"Wait! Where are we going??" the young star struggling, being dragged down two stairs at a time.
"Out of here! Do you have the keys?"
"Yes!" Kendall answered.
They broke open to the basement garage, rushed the artist towards a parked grey sedan.
"Who's car is this?" asked the confused star.
"Brad's."
"Who's Brad?"
No time to explain, Chloe shoved the girl into the backseat, Kendall slipped behind the wheel and stepped on gas, spinning tires burned rubber and launched the vehicle.
"Hey! Where are you taking me??"
"Safe house."
"You have a safe house??"
Chloe's phone rang and she answered, it was Gail.
"Chloe, have you seen Adriana?" her voice anxious, the background was filled with people.
"She's with us. We're heading for the safe house." How could they not see us??
"She's with you?" her voice went faint, as if talking to another person. "Chloe has Adriana!"
"Tell them to bring her back!" one of the Dons spoke at the background.
"Negative. I'm not taking her back until security clear the hotel, everyone but the crew. Have everyone face and ID cross-checked and call me back."
"Chloe, it's not..."
Chloe cut the line before Gail could finish.
"Take me back to the hotel! Are you crazy?" Adriana protested. "Are you even old enough to drive??"
"Kendall can drive through hell and back." Chloe pressed the young star to the seat.
Kendall took the words as compliment, spun the car out of the building, away from main street and heading for the overpass.
"Stop! Stop this car right now!" Adriana demanded.
"We stop when it's safe. We need to get you to the safe house."
"Chloe! It's a prank!"
"It's not a prank."
"Dame it, Chloe! It's a prank! To raise publicity!!"
"What?" Chloe bewildered.
The phone rang again, Gail's voice came through the speaker.
"Chloe. Bring Adriana back. It was staged!"
"What are you talking about??"
"I was trying to tell you! It was planned. It's fake!"
"But I saw the gas!"
"It was dry ice, props to create the effect."
Speechless, Chloe cut the line again. Suddenly it became clear to her, Don's words: "Listen. Don't speak". They didn't want her to interfere, they wanted it to happen.
"Kendall, stop the car."
"What? Now?"
"Yes. Stop the car. There was no threat. It was staged."
Kendall pulled over to the side, they were just outside the city near the woods. Chloe stormed out.
"Hey! Where do you think you are going?" Adriana chased after.
"I quit!"
"You can't do that!"
"Watch me!"
"Hey!" Adriana caught up and blocked Chloe. "Look. I know you're upset. I'm sorry we didn't inform you."
"Did you inform Don? Did they know this all along?"
"Oh come on!" the young artist whined.
Chloe walked on, but Adriana stopped her again.
"Chloe, don't you see I'm trying to help you here?"
"Help me? Someone could get hurt! Someone DID get hurt!"
"Look, I'm sorry for all this, Okay? I didn't know you took it so seriously."
Chloe was so upset she was in tears, partly because she was pranked, but most importantly she was reckless. She should have checked the bottle.
"Chloe!" Kendall caught up. "Are you all right?"
"I can't... I can't do my job. Not like this..." she began sobbing.
"Look." Adriana took her hand. "You did a great job. That was the most amazing thing I ever saw, not even Don could think up something like that! And after seeing everything you did for me just now, I truly, truly feel safe around you!"
"I can't...." Chloe pulled herself together. "I can't do this, not knowing everything."
"Okay, you want to know everything?"
The young artist looked around, and then leaned close to Chloe's ear.
"I'm not Puerto Rican." she spoke with a clear British accent, the girls gasped in surprise. "I grew up in Manchester, I learned the accent from my grandma. My mother said it would help me in my career."
"Oh My God!" the girls gasped again.
"So now you know. Everything." Adriana shrugged and smiled. "Will you stay?"
Chloe hesitated, but the young star has revealed her true self for her, she couldn't refuse the honest gesture, she nodded. Kendall was the one jumping with joy.
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Dance Moms Bodyguard (9) Trouble Magnet
ActionChloe and Kendall took on their first official job as private security for a rising young artist, and once again pulled into the chaotic world of show business.
