The gangster's little unknown assassin - Part 2 ✔

Chapter 34 - De ja vu?

~ Meanwhile, while the drama unfolds at school ~

"Meredith, thank you so much for coming to meet with me."

"There's no need to thank me, Jully! What are friends for? Especially if you're buying lunch." Meredith winked at the lunch reference and both women sat down with a laugh.

"I have a favor to ask you but let's order lunch first." Jully said and before Meredith could protest she called the waitress and gave her her lunch order, leaving Meredith to do the same.

"Jully, do you seriously expect me to wait until after lunch to know what's going on?" Meredith asked and gave Jully a disapproving look. The Sinner woman signed and checked her phone.

"Look, I know that I still haven't paid you the last favor I asked you b-" Meredith interrupted her.

"Are you CRAZY woman!? YOU saved my son's life! If it wasn't for you and Stella, Isaack would be dead! You more than paid for that favor. Besides, it's not as if that favor was something bad. I very much enjoy Hazel's company. I couldn't have asked for a better sister and best friend for Isaack and it's all thanks to you that we kept in contact." Jully got a bit emotional with her friend's speech and had to clean her tear-filled eyes before Meredith noticed them. Jully sniffed and cleared her throat before speaking again.

"I don't know what to say Mere..." Meredith reached her hands out to Jully from across the table and grabbed Jully's hands, caressing them friendly.

"Then don't say anything, just tell what you need." Meredith said softly, comforting Jully and trying to ride the prideful woman off of her shame for having to reach out to someone for help. Just then, their lunch arrived, saving Jully from having to speak and giving her more time to organize her thoughts.

They ate in silence and Meredith didn't push Jully for answers while they were eating, she understood that her friend had to organize her thoughts before she could speak them out loud. But food couldn't save Jully forever and, once they finished eating she exhaled loudly and started spilling out her guts.

"Please let me say all I have to say before you ask any questions." Meredith nodded her confirmation and Jully started speaking.

"Sin has a daughter that he doesn't know. The girl is Dalila's daughter and has been in Hedgehogs claws all these years, she was the one who helped us during this war and the one who got us a safe place to stay while the men fought but she was caught. Short story, Sage has been hospitalized since May and there's a crazy maniac after her and the baby she carries. Sage refuses to meet her father while in this condition and there's been an attack at the hospital, she's taking medication and she needs a safe place to stay while she doesn't have the baby. My question is, can she go to live with you and Isaack for the next few weeks? I promise she won't be a bother, she doesn't know that I'm speaking with you but I can guarantee you that I can pay for her stay and, and I-"

"Jully, you're rambling." Meredith pointed out and Jully swallowed hard, feeling ashamed of herself for getting nervous while explaining such a serious matter.

"You don't have to worry with anything, I'll take in your niece and you don't need to pay me shit. I'm just worried about one thing..." As if reading her mind, Jully immediately concluded what Meredith was afraid of saying.

"Your safety, I get it but you don't have to worry. Sage has a team of snipers guarding her during the night and either four or six bodyguards assigned by my husband and James to watch her during the day. If you want I can also get bodyguards assigned to you and Isaack." Meredith was very quick to refuse Jully's kind offer.

"Yeah, no way my friend. I've seen how those guys are with Hazel and the poor sweetheart is tired of the men following her. I don't want to end up like her, swallowed up in hot men that won't speak to you without it seeming like they're in pain and strict as shit because they're afraid of daddy dearest, that's just not my thing Jully. If they were hot, sexy as sin, and kinky and would go all macho on me I would consider it, babe. But, for real, we all know that's not gonna happen and Isaack would freak if he, out of nowhere, started being followed by men in suits." Jully didn't insist on the matter for, she herself was tired of the bodyguards lurking in the shadows reporting everything she did to her husband. She liked her friend's honesty and Meredith's no filter system never failed to amuse her, even in the darkest of times.