Promise

➼Chapter 4➼

Today is the day my mom is going to come over for lunch. I was nervous to see her and I didn't know why. I decided that since she was coming I would dress nicely. I put on a blue skater dress and a pair of nude heels. I braided my hair last night so that it would be wavy for today. I walked upstairs and sat on the couch in the living room patiently waiting for my mom to knock on the door.

15 minutes went by and I was still waiting for my mom. I heard Ashton's voice talking to Danny. I got up from the couch and followed the sound of their voices. They were in the kitchen discussing something work related. When I entered the kitchen both of the heads turned towards my direction. They both smiled at me. I felt awkward because I thought I just interrupted their conversation. So I decided to act like I was getting a drink. I walked to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water and walked back to the living room to sit in the same spot that I was in previously.

Ashton came in a few minutes later and sat beside me.

"You seem tense.", he said.

"Just a little."

"Why?" , he asked.

"I'm just nervous to find out why my family is in danger."

As soon as I said that we both heard a knock on the door.

"Well I guess you are about to find out.", he said.

"Yea I guess so." I replied with a slight smile.

When I got up to walk towards the door Ashton said something that I couldn't quite here.

"What was that?", I asked.

"I said that you look beautiful.", he replied.

I smiled at him and started walking towards the door.

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I took a deep breath and turned the knob of the door to open it. When I pulled the door open my mom welcomed me into a hug. I missed her so much. She was just the person I would go to whenever I needed to talk to someone. I felt like I have lost that.                 We walked to the dining room and we sat down across from each other. Before I could even start talking Ashton and Danny brought us food and drinks. We both thanked them and they left.

"That young boy is handsome.", my mom said.

"Yea.", I replied quietly feeling my face start to heat up.

She smiled and didn't say anything because she knew I would feel awkward.

As we started to eat I noticed something different about my mom. Like how she was wearing makeup. She never wore makeup except when we would go out for a special event. She also seemed tired because her eyes were not lite up like the usually are. They looked sad and droopy. Something serious was definitely going on.

"Mom?"

"Yes honey?", she replied.

"What's going on?"

She let out a deep breath and began saying, "Your father has to give a lot of money to a company who is in competition with your father's company. They have been asking for this money for years. But we never worried about in the past because they didn't threaten us like they have done recently. They told us that if we didn't give them the money in two weeks than they would hurt you and kill us."

"W-what?"

"This is why you need to stay here with Danny because you will be safe. And your father and I are going to be okay, we will be leaving the country tonight and flying to Europe. I will email you right when I get there with a phone number. You can call this number at anytime and we will always pick up the phone. Honey please don't worry, everything is going to be okay.", she said.

"Okay, I love you.", I said holding back the tears.

My mom got up from her seat walked over to me and hugged me saying, "I love you too." After she hugged me she walked to the door and left.

I sat still in the chair for a few minutes with a bunch of thoughts going through my mind. I couldn't help but cry this was all too much to handle. I got up from the seat and went downstairs. I started a shower to clear my mind.

I was in the shower for about 30 minutes, when I got out I dried off, put on pajamas, and went to lay down in bed. I started to close my eyes but they opened when I heard the sound of my door opening. Heavy footsteps started to come down the stairs. I hid my face under the blanket. The footsteps started to come closer to me and I could feel my heart starting to race.

"What are you doing.", I heard Ashton say.

"Nothing you, just, um, scared me that's all."

He started to laugh and said, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay", I said smiling

We stared at eachother for a few seconds before Ashton got on the bed and sat next to me.

"How did the talk go with your mom?", he asked.

I started to tell him about the conversation and when I was done he was shocked and didn't know what to say. He just hugged me tightly. I wanted to cry again but I didn't let myself. When he loosened the grip of the hug he kissed me on the forehead and said, " I have an idea."

"You do?", I asked.

"Yes, we are going to watch a movie so your brain isn't over thinking."

"Good idea."

Once I said this Ashton grabbed the control from the nightstand and turned the tv on.

"What movie do you want to watch?", he asked.

"The Best of Me.", I responded.

He shook his head at me knowing it was a romance movie.

I laughed and laid my head on his chest as he played the movie.

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When the movie was over Ashton started to get up. I pulled at his shirt and said, "Please don't leave."

"I won't.", he said.

Ashton got back on the bed and put his arms around me. I smiled and drifted into sleep.

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