Don't Let Me Go

Chapter 38

I walked to the door to open it for whoever stood on the other side. I had work tomorrow and needed to just relax today so I didn't really feel like hanging out with anyone.

"What are you doing here?" I asked, looking at the person standing in the door. I didn't mean for the words to come out the way they did, sounding so rude, but I was just taken aback.

"If you don't want me here I'll leave." Tony joked, stepping inside of the flat. I guided him around the flat, showing him everything since it was new but he never saw my flat with Ariel either so he couldn't see how much smaller it was. "It's a really nice place Rub." He smiled. 

"Thank you." I murmured, sitting down on the sofa while he walked around, looking at the photos hanging on the walls in my living room. "What are you doing here?" I asked again since I didn't get an answer the last time. 

"I wanted to see you." He spoke, looking out through the window. 

"You don't think it's random to drive here from Sheffield without saying anything just to see me?" I chuckled.

"A bit." He murmured. "Can I stay here for a couple of days?" Tony was acting pretty weird right now, keeping things to himself was never something he did. He was very open about everything and that was why I always believed him whatever he said since he had no reason not to tell me everything.

"Yeah sure. For how long? I have work Monday to Thursday so I wont be home from nine to five but you'll not worry right?" It was like I was talking to a little kid but I was getting worried about my brother not speaking his mind like he normally did.

"I don't know really." He shrugged.

"Tony, what's going on?" I stood up from the sofa and walked up to Tony standing by the window. He was still looking at the view from my window which showed a pretty park and some other houses along with a road which was almost empty of cars.

"Nothing, Ruby. I'm fine, really. I just need a break from everything for a couple of days." He explained.

"What about your work?" I wondered. My brother worked on a cruising ship as a bartender which he enjoyed very much. He brought me and Kendra once, it was almost ages ago. 

"I have vacation like a normal person does." He murmured but his voice had regained a bit of amusement which made me glad. I nodded and hoped he could see me in the corner of his eyes since he stood by my side, watching the pretty London view.

"Do you want dinner?" I asked, looking at my brother when I heard his stomach rumble. He nodded, his black hair bouncing in the quiff while his ocean blue eyes smiled against me. "I'll order Chinese." I said, more as a suggestion which Tony nodded happily towards.

I walked to the phone, making the call and within thirty minutes we were sitting in the living room with our small boxes, watching reruns of Friends mixed with the first season of Supernatural. We went to bed after sitting like that for hours, not really talking but just enjoying the silence and the noise from the telly.

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I ran in to work just a minute before nine, not setting my alarm was almost happening too often. Naomi was sitting at the desk, sipping on some water with her feet on the other chair she had placed just for her feet to rest on.

"Good morning." I greeted, moving Naomi's boots away from the chair and took a seat on it, brushing off the dirt first. 

"Well, good morning to you too." Naomi's Irish accent rang in my ears, always reminding me of my other blond, Irish friend. "Had a good weekend?" She smiled.

"Indeed." I mimicked her smile. "My brother came to visit yesterday." I explained and Naomi's whole face turned in to a thinking mess.

"Tommy, Tony? Tony, right?" She wondered and I nodded. "I've never met him." She sighed.

"You could if you want to, he is staying here for a couple of days." I smiled towards her as she stood up, walking out on the floor to hang the clothing items on the hangers again. She was so pretty, Naomi. Her hair was in the perfect beach blond colour and her face and body could easily be in Victoria's Secret.

"We can grab dinner today if he isn't busy?" She suggested. I fished my phone out from the bottom of my bag and messaged Tony, asking him what Naomi just suggested before diving in to another conversation with the blond.

The day went by like normal, some customers dropping by, buying almost everything we own and then it was time for me to go home. I said goodbye to Naomi around ten past five, strolled over to my car and drove the short way home. I liked living where I lived, it was closer to almost everything. I had a store just around the corner, Lliterally two minutes away and my work was walking distance. 

I opened the door which was unlocked since I had Tony walking around my house when I'm not there. It hadn't really been a habit to unlock the door when I lived with Ariel either so it was nothing I did without thinking about it. 

I threw my purse on the floor in the hallway before walking in to the kitchen, taking an energy drink from the fridge which I downed quickly. Tony had agreed to our dinner earlier so I needed to be getting ready, and so did Tony.

"Tony!" I yelled out from the kitchen. When I got no respond I walked in to the living room, hoping to see him lying on the sofa asleep or lost in a movie but the sofa was empty. I walked over to my room, no idea why he would be in here but it was on the way to his room so might as well check. I opened the door by pushing it in with my hip since I was holding my phone in one hand and the can of energy drink in the other. 

My room was pitch black, the curtains had been pulled down and the light was switched off. I was wondering what was up when I searched for the switch, finding it only seconds later. The room lit up, being to light for my eyes. When they had finally adjusted to the light my worst nightmare lied in front of me on the bed. 

My heart raced while I dropped what was in my hand, standing in shock in the door, not being able to move. 

Tony lied on the bed, white foam spitting out from his mouth while he lied shaking on the duvet. I ran over to him when I had regained control of my mind and what was going on. I tried to hold him down to the bed but his shaking where out of control and I wasn't the strongest person in the world.

With tears falling down my cheeks I ran over to the phone, dialed the emergency number and after speaking to them, sat down on the bed with my brothers hand in mine and waited.