Dark Nights and City Lights *Simon Minter*

Chapter 28

Elise's POV

The hairs on my arms stuck up sending shakes through my body, they more consistent as the anger grew inside of me. Slamming the papers down on the table I turned sharply on my heel, Jorja grabbed hold of my arm and pulled me back causing me to stumbled slightly before regaining my balance. I ragged my arm out her grasp rubbing it as it kinda hurt from how hard she grabbed me.

"Elise, he's trying to wind you up. He knows enough about you to get into your head just like that!" she snapped her fingers in my face I waved them and my angry expression off I pressed my lips into a thin line then looked towards the floor, realisation had hit me. He had my dad. "What am I supposed to do? He's got him, as truthful as I sounded I didn't want him to die!" tears now streamed down my face as I covered my mouth, Jorja pulled me into a gentle hug comforting me. 

She pulled away from the hug before speaking calmly and quietly, "You can't know for sure he's dead Elise, he wouldn't kill him off without giving you a chance to try and fight him." her smile was warming as she stroked my hair gently in a motherly way. "You'd make a great mum you know that right?" I smiled leaning back on the kitchen counter, "What do you suggest I do?" I shrugged looking out the window towards the sky.

Jorja smiled turning around to finally make the drinks that we had been waiting for, "We, aren't gonna do this alone. We will be out numbered and killed before you can even get your gun out." She emphasised on the first word that escaped her mouth before turning around to face me again with a cup of coffee held out towards me. "You're not suggest we get help from Simon and Jide are you? We can't just drag them into this mess." 

I sipped on my coffee gazing down at the dark brown almost black hot liquid that moved from the slightest touch, "Elise, Simon would kill for you, especially killing Cal. And besides all of them will help if we ask." Her smile was small and innocent as she jumped up onto the counter taking a sip from the hot tea, her eyes not moving away from me.

"I guess we would have more of a chance if we had help from them, but it would mean telling them all everything. Even Harry." I sighed looking down, Jorja's smile had faded now "He can be trusted, even though he seems odd with us." she reassured me with a small smile which I soon returned. "I'll give JJ a call." her voice perked up as she pulled her phone from her pocket ringing JJ. "How are we even gonna fit that many people in this tiny house." I laughed walking off with my drink into the living room.

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Somehow, we managed it. We fitted seven grown men and two women into a small living room with two sofas. Jorja had explained the situation while I sat on the floor opposite her with Simon's hand held in mine on my lap. "Okay so now you know why we all need your help." Jorja breathed out leaning back into the sofa next to JJ, who was squished next to Vik, the sofa was only really meant for three but at this moment held four. Tobi was the first to speak up, he was sat to my right, "I wanna help, we all will." He smiled patting my back lightly, he spoke for everyone.

"Okay, what are we gonna do? If you kill Cal how do you know we're gonna be able to get work off someone after?" Ethan spoke up looking at us all. I pursed my lips in concentration biting the side of my cheek. "We'll when Cal is out of the game, normally most gang leaders become impressed by this, then you get seeked out." Harry spoke unsure of his words before looking over to Vik who agreed which made him more certain. 

"So eight of us are gonna go in and kill him?" Ethan sighed, he opened his mouth to speak again before he was interrupted by Vik, "Nine of us Ethan, nine of us. It's different to how we would normally do things but if I'm right Cal has Elise's dad in a warehouse, police will not be a problem." We all looked over to the boy who was tapping away on the laptop placed on his lap. "Vik, can you even fire a gun without shooting your own team?" Josh chuckled lightly at his remark, Vik closed the lid of his laptop and stood up, pulling his keys from from the pocket of his trousers, "Come on then, we can go find out." 

We all followed behind Josh and Vik in convoy speeding down the motorway until we arrived at an empty grassland, no house or any type of civilization around for miles. Our cars all parked in a semi-circle we left the engines running and the headlights on, we got out and stood around waiting for Vik to do something. 

Vik got out a can of spray paint walking to a near by tree he began shaking the canister making a rattle before spraying an awfully drawn person on the tree. "You guys ready?" He smiled aiming his gun at the tree. Josh sighed so I nudged him playfully causing us both to smile. Vik fired the gun hitting the tree directly in the middle of the head of the disfigured person, he turned around with a smile. "See?" he smiled back at us lowering his gun. 

With a sigh Josh moved away from his car walking towards Vik he looked down at the small boy, "Okay so you can shoot a figure standing still but no one stands still when they have a gun pointed at them or when they're out in the open. You managed to hit Simon last time." Josh turned around and began walking to his car door. 

"I'll put an apple on my head." I laughed standing up from sitting on the bonnet, "I'll stand by that figure and if he hits the apple and the figure hes at least done well, he has a target." I began to walk over to the tree as Josh shrugged his shoulders, Simon intervened by grabbing my arm. "You do realise Vik has an awful aim." he rubbed my arm lightly, I pressed my lips to his lightly before pulling away with a smile. "I trust he's been practicing." I giggled walking over to the tree I pulled one of the apples off from near by placing it on my head I leaned against the trunk of the large tree. "When your ready Vik." I yelled over to him, he raised his gun at me firing the bullet. The impact smashed the apple off my head falling to the floor, I sighed with relief walking back over to everyone, Vik had pride written all across his face. I smiled at him then Simon who was taking steps closer to me. 

"Told you he'd been practicing."

Hello Hi, sorry I didn't update for a while, I go back to school Monday and the stress is already tryna creep up on me I was doing my art and french all week. So yeah, now I have exams updates will probably be all over the place but I promise I will finish this book. BYE.