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24.Tag along

W I N T E R

Even though my mind is frozen, I am grateful that my body isn't. We rush into my mom's ward room and dash inside the room, alerting my parents. I sigh in relief when I see them both looking at us with wide eyes, obviously thinking to give us both an earful for disturbing their… their sexual intercourse. Well… I don't know why I am being shy when I am not usually so shy about this stuff about. Maybe because they are my parents. And thankfully they are both fully dressed, which means that they were only on the beginning of a foreplay.

My mom rolls her eyes while relaxing a little, while dad seems to have become a blushing mess. Well, this calls for a memory shot. I take out my phone silently and cautiously, trying not to let my parents know. They must be waiting for us to enter the room because they are looking at our direction which is on the entrance of my mom's ward room which can be simply classified or defined as the door. I quickly turn on my camera and click a photo quietly.

Click.

Well, so much for doing it quietly. My dad comes cautiously at my direction while I carefully start to go backward and backward before they can comprehend anything I quickly step forward to take Xavier's hand and drag him as fast as possible.

“WINTER! You are not going to get away from THIS! DELETE THE PHOTOGRAPH NOW!!!” I giggle to myself while I see dad halting behind and breathing heavily with his hands on his knees. I take the left turn to see that it leads to an empty alley which is eerily silent.

I turn to Xavier to see that he is still carrying his stoic expression, making me tense and remember the shit why we came here.

“What will we do now?”

“You stay here while I handle this, okay?” No, it's not okay.

Xavier looks at me, intensely. “What do you mean? I hope you're not going to go there alone and fight the mafia.” Xavier takes my hand and kiss it while I try to read his expression.

“Your parents need you here,” I wait for him to finish. “I will go there to settle this shits not to fight them alone.”

I shake my head while I cup his cheeks tightly. I can't believe the tears coming out of my eyes. Gosh, I am scared. “No… no… You are not going there alone. I will tag along. We can go there and fight together. You see, the more, the merrier.”

Xavier shakes his head and cups my hands, which is on his cheeks. He looks at the wall behind me with an expression indicating he is thinking something. Deeply.

“I know you are thinking something,” He now adverts his attention to me by looking at me in the eyes with determination.

“I am sorry,” I raise an eyebrow in hurt.

“For what because you are not going to go there alone. Hell no!”

“I am not sorry for leaving. I am sorry… for this,” Before I can comprehend what he is saying, I feel a sting somewhere on my nape. I stare at him hurt because I know what will happen now. My vision blurs while I wait for my body to hit the cold floor. But I feel something warm engulfing me before I am engulfed by a deep sleep.

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X A V I E R

I park my car in front of a secluded old house. Coming here was a difficult task because I knew Winter wouldn't allow me to. The sight of seeing hurt in her eyes before she fainted is still clear and is bugging me like fuck. I did it for her safety because I know her. She is the most selfless person I have ever seen. I knew she would tag along with me just to assure that I am safe. Not even minding that she is risking her life by doing that.

I have told her parents everything when I went to Winter's mom ward room. They were distressed when they saw me entering with Winter unconscious in my arms. When they asked me what happened, I told them everything. I expected them to say that I should keep a distance from Winter, but they stayed silent urging me to sort things out, so here I am.

I enter the small house with a sigh. I know what is going to happen. They are either gonna beat the shit out of me or settle things the way I want to -which is the most unlikely one. So, that is why I came prepared. The cops will barge in if I press the button which is planted inside my pant's pocket. When the button is pressed, they will hear the alarm on one of their phone and will come in and rescue me. The main goal in this mission is to catch all of the Mafia's member, especially the boss.

The reason the cops and the team are staying behind is because the Mafia can be very brutal, they will not hesitate when it comes to throwing a bomb or something which the cops are trying to detect right now.

The cops and their team detecting bomb will take time and me handling them and lurking them is going to be a hard job. I wish they will barge in here soon. Gosh, I miss Winter already. She is going to be a hell lot ta angry at me when I get back to the hospital.

The inside of this cottage seems to be silent and dark -just the way I expected. I put my hands inside my pocket containing the flat button. The button being flat helps us in them not suspecting us. I know the first thing they are going to do is check whether I am carrying any weapon. The pockets are the 'must check area' so the person who made this alarm was smart. I carry on taking heavy steps and keep on breathing deeply. I have handled situation like this before, but something made me feel that today is going to be different. Far more different from I expect it to be.