Playing with The Devil *Book 2*

*Digging*

Charlie's POV

   "Get your lazy ass out of bed!" I heard Cade exclaim into my ear. I grumbled before rolling over. I felt a pillow collide with my side before I lifted my hand and flipped Cade off. He let out a loud huff before suddenly a large weight landed on my body. I let out a loud grunt as Cade laid down on me.

   "Get off me, you idiot!" I exclaimed opening my eyes and looking at him. He smiled and got off when he realized I had woken up.

   "Why did you wake me up?" I grumbled sitting up.

"Well we are once again home alone so I say we do some digging." He exclaimed with jazz hands. I raised an eyebrow at him before looking over at the alarm clock that sat beside the bed. 7:36 were in big letters.

My eyes narrowed and moved over to Cade who looked at me with an innocent smile. My hand reached over and grabbed the closet pillow to me before I slung it forward and hit him on the side of the head.

He fell down onto my bed with a hmph from the impact of the pillow. I giggled and rubbed the sleepiness away from my eyes.

"Get dressed and meet me outside in ten minutes. If not I will walk in here whether you are dressed or not." Cade stated sternly before getting off my bed and walking out of my room.

With a small laugh I stood up and walked over to my closet. I changed into simple blue jeans and a black cropped hoodie. I quickly tied my hair into a bun before walking out of the room. Cade had leaned up against the wall with a bored expression.

As he saw my arrival his eyes brightened up before he grabbed my hand and began dragging me. Soon we arrived at Jacob's office door. We both stared at it before looking at each other.

"He has cameras in here. He will know." I pointed out. Cade smiled down at me.

"I just happened to have fried all the cameras around this house so they are currently in the process of getting fixed. There are none in here." Cade said with a small smile. I giggled before nodding.

Quickly Cade began typing the buttons against the lock in the door. After a few seconds a click could be heard and the door popped open.

   The two of us quickly walked in and shut the door the door behind us. The two of us quickly walked over to his desk eager to find any sort of information.

   Cade instantly went over to his filing cabinet and pulled it open. Hundreds of files sat there.

   "You are dumb if you think that this information will be sitting out in the open. I come in here all the time, he of course would hide it." I mumbled walking towards his closet. My hands ran over the different locks before I noticed one that had stuck out.

   It wasn't much different than the others but this looked fake. My fingers ran over the lock, feeling the plastic that it was made of. Quickly I pulled down on the lock opening it without a key. The door to the closet slowly opened up.

   A single box sat in the room along with a few other shattered pictures. I made a pst noise to Cade which brought his attention. Cade looked over to me and then the secret room I had discovered. His eyes lit up like a Christmas tree.

   The two of us entered the room slowly. Cade dropped down to look at the papers that were scattered everywhere. I on the other hand went to the box. I squatted down and examined the box. After a quick nod I pulled the lid off.

   Hundreds of images and papers were in the box. Pictures of different people, documents on different gangs, and so much more, But what had stuck out to me was the large yellow envelope pushed up against the side of the box.
I grabbed the envelope and dumped the contents on the ground. What I saw inside made me sick to my stomach.

    Hundreds of pictures of me doing multiple different things fell out onto the ground, along with a lined paper. The pictures ranged from me getting dressed, sleeping, showering, dancing around my room in only underwear and a t-shirts, eating. Those are scary all together but the ones that scared me the most were the ones of a hooded man in my room holding a knife to my throat as I slept.

   I was frozen as I stared at the photos. My heart had sunk to my feet and I felt numb. Shakily I reached over and picked up the lined paper.

 
Oh dear Jacob,
3/16/2015

   Isn't she just a beautiful sleeper. I think the knife makes a perfect accessory, although it would be prettier if she were dead...

   Leave dear oh Charlie by June 12th or that knife will be placed where her necklace used to lay. Make her believe that you left because you didn't want her anymore, that it was her fault because she's so emotional. Use her insecurities against her. Make her hate you. If you don't my dear oh Jacob, there will be consequences.

    ~love, C

   What the fuck. This was dated five years ago 3 months before Jacob left me. This is why he left. I dropped the note to the ground not even being able to feel my fingers anymore.

   "Charlie what did you find?" Cade asked looking over at me. I couldn't feel anything. I raised my hand shakily and pointed towards the photos and the note. Cade quickly came over but took in a sharp breath as he looked over everything.

   "I had found a letter someone had written Jacob about a gang called Cerberus who has been after Jacob for quite some time now." Cade mumbled passing me over some papers. I looked over them briefly. Most of them were dated while Jacob and I were together. A lot of them were warning Jacob of threats the gang had opposed against him.

   "C-Can we come back tomorrow or something. I can't be here right now." My gaze looked back down on the images of me from high school. Cade quickly gathered up the photos and put them back into the box and slid the lid back on. He put the papers back where they were and quickly brought me out of the room.

   As we entered my room again I just sat on the middle of the floor looking at the wall, completely lost in my thoughts.

   So Jacob left me five years ago over a threat made. He made me hate him, wish death upon him, but if none of this would of happened I would of never become a gang leader.

   The worst part of this all.... I can't tell Jacob I know all of this.