alleyway [h.s]

chapter 21

RUBY'S POV

I didn't have a nightmare last night.

I slept the whole night, cuddled up to Harry as he held me tight.

I guess the pills that Louis gave me work. I'm thankful for that. No body enjoys that kind of nightmare. Or any for that matter.

I woke up from Harry, playing with my hair. My back was to him, but as soon as I opened my eyes, I turned to face him.

"How long have you been awake for?" I ask him, running my hand through his messy morning hair making him hum and close his eyes.

"Not long" he says softly.

"Hmm, what time is everyone coming today?" I ask.

He opens his eyes to look into mine, "M'ont sure. Zayn is coming a bit earlier so he can help me set up the new security system"

I furrow my brows. He never talk to me about any of this.

"Security system?"

"Yeah, I want cameras set up around the house and new locks on the doors that require a key and passcode" he answers, clearing a bit of my confusion.

"Oh, okay. That's smart"

"We both will download some app on our phones and we'll be able to see the camera footage at all times. I have to enter our license plates and the boy's so the cameras will recognize them because once it sees plate numbers that haven't been typed in the app, it will send a notice to our phone to warn us," he explains, playing with my hair, "we'll be setting one up on the corner of the road, hidden in the trees, one coming into the driveway, one at the entrance and one in the backward. We can also go back and watch the old footage if we need to"

Harry lives in the middle of no where. At the end of the driveway, there's only the option of turning left, the other side being trees. His road goes on for a mile or so, then turns right onto a long road that leads to town. It takes about 30 minutes to get to town from here. It all works perfectly to place a camera where we turn onto his road high up in the trees. Across the road is a large field of nothing. No one is around and no one comes around. He gets his bills and mail dropped off at the mail center in town. If he wants to order take out, he has to go get it. He's a very private person who doesn't wanna live in a big neighbourhood like Niall, or directly in the city. It's actually peaceful being far from people, having this whole place to ourselves.

"That would be safer in case anything happens and Luca decides to find us" I say, "does he know where you live?"

He shakes his head, "he doesn't know where any of us live, just like we don't know where he lives. Well, we didn't know. If he did, he would've done something about it a long time ago"

I close my eyes tightly at the thought of Marco coming here, making Harry hug me closer to him and kiss the top of my head.

I find myself asking "why do you think he wants me?"

After moments of Harry not answering, I look up at him to see him biting his lip and hesitating to answer me.

I bring my hand to his jaw, "Harry. You can tell me. I need to know"

I sigh and closes his eyes, "I know you do. I'm just scared that he will get you."

"Why does he want me?" I ask again.

He opens his eyes before saying, "me and the boys think that he wanted a wife for work, he found your mum and seeing she has a daughter, he wants to use you for dirty work. Just like he did us"