We kept running with the SUV right on our heels. If didn't think of a way to lose them then they would for sure catch us both. Tweener was so scared out of his mind that he could barely function so I was going to have to take the initiative here. I pulled Tweener off the road and through different people's yards. It would be a lot harder for them to catch us if they couldn't drive. I could run a lot faster than I was going, but it was hard for Tweener to keep up and I was not going to leave him behind. I urged him to go faster and we pushed through a fence in the backyard. If we could somehow just make it out of town then we might have a chance at losing Mahone.

Dogs started barking as we ran through their yard, and I broke away from Tweener as I picked up my sprint. I rounded the corner to a small alleyway where our route was effectively cut off by an extremely high fence. Tweener rounded the corner and I was standing there with my hands over my head. I was panting heavily trying to think of a way out of this. Tweener glanced back towards the first way we came and hurried over to me.

"Quick I will help you over the fence." He said taking my elbow.

I quickly nodded my head and started to climb the fence. He put on hand underneath my feet and the other on my butt as I pushed myself over the top part of the fence. I had to admit it did feel a little good to have him touch me there, but my adrenaline was pumping too hard to say anything. I tried to balance myself on the other side of the fence, but lost my balance and fell hard on the ground on my lower back. Tweener ran up to the fence and asked if I was alright. Through squinted eyes I nodded my head and pulled myself to my feet and met Tweener at the fence.

"Alright, you start climbing the fence now hurry up." I said.

Tweener shook his head and I stared at him confused. What the hell was he doing?

"No I'm staying here Laney, you have to run, quick."

What was he even talking about? I put my fingers through the fence trying to reach out for his hand. I was trying to fight back my angry tears.

"I'm not leaving you here behind. Now get over the fence!"

Tweener held onto my fingers.

"Yes you are. You are going to start running and not stop until you get back to that garage. You are going to get that money so you can visit me in prison sometime."

Now the tears were freely flowing from my eyes. I couldn't believe he was talking like this to me. Why couldn't he just try to get over the fence? I shook my head in one more fateful attempt.

"Go on Laney! Just don't forget me alright."

I was sobbing as I moved away from the fence. It felt like I was leaving a piece of me behind with me. I was running through a separate yard and hand to cover my mouth with my hand. The tears were starting to blur my vision and it was getting difficult to see. I turned around changing my mind. I had to go back and help Tweener. I couldn't just leave him there to face the wrath of Mahone and my father.

A gun shot rang out.

"No!" I choked out doubling over at my stomach. I felt like I was going to be sick.

How could I let this happen? Tweener was supposed to be the love of my life, and I had just abandoned him. I don't think I could even think about what had happened when that gun went off. Something was definitely up with Mahone, and although I didn't want to admit that my father might be involved something was definitely going on. I wiped the tears away the best I could and started running back towards the others.

I didn't stop running until I got back to the subdivision. Luckily for me I never got any trouble from the police. I finally stopped running and had to double over so I could vomit all over the sidewalk. My mouth was so dry I could hardly breathe and my whole body felt weak. I was watching the others dig and suddenly a fierce anger started bubbling up inside me. How was it fair that they were sitting in the garage joking about and laughing about God knows what while something awful might be happening to Tweener?

I bet they wanted this to happen, and that is why they sent Tweener in the first place. They wanted to get rid of him so he wouldn't get any of the money, and he would be out of their hair. I was clenching my fists tightly at my sides and I stormed over to the garage. I was not going to let them get away with this. I moved into the garage and violently kicked one of the buckets of rocks across the room. The guys were all looking at me with shocked faces.

"Laney what the hell is wrong with you?" asked C-note "Where is Tweener?"

Just hearing them say his name made me want to take all of them down. I started moving towards the door to the house. I had a few words that I needed to say to Michael. I threw open the door and stormed inside.

"MICHAEL!"

At this point, I didn't even care where Jeannette was or if she could hear me. I started moving through the house searching for Michael. The others were quick on my heels and Abruzzi put his hand on my shoulder.

"What is it Bella? What happened?"

I flinched away from his touch. I called out Michael's name again. Abruzzi kept calling out my name.

"Don't call me that! Don't ever call me that again!"

Michael, Tbag, and Jeannette came down the stairs after hearing my shouting, and Michael and Tbag were looking at me like I had lost my mind. They hadn't seen anything yet.

"Tweener just got arrested!" I shouted.

All of their eyes widened, but Jeannette was just staring confused. Tbag started to move down the stairs trying to calm me down, but I jerked away from him.

"Oh fuck off all of you!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. "I know that you never wanted Tweener around, and you sent him there so we would get caught. I bet you even tipped off the police."

They were all staring at me in shock. I was fuming and my chest was heaving in and out. Tbag was glaring at me and he was trying to warn me if I said anything much further I would probably be in trouble. Jeannette had her head titled to the side confused.

"What is she talking about? One of you got arrested?"

As always, Michael had to try and mend the current situation.

"He is my younger brother-in-law, and he has been in trouble with the law all of his life. We felt sorry for him and gave him this job to try and straighten him out."

Michael was only adding fuel to the fire.

"That's right Michael lie yourself out of a problem just like usual. As long as you benefit from it you don't care who gets hurt in the process. You don't think that Jeannette would want to know that there were a bunch of escaped convicts digging up her garage for some buried cash."

I had blurted out that sentence before I could even stop myself. Jeannette was staring at me in shock along with Michael and most of the others. Tbag was looking at me like I had just overstepped by boundaries and I was in for trouble. The tears were starting to brim my eyes. Every second I spent here yelling at these guys was wasting time for me to do something to help Tweener. I just had to help him before Mahone did anything to hurt him.

"I think you all should leave now." Said Jeannette.

"Please we are almost finished, just let us get done and we will be gone." Michael tried to reason.

"No I want you all to get out now!" she screamed.

Great, just great. Now they were all going to blame me for losing their money for them, and I would have to deal with that later. Right now my top priority was Tweener, and he was the only thing I could think about. A car door slammed just outside of the house and we all turned our attention towards the door panicked. Sucre peered out of the window.

"Holy shit, it's a cop." He said.

The other guys nearly went into a panic, and Jeannette prayed to the lord and quickly started moving towards the door. Clearly she had never met Theodore Bagwell before and knew that he was not going down without a fight. He quickly grabbed her by her hair and slipped his arm around her throat. He pulled a knife out of his pocket (I know such a surprise right?) and held it up to the throat. The rest of us all looked on with nervous faces as the front door started to open.