Her Wish, His Promise (Rewrite)

ONE

ONE MONTH AGO

CHRIS-
The air is cold, rushing past my face as I step out of the car. I slam the car door behind me and step up onto the cobbled sidewalk. The sound of muffled screams and a struggle sounds off behind me. 
“Please, have mercy! Please let me go! I-I didn’t do anything! Please!” Those broken cries do nothing inside my broken soul.

“Tie the fucker down, boys.” I command.
Josh and Ryan shove and manhandle Hunter into the warehouse. I happily smirk, enjoying the palpable fear on his face. Josh yanks the door shut behind us and padlocks it. 

I stand back in the shadows watching as they push him down in the chair, Ryan holding him down as Josh grabs the rope and circles it around him. In a series of a few quick knots, Hunter is tied to the chair, still squirming and crying out.

“Cerulli, please have mercy. What did I do to deserve this? Please, I helped you out man. I did what you said -fuck please- why are you doing this?!” 

I groan, rolling my eyes, “shut him the fuck up!”

I push away from the wall and walk to the center of the room where Hunter sits. Ryan punches him hard in the jaw, retaliating back for the attempted kick sent in his direction, sending Hunter’s head flying back. Josh binds his wrists together with a separate set of rope, connecting them to his feet.

Hunter’s eyes widen as he sees me appear out of the shadows and I chuckle.

“You ‘helped’ me out? Correction, you made a fool out of me. I asked you for a favor, and what did I get in return? FALSE INFORMATION! You made me lose the one fucking person in my life I hold dear to me by making her appear to be adulterous to get more money out of me!” I grab him by his jaw, pressing my fingers in his throat. “And I can’t believe I fell for your games, well now it's your turn to play my game.”

“Why don’t I let you guys have some fun with Hunter?” I smirk and step away from the situation, not wanting to get any blood on myself.

“No please Cerulli! I'll do whatever you want -please don't kill me!” His blubbering cries only irritate me further. 

Josh smashes his fist into Hunter’s face once again, causing him  to spit out blood. Thick rivulets of saliva and blood roll down his cheek and I notice that his jaw has already begun to swell. Josh strikes a few more times, leaving Hunter’s head lolling from side to side. He can barely sit up as Ryan pulls out his pistol from the holster and points it at Hunter’s head. 

Hunter is sweaty and red faced, his own blood smeared across his cheek  but he’s cognisant enough to see the pistol pointed at his face. Ryan shoots me a look and I nod.

Then the bullet flies through the center of Hunter’s skull, ending him.
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NOW

MINA-
Another music-obsessed nerd enters the store, I force a smile and greet them with, “Hi, welcome to Hot Topic. All tees are buy one get one half off today.”

“Dope! Thanks.” He slips off towards the Funko Pops and I return to folding the fifteenth stupid cat shirt of the afternoon. 

I still can’t believe my life went from no panties and working for the sexiest man alive to this -greeting metalheads, k-pop stans, and anime nerds from 11 AM to 6PM. Since being smacked in the face by Chris and his crop I had desperately searched for the least stressful job I could find. Not to mention one where he hopefully wouldn’t find me. It was hard enough hiding this pregnancy as is, I didn’t need him walking into my workplace and seeing me look like a beached whale.

I even doubt my boss would be okay with some pregnant chick greeting teens all day. Thankfully I think I can hide this for a few more months with baggy tees and hoodies. After that I’m fucked.
The rest of the day passes in a blur of neon hair and screaming teenage girls, and before I know it, it’s closing time. My co-workers and I clean up the store in record time, before locking up and leaving. Outside Jasper is already waiting for me, a sexy little smirk on those pink lips.