Bad Boy Styles

Chapter Eight

Sunset Boulevard was on the other side of town, the side that no one dared to go beyond, the side that was on the other side of the tracks. There were two reasons for this: one, way back when there were rival gangs that would hash out their issues in bars on this side of town, but recently it's gotten way worse. Innocent people were falling victim to this. The second reason was that it's extremely run down as in there's only around five businesses that are still active over here and again most of them are run by the gangs.

The old factory was something that was never spoken of. As I pulled up to the enormous building, I parked my car in the back, desperately trying to avoid being noticed by anyone. Up and down the building were crumbling bricks, barbed wire fencing surrounded the entire property, and there were broken windows on the first and second floors. The building itself was five floors and just as I anticipated the package was sitting at the back doorstep.

A simple brown cardboard box that probably held more secret than I could handle. Secrets that I couldn't even fathom. A note was taped on the top:

        My dearest Leah,

Beware you're being watched now, but this is all a part of the game as you don't want anything to happen to your precious Harry right? Do as I say and you'll both be safe, break the rules and there's no saying what could happen. Inside here lies the truth about your brother Louis, leave this package in his room UNOPENED and you'll pass this round.

        Sincerely,

        Your worst nightmare darling xx

What the fuck did I just read? The truth about my brother Louis? I knew there were things about him that I didn't know but this just felt so dangerous, so wrong. I was so tempted to open the package but I couldn't let anything bad happen to anyone. Ever since I read the first line of the letter I felt eyes around me from all around, I had no privacy anymore.

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I dropped the box off in Louis' room and left it on his desk and just as I expected he came home around five minutes later.

"FUCK," I heard Louis scream followed by several thuds of furniture being tipped over. My heart raced, the contents in the box had to of been way worse than I anticipated.

"Did you know anything about this fucking box?!" Louis came storming down the stairs, the smoke steaming from his ears.

"No," I lied. And before I knew it, Louis was running out the door and he just drove off leaving me alone. Tears swelled up in my eyes, whoever this person was, they were trying to ruin my life and my relationships. Things for Louis and I had been so hard since the accident, the accident I never talk about, and the accident that changed our lives forever...

In that moment, I called the only person I could trust and it shocked me more than anything that I called him, I called Harry.

"Leah?" He answered, just as surprised as I was that I called him.

"Harry..somethings gone horribly wrong," I sniffled.

His voice was so deep, so serious, "Leah what the fuck happened?"

I didn't have the energy to respond to him with a rational answer, instead I just burst into tears again, not knowing what to say at all. The last thing Harry said before he hung up was that he was on his way over and for me to just stay home. The only thing that didn't make sense to me was how in the hell did he know where I lived?

Luckily for both him and I, Louis had never locked the door, meaning I didn't have to move from my spot on the floor and he was able to just let himself in. His strong arms wrapped around my body, engulfing me in a hug as I just sat there trembling, crying my ass off.

"Shhh..." He whispered in my ear as his hands played with my hair. "Do you wanna talk about it?"

I could barely choke out my response, "S-someones watching me Harry..."

His eyes darkened and his whole body tensed up. "Who?" I shook my head, not knowing who the mysterious person was, the person that was blackmailing me.

"It's gonna be okay," he whispered.

"I'm going to protect you, I promise," and with that Harry Styles pressed his lips against my cheek..