Johnny's p.o.v, Apartment on Alta street, 8:10am
'Sorry. It took a while finding the place.' Tyler says after he walks in and walks over to us. Carly hesitantly takes her eyes off of the Ramos brothers and turns to Tyler, a tired smile on her face.
'No problem. How was Las Venturas, T?' Carly says as they hug.
'Quiet, which is rare for the city.' Tyler says before they let go and he turns his attention to Lester. 'You used to work with Carly's dad back in North Yankton, right?' He says.
'That's true, Tyler. I believe that you know Evan and Alex Ramos.' Lester says as the brothers put their glasses of whiskey down and looks at them before they walk over and join in on the conversation.
'Civil, so far. Seems like yesterday that i wasn't getting into this kind of trouble.' Carly says, keeping a close eye on them. I have a feeling that she has something in mind and it's not a good thing.
'Are you sure that they won't kill us, sugar?' I say, trying to put her at ease. After all, she was only defending herself because Ivory let his anger take over.
'Ivory's our main problem. We just keep the Ramos brothers at arms length for now.' Carly says, the tone of her voice meaning that she's brushing these guys off.
I just hope that she knows what she's doing.
Switch to Alex's p.o.v
'Maybe Evan's right. After all, i did threaten her.' I thought, looking at the kid, who seems unwilling to look away and once again, i find it hard to look away from those eyes of hers.
She seems innocent.
Harmless.
Well, almost harmless.
She kind of reminds me of my cousin at that age...but i don't have time to get caught up in childhood memories.
Meanwhile ( Amanda's p.o.v, 8:15am)
'She's not going to answer and i don't blame her.' I say, putting my phone down and lying down on the bed. I just hope that Michael finds her and brings her back here safely, biker friends or no biker friends.
Damn...i don't even know where to start off my apology, if she'll accept it.
Saying i'm sorry is not good enough because it never really fixes anything and i know that first hand. If i had listened to what my daughter was trying to tell me, maybe our on ce unbreakable mother daughter bond wouldn't be so fragile.
No...i'm not sure that i can fix this.
Michael's p.o.v, 8:18am
'Thanks, Hayden. Just let me know if you hear from her or if she shows up at your house.' I say before hanging up and continue driving around, looking for any sign of my little girl. My little girl's not really little anymore.
I know that she can handle herself away from us for a few nights. I spent several nights crashing in hotel rooms and rundown buildings just to stay off of the grid.
Still, i can't help but worry.
That's the thing about being a parent, you worry about your kids no matter how old they get or how independent they are.
I wish that i was that resilient when i was sixteen.