"Are you going to the racing tonight?" Dean asked Punk whilst they sat in Invictus early on in the day, sorting out money and shares between them.
Normally every so often they'd go down to the old race track, aka a dusty old back road that guys they knew would dangerously race up and down. It was actually how Punk met Dean and Sami. He used to go after his mom died when he was a kid, just to get out the house, and he found them there. They'd been friends ever since, and his dad had taken them under his wing.
"I don't know if I can be bothered." Punk sighed, "I haven't slept in days. I was meant to be off yesterday but my dad me go check on my sister." He rolled his eyes, "I think I'll give it a miss tonight." He said as his friends nodded.
"How is your sister doing? You still got people watching her?" Sami asked as Punk shook his head.
"Not anymore." Punk shook his head, "He promised me last night he'd stop watching her, but I know he's lying." He rolled his eyes, "I give it a week and he'll be sending people back out to see what she's up to." He said.
"What's the big deal with her? He doesn't have guys watching you." Dean said.
"Because he trusts me to be fine on my own. Plus, she's his daughter. He cares about her. I mean… that's what drove her away. He barely let her breathe." Punk said.
"You weren't all that innocent either." Sami said, "I recall you punched her first boyfriend when he went to shake your hand." Sami laughed as Punk smiled.
"In my defence, the guy gave off bad vibes. And plus, she's my baby sister. You guys don't know how it feels to have a little sister. I hate her the majority of the time. She's a fucking bitch. But she's still my sister. I still love her." He shrugged.
"I wish I got that on record." Dean laughed.
"Phil!" Jack burst through the door, walking briskly through to his office and past the boys, "Get in my office." He told his son who exchanged tense stares with his friends, standing up as they sniggered like teenagers watching their friend get sent to the principals office.
"What?" Punk said, walking into the office as Jack slammed the door behind him.
"Elise is being followed by this guy." Jack slammed down pictures on the desk that had been taken of a man getting out of a black car and lingering around Elise's house, "I thought I told you to sort it out." He put his hands on his hips.
"She said that no one was following her or looking to hurt her." Punk said, "How the fuck was I supposed to know this guy was creeping on her?" He asked.
"I don't know, but you're gonna sort it out. And you're gonna sort it out quickly. You know how people get when things trail back to us. They prey on our families. This is why I don't want her out living on her own." Jack said with anger, "She should be here, where we can watch her and protect her." He spat.
"I'll get rid of the guy." Punk promised, "I'll drive up tonight, but after that I want you to promise me that you give me a few days break from everything." He said as Jack nodded.
"Definitely." Jack nodded, "Just get this sorted. And quick. The neighbourhood Elise lives in is a quiet one. You're gonna needa figure out something." He said as Punk had already began leaving the office, storming away as Dean and Sami watched.
"Hey, Punk. Where are you going?" Sami asked but Punk had already stormed out of the club.
"That's great. Now spin around, on your toes, nice and straight." AJ smiled, sitting in Elise's house, watching as Toni took centre stage of the living room whilst Elise was out making coffee, "Wow, look at you." She gushed as the little girl smiled.
"Toni, you know you don't have to dance everytime AJ comes round." She laughed coming in with the coffee as AJ chuckled.
"I quite like it." AJ smiled, gratefully taking the cup of coffee from Elise as Toni ran over and sat up on the opposite couch, tuning into the TV whilst AJ turned into Elise who was sitting next to her.
"So this ballet recital. It's in two weeks right?" Elise corrected herself as AJ nodded, sitting her coffee down on the coaster. It had only been a few short days and she and Elise had grown extremely close. She enjoyed their friendship, it wasn't something she was used to, but she was extremely grateful to have somebody to talk to now. She was so used to being on her own.
"Yeah. Two weeks." AJ smiled, "The girls have been working really hard on it. Especially the older girls." She admitted, "It'll be great." She said with high hopes.
"Toni is really looking forward to it." Elise smiled, looking over at Toni and turning back to AJ.
"Does… Toni not see her father?" AJ asked hesitantly. She knew there was a closeness between her and Elise, and she really was here to listen to any of the young girls problems. That's what friends were for.
"No." Elise shook her head, "Her father doesn't know he's actually her father. He's… he's one of my brothers friends. I promised him I wouldn't tell my brother that we slept together, so I just tell everyone that her father isn't from around here." She shrugged.
