𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

3.

Sage

I love Thursday classes. Thursday classes finish early. After absorbing eight hours of information, a 4pm finish is needed and justified.

There's nothing I look forward to more that day than sitting in the back of Ray's car mindlessly staring out of the window. My mind finally relaxing a little. I almost always fall asleep on the way home. Ray wakes me up when we're five minutes away because he knows how groggy I am when I first wake up. Usually takes a minute for reality to settle in.

Today was nothing out of the ordinary. I fell asleep, Ray woke me up five minutes away from my house. Got out when we arrived, said goodbye and told him I'd see him tomorrow at four. For my shift at the four crows pub.

Yes, I work at a pub. Do I need to? No. I have money. Too much of it I think. But working at the pub gives me the normalcy I so desperately crave. I'm surrounded by people who lead normal lives. Who don't have bodyguards taking them everywhere, or security posted at the door, or parents that were brutally murdered in their sleep.

Even though I only work on Fridays, it let's me feel like someone else for a little. Gives me a chance to get out of the house because I barely do. I'm either studying or at my job. I have a few friends from uni that I go for drinks with every now and then. But I have to be careful. My brother being in a gang and all, you never know who's after you.

Ty does keep the gang stuff on the down low though. You'd never know he was involved in it. You'd just think he's just rich. He keeps that life really low-key now, because in the beginning he didn't causing a lot of close run ins.

The worst one was when they turned up at our house in the middle of the night. I got flashbacks from mum and dad. It was all eerily the same. Ty heard movement that was far too heavy to be mine. Immediately ran to my room, told me to lock the door and stay where I was.

I begged him not to leave. Kind of my inner child screaming at him to stay with me. I couldn't go through this alone. He promised me it would be fine. Locked my door behind him, went out there anyway ready to face them head on.

I just remember being terrified. I knew how to defend myself back then. Knew how to work a gun. But I just didn't want to be in that situation. Where I'd have to use it. I'm not a killer.

I called JJ, whispering down the phone. Scared for my life as I heard commotion. I then heard a gunshot. Told him to hurry up and get here.

He got to our house so quickly. Didn't arrive alone though. Brought all of his and Ty's men that they work with. All armed with guns.

He ran upstairs and banged on my door. I was hesitant to answer it until I heard his voice. Immediately unlocked it and fell into his arms and just cried. I was having ptsd from the night my parents died.

He held me tightly. Stroked my hair. Told me it was going to be okay.

"Where's Ty? Is he okay? I-I heard a gunshot!" I babbled. Pushed past JJ and ran out of my room. Didn't really care if the guys were still there. I needed to see my brother.

Called out his name. No answer. Started to panic. I was nineteen at the time. I didn't want to be left alone without him.

Ran down the stairs, JJ followed. That's when I saw Ty and JJ's men holding the two men that tried to attack us. Guns to their heads.