The Black Tangled Heart

The Choice

"What time is it?" Asked Shawn as he pushed his hand through his tangled curls and then rolled over to where he expected a small, warm body to lie but he found sheets empty and cold. His eyes shot open as he gazed around the room in confusion before the events of the previous evening all came rushing at him

The walk on the beach...

His awkward attempt at making Camila his girlfriend...

Her literally running away from him and then the long walk home... alone

Pushing the covers back, Shawn swang his long, toned legs over the side of the bed and then sat up straight and sighed

Today was the day...

The day he fought Varga in the biggest, most uneven fight of of his life and he had wanted to go into it with both Ethan and Camila at his side, as his strength but she wasn't there with him when he woke up, instead she was most likely tucked up next to Ethan

A small knock at the door ignited hope in his chest that she had changed her mind, that last night she had panicked but after giving it some thought she had realised she wanted him the way he wanted her...

Walking towards the door he tried to settle his pulse before pulling it open and then struggled to hide the disappointment as he stood face to face with his older brother

"It's 5am Shawn, time to get moving bro"

"Sure"

"Are you 100% sure you want to go through with this?"

"No, but I'm 100% sure I don't have any other choice" Shawn lifted an arm and leant against the white doorframe, his curls flopping into his face as his white t-Shirt stretched tight over his lean, muscular torso

"Is Mila coming now or meeting us later?" Asked Ethan as he attempted to look over his brothers arm towards the unmade bed cringing at the thought of the activities that had probably taken place in it

"Why don't you ask her since she seems to have spent the night in your room again" Shawn tried not to sound jealous but the thought of Camila lying next to any man that wasn't him, even his brother who he trusted more than he trusted anyone or anything, had his skin prickling and his temper fraying

"She's not with me" Said Ethan, his forehead crumpling

"What do you mean?" Demanded Shawn as he pushed his brother aside and walked quickly to Ethan's room, moving inside and dragging the covers from the bed only to find it empty "Well then where the hell is she?"

"Last time I saw her you two were headed out"

"But she came back, her car was parked outside" Shawn rushed from the room, unlocking the front door of their apartment and sprinting down the cold concrete steps to the apartment block parking lot

"Shawn?" Called Ethan as he appeared into the early morning air and found his brother inside Camilas car

"I told you her car was here" he called though the open window

"Well where is she then?" Asked Ethan as he jogged over to the white vehicle

"That's what we're about to find out" Replied Shawn as he held up the car keys to his brother, his heart and mind both beginning to race

"Uh Shawn... shouldn't we put on some shoes before we go running around town?"

"Fuck shoes! I want my girl and I want her right fuckin now!"

"And what about the fight Shawn?!" Said Ethan as he ran bare foot to the passenger side and climbed inside

"My girl first. The fight... later"

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For five minutes Shawn has been stood at the front door of the Cabello house kicking, slapping and yelling at it but still no one had found the guts to answer

"There's someone in there" he told Ethan "I KNOW YOU FUCKERS ARE IN THERE!" He yelled once more, bringing his foot down at just the same moment Ethan did and cheering in victory as the wood finally gave way

"I'll call the cops if you come in here" Called an accented male voice with more than a slight tremor to it

"I'll have you sliced into pieces and buried in the garden before you can even say help" said Shawn as he ran barefoot across the entrance way and grabbed Camilas father by the front of his T-shirt, slamming him hard into the wall "I'm only asking you this once and then I start hurting you. Where. Is. Camila?!"

"I-I don't know" the man stuttered

"I'll search the place" said Ethan as he ran from the room

"Don't leave me with this psychopath!" Screeched Mr. Cabello but it was too late because Ethan was gone and Shawn was smiling down at him, his face cold and his eyes dead "Look I don't know where she is, I swear..."

Quick as a whip. Shawn's hand moved from the mans T-shirt to his throat, squeezing tightly as his face moved so close he could almost smell the fear on the older man's breath "Where's your wife?"

"Out"

"Your daughter?"

"With her mother!"

"And where exactly is that?"

"I don't know, my wife took a phone call last night and then they both left" that statement had Shawns attention immediately as he tightened his grip

"What time?"

"About 9? I don't remember"

"Who was the phone call from?"

"I don't know"

"Male? Female?"

"I'm telling you I don't know!!"

"And I'm telling you that you're about to find out or you're about to be in a whole world of pain"

"There's no one here Shawn, the entire house is empty" said an out of breath Ethan as he finally reappeared

"Mr. Cabello here is just about to pick up his phone, call his wife and get us some answers, aren't you?"

"She won't tell me anything, she never tells me anything!"

"What about Camila? Did she tell you anything about Camila?"

The man's eyes widened as Shawn's fingers tightened around his Adam's apple "What about Camila?"

"About her and her uncle" Shawn spat the the word into the man's face and watched as it dripped over his quickly darkening cheeks "Don't pretend you don't know, don't pretend your innocent in this!"

Shawns face was turning a darker red as images and sounds, begs and demands filled his mind to the point he almost felt as though his head would combust

"We just want to find Camila" Said Ethan as he reached for Shawns shoulder "She didn't come home last night but her car is at our place"

"Maybe she's just changed her mind about you" the man managed to choke out and suddenly Camilas rejection from the night before rushed Shawn's memory like a tidal wave

"She didn't change her mind about Shawn" asserted Ethan, his face tensing as soon as he noticed the insecurity etched across his brothers features "Now either you're involved in what's going on between Camila and her uncle and if you are Shawns about to smash you to pieces like you deserve or you aren't in which case you're about to help us find her and then Shawn will smash every person involved to pieces, now what is it? Are you with them or are you with us, Mr. Cabello?"