" Emma asked in disbelief.

"I'll come back for you." Sean replied. "I've gotta go, Em. You need to get out of here."

Emma nodded. "I love you."

Sean kissed her passionately. "I love you too." With that, he headed out the door.

Emma felt her knees give out, and she fell on Sean's bed, sobbing. Her best friend was a drug dealer, her boyfriend was a hit man, and they were enemies. Life couldn't get anymore complicated.

Later...

"So, Cameron bailed?" Dean asked.

"Word on the street is the kid went to NYC." Cole responded.

Dean shook his head angrily. "Alright, I guess I'll have to take care of this myself." He pulled his Glock forty five out of its holster and loaded it.

"Cole, get the car. We're gonna take a road trip to Degrassi. Get Benny Martinez on the phone, I need to talk to that clown."

Still Later...

"Manny, are you sure about this? I thought you said Benny didn't trust rich guys." Jimmy commented as they walked down the empty alley. It was about nine o'clock at night, and Benny had called Manny, urging her to meet him at their usual drop off spot.

"Well, he said he really wanted to meet the guy that's been bringing in all his profit." Manny replied. "This is good, Jimmy. Maybe now that he realizes we're big sellers he'll cut his price a bit."

"I guess you're right." Jimmy replied. They finally reached the drop off point, and waited for Benny to show up.

"Yo, Manny!" a voice yelled. Benny came out of the shadows and began walking toward the pair.

"That's him." Manny replied. "Yo, ese', what's up? What's goin'...oh fuck." Manny's stomach dropped when she saw who accompanied him. "Dean..."

"Dean?" Jimmy asked fearfully. "Oh shit."

"So this must be the infamous Jimmy Brooks." Dean said, circling him.

"Must be." Jimmy shot back, staring him down.

"So you're the guy that's cost me thousands of dollars." Dean shook his head. "Look at you, you're a fucking kid."

"A kid that bamboozled you out of a lot of money, no doubt."

"Shut up." Dean said. He pulled out his forty five. "You know, I don't know how they do things in Degrassi, but over here in Toronto, when you move in on another guy's territory, there are consequences and repercussions."

Jimmy's eyes widened as Dean cocked his gun and aimed.

"Jimmy!!!!" Manny shrieked.