bullets and bouquets

57

"Do you really think something bad has happened?" Briar asks Dacre as he prepares to go to Sabrina.

"I'm not sure, but with recent events, I don't want to wait to see if she's been hurt or taken," he says.

"That's true," she answers. She puts her hand on his chest as he slides his gun into his holster, "Be safe, please?"

"Always my sunshine," he kisses her on the lips before leaving their house. He drives his car to Sabrina's mansion. Her house is thirty minutes outside of his village. He pulls up to the garage, not noticing anything out of the ordinary. But that could also mean something is out of the ordinary, "Sabrina? Lunar?"

He walks into the main area and sees blood on the floor.

"Fuck," he curses. He grabs his gun and begins to sweep the area. Some of her servants are dead. He walks through her mansion, staying quiet in case enemies are still in the house.

***

"So, are you going to tell me about your mystery woman?" Johnna asks Emma during the lunch break.

"Yes, but for privacy, she asked me to only tell you only her first name," Emma explains.

"That's fine," the girl answers. Emma blushes.

"Her name is Jenna," the blonde starts, "and she's got black hair and she's short."

"How short? 'Cause you're only 5'3"," Johnna laughs

"She's like 5 feet tall," the girl answers, "She just looks tiny."

"Okay, okay," Johnna says, "And where is she from?"

"Actually, she lives in Europe," Emma explains.

"Is that where you were? In fucking Europe?" the girl exclaims. The two laugh.

"Yeah," Emma answers, "She's coming to the States soon to live with me though."

"Oh shit, how long have you been secretly dating?"

"Almost two months," the blonde answers.

"Damn and you didn't tell me sooner?" she places her hand to her heart, offended.

"We're trying to keep it out of the public," the girl defends

"Tell that to the Instagram post you just put up!" Johnna exclaims.

"Okay, okay, but we haven't gone public yet."

"True. But you have to keep me in the loop, okay?"

"I will, I will okay?"

"And I'll get to meet her when she gets here?" Johnna asks.

"Yes."

"And we can hang out?" she begins to ask questions to annoy Emma.

"Yes, Johnna."

"And I can add her on Snapchat?"

"Yes."

"Yay."

***

"You know what we should do?" Bella asks in the dining room. She and Jenna are just finishing lunch.

"What?"

"We should take some new pictures for your new Instagram!" she suggests, "If you're going to go live in the States and date a famous actress, people are bound to find your social media. If they see you have no posts on your Instagram when you go over there, it will look suspicious."

"But what if I just keep my account private?" Jenna asks.

"That will look more suspicious and the media will draw attention to that," Bella points out. The former gang leader nods.

"True," she agrees, "I need to pick out a new profession as well if I'm going to go over there."

"Like what?"

"I don't know. But I know I can't be doing gang business anymore," she explains.

"Well, we have plenty of time to figure it out. Let's go pick out some outfits and we can have a photoshoot!" Bella exclaims excitedly. She and Jenna leave the dining room and go to the elevator to go to the second level, "You should totally wear this!"

Bella holds out a simple black dress.

"Okay and what about this?" Jenna holds out a skirt and top.

"Ooo, that's cute," the brunette answers, "We can take some pictures today and then maybe some more tomorrow? Then you'll have lots of content to post but not all at once."

"Good thinking," the former gang leader smiles. She picks out some shorts and a sweater vest, "What do you think? Too preppy?"

"No, I like it," Bella smiles, "It's like you're a model!"

"We should pick out some outfits for you and I can take pictures of you."

"Okay!"

***

After preparing all the outfits, Bella has Vaughn drive her and Jenna out to a random abandoned building. Lyle and Talon come along for safety purposes.

Jenna has the black dress on first. She stand along the wall of the building.

"What should I do?" she asks.

"Whatever feels natural," Bella suggests.

"I'm nervous," she exclaims, "Like what do I do with my hands?"

The two laugh, "Brush your hair out of your face and fix your dress. That should be natural enough."

"Okay," Jenna begins to do the actions Bella told her to do. Bella snaps pictures on Jenna's phone as she poses. The brunette lowers the phone to look at the photos.

"These are so good! I should be a photographer!" Bella exclaims proudly. Jenna walks over to look at them.

"Holy shit, these are amazing!" she smiles, "Should I change outfits?"

"No, we need to go to a new location. We can't take pictures all at the same place or people will put two and two together."

"You sound smarter than I do," Jenna pouts.

Bella places her hand on her shoulder, "I'm just trying to make sure you and Emma can have a happy ending like Sadie and I."

Jenna hugs Bella. She whispers, "Thank you."

"Of course! Will you take some pictures of me?"

"Yeah. You should go over by that tree," Jenna suggests. There's a stone pine tree behind the abandoned building. Vaughn and Talon patrol the area before allowing the girls back there.

Bella begins to pose in the same way she instructed Jenna. The former gang leader kneels down and puts the camera in 0.5x to get the full view of the tree as well. Even though Sadie doesn't use a phone, Bella can at least print these pictures off and have them in a physical copy.

"Cute!" Jenna exclaims. Bella leans over her shoulder.

"I can't wait to show these to Sadie," the brunette smiles, "Should we get going?"

"Yeah," the two walk over to the SUV. Vaughn opens the door and gets into the back with them. Talon sits in the front passenger seat.

"Can you find another location for us?" Bella asks.

"Of course, Miss," Talon answers. He turns to the driver, "Location 7."

"Yes, sir," the driver answers. The car leaves the abandoned building.

"Talon. This is Cinna," Cinna radios. He is now the head of the security team. Talon takes his walkie from his hip.

"Talon here," he answers.

"I'm going to need you back at the Estate."

"I'm out with Miss Bella and Miss Jenna right now," Talon explains.

"I know," Cinna answers, "But we have a problem."