interlinked :: colby brock

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INTERLINKED

After her bath and soaking in her own sadness, she decided it would be best to get some fresh hair. She could freely roam the house now, anyway.

So, she put on a pair of joggers and one of Kats hoodies and then left her room.

She ended up going into the backyard, it was one of the places she actually hadn't been to in the house. It was pretty, the sun was going down and it was more dark than light by this time.

She sat beside their pool, her knees tucked up to her chest as she watched the sun disappear in front of her, and LA was swallowed by darkness.

It was peaceful in this area. There were no cars driving by, no yelling or fighting. There was nothing.

She felt as peace despite the thoughts of her siblings still running in her mind.

"Everyone's been looking for you." Was what startled her out of her trance.

"Whys that?" Camila replied as Colby sat down beside her.

"The girls wanted to see you, been asking about you all day." Colby said. "Started to drive me crazy."

"Hm." Camila mumbled.

"Whats wrong with you?"

"What do you think?"

"About that, we need to talk."

A glimmer of hope flashed through Camilas eyes, and it was impossible to say that Colby didn't feel bad for her.

"Theres a problem." The hope form her eyes disappeared, and they were filled with sadness again. "Hal's been looking around for your family."

"What?!" Camila almost yelled, then her voice lowered. "What the fuck does that mean?"

"He's looking for something to hold over you," Colby said. "Which is why I need to explain some things to you."

"Oh, you're explaining now?

"Dont get bratty with me , Camila, it won't end well." Colby said. "You wanna let me speak or do you not wanna know what you'll face?"

Camilla stayed quiet, waiting for him to speak.

"Thats right." Colby said, smirk on his face. "Now, we don't know when Hal is gonna throw this at us. You need to be ready for it, you understand?"

Camila nodded, staying silent.

"Good. You also need to understand that however you wanna play this will have a massive effect on how things work after. You can act as confident as you want, and you can throw anything at these people but they won't hesitate to put a gun to your head. Killing means nothing in this life, absolutely fuck all."

"So, he'll kill me if I fuck up."

"Not just you, he will go after your family as well, and it probably will jeopardise his life but he has a bigger hatred for my career than respect for his life."

That did it for Camila. If Hal was completely willing to kill her family with absolutely no regret, she was ready to obey any and everything Colby made her do.

"You got that? Me and Sam are working on him, trust me."

"What do you mean?"

"We have eyes on Hal. You were right, by the way, still can't believe he's having an affair with his bosses wife."

"I know right." Camila said.

"And I'm even more shocked you called him out on it." Colby laughed.

"He was threatening my family, I had to."

"You still should've come to us first though about it."

"Oh, sorry Cole did I hurt your feelings?"

"Oh my god." He groaned out a laugh. "Where did you hear that name?"

"Benjamin Warren calls you it when you're not around." Camila said, smile on her face.

"How nice of him." Colby said, his voice filled with embarrassment.

"I'd have thought you'd use that name more in your work. It sounds much scarier than Colby."

"What are you tryna say?" Colby said, offended.

"I mean, Cole Brock sounds much scarier that's all." Camila laughed.

"God." He groaned. "Dont ever say that in front of Kat, she still doesn't know that's my actual name."

"Everyone does except Kat? That's cold."

"No, none of he girls know. But Kat is mean."

"Really? She's nice to me."

"Because she likes you. All the girls like you, actually."

"Really?"

"You're surprised? You're a nice girl." Colby said, turning to look at her: "well, when you're not in a mood."

"Oh, thanks so much." Camila said, rolling her eyes.

"Im still surprised you've settled so quickly though." He said, looking away again. "It took Stas almost a year before she even came out to a party with us, even though we all liked her. She wasn't very fond of us."

"This happened to Stas too?"

"Stas was in a similar situation, except she had actually witnessed Sam shooting someone. So, it was a lot more scary for her than it was for you."

"Shit..." Camila mumbled, not even being able to think about how she felt. "You guys really need to learn how to be sneaky."

"Well, Sam, Jake, Corey and I have all learned, the others are still learning." Colby chuckled. "They're not the smartest, but they're good at their job."

"Sure seems like it." Camila said sarcastically.

Colby laughed again, why was he being so...normal?

"Sam and I are going on a drug deal this Thursday. Kat asked if we could all go to the bar afterwards, you can come."

"I can or I have to?"

"You have to."

"Fun." Camila said, dragging out the 'n'.

"It's not like another fancy party, they're pretty boring." Colby admitted. "It's a club this time, you can actually get hammered."

"Now it sounds like fun." Camila smiled.