The New Rival

17

Ally

Chris. I was sitting next to Chris. He left and I felt a hand on my shoulder. I tried to scream but another hand covered my-

    I'm in a car. I know I'm in a car. There's a bag over my head but I am definitely in a car. I'm squished between two people.

They were both quiet the entire time. They didn't say anything to me or each other, neither did whoever was driving the car.

I lost track of time after the third or forth turn. It felt like five, maybe ten minutes before we finally stopped and I was being pulled out of the car.

They weren't really hurting me. I was terrified beyond belief, but neither of the two people grabbing me and pulling me in were trying to harm me. Their grips were light and they were almost walking slowly so I wouldn't fall.

I heard a door open and we walked inside a building I couldn't see.

We walked for another twenty seconds or so before I was being told to take a seat in the chair they put me in front of.

When I did sit, the bag on my head was removed and I looked to my side to see the person still holding my arm with a light, almost reassuring grip.

"What the hell are you doing?" Was the only thing that could come to mind when I locked eyes with Angie.

"I'm so sorry, he made me do it. I promise we're not going to hurt you or anything. He just wanted to talk to you privately and he knew we couldn't get you away from them without force."

"Who is he?"

"Nice to meet you Ally." An unfamiliar masculine voice echoed its way across the room and to my chair.

When I turned my head to face the man belonging to the voice, I lost my breath.

He stood up and walked towards me so I could see him better. His hair was dark, as were his eyes, just like Jackson's. He had tattoos running up his arms and a gun in the black holster around his waist.

"Who are you?" I asked, still terrified and out of breath.

    He stopped a few feet away from me and looked up at Angie before saying anything else to me. "Leave us."

It wasn't until then that I realized the other person who brought me there was Daniel. He and Angie left the room and I was still so stunned I didn't have any energy left in me to talk.

"My name is Aatos. You might know my sister, Scarlett?"

There was a fleeing feeling of relief that he was related to them that gave me breath to speak. "You're the oldest, Angie's father."

"So they've told you about me? What else do you know, exactly?"

I shook my head in an attempt to get in as little trouble as possible. "Not much, I promise."

He laughed a little under his breath and crossed his arms. "I'm not here to scare you. In fact, I'll have Angie take you back to Cruiz as soon as we're done here."

"Then why am I here?"

"Because you are now a part of this, of us. And I need to know what your role is in all of this."

"My role? I didn't even want to be here, your sister and her husband are keeping me against my will!" I was about to cry from sheer fright.

"Would you like me to take you home then?"

"W- what?"

"Would you like me to take you back to the place you live, working at the club and sleeping all day with your roommate, Sabrina?"