𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐲

IX. You Left Her.

    

     THE FOUR now stood and sat together across Shoupe in his office, Kie and Jake side by side in the chairs with JJ and Pope standing behind them. JJ sets the gun down onto the desk in front of the man who stared at it before looking up at the four. It's quiet as the teens wait for his response and he looks down.

"So ya'll are telling me this is the firearm Rafe Cameron killed Peterkin with?" He looks up at JJ and Pope. "That's exactly what we're telling you, Shoupe." The blond answered with as the dark haired boy to his right spoke up, "and the exact same firearm that Ward just used to kill Gavin." Jake nods as the man just looked down, unsure of what to say to the teens.

"And where's that corpse again?"

Jake rolls his eyes, leaning back. "Didn't you look?" Kie asked the officer. "I checked the hospital. I went by his house. He was out." Shoupe answered her question, looking between her and Jake now. "He was out?"

"No shit, Shoupe! 'Cause he's dead!"

"Just listen to yourself. It makes perfect sense." Kie and JJ both raised their voices as Jake looks at them, about to calm them down. "Just because he's not in his damn home does not mean he was a victim of a homicide." Shoupe tells them, looking at Pope. "I told you," JJ said as Kie spoke at the same time, "what are you talking about?" She looked at Jake with a worried look. "You gotta be kidding me. Are you at least gonna send it in for ballistics or something?" Jake asked, leaning forward.

"Or are you just gonna sit on your ass?" Kie added afterwards. "No, he's just gonna sit there and wax that damn mustache. Is that even real?" JJ shot an insult at the man who got up. "I'll wax this--" he pointed at JJ. "Shut up, JJ!" Pope exclaimed at the angry boy.

"It's not fair." Kie said as Shoupe walked over to the door. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I hurt his feelings?" JJ asked making Pope look at him again. "Shut up!" He raised his voice once more, hoping to get the point through to the blond. Shoupe simply opened the door and turned to them. "Get out. I got work to do." He tells them.

"Are you serious?"

"And ya'll are smelling up my damn office." Jake got up first, sighing as he walked past Shoupe, glancing back to see Kie stand before the officer. "Did Ward bribe you? This doesn't make any sense." She looks to the other two then at Jake. "You ain't gonna do shit." JJ said discreetly as he walked past the man, following Kie who grabbed Jake's arm, walking with him. "Out!" The officer shouted after the boy.

Outside the station, they waited for Pope before they all got in the car, all of them are silent as Jake arrived to Pope's, dropping him off and then JJ next as usual. "Can I come stay over tonight? I--I don't wanna go home..." Kie tells Jake who nods. "Of course, yeah." He stared at her side profile before he took off, heading to his place where he parks in the driveway.

"You can hop in the shower first..." He offers her as they head inside together. "Oh, thanks." She smiles faintly. "Uh, I'll bring you a clean set of clothes." He tells her and she nods. "Okay..." She says, going into the bathroom.

He finds a pair of sweatpants and a nice baggy shirt, bringing them over to the bathroom where he walked in, "here's the clothes..." He tells her, hoping he doesn't startle her before setting down the clothes. "Thanks." She replied and he heads back to his room, grabbing a new set of clothes for himself as well, basketball shorts and a graphic tee with a band logo on it.

He waited patiently before Kie walked in, ruffling her hair gently with a towel. "All yours," she smiled and he nods. "I'll be right back." He tells her and she nods, humming softly. During his shower, Jake rubs his hands over his face before closing the shower and hopping out so that he can dry off and get dressed.

When he got back, Kie is sitting on the bed and scrolling through her phone. "Hey..." he said quietly, shutting the door before he walked over and sat down next to her. She looks at him, smiling faintly. "You okay?" She asked him and he nods. "You?" He looks st her.

"Jake?" The sound of his mom's voice made him quickly get up, confused as he heads out the bedroom door. Kie follows him as he approached his mom. "What's wrong?" He asked her and then there she was. Olivia Grey standing behind his mom, holding Evie in her arms. "Hey Jakey..." She's smiling.

"What the hell? Give me my daughter." He walked over right away, grabbing Evie from his arms, the girl was fussing and trying to get out of her arms. "What are you doing here?" He asked angrily and looked at his mother.

"Grandma called and said she just showed up..." She explained and Jake looks at Olivia. "What do you want, Olivia?" He asked and she sighs, leaning against the doorframe. "My daughter." She gestured towards Evie who was resting against Jake's chest peacefully. "What? You're... you're insane, you--you left her. You left me." He says and she walks over.

"I know," she raised her hands to his face, sighing when he backed away immediately at the touch. "And I regret that deeply... But I'm back and I want the custody of my daughter." She said as she pulled her hands back, crossing her arms. "You're being irrational... mom, can you please go and make me some tea or something? I can talk to Liv outside." He said and turned around, seeing Kie stand there with her brows furrowed, staring in confusion.

"Kie, can you take Evie to the room? Give her a bottle maybe..." He says, handing her over and she nods, glancing at Olivia for a split second before looking at Jake in the eyes. "Yeah, sure thing..." she murmured before heading off towards the boy's bedroom.

"Who the hell is that?"

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

A.N.
lol olivia grey's return is finally here 🤭
+ i wanna write part four for my st fics so bad already but i also want to finish this first and wait for volume 2 to come out.