Authors note:
Hello everyone! My sincerest and biggest apologies for the long wait. It has been more than a year since I have updated this story. And I am so sorry! A lot of things had happened since I last updates that took away my drive to write. But the follows and story alerts that I have gotten for this story over the past year has really been amazing. They have reminded me that I have this story here, waiting to be finished. I am going through something at the moment that I find difficult, and I figure writing is the best therapy for me. I have really forgotten how much I missed writing and missed these characters. I made a promise to myself that I will finish this story, and I intend on keeping it! No matter how long it takes. I won't make any promises on when I will update, because I do not want to break them. But I will try to update when I can. I also want to say thank you to all of those who have read this story in the past and who have reviewed. Thank you for the support :) Alright, on with the story!
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I apologize in advance for any mistakes and/or errors.
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*All thoughts are in Italics
Alice's POV
And there she was. Dressed in black from head to toe. Standing with her legs spread apart and her arms outstretched with two hand guns at the end of them. Her fingers are on the triggers, ready to aim and fire. The blaze in her eyes and her hard set mouth warn that she is dangerous and not to be messed with. Leah. She is finally here.
"Put the gun down or I'll blow your fucking head off." Leah says in a rigid tone. James' grip on the gun falters for a moment. But he disobeys Leah's orders and pushes then harder against my head. I let out a sob and turn my head slightly to catch her eyes. I can see that she is glancing at me in my peripheral vision. I mouth the words "help me", hoping she will see my silent plea.
"Nice of you to drop by Lee-Lee." I hear James slur out. "We would really love your company. Please join the party." He says to her, his tone mocking.
"Didn't you fucking hear me? I said put the fucking gun down!"Leah spits out, her voice now louder than before.
"Nah. I don't wanna. Whatcha gonna do about it, huh Lee-Lee?" He is starting to antagonize her. I hear the clicks of her heel as she moves a bit closer to us.
"Don't play games with me. Just do what the fuck I say. Put the gun down, let her go, and you will get to live." She tells him, her voice venomous. James lets out a soft chuckle.
"Not till I get what I want from the little pixe." he says while he places a hand on my butt and grabs a handful. Suddenly, Leah lets out a growl. I hear James let out a grunt and something falls. The gun is no longer pointing to my head and I no longer feel the heat from his body against mine. I am freed. I whip around to see James on his knees and Leah pointing both her guns to the top of his head.
"Oh, Lee-lee has got some moves, huh? " James slurs out while he shows a drunken smile.
"Put the gun down." she orders him. I look quickly to his hand to see that he still has hold of the gun. And the gun is still pointing at me. I slowly back away until I hit the wall and wrap my arms around my body. He lets out a little chuckle and licks his lips while he gawks at me.
"I don't fucking have time for this James!" Leah yells out.
"But you had time to fuck me that one night, didn't you?" he retorts back to her. I gasp at what I just heard and I look to Leah. Her eyes sparked a blaze and something within her snapped. She quickly steps away from him and kicks him in his back. He lets out a grunt and his face lands on the floor. She goes over to the side of him and yanks the gun out of his hand. She then throws the gun out of the nearest window. She then grabs his arm and turns him so that he is lying on his back. She then gets on top of him so that she straddles his waist. She places one gun to the side of his head and pressed the other one hard against his stomach. James seems to be in a daze because of the swiftness of Leah's movements. She gets close to his face and starts to speak.
"Listen to me, you worthless piece of scum. Having sex with you was a big ass mistake that I will never make again. I will never get that drunk around anybody again. But you knew I was drunk out of my mind and you still went along with it. And for that you are a fucking bitch. I can hardly stand to be around you. The only reason why I tolerate your ass is because of AJ. He is my friend and you are his cousin, for that single reason, I will let you live" she says to him. You can see the relief flood his face as he hears her words. Then she slides the gun to the side of his face and harshly turns his head so his ear is facing her mouth.
"But if anything like this happens again, if I hear just one word from AJ about you that I don't like, if you ever think about touching that woman again, I won't hesitate to blow that pea brain of yours out of your skull" she whispers menacingly in his ear. I see James' Adams apple bobble up and down as he swallows hard. He tries to look tough but I can see the fear in his eyes.
"Is that understood?" she asks him. He at first hesitates, then he nods slowly in understanding. She finally raises herself off of him and puts her guns in her back pocket.
