merder mafia leader in love

chapter 18

Meredith's pov:
It's been a day since I've seen derek. I'm in the cafe, taking people's orders when the mailman walks in. He passes me the letters. "Thankyou" I take them. He smiles, walking out. I look at the letters. Most of them are bills but one of them looks handwritten. I go over to the counter, putting the other letters down and opening it.

Meredith,
I thought you should know..
(Pictures of Addison with bruised eyes and lips)
Be careful around him
..Addison, xx

I gasp, looking at the pictures. Tears well up in my eyes. No.. derek would never, would he? "Cafe's closed guys! Everyone clear out please!" I say. I put the letter and pictures in my bag, taking off my apron. Everyone eventually clears out of the cafe and I lock up, getting In a cab to Derek's apartment.

The elevator opens and I walk into His apartment. "Hi.. I didn't think I would see you today" Derek smiles, walking over to me. "Derek this arrived at the cafe" I pull out the letter and pictures, passing it to him. "What the hell?" He looks at it. "You didn't-" I say. He looks at me. "What? No.. of course not" he says. "But.. why would she lie?" I ask quietly. "She's trying to break us up" he says. "How did she get the bruises?" I ask. "I don't know" he says. "You don't know?" I ask.

He looks at me. "Do you really think I would do this?" He asks. I look down. "You don't trust me" he says. "I do trust you.. I just- you- you didn't get annoyed with her for.. I dunno.. sleeping with Mark.. or trying to break us up and-" I say. "No, meredith.. I would never do that" he says. "You wouldn't?" I ask. "Meredith" he says. I look at him. "I'm sorry.. you just- you hurt people for a living.. I just wouldn't be surprised if.." I stop.

He looks at me. "You know.. I um- I was busy.. I'll see you later" he says, walking away. He looks sad. "Derek-" I say. "Its fine.. seriously, just go.. I have things to do" he says, not looking at me. "Derek I'm sorry" I say. "Just go meredith! I don't want to see you right now" he shouts. He walks over to his desk, opening his laptop. I tear up, walking to the elevator. I press the button. I hold myself together until the elevator door opens. As soon as I step in and the doors close I start crying.

Derek's pov:
I open my laptop. I sigh, looking at the cameras. I look at the camera in the elevator. "Fuck" I whisper as I see meredith crying in the elevator. "Damn it!" I slam the laptop shut. I pick up my phone. I call a number. It rings a few times before someone picks up.

"Addison what the fuck" I say angrily. "Hey der" she says. "Why would you do that?" I say. "Mark hasn't spoken to me in days.. you screw with my relationship.. I'll screw with yours" she says. "You're gonna regret this" I hang up. I go to merediths phone number. My thumb hovers over the call button. I sigh, turning off my phone. I feel bad but I can't talk to her right now. I can't believe she doesn't trust me. She thinks I'd do that?

Meredith's pov:
It's been a day since derek told me to leave His apartment. The cafe isn't open yet. Derek normally texts me a good morning text when he wakes up but didn't today. There's a knock on the cafe door. I look through the glass door. It's derek. I walk over to the door, opening it.

"Hi" I whisper. "Hi" he whispers. "I need you to trust me meredith.. if this is going to work then you need to trust me" he says. I look at him. "how am I supposed to trust you?" I whisper "you- I know you wouldn't hurt me.. but.. if we broke up or- I dunno.. how am I supposed to know that you won't get angry and-" I say. "Don't you see? This is what Addison wanted.. she wanted for you to doubt me" he says. "I- it worked" I whisper.

"Meredith I can't be with someone who doesn't believe and trust me" he says seriously. "Maybe- well maybe you shouldn't" tears run down my cheeks. "What?" He whispers. "I can't trust you derek.. I was thinking last night and.. I want to be with you but I don't think I will ever be able to trust you" I say tearfully. "You want to break up?" He asks. "No" I whisper. "But you don't trust me?" He asks. I shake my head. "I'm sorry" I whisper. "Why?" He asks. "You lied to me.. you didn't tell me what your job was.. your ex is obviously still hung up on you and.. and ever since I've been dating you.. I've been hurt.. a lot.. I've never cried so much in my life" I say. "Oh" he whispers.

"Okay.. I- I'll go" he says. He walks out of the cafe. As soon as he leaves I break down in uncontrollable tears. "You did good" the guy comes out from behind the counter, holding the gun. "Please don't hurt him" I cry. "Oh I'm not going to.. I'm gonna kill him" the guy says. "But you said that if I break up with him you'd leave him alone" I sob. "Oh honey.. I lied" he says.

3 hours earlier:
I wake up in the morning, quite early. Its been a few hours since my fight with derek. I sit up in bed. "Hi sweetheart" I hear from beside me. I scream. I look next to me. There's a guy sat in a chair next to my bed. I get up. "Don't even think about it" he holds the gun at me. I start crying. "Sit down" he says. I sit on the bed.

"Okay so here's what we're gonna do" he gets up, walking towards me. He's a huge guy. Much bigger than derek but also quite fat. He has a bit of an accent. I'm not sure which one though. Tears run down my cheeks as he tucks a piece of hair behind my ear. "I have been after your boyfriend for a while.. now, yesterday I saw that you two had a little argument" he says. "How do you know?" I whisper. "I hacked into his security cameras" he says. "Now.. I'm not going to hurt derek yet.. physically" he says. "No.. please don't hurt him" I cry.

"I'm not going to.. you are" he says. "What?" I whisper. "I want you to break up with him" he says. "What? No" I say. "It would break His heart" he says. "I'm not doing that" I say. "Yes you are.. or I'll kill him" he says. "But why?" I whisper. "You, sweetheart can hurt him more than I ever could.. you can break his heart.. I'm going to rip apart his life piece by piece.. just like he did to me" he says.

"Who are you?" I cry. "I'm Rodney cassondrio" he says. "The- you're the guy that- that killed all those people" I whisper. "Yes.. and your boyfriend took it upon himself to punish me for that.. you know what he did?" He asks. "Derek told me about you.. he put you in prison but.. you escaped" I say. "Yes" he says. I'm crying a lot. "Now here's what we're going to do.. you are going to break up with him. He's probably going to show up here today.. if you say anything to him.. I will shoot him straight in the heart.. got it?" He says. I sob as he strokes the gun down my jawline. I nod. We walk downstairs.

The Present:
I'm sobbing uncontrollably. I can't believe I just broke up with him. "Oh stop crying" he says. I try to calm myself down a little. I sniffle, holding back my cries. "Are you going to kill me?" I whisper. "Oh that would just rip Derek's heart out, wouldn't it?" He starts walking towards me.