"That's a shame." AJ sighed, "Is he a good guy?" AJ asked.
"No." Elise shook her head, "Just like my brother and father. Another not worth knowing." She said, "We're better on our own." Elise smiled, looking over at Toni, admiring her blue eyes and dirty blonde hair.
"Most women are." AJ chuckled lightly.
"What about you? Any boyfriends, ex boyfriends I need to know about." Elise laughed as AJ smiled.
"Nope." AJ said honestly, "I've had a few dates here and there. But nothing has ever came to anything. The longest relationship I've been in is around three months, and that was when I was in France." She said, "I guess I don't really have time for guys. I'm too busy." She laughed, realising that sounded selfish.
"They aren't worth it anyway." Elise added as AJ nodded in agreement. They had lots in common, it was probably why their friendship had taken off so quick. They were both unfortunately loners, and it was nice to finally find one another and a friend in each other. They both appreciated each others company. It was nice.
AJ left about an hour later, noticing it was getting late and Toni was heading to bed. It was her day off tomorrow where she taught no classes, so she looked forward to going home and getting a long sleep.
She walked down the street just round from Elise's house, ignoring the parked car beside an alley way, walking by the alley and feeling around her coat for her phone, pausing as she looked in her purse, not managing to find her phone anywhere.
"Shoot." She sighed, realising she had left the phone at Elise's, turning back and beginning to walk down the path she had walked up, hearing unattractive noise coming from down the alley she had just passed, slowing down the speed in her walk as she peered round the corner, standing with her mouth gaping as she looked on at the sight.
She was trying to scream but she'd forgotten how to. She thought she was going to pass out, and then he began to approach her, grabbing her roughly by the arm and pulling her down the alley, pressing his bloody hand over her mouth, pushing her against the wall as she looked up, noticing who it was underneath the hood, gasping into his hand.
"Shhh." He said quietly, "Don't scream." He told her, "Why is it we keep meeting like this?" He laughed slightly as she looked up into his eyes, terrified of him and what he had just done, not believing her eyes, feeling disgusted as she felt the blood from the dead man below cover her face from his hands.
She tried to speak, not sure what she was trying to say as it muffled against his hand. She understood that Elise's brother was bad, the way Elise talked about him, she always seemed disgusted, but she didn't realise he was THIS bad.
"What? What are you trying to say?" He asked her, "Nothing. You aren't saying anything." He told her as she looked into his eyes. He was terrifying, but a part of her wasn't scared, which did sound stupid. But she didn't know how else to put it.
He took his hand from around her mouth, wiping the blood he had put on her face off, watching her frightened frame shake with fear, looking up at him, "You're gonna go into that car over there, and sit tight, and wait for me." He told her, "You run, I'll track you down and I'll kill you." He whispered as she flinched, feeling his warm breath down her neck as she nodded.
She was in no position to take chances here. She had no idea what this man was capable of doing. Clearly a lot since there was a man dead on the ground beneath her.
Punk watched as she walked out, making sure she didn't try to run, smiling with relaxation as he watched her get in the car and wait.
Around five minutes later, he had dumped the body in the trunk and got into the drivers seat, turning around to the girl who he noticed was crying, "Stop crying." He spat with disgust.
"Please let me go. I won't… I won't do anything. Just let me go home." She begged him. She didn't know where he would take her or what would happen to her. She hadn't thought Elise meant her brother was some sort of killer on the loose. She just thought she meant he had a bad temper and was pretty arrogant.
"Not tonight." Punk said, pulling away and onto the road as AJ placed her hand over her forehead, sighing as she looked on at them moving along the road, "You're gonna wish you never seen that now." He told her as she turned around to him, looking on at him as he smirked, looking on at the road as he tightened his grip on the steering wheel he was holding with just one hand.
He was a handsome man, perhaps just a little older than her, but boy was he dark and gloomy. His presence alone just froze her with fear. She didn't know who he was, nor knew where he'd come from, but she knew there was darkness inside him. It didn't take a genius to figure that out. She was completely terrified.
Uh oh. AJ witnessed a dirty deed. Wonder what Punk will do? Will he trust her not to say anything, or will he have to take action? Who is Toni's father? When will AJ find out how seriously dangerous Elise's family are? All coming soon. Thanks for the reviews and a big happy new year when it comes to everyone. :)