Reliant

Chapter 17

Brea's POV

I walked into Niall's office and sit down. "Hey how are you?" he asked. "Im alright thanks, yourself?" "Yeh good good. Listen umm i called you down to ask if you were possibly ready to get back in the field? If not i totally understand and respect that i just nee-" "Im ready. Whats the mission boss?" i cut him off and he seemed very surprised. "Are you sure?" he asked. "Positive" i replied. "Um sure alright, ok. Need you to pose as just a simple customer, two people are meeting together in a cafe and we need to know what they're saying. Nothing too tedious for you, just need you to act natural which i know you will do. I'm not sending the boys in purely because these people may recognise them and they won't recognise you as they've been a recent interest to us and you haven't been in the field" I nodded and he handed me a case file which I looked at. "This is Graham Douglas who is a known associate of a gang and this man Loki, well he is a trained assassin and we need info on him properly. As usual you'll have an ear piece in and also a recording device. Douglas is wanting to have someone assassinated and we need to know who, if it's Kyle Saunders we need to learn his whereabouts alright. All set?" He asked and I replied "sure thing, piece of cake" "look it's not life threatening but if they do have any suspicion of you being more than you appear, your life is in danger. Loki is a highly trained assassin ok so just be careful. Visit hunter and Harry will drive you there" and I nodded and left.

I got down to hunter and he set up my wire when Louis walked in looking bot very happy. "Lou I am ready for this, it's a simple one I promise and I'll be fine" he looked like he was going to protest but nodded and said "I know, I love you" and kissed me. I left with Harry once I changed into jeans, a blue singlet and a black denim jacket. "We will be around the corner, you know what to do, go get em" he said and I smiled and got out. "Just a large chai latte thank you" I ordered and they weren't here yet. I looked for a spot that would be in ear shot of the most tables and found it. I sat down and soon my drink came over and I read a newspaper as a cover. "Loki just walked in and sat down three tables from me" I said quietly into my ear piece. "Excellent" Harry said back. 5 minutes later Douglas arrived and I told that to Harry. They started talking. "$200,000 job" I spoke over my ear piece. I sipped my drink and pretended to read the newspaper. They weren't saying any names but Douglas handed a case file over to Loki with the job details. "Handed over a case file but no verbal name, I'll get it tho". I saw there were paintings above their table and I had an idea. Somewhat bad but will work. I got up and went over to their table. "I'm so sorry to interrupt and this will sound silly but I was just wanting to know the name of the artist who painted that and they usually have it on the corner of the right hand side" and they smiled and Douglas looked for me while Loki eyed me. "I'm an art student so I have an eye for it" I said to him and I saw from the corner of my eye who the job was for. "Pamela Drawson" Douglas said to me. "Thank you so much, sorry to interrupt guys. Have a lovely day" and I smiled and walked to my table. And finished my drink then left. I got into the car next to Harry and he smiled. "Get it?" "Yep" I replied and we drove back. I ripped off my earpiece and went to Niall's office. "So you got the name?" He asked and I said "Names actually" and he looked confused. "Kyle Saunders is one yes and he's staying at the Jubilee Hotel, however there was a name under it that caught my eye, an Alias actually. Malcolm Dunston...So do you wanna explain to me why that is Niall?" I said annoyed that he was hiding something, he looked so lost. "What? Are you sure?" He said and I nodded. "How did Malcolm die again?" I asked. "Got shot in a fight" "against Graham Douglas's gang I'm guessing" and he nodded. "Did you bury him?" I asked. "The site was blown up and we found his corpse burnt to a crisp but he had already died for a gun shot" he replied looking at me wondering what I was thinking. "Where are you going with this Brea?" "He isn't dead. He's alive. Under the name Kyle Saunders. I'm guessing you buried the original Kyle Saunders" "it was definitely him Brea, we'd know" "not unless he had an identical twin...I heard them talking about it today at the cafe. Malcolm is alive Niall. And why he is in their gang I do not know but they are wanting to assassinate him now that his use is finished" "holy shit. This is insane but makes sense" he exasperated while leaning on his desk. "Why did you want to know if it was Kyle Saunders?" I asked curiously. "We'd received intel that a Kyle Saunders was ratting us out and telling very inside things to another gang...and I was wondering how he knew but if Kyle is Malcolm, it makes sense." He answered sincerely and I nodded. "We have to help him, they're going to kill him Niall!" I said. "He's ratted us out Brea, lost us men. Possibly even helped you get captured. You want to help him?". I was silent then said "I trusted him Niall, I named my son after him. If he did rat us out, it wasn't by choice. They tortured him. We need to help him, at least visit him and talk to him!" I exclaimed. "I will debrief the inner boys about this later today Brea and in the mean time you keep this quiet and we'll decide what to do. Good job today" he answered and I nodded and left. Malcolm I will find you and talk to you. I still had my gun and knife on me from this morning so I went out on the street and grabbed a bus because then Niall couldn't track me. I know he had all our cars tracked, I'm not stupid. 39 minutes later I arrived at the hotel and easily paid off the receptionist to give me his room number. She checked the camera footage and said he was alone and I thanked her and Paid her $130.

