Gang Leaders Son (gang leader #2)

Fourteen

Ema;

He thinks I still don't know what he did. I know he did it for me and that's one of the reasons I feel so guilty. He killed my stepfather and with that a little piece of him died. Even when he smiles I can see he's not the same. He doesn't sleep and just wonders around the house or in the gym beating the punching bag until his hands bleed.

Sometimes out of nowhere he changes from laughing to crying and I can't help but worry.

"Hey babe what you doing?" I smile. "Just thinking why?" he shakes his head. "I was just wondering what you where doing"

"I have to go out for a bit tell mom I said hi when she wakes up" I nod and smile as he walks out the door.

I wonder what's wrong with him. "Morning Ema you're up early today" his mom says with a smile. She's really nice to me even if at first I was an uninvited guest. Now she feels like family. All of them do.

"Yea I woke up early because of Jake and his punching" she sighs. "It's okay honey it takes a while to get used to it but it's how these men deal with their worry". I smile and nod. "Did you ever get used to all this". She shakes her head. "You never get used to it you just change according to what happens".

After about two hours Jake came back.

"Where were you?" he sighs "I went out for a drive". His mom looks at him worriedly.
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Jake:

Lately there have been a lot of things for me to do with the gang. Since that new gang appeared there have been so many fights and deaths. It's getting really hard.

I'm happy I have Ema but with all that's happening I barely get any time with her.

They always look at me worriedly even when I say I'm fine. I'm not completely fine but I think this is as close as I'll ever get. But they think I'm not fine I probably don't look fine I haven't really cared for a while.

I haven't eaten either I'm still muscly but I have lost a lot of weight in the past weeks. The only thing that I've done, right, up till now is school work. I was even moved to the advanced class.

"Hey Jake!" I walk up to Ema who is calling me from her room. "What's up?" she smiles. "Oh um I was wondering if you wanted to go with me to Abigail's birthday party?" I nod. "Sure, I don't have anything else to do for the rest of the day" she smiles an kisses my cheek. "I'm gonna go get dressed, thanks Jake" she goes into her closet to get clothes and I go to my room. An hour and a half later I'm at a birthday party full of people I don't know.

I sat on a chair in the table as Ema talked to Abigail and her parents. When someone sat next to me.

"So why are you here?" I look to my side and see a guy who is probably two or three years older than me. "Ema is my girlfriend and I promised her I would come". He nods. "My name is Brandon I'm Abigail's older brother nice to meet you". "Jake nice to meet you to" he looks at me in shock. "Wait that Jake, rich Jake the one that is a heir to more than a billion dollars" I nod even though I'm surprised he knows that much about me. "Yea that one"

Just as he is about to say something Ema walks towards me. "Hey Abigail's parents want to meet you" I stand up and walk with her. "It was nice talking to you Brandon".

We walk up to Abigail's parents. "Mr. and Ms. Colton this is Jake James my boyfriend". I shake their hands and smile politely. "It is very nice to meet you" said Ms. Colton and Mr. Colton just noded. I can see he doesn't think very highly of me almost as if he knows everything about me. It might be because of my tattoos I forgot to wear a long sleve shirt.

My phone rings. "I need to take this okay" Ema nods and I walk away to another corner of the backyard. "Hello?" "Hello Jake um we have a problem at the gang house I need you here now!" I sigh. "Alright I'll be there just wait a bit so I can make an excuse". I hang up and walk towards Ema.

"Hey something came up and I have to go" she nods understanding what's going on. "I'll tell them you had an emergency at home now go be careful okay promisse me when I get home you will be there waiting for me" I nod and walk away.

I could hear Mr and MS Colton's disapproval but I didn't turn back. I ran towards the car to go to the gang house.

When I arrive I see a lot of people madly screaming. "He's not fit to be our leader!" someone screamed from a corner. "He shouldn't be in charge he's just a stupid teenager!" I walk to uncle Jared. "Who started all of this?" he points to the guy in the middle.

I walk towards him an people make a way for me to pass. "What makes you think you can speak of me that way?" I say looking at him with no expression. "Because I'm older and you're just a dum kid" I pull out my gun. "Well the dum kid has a gun and you have a head do you want me to make the connection?" He looks at me frightened and mad at the same time. "I won't kill you because that's not how I work but if you defy me once more I will make your life a living hell, understood?" He nods as I take away my gun and step away from him.

"Make sure he doesn't do this again" uncle Jared nods as I walk through the crowd.

I decided to call Ema to see is the party was over. "Hello?" that voice wasn't Ema's it was a guys voice. "Who is this?"

"Oh this is Brandon Ema is talking to Abigail and she left the phone on the counter" I sigh "Could you please hand the phone to her". "Sure thing" a moment later Ema talk into the phone.

"Hey Jake what's up?" I smile at hearing her voice. "The party is still going on right" "Yea, are you gonna come back?" She says excited. "Yea I'll be right there.

When I arrive at the house I walk in and see Ema talking to Abigail and Brandon is staring at her. "Sorry I had to leave some guy decided it was smart to mess with me well it wasn't" She looks at me scared. "You didn't right?" I shake my head. "Ofcourse not that's not how I work the only reason for me to kill someone is if they're trying to kill me"he nods and smiles and we go back to the party.

Since I had to park far away I told Ema to wait while I got the car. When I got to the front of the house. Ema was standing outside with Brandon when sudenly he kisses her. She pulls away. What the hell was that?

I drive to the house and she notices and I don't mention anything about the kiss this has to be a mistake right? she gets in the car.

"So did anything interesting happened while I was away" she shakes her head. "Not really" she smiles at me then looks back to the front. I drive home.

"We're back" I walk with Ema to the kitchen. "So why did Brandon have your phone" she looks at me confused. "He had my phone because I forgot it on the counter" I nod.

"So why were his lips on yours?" her eyes almost pop. "You saw that?" "well ofcourse I saw that it's really hard to miss my girlfriend kissing another guy" she flinches from my screaming. "Let me explain" I ignore her. "You know what I don't know anymore I love you I really do but I can't do this right now I have to much on my plate. Stay here please but I can't have a relationship, help the gang and run my parent's businesses. I'm sorry but even if you are telling the truth I just can't really deal with it right now" I walk away and hear her cry as I walk out of the house.

I drive away heading who know where but I know I have to do this I can't deal with so many things right now. I'm not okay and I can't hurt her that way. The least I could do is let her go while she's still her and not when she has changed like my mom did.