𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐢𝐭 | Rio [good girls]

five

I wait for him to come back. I was hot and sweaty from thinking of how this could all play out. What if we get caught? What if something happens to Nia on the way there? I need to stop thinking like this. I'm stressing too much. I know it's justified but, me stressing isn't helping anybody. It's better if I just keep my head screwed on right. Maybe then I'll start thinking in a sensible way.

I looked down at my phone to occupy myself while I compose myself.

I had received a text.

"Where are you?"

Jalen had texted me.

I struggle to find a response. I didn't know what to say.

"I don't know when I'll be back but I'll be gone for a bit."

I sent the message hoping he wouldn't be mad. I mean he knew I was leaving sooner or later but hopefully he finds the note I left him. Maybe then it'll answer some questions he might have unanswered.

I turn my phone off and watch the people walk by. There weren't many but every now and then there would be someone. Whether it be a worker or someone traveling. I wait for Rio patiently. I look around, inspecting the airport. To my left were the windows and I could see an airplane on standby. Hopefully ours. If it is, then it's awfully small compared to other ones I've seen. I keep on looking around. Straight ahead of me were some other seats that belonged to our gate. If you keep on looking straight ahead you'll see two more gates. It was a dead end in the section, meaning on this side the airport didn't continue. Pretty self explanatory but there weren't that many people in this section of the airport. In the other gates there were only 8 people sitting down in their terminals. I wonder why there aren't many people? Mhmmm. I looked to my right and there was a Starbucks right in front of the gates and if you kept walking down to the other end of the airport, you pass a lot more stores and restaurants. Like for example I saw a Chile's when we were walking down here.

Talking about food, I see him bringing a brown bag with him. I just realized that his neck tattoo is gone. It's covered probably with makeup. But wow he looks different.

He gets closer and I realize it's a McDonald's bag. He plops it down.

"I didn't know what to get you." He says before sitting down.

He grabs 2 cheeseburgers and large fries and passed them to me.

"Thank you." I say as I take them and take a bite.

I had barely eaten these past couple days. I didn't even realize with all that has happened. I almost completely down the first cheeseburger. I hadn't realized that I was this hungry.

I looked at Rio and saw he had only taken a bite of his burger. He had already been looking at me. He was smiling.

"You was hungry huh?" He asked as he grabbed a fry.

I just look at him before I grab a couple fries.

I turn my body to face Rio. I put my food down so he could take me more serious for the questions I'm about to ask.

He side eyes me before he fully looks at me. He raises an eyebrow.

"So what's our plan?" I ask him.

"Our? Nah you ain't coming with me." He says as he nods his head 'No'.

He's unbelievable. If we weren't in the airport I would had already yelled at him but since we're in public I'm gonna contain myself.

"What do you mean no?" I say quietly not trying to cause a scene.

He gives me a look.

"I said no. You aren't going. You're staying in a house with some of my men. That's it kalani." He says before he scoffs and takes a sip of his water. Wow are you kidding me?

"So you want me to stay in a house while you do, who knows what?" I reply.

"Look kalani. I'm not gonna keep goin back and forth with you. Either you understand it or you don't." He responds not looking at me once. I could tell he was pissed.

"Can you at least tell me your plan?" I ask as I emphasize the word 'your' so he knows that I understood.

"We'll talk when we get to the house. We can't be talking around people we don't even know or who they are. You got me?" He asks before throwing some trash in the McDonald's bag.

He stands up.

"I'll be back." He says before pulling up he jeans and heading to what I'm assuming is a bathroom close by.

I grab my food that I had put down earlier. I grab the second cheeseburger and take a bite. Oh Nia loved- loves cheeseburgers. I can't be saying stuff like that. I can't be thinking like that. She's alive and I know it. I grab some fries and drink some water. I look at the board for our gate. The flight is boarding in 20 minutes. Thank god. The sooner the better.

A couple minutes pass by and I eventually finish my food and put it in the bag where Rio placed his trash. I get up to throw the food in the closest trash can. I sit back down. I see Rio come out of the bathroom.

I wonder why there aren't other people at this gate or the other two and I don't even want to ask Rio because he's already in a bad mood.

The time passes by slowly and we go to board but it's only us two. I take my ticket out while Rio is in front of me. I drag my luggage and scan my ticket.

The flight attendant at the front of the gate looks at us and scans around the airport.

"Just you two?" She asks before looking back at us.

Rio nods.

"Yea just us." He says before he gives her a smile and she does too.

Rio continues forward onto the airplane and I follow.

Then it hit me. Oh shit. This is a private airplane. Everything looked so nice on this side of the airport.

We walk onto the airplane and Rio places his luggage on the overhead bin and after he's finished, he grabs mine willingly. Wow I didn't even have to ask him.

The plane had about 12 seats and a couch on one side. This was boujee as fuck. There were four seats in each sections and all four seats in each section faced each other, if that makes sense. They also had a table in the middle of each section.

I chose a seat to sit in which was the seat closest to the back. Rio sits right in front of me. The flight time was 9hours and 25min.

"Can I start you guys with anything to drink?" The flight attendant asks.

Rio looks at me waiting for me to answer.

"No, I'm okay. Thank you." I say to her.

"I'm good for right now too." He says and looks down at his phone before putting his seat belt on. Which reminds me to copy his actions. I tighten the seatbelt a bit before realizing that we were already moving and we were about to take off.

I look out the window.

I'm on my way Nia.

Now we just wait...

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Sorry I've been inconsistent. I've been busy traveling but I'm back.

I don't know about y'all but I'm hungry now. All I could think about is McDonald's now haha.