Finally making her dream come true of becoming a doctor and making her mother proud Francesca begins to believe her life is complete. After what she had been through with her father and seen how her mother was treated by him she never cared for love...
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Kings pov
I sat up on the trunk of my car as I waited for Reid to come meet me at the diner. I watched as cars passed and pulled into the parking lot. The sky was gray and looked like it was going to rain soon. Then I saw Reid pull in as he revved his engine, letting everyone in a one mile radius know he was here. He parked next to me getting out and leaning the end of his car. "So how was spring cleaning?" I asked him and he groaned walking into the diner. I laughed and jumped off following him in. We sat down in the back in a corner booth, across from each other.
"You hear from mom?" He asked, waving a waitress over. "Nah she's still pissed but dad has another job in Germany for me." I hinted at my leave. "You just came back. Why would he send you back so fast?" He asked before our attention was on the waitress. Blonde hair against her pale skin, short with bright blue eyes. Reid orders with his eyes to her chest and mine to her eyes. Dull compared to the eyes I want to look into tonight. "I'll have the same thing thank you love." I said and turned back to Reid. I noticed she didn't leave and was staring at me with her pen in the corner of her mouth. None of us said anything until she finally left.
"She just eye fucked you and you let her." He said in a tone of disgust. "If eye fucking is a thing to you, my brother you are not having good sex. You should drop Gabby." I said through a smirk. "She's just a friend." He looked away. "A friend that almost rips Francesca's head off every time she sees her. Speaking of which, did you find the copy cat?" He scoffs and leans over the table. "Didn't find the copy cat but did you get to third base last night?" He was ready to be amused.
"No she came over looking for you, we made food then raced back to her house, then I went home and fell asleep in my very soft custom made sheets." He rolled his eyes and fell back against the chair with disappointment. "I have to apologize about missing last night." He sighed. "Then get to third base."
The waitress came back and placed our plates of burgers and fries with drinks down. She folded a napkin under my plate and waited for me to look. I opened it to see her name and number written down on it. I smiled at her and she smiled back blushing. I folded the napkin backup and placed it in her pocket. "Now turn around and come back with a strawberry milkshake love." She frowned and walked away. "This is why we can't be seen in public." He shook his head and I laughed. "Let's talk business before you give me your sex lessons." We started to eat and talk about several different topics regarding work. The blonde came back and placed my milkshake down and immediately turned away without looking at me.
"Anyway, dad's still pissed about the notes. Vanessa hasn't reached out with updates or anything but we should put our own men outside her house. Maybe one at the hospital too. If Halston is still alive, he wants us." I told him. "Mostly me." I whispered. "He's smart, he knows our every move because they were his too. To get to you he'd go through someone you love like mom." He explained. "Or you." I told him, leaning back in my seat. "Stop with the chick flick moment." He raised his eyebrows. "But it's not like I can't handle myself. I have to go to Francesca's house after this so I'll ask her about security." I put cash down and paid for our food.
We stood up and walked out the front door to our cars. It started drizzling when I hugged him. We walked to cars when his phone vibrated then seconds after so did mine. We checked and my eyes widened. He looked up from his phone to me. "Francesca?" I asked and he nodded. I slowly nodded my head as we put our phones away. We both didn't wait another second and quickly got into our cars and pulled out of the parking lot.
'Can you come over please.'
We weren't racing but it was an hour drive we clearly planned on cutting in 30 minutes at least. Horns blaring at us as we swerved in traffic. I cut off from Reid and took the main streets instead of the highway. Venice highways were always crowded but knowing Reid he probably pushed through in less than five minutes. Once I reached her neighborhood Reid pulled up right behind me. A car was in her driveway so we parked on the curb. We both jumped out and walked up to the car. Reid read the license plate and looked up at me. "This is Gabriele's car." I sucked my teeth and gave him an 'I told you so,' look. We walked up to the front door and noticed her door was open.
I pushed the door open wider and slowly walked in with him behind me. A voice came from her living room so we walked there. Francesca was sitting on her couch wet and wrapped in a towel. Gabby had a gun to her head as she stood up in front of her. Francesca had her arms and legs crossed and acted calm but I could see the fear in her eyes. I didn't hesitate to pull out my gun and place it to the side of Gabby's head. Reid came up on the opposite side of her and grabbed the gun out of her hand. "Are you fucking insane?" Reid asked her. Everyone looked at me, waiting for me to drop my gun, but I only pushed it harder to her temple. "You wont kill me for her so drop the act." She's spiteful so I took my gun off safety and cocked it. "Wanna bet?"
