Hard To Love

What The Hell?!

Hope's POV

"Hey" I grab my gun and whip to see who is in my dwelling and I see Zac just standing there.

"Zac? Holy Mary and Joseph! You scared the poop out of me. What are you doing here?" I start to put my gun away. I flip on the light switch and that's when I see all the blood on his hands.

"ZAC! You're bleeding!" I run to him and examine his hands and arms.

"Its not mine" he says in monotone

"Then who's is it?" I look at him questioningly

"Seth Carter's"

"You didn't kill him, did you?" I drop his hands

"No. Why? You want to do it?" he chuckled at me

"No, of course not. Its just-"

"No? Hope, he broke into OUR warehouse and stole OUR money and YOU don't want ot kill him?"

"No, I don't want to kill him. Did you at least get the money?" I asked hoping to change the subject

"Yeah, I got the money" he tosses a sack at me. I opened it up and saw all the money but noticed something off.

"Zac. Did you check the money before you took it?" I say too calmy

"Of course. I'm no fool. I opened it, saw the money, an booked it" he looked proud then as he finished the phrase his face slowly fell

"Well, maybe next time you should check it a tad bit more because THIS IS FAKE!" He flinched and backed up

"It can't be. I-I checked it"

"No Zac, you GLIMPSED at it" In and out Hope. In and out. Don't flip.

"Are y-you okay?" he had the balls to ask me

"Of course. I only had my money stolen, had one of my men beat someone up thinking they could do it without asking, and then in return got my fake money. I'M FUCKING DANDY!"

"Hope-"

"Get out"

"Listen pl-"

"Get. Out. Now" I spoke dangerously low and slow

"Yes ma'am" he shook his head and exited my house. Once he was out of the house, I screamed and threw a lamp across the living room. I'm gonna need to replace that before my parents get home in a couple days.

The next morning I woke up to my alarm and a text from an unknown number

864-965-1496: Hey Hope, its Seth. We need to talk ASAP :l

Me: How did you get my number? Okay, umm can you pick me up and we can talk on our way to scol?

Seth: Yeah thts fine.... I have my ways ;) I rolled my eyes at the ending part of my message

Me: Mkay... See ya in a few

I dress and ecide on a lazy day with light grey sweats and a black sweatshirt with a messy bun. I run downstairs and grab some granola and plop on the couch with my new book Allegiant by Veronica Roth. (A/N Please don't comment anything about any of the books *including Four~ not there yet lol~ * because I don't want any of you ruining the book for someone who either wants to read but hasn't yet or just hasn't finished one of the book... Thx, back to the book) I hear a knock on my door and get up to answer it. I have a bat right beside my door in case I need it so, I place one of my hands on it while the other opens the door. I open it and see Seth standing there. He has a black eye and a busted lip. He waks into the house saying "You can put the bat down"