Passion and power (new parts every day)

Caught Red Handed

Macy's POV:
I woke up and Clay's arms were wrapped around my neck still, I tilted my head a little and just stared at him.

He looked so peaceful, even after what happened yesterday. Speaking of which I should probably check my leg to see the damage.

I lifted the covers to look at my leg, there was a medical bandage covering my wound and it didn't look as bad as I thought it would.

But it still hurts as bad as I thought it would, I groaned and nudged my head into Clay's chest, he was warm and made me feel safe and happy.

Then a voice startled me, "you like that?" he said smirking as I looked up at him and blushed.

"How's your leg?" he asked while sitting up in the bed. "It hurts" I said while sighing.

He looked at me sentimentally and got up out of bed, "where are you going?" I asked.

"The doctor will be here soon" he said, walking out of the room. He walked back in with some breakfast but I didn't want to eat.

"You know eating is the first step to surviving" he said sarcastically and smiled at me. "Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny" I said while smirking at him.

The doctor arrived and came to check up on my leg, "everything looks fine but just call me if anything changes" he said as he grabbed his bag and walked out.

"Thank you" Clay said to the doctor as he walked out and closed the door.

Then Clay walked over to me and sat down on the bed, "well with a shot leg there's nothing I can do today" I said while huffing and crossing my arms.

"There's plenty of things you can do" he said placing his hand on mine, "name one" I said facing my head towards him.

"How about three" he said smiling and holding up three fingers, he put a finger down after he said each one.

"You could draw, read, or talk to me" he said smiling and looking at me, "hmmm okay I'll take reading" I said giggling as he sarcastically rolled his eyes and grabbed a book for me.

He sat next to me and handed me the book, "hey, I have a question" he said. I looked up at him, "sure, what is it?" I asked.

"Are we friends yet?" He asked, moving his hand onto mine, "of course we are" I said while smiling and opening my book.

Clay's POV:
Great, we're friends now... but I can't help wishing we were more.

I slightly frowned and left the room so she could read in peace, then I went to my office so I could do some work.

I got an email from my enemy as soon as I turned on my computer: *Im in the alley on Radford st. Come fight me like a man, come alone*

I knew what I had to do, I told Marie the situation and told her to stay home with Macy, then I grabbed my dagger and left.

Macy's POV:
Marie came in my room and sat on my bed, "Clay's not here right now, he will be back by 9" she said. "Where is he" I said, crossing my arms.

"It's Mafia business" she said, "but what exactly?" I asked, getting a bit grumpier.

"He told me not to tell you, he doesn't want to worry you" she replied as she got up and left my room.

Nobody ever tells me anything, it makes me so upset. Do they think I can't handle it? I got shot for crying out loud!

I sighed and then got an idea, what if I sneak into his office and find out for myself. I got a huge grin on my face and slowly rose from my bed.

My leg was still in pain but I persevered, I managed to limp my way to his office and grip onto the desk for support.

Let's see, paperwork, more paperwork, and... his computer! I bet my answer's in here.

I opened the computer, it was asking for a password of course, but how would I know the password? Ugh!

Maybe some of this paperwork has the password, I looked through each paper I saw and found nothing, and it was already 8 pm.

But then I saw that he left his watch, please let this show his notifications...
I grabbed his watch off the desk and it showed an email!

It was from a man named Andrei Cruz, I've never heard of this man before, but I decided to read the email anyway.

The email said: *Im in the alley on Radford st. Come fight me like a man, come alone*. Oh, so he's on Radford st.

Should I go follow him? No, my leg is still injured so it would be a miracles if I could even walk halfway to Radford st.

Well, while I'm here I might as well find out more information, I looked through a few papers for a while and found hardly anything.

I guess he keeps the important information in important places. I was so focused on finding useful information that I didn't realize what time it was.

And before I could think or move, he walked into the office. I gasped and collapsed from fear, he knew I was snooping now.

"Macy?" He said while walking over and helping me up. "What are you doing in here? And why are you walking, you're injured" he looked upset and a little hurt that I was snooping.

"Are you... snooping?" He asked, sitting me on his office chair, "no- well yes... but I didn't find anything!" I said while biting my lip, I knew I lost his trust.

"Why?" He said, leaning on the desk and looking straight in my eyes. "I wanted to know where you were, no one tells me anything" I said looking down.

"And did you find out" he said lifting my head to look at him, "yes" I said, avoiding eye contact.

"Hm. So, it took you two hours to figure that out?" He said crossing his arms, "no..." I said, sighing.

"So you just kept snooping" he said, pursing his lips and clenching his jaw. "Yes, I'm so sorry Clay" I said looking down and biting my lip.

I was biting my lip so hard it started bleeding, he walked over to me and put his hands on the top of both sides of the chair.

"I think there should be a consequence for this" he said, since his face was so close to mine I could see the blood from his injuries.

"Like w-what?" I asked, clenching my fists in anticipation.

"you have to be in your room all alone for a week, not talking to anybody, you can only come out for dinner and the bathroom and I will help you move around so you don't walk, are we clear?" He said tilting his head, waiting for my answer.

"C-clear" I said, I was slightly shaking, he looked upset but he was firm when he talked. "Good" he said as he picked me up in his arms and brought me to my room.

He placed me on the bed, gave me one look, and walked out of the room. "This is gonna be a long week" I said to myself as I sighed and turned to my side.

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Looks like she's going to have a rough week 😬

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