WILD RIDE (Rafe Cameron x OC) *COMPLETE*

Chapter Fifty-Six (Alana)

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

Alana

"Who the hell is that guy?" Rafe points to the man I recognize as the pilot of the plane.

"Jimmy Portis. He's the pilot." I tell Rafe. "I uh... I threatened to drown him if he was truly working for your dad and was going to bring us back to him. I also threatened to burn his house down if he hurt my brother."

Rafe snorts and shakes his head. "Well.. He doesn't work for my dad. Can't vouch for John B on this one though. Guess he works for Singh."

I nod and swallow hard. "Yeah... Guess he does."

Singh sees us up in the window and pulls the gun from his pocket "Woah.." Rafe says and I can see that Singh isn't making eye contact with me. He's making it with Rafe. My heart stops in my chest and I hold my breath.

My hand is clutched onto the ledge of the window and Rafe's is dangerously close to mine. Singh steps out of sight but the sound that rings in my ears is one that brings me back to the worst days of my life.

Rafe killing Peterkin.

Limbrey shooting Renfield.

JJ almost killing Topper.

Everything starts to flash before my eyes and I realize I'm struggling to breath. Hyperventilating while clutching my chest. Rafe grabs onto my shoulders and forces me to look at him.

"Hey... Hey, Bon. Breathe... Breathe for me, Bonnie. Nice and slow.. In and out... Yeah... Good... You feeling better?"

I shake my head. "No. I'm not better. And I'm not your Bonnie anymore."

Rafe swallows hard. "Look... I fucked up. I was really, really fucked up then. I was still coming down from drugs and confused about a lot of things. I was wrong to not trust you. I was wrong to not believe everything you told me because you never lied to me."

"You can't blame drug use for your personality for your entire life, Rafe Cameron." I argue with him. "I spent months wanting to just fix you. To mold you into the man I wanted you to be and then it suddenly occurred to me that you'll never be the man I want you to be. Because I'll never be the girl you expect me to be for you."

"Alana now isn't the time for this. I love you and we need to just work together and get the fuck out of here. Then.. We can talk all of this out. We can scream at each other until we puke and you can punch me in the jaw again and again until it feels better for you. But right now I need you to be Bonnie, I need you to have an avocado moment with me and tell me the truth. I know you can and I know you will. Do you have the diary?"

"No." I tell him truthfully. "I don't."

"Who did you give it to?" Rafe asks calmly "Avocado."

I breathe out and sit on the bed. Looking up at Rafe as he stands between my legs. His hand cupping the side of my face. His touch gentle and giving me chills up and down my body. Those dragons in my belly that replaced the butterflies are soaring around again. Just like they used to. I never thought I'd feel them again.

"Pope." I tell him softly. "But I think Limbrey got her hands on it."

He shakes his head. "No, Limbrey never had it. She just knew her family history and that's what lead her to the cross and all things involved with it."

"Why don't we just... Tell Singh that Limbrey stole everything from us?" A stupid suggestion. I beat that woman with her own crutches and Rafe and I left her in the dust when it came to the cross. She wanted in on the deal with the cross and still wants that shroud. If I led Singh to Limbrey that would only fuck me over in the long run.