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'HK? Is that you?'
I lifted my head up at the voice above me and saw Violet, Vex's partner and girlfriend. Her reputation was not as well known as his was, but it was always thought that it was her brains and organisation skills that got them both to the success that they were at today. She sunk down to my level, her heels clicking against the tarmac as she positioned herself.
She did not believe in the kind of mindless macho violence that Vex had believed in, but she was lethal nonetheless – a femme fatale, a Bond villain. Her eyes flicked up at me, flashing that familiar green that I had figured was now contagious with the power that suppliers held. Her hands folded over my arm, her long, red nails framing my jacket. She caressed, and in a split moment I thought I could open up to her about what the truth was. Yet I soon heard the same tone in her voice as I had heard in Vex.
'Rough day pickle?' she asked, smiling through the corner of her lips.
'Just a tad.'
I realised with a jolt that Violet must know about Fingers, and stood up instantly. She remained seated.
'Something wrong?' she said, raising a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
'Does Vex tell you everything?' I asked, sneaking a look at the van that she was leaning up against. She scoffed a laugh and contained a look between confusion and insult.
'What the hell is that supposed to mean?'
'I mean with his businesses. Do you tell each other everything?'
'Why HK? You want to flirt with me and not have him find out?' she slid up to my level and laughed, this time out of sheer amusement, 'sorry darling, I'm not the adulterous type.'
'No, that's not what I mean,' I said, rubbing the bridge of my nose in focus, 'you know who he kills.'
'What?'
'You KNOW that Vex killed Fingers,' I said, my voice breaking into a shout. She tilted her head to the side and stared into my eyes, her gaze completely unbroken, no blink or a movement. It made me feel small and weak, like I wanted to hide under the van just to stop her eyes staring at me. Suddenly she started shaking her head, keeping her gaze unbroken.
'HK, you idiot,' she suddenly snarled.
I jolted backwards, as if she had slapped me. My thoughts were going a mile a minute and rage was the first emotion that struck me.
'I don't want to hit any more women Violet, but I fucking well want to now.'
'Just try it, HK. Just give it a try,' she said, a deadly tone seeping through her voice.
I couldn't find any confidence to confront her, she could have shot me to the floor and I would have been too scared to react.
'Why did you call me an idiot?'
'Because you are one,' she said, spinning around and walking a few meters away and then turning around with an exasperated sigh, as if she had said what she was about to say a million times, 'Vex didn't kill Fingers.'
'Yes he did.'
'No. He didn't.'
'Yes he did, he killed him this morning.'
'No he didn't.'
'How do you know?'
'Because I was with him when we got to Finger's house when someone had beat us to it!'
A silence fell over us; the only sound rupturing it was the trees above, echoing my hands by shaking feverishly.
'…what?'
Violet bit her tongue between the side of her teeth, that same emotion between confusion and insult riddling her face.
'We have to report to people as well HK, just like you report to us. You have no idea how far this goes up do you? Take a word of my advice. Don't. Get. Involved. You'll just wind up killed. You're used to your petty adventures and school dealings. You have no idea what you are dealing with.'
My mouth was flapping open and shut. Things I had intended to say were being lost with looks from those green eyes of hers.
'Why did Vex tell me he had killed him?'
She made an expression on her face as if she was repeating herself again. It started to irritate me.
'We had to make up a story to tell the bosses. If they knew that we hadn't done the job then we'd be held responsible. They have to know exactly what's going on. Vex was covering our asses.'
I slid down to the ground again, a mounting feeling of dread taking over me, 'so…who did kill him?'
She sunk down beside me and put her lips to my ear, the smell of her perfume blowing over me, hypnotising my senses. I almost fell backwards when I felt the warmth of her breath blowing against my neck. She truly was one of the most incredible women I had ever met.
'Like I said HK. Don't. Get. Involved. Leave this to the professionals and use your energy on something else. You are way out of your depth here. You have stumbled into something that you will never know anything about.'
She rested a hand on my neck, I could feel her nails against my vein, knowing with one swift motion, she could slit my throat. Instead, I felt them stroking me; a twisted caress that made me shiver with every touch, 'I care about you a lot HK – don't do anything stupid. I know you're leaving the league and to be honest, with the situation right now, I don't care. Because I know it wont be the last I'll see of you.'
She kissed me tenderly on the cheek; I could feel her lipstick leave a print on my skin. She stayed close to me for a moment, and then leaned back, running her hand off my neck until it was off my body.
'Why didn't he tell me the truth?' I asked, after what had seemed like years of agitation blocking my throat. Her hands fell to her sides and she began running them along the pavement.
'What is the truth anymore?' she sighed, lolling her head to the side to look at me, 'we had to cover all angles. If you happened to ask questions then we had to say something. It's not like we cou-' she froze. Her eyes widened and I saw her bring her hand up close to her face from the pavement. It was covered in red liquid, running down each delicate finger and onto her wrist. Blood.
My breathing quickened as my eyes darted from her hand to her eyes, the colour of which was getting deeper and deeper.
'HK…whose is this…?'
My whole body was frozen in terror. I couldn't reply even if I had wanted to.