noelle;
after what took weeks, we finally convinced the gang to help us kill him.
trust me it was hard. they were all terrified of the idea. but when they heard that their lives could be on line, one by one they all agreed.
billie 'worked her magic' - as she says- and got us a bunch of guns from the shooting range. i've taken the time to get a hang of shooting and i've pretty much mastered it at this point.
but it was finally the day.
the plan was to play it off as billie going in to pay her debt, which really was a duffle bag of fake money.
then while their looking at the cash, we'd pop in. sounds easy enough right?
we gathered our bags and loaded the trunk.
"noelle, are you sure about this?", i heard billie say from behind me.
i turned and saw her pale, scared face. billie and scared doesn't even sound right together. "yes im sure. it'll work out fine billie, i promise. even if i have to die to get you out".
"what- no. no dying. we're going in together and we're coming out together", billie reassured. i smiled in response, knowing that she was too stubborn to take anything else.
we all got in the car and drove to the location of this so called "base".
it was a short drive but we ended up having to walk through the woods since the house it self was guarded and had camera's.
we didn't want the rest of the group to be seen. we wanted them to think it was just me and billie.
the rest of the group walked around the house while me and billie carried the duffel bag to the front.
the guard ID'd us and sent us up to the main room
once we got there, i was hit with the smell of weed and money. and dirty money doesn't smell all that good.
we walked hand in hand up to this guy in the center of the room.
"well well. who do we have here?", the dark haired man asked.
"i'm here to give you everything i owe you".
"oh really? and who is this?", he looked over at me, cocking up his eyebrow.
"not someone you should be caring about. once i give you, your money, i'm no longer tied to you. neither are the people i care about", billie said
the man hummed and motioned for billie to hand him the bag. at this point, most of the people in the room left.
mostly the junkies and addicts. the only ones who stayed seemed to be men who "protected" this so called leader.
but less people around made this plan even easier.
he slowly opened the bag and his eyes widened at the sight of stacks on stacks of 100 dollar bills.
me and billie took that opportunity to slowly back out of the room. as soon as he reached to pick up the money, i pushed and held down on a button on my phone, alerting the others the come in.
he started feeling and smelling the money. his face showed that he knew something was off, he started asking his men to check the money too. they all gave the same response.
"eilish, what is this?" he asked, running his hand down his face.
"what does it look like?".
the man got up and me and billie instantly pointed out guns towards him. causing the five men left in the room to point their guns at us.
"have you lost your fucking mind? pulling a gun on me? kind of a bitch move for a little girl.."
"you've spent years toying with me for money that wasn't my debt to pay. i'm done with your games", billie kept her gun pointed at his temple. i could see the anger and hurt coursing through her from the corner of my eye.
"oh billie.. you just dug yourself deeper into my games. i think another 100k added onto your debt would suffice for this stunt you pulled here."
"in addition. this pretty girl of yours... is mine" he added, with smirk as he looked at me.
"you're not getting shit. ever, i'll make sure of that", i said, finally speaking for myself.
"oh is that so? what do you plan on doing to stop me?"
i looked down at his feet and saw the small grenade roll in. "you're about to find out".
at that moment, i grabbed billies hand and ducked while running out of the double doors.
two shots fired in the room before i loud boom sounded through the whole house. causing me and billie to fall.
i fell on a piece of glass, causing me to limp as we stood back up.
we quickly started running as we heard running down the hall. billie held me on her shoulders so i could keep up.
we rushed for the door but saw that was it guarded by 3 men. two of which weren't looking in our direction.
i pulled out my gun and shot the first guy, grabbing the other two's attention.
while they were reaching for their guns, i shot one, leaving billie to shoot the other.
we pushed through the front doors and saw the car parked in front of the building
there were men chasing behind us as we ran for the car.
as soon as we got in the back, prince started the engine and drove off. you could see guards chasing us down the street
"you okay?!" billie asked as she examined my leg.
"i- i'm fine. it was worth it".
she looked up at me and softly grabbed my face before kissing me
"i don't care how soon this is, i love you", she whispered to me.
i smiled and looked up in her eyes, "i love you too..". i paused, pulling my hand up to connect with hers.
"...til death do us part".