Bound By Secrets

Brad (11)

When I climb out of Matt's car and we all walk towards the warehouse, I linger behind the small, loud group of my friends, straining my ears. I'm convinced that I could hear shouting when I got out but I can't be too sure with all the guys hollering and inflating Matt's ego talking about his fight tonight. The guys reach the door and Matt turns around, noticing that I'm a few metres behind.

"Dude, are you coming?" I nod my head in response and he follows the group in, not bothering to wait for me. I pull my box of smokes out of my pocket and put one up to my mouth. As I spark it, I can hear the shouting again. My eyes roam over the darkness of the parking lot trying to pinpoint where it's coming from as I take a long drag of the cigarette between my lips.

"He was going to kill one of us, Callie!" Okay, that echoed shout got my attention. I dropped the butt to the ground and walked a few steps forward, deeper into the car park searching for the blue-eyed beauty that had constantly been on my mind all week, especially when I was alone, in my room. My heart sped up whilst my brain was working overtime, who was she arguing with? Why are they here? Why did this guy mention someone killing them? What the hell was going on... I can hear her soft voice floating across the lot and I'm finally able to hear it from the direction it's coming from now that she's not shouting and it's not echoing so badly. I move closer to the corner of the lot but stop short when I hear that deep voice talking back to her.

"I was never planning on leaving you Callie... I went to the bar... I wanted to try and prevent your dad from... wouldn't be good for you." I could only pick up on snippets of the conversation because I was still keeping my distance and I didn't want to invade their private conversation but at the same time, I was nosey and I wanted to make sure Callie was safe. I couldn't see her, but I could see some guys back, partially hidden behind a Jeep that looked like Callum's, and I could hear a soft voice speaking again. That then had me questioning where her brothers were and why they weren't the ones standing here and making sure she was safe considering they always seemed to be hanging around.

Now I can hear her sobbing. My whole body is on high alert and my heart feels like it's tearing in two listening to the sound of her struggling for breath because of how distraught she is. I went to call out for her to make sure she was okay when I heard her again, clearer this time... she was talking about cleaning up blood and I heard the name Cameron. Who the hell is Cameron? Is he the guy she's arguing with? Is it another brother of hers and that's why Connor and Callum aren't here?

More sobs broke out into the silence of the night and then they quietened slightly, muffled. That's when I saw a small set of hands now wrapped around the back of the guy wearing a hoodie, still partially hidden behind Callum's Jeep. The guy's voice could be heard again, this time softer, and comforting? I don't know but I'm tired of hearing Callie cry and I'm too curious to continue standing here. I take a few steps backwards to put more distance between us, giving the illusion that I wasn't eavesdropping, I see her hands leave his back and I wait a little while before I call out her name.

The guy looks over his shoulder at me, his brows drawn together before his gaze drops to the floor, I see her as well as she side steps him and comes into view. I can't see too clearly due to the darkness but the slight shine to her cheeks and the way her arms are wrapped around herself, I can tell she's definitely upset and clearly vulnerable at this time. The mystery guy takes a few steps forward with her, both of them now standing in the dim light of the parking lot and holy cow, if I was into guys, I'm pretty sure I'd drop to my knees right now and basically beg the guy to touch me and fuck me. In the straightest way possible, this guy's sexy as fuck. Like literal sex on a stick. And now, instead of feeling a strange sense of awe looking at this beautiful man, I feel anger sliding through my veins at the fact that he's with Callie and he made her cry.