When We Were Young

When We Were Young (21)

Alicia ~*

It's been about two weeks and it's been extremely quiet. Too quiet for the likes of Cole.

He has to be planning something. Something big if he's taken so much of the heat off of me.

I sighed as I locked up my office for the night. I was the last one out tonight and I was exhausted. I finally caught up on all my cases, had four court hearings this week, and was currently rocking 5 inch heels. I needed to get some sleep soon.

I made it to the lobby when I noticed that Robert, our security guard, wasn't at his desk. I shrugged, probably went to get some food. It is 12 am after all.

Then I saw it. Roberts feet wriggling under his desk. He was bound and looked at me. His eyes looked to his left as if warning me. I nodded ever so slightly and kept walking as if nothing was wrong. I pretended to drop my bag just as I passed Robert's desk. I heard heavy foot steps and grinned. I quickly grabbed the pocket knife tucked into my garter belt.

I looked up to see a masked man and made a jab at his leg and caught his calf. "What the fuck?!" he yelled as he reared away from me. 

"Rule #9," I explained taking off my heels and jacket. "You never go anywhere without a knife." I pulled my hair up into a pony tail. [A/N the first person to guess this reference will get the next chapter dedicated to them!]

He hissed at me and lunged for me. I quickly side stepped him, coming back to punch him in the shoulder. It made him falter, but not before grabbing my ankle, making me go head first into the tiles. "Fuck." I groaned. Its been awhile since anyone has been able to slam me onto the floor like that, and goddamn it hurt.

The masked man quickly got up and tried stepping on my face. I rolled out of the way, ignoring the pounding of my head. I got back onto my feet and took a fighters stance. We circled each other before he had decided enough was enough. He came for me and I let him grab me so that my back was pressed against his chest. Having him right where I needed him, I shifted my weight and roared as I flipped his 6'3" body over mine and onto his back on the tile. Having the wind knocked out of him, I quickly delivered a quick blow to the head knocking him the hell out. 

I collapsed onto the tile before remembering Robert. I rushed over and untied him. 

"Are you okay Alicia? You're bleeding!" He exclaimed. 

I waved him off. "I'm fine. Just let me go tie thing goon up." I quickly went over and tied up my attacker with the rope he used with Robert. I scoffed, who uses rope anymore? You use zip ties and duct tape. 

I sighed, and retrieved my phone from my purse. "Robert, don't call the police. I've got this." I called up Cole. 

"Come and get your goon, you pussy." I said as soon as he picked up the phone. 

"Tsk, tsk." I heard Cole say. "You're better than I expected Alicia. He was one of my best fighters."

"Well you picked shitty fighters Cole, now come get him out of my damn building." 

He laughed. "Last time I checked, that building belonged to your little boyfriend. What was his name again? Alec? God I hated that kid. Even after all these year, just his name makes me want to punch him."

I balled up my fists. "You leave Alec out of this."

"Now, don't worry Alicia. I honor my commitments. No one but you will continue to get hurt. For the next 6 weeks, you'll have to sleep with one eye open at that cushy hotel that your little boyfriend is paying for."

He hung up and I sighed. Great, now I need another new place to stay. 

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and again Im back ladies gentlemen! 3 uploads this week! I am like butter ! On a roll :D 

OKay back tobusiness! I hope you guys are enjoying this story again! Hopefully I'll be able to upload every week on this story  and on ITIWAB ! But I do have college and my jewelry store to take care of (treasurejewelry.storenvy.com) so please be patient with me! 

I have also made minor changes to age in this story! Just to make it a smidge more realistic. Alicia is 25, Alec and his friends are 28 and AJ is now seven. Just makes the whole lawyer thing much much easier to believe! The whole story has been corrected from the beginning! 

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