"Now get the fuck out of here before I change my mind" she says to him. He manages to pick himself up and doesn't even glance my way as he stumbles at the door. I look over to Leah and she looks at me worriedly. I want to run to her, but I am still paralyzed by the shock of what just happened. Before I can push myself to move, she makes her way over to me. She rests her hands on my shoulders and starts to evaluate my body. Then she looks up at me and places her hand on my cheek.
"Are you alright? Did that bastard hurt you?" she asks looking in my eyes.
I have never seen this side of Leah. She is so concerned for me. She actually cares.
"No, he didn't hurt me" I force out. "It was just…so scary…I-" I start sob uncontrollably. Leah quickly pulls me in tight embrace. I cling to her for dear life and bury my face in the crook of her neck. She holds me and rubs my back soothingly until I manage to calm down.
"Let me take you home" she whispers to me as she rubs my arm. I wipe my face once then nod my head in agreement. She guides me out of the warehouse and into the car. Then we speed off in her black SUV.
We finally arrived at the front of my house and I breathe a shaky sigh of relief. Neither of us moves to leave the car. We sit in the comfortable silence.
I am home safe. And its all because of Leah. I honestly don't know what I would have done if she wasn't there. I owe her so much.
"Thank you" I tell her, my voice trembling and my eyes glassy. She looks over to me and smiles slightly and takes hold of my hand.
"You are welcome pixie. It's the least I can do for being late" she jokes and lets out a light chuckle. I smile a little and she squeezes my hand.
"My car broke down while I was at a stoplight. I had to call Gary up to come give me a jump and it took a while. That's why I was late. I probably need to get a new battery for it or something" she explained. Before I could reply I see headlights shining behind us. Someone just pulled up behind Leah's SUV. Fear creeps up inside of me.
What if it's Jasper? I really won't know to explain me being with Leah to him. And I have no clue how he will react to it.
The headlights finally shut off and I get a peek and what type of car it is.
That looks like Rose's car. What is she doing here?
I quickly get out of the car to meet my sister who is also stepping out of her car.
"So you can't answer your damn phone now?" Rose she says to me as she walks over to me. We are both now on the sidewalk and I squirm under her glare.
"Sorry, I was kind of busy and I…well I…" I try to make up an excuse.
"Rose?" I look around in surprise as I hear Leah speak. I didn't know she got out of the car.
"Leah?" I hear Rose ask in disbelief. I also didn't know that Rose and Leah knew each other.
Oh boy. This can't be good.
"What the fuck are you doing with my sister?" Rose asks aggressively as she makes her way closer to Leah's SUV. Leah scrunches up her face in confusion and surprise.
"I didn't know Eve was your sister" she replies, looking at me to explain. I try to open my mouth to talk but nothing comes out.
"Eve?" Rose spits out. She looks absolutely livid.
Oh no. Oh no no no!
"Alice, why is she calling you Eve?" Rose yells at me. I am still unable to speak, paralyzed with shock.
"Wait a minute, why is she calling you Alice?" Leah says to me, her voice slightly louder than before.
"Alice. Oh Alice. Please don't tell me you are the Eve that I think you are." Rose says, pacing the sidewalk slightly, her voice not as loud as before, but it shakes with anger.
"I-" Is all I can get out. I feel the tears start to fill my eyes again as I realize my cover is blown.
"You lied to me." I hear Leah say from behind me. I swiftly whip around to see her staring right at me. Her eyes are filled with anger, but there is also a tinge of sadness.
"I trusted you and you lied to me." Leah says, pain lacing her voice.
"Leah!" I suddenly cry out. All the emotions of the moment start to flood my body. I start to sob shamelessly.
"Leah, I'm so sorry!" I sob out to her I rush over to her and start to reach out for her.
"Don't" she spit out to me and I stop in my tracks. She gives me one last look before she turns around and gets into her SUV. She speeds off without looking back. The tears never stop and I start to tremble.
What have I done? Oh God, what have a done? What a mess this is! I thought I was helping!
I feel Rose hand touch the back of my shoulder. I turn to her. I can still see the anger in her eyes, but there I sympathy too.
"Come on, let's go inside. We need to talk" she says to me. I manage to nod in agreement. She puts one of her arms around my shoulder and guides me in the house.