Ally POV
Oh my god.
Oh my god.
I'm going to have a panic attack.
He can't honestly think this is ok I am going to kill him when I get out of here. That stupid bastard!
"Austin!" I screamed.
My phone rang so I tried to control myself and answered it.
"Hello? Ally Dawson" I said professionally
"Ally? It's Jimmy" I jumped a bit
"Jimmy?! Oh my god Jimmy, thank god I thought you were dead"
"Where are you? You sound like you're in a closet"
"I'm in Atlantic City, Where are you?"
"I just had to leave town. Look I just wanted to tell you that I think you should just forget about this whole story. I looked into it and it turns out the whole thing was just a big waste of everyone's time"
"No, Jimmy I think there was someone behind all of thi-" and then he hung up. "Jimmy?!" What the hell?
Little did I know that Jimmy was in a lot more trouble than I thought.
Austin POV
I picked up my phone to ring the office.
"Hello?" I heard a female voice on the other side.
"Trish! Hey! Tell Dez, I got her and I want a bonus for bringing her in so quick"
"Yah and I want a bonus for getting through the day without stabbing somebody with a fork" she said dryly, my phone buzzed.
"I got to go, I have another call"
"Yeah, ok, bye bye" she hung up abruptly.
I pressed the button to answer the second call. "I'm sorry but Austin can't come to the phone right now"
"Austin! Let me out of the trunk!"
"Naaaahhhh"
"Austin please! I can barely breathe in here!"
"Good! It might shut you up for a while"
The line was silent for awhile and then I could hear light sobbing. I sighed.
"Ally, remember how we used to be in love?" I said softly
"Yeah" she breathed out.
"Well because of that, I know when your crying and WHEN YOUR FAKING IT!"
"Ugh Austin!"
"Bye bye!" I shouted down the phone as I threw it into the passengers seat. I laughed at how gullible she thought I was.
She was quiet for a while until I smelt smoking from the trunk.
Fuck.
I pulled over and opened it and Ally threw out a fire lighter and jumped out, punched me in the stomach and took off running past me. Little bitch.
I started running after her and jumped on her, knocking her over.
"Not gonna be that easy, baby"
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"How did you know where to find me?" I heard Ally say as I cleaned the front view window of the car.
"Well, I knew you went to see your mother so I went there"
"You talked to my mother?"
"Yes and she said something about a suicide story and you wanting to suck up some luck and I knew you'd be at the track because your dad had this strange theory that all of the luck was at the racecourse. I knew you were in section D because it's your lucky letter. Who even has a lucky letter?" She sat quietly and looked at me as I walked around to fill up the tank.
"I didn't think you knew so much about me"
"I was married to you wasn't I?" I said laughing, "but honestly, I'm loving the single life. I mean getting to have meaningless sex whenever I want? Great. But I met this girl and you know I think she's the one" I leaned into the car ,smirking at how interested she was.
"Really? What's this girls name?"
I thought about it and the only name and face that popped into my head was...
"Trish." I said bluntly, "beautiful face, smoking hot body, amazing in bed, smart-"
"Pretty smart I'm sure for a hooker" Ally cut me off
"She's not a hooker" I glared
"Well then what does Trish do?"
I paused for a moment, "she's a judge"
She rolled her eyes, "Bullshit!"
"It's not bullshit, Criminal Justice Judge. Just like the one you skipped out on"
She glared at me with those big brown eyes I fell in love with. I sat into the car and she spoke as I started to drive.
"Ok Austin, I'll make you a deal. I will give you $500 dollars and you can just drop me off anywhere here" she said pulling the money out of her purse.
I scoffed at her offer, "Sweetheart, I'm getting 5 grand for bringing you in"
"Well the Austin I know, could take that $500 and turn that $5,000 just like that" she snapped her fingers.
"Try $10,000" I scoffed with pride
"15?"
"50"
"Oh well I wouldn't go that far, you're not that good" she leaned back in her seat
"I am too"
"Well then prove it"
"Alright I will" I said as I pulled over to the casino we were passing.
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Ally POV
"So you wanna tell me why you missed your hearing?" I heard Austin say as he had a firm grip on my arm, making sure I didn't get away.
"Look, I got a call ok? From this guy, he tells me that I have to write this story about this suicide that happened last month, some guy jumped headfirst off a buildi-"
"The person always jumps feet first in a suicide, headfirst means he was pushed or thrown off" he cut me off and said bluntly.
"How do you know that?" I asked intrigued.
"Every cop knows that" he said as we got off the escalator.
"Well then why would a cop mark it as a suicide on the report?" I stopped and looked at him.
"I don't know why don't you ask the cop that did the report?" The idea bubbled in my head. He had a point.
I was pulled out of my thoughts, when I felt him tug me towards the crowded table where people are placing their bets.
"Ok Austin, you remember the rules? You win, I walk" I said clearly.
"I'm not stupid Lee" he said as he placed all the chips on the table.
"Wait you're betting all of it?"
"Yeah, because even if I lose, I still win"
I sighed and prayed to god he won.
"Ok shooter, you ready?" The man said.
"Yeah, blow" Austin said as he put his hand holding the dice in front of my face. I looked at him confused. "Come on you always did before. Do you want me to win or not?"
I glared at him and gently blew into his hand.
"Alright" He said gently throwing the dice down the table. It landed on a 3 and 4, meaning the bet wins. We cheered and the man doubled Austin's money.
This went on for the next few goes. Me blowing into Austin's hand and him winning. It felt like old times.
When he got to $5,000 I cheered.
"Yay 5 grand! Just like you wanted. Ok I'll be off" I said picking up my bag, ready to walk away.
"Woah! Where are you going?" Austin said grabbing my arm, pulling me back.
"You said 5 grand and I walk"
"No you said I could turn 5,000 into 10,000 into 15,000 into 50,000. Why would I let you go for 5 grand if I'm getting 5 grand for bringing you in? That doesn't make sense" He said pushing me into the table and throwing his arm around my shoulder to keep me in place, "You are not leaving until I have at least 10 grand in front of me. Now blow." He held his hand in front of me and I kept my mouth shut and looked the other way. "Fine" He said as he rolled the die and it landed on two fours. I cringed, "ok two fours we can make that work"
"Unless it's a four and a zero" I said as he rolled the die again.
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"'Unless it's a four and a zero' who says that?" Austin said dragging me down the halls, trying to find our room.
"You should have listened to me and let me go!" I exclaimed
"No, all I heard was the sound of 8 grand worth of chips being swept away from me"
When we found our room, he roughly shoved me onto the bed and handcuffed me to it. I was expecting that.
He picked up the room key and started walking out the door, "I'll be back in an hour, Lee, or two" he grinned.
"Austin! No! You can't leave me here!" I shouted as he walked out the door. I threw a vase from the table beside me at his head, missing him as he walked out the door. A minute later his head popped back in,
"You're probably gonna have to pay for that" and left again.
"Ugh!"
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