I walked up and knocked on the door and he seemed incredibly surprised to see me. "Long time no see Malc, or should I say the new Kyle Saunders". He replied "can I help you?" And I chuckled lightly. I looked at his neck. "They didn't do a good job of covering your tattoo, can still see it faintly" I said and he sighed knowing I was not fooled. He pulled me inside and shut the door. "What are you doing here?" He asked. "Giving you a heads up actually, Douglas is having Loki assassinate you for $200,000. He knows where to find you Malc" and he stared at me for a second and said. "How do you even know this Brea? Last time I checked you had fled from the gang due to Niall not wanting you and Louis together" "I came back because I had to, I couldn't be a mother on my own. And I know this because I was spying on it this morning at a cafe 40 minutes away". His eyes widened. "You have a child?" He asked. "Yeh he's almost 10 months". "You didn't have to come here Brea, it was stupid and foolish of you. I'm no longer apart of the gang which means I could kill you with no repercussions" "you won't. I know you Malc". He looked so sad and broken. "You should have kept thinking and believing I was dead" "the hell I should have!?! I came back and got told you were gone, I died from that. I felt guilty every single day for not being there and potentially saving you. I was broken...you meant so much to me" I said frustrated. "Oh bullshit, you would have barely noticed my absence since you barely noticed my presence Brea!" I was getting furious. "Trey Malcolm Tomlinson" I breathed out. "What who the fuck is that?" He asked. "My son". He was silent and soon clicked. "Yeh, I named him after you Malc, so don't you tell me that I didn't miss you and don't still today" I seethed. He honestly looked surprised and touched. "Brea I-I-I'm sorry. I thought I would never seen you again, especially since the other gang captured you. Does Niall know I'm alive?" He asked. "Yes he does, and soon so will all the inner circle of them and I'm not sure what they're going to do but Niall is mad because he knows you have been ratting us out. I told him it would have been forced but he's still pissed. Malc you aren't safe, you need to leave the country" I said worriedly. "You came here without telling them didn't you?" He asked and I nodded. "They've got my car tracked and will know where I go Brea". "I'll take your car and dump it the other direction to what you go. Take the 987 to the end and catch the V/line to the end and go to Rockwood motors, tell Rocco I sent you. He can help you grab a car and new phone and keep driving. You'll be fine" I said. He nodded and packed his bags quickly together. "Give me your phone and I'll ditch it with the car" he finished packing and he engulfed me into a hug. "Thank you, for everything please take care" and I smiled at him. He put his lips on mine and I kissed back and pulled away. "Get going Malc" I said. "You get more beautiful each time I see you, goodbye Brea. I never stopped loving you" and we went different directions down the hallway. Please be safe Malc. I drove for 2 hours and ditched the car and ran home. "Where've you been? Niall asked sitting on the couch with his arms crossed. "Needed to clear my head" i replied coldly and went to walk upstairs. "You wouldn't of gone and seen anyone would you?" he asked with his face right next to mine. "That would be going against your orders, so no" i replied and went to my floor. I saw Brody up here. "Hey Brod's is everything ok?" i asked confused. "Hey darl, little man is just asleep and Lou had to head out with some others so i am minding him". "Ah great, thanks for that. You can head off if you'd like, i can mind him" i said with a smile. They went to Jubilee hotel to find Malc, or Kyle Saunders i should say. "Did you want a drink or anything to eat?" i asked. Brody thought for a moment and said "Yeh if thats alright, any fruit?". I nodded and walked to the kitchen. "We have apples, passionfruit, bananas, pineapple and watermelon" "A banana would be great thank you" he said and i chucked him one. We hung out for about 30 minutes when i heard Trey fussing. I went in and picked him up for cuddles. "Hey little guy, have a good snooze" i said and gave him big kiss and walked out into the loungeoom. "Hey buddy" Brody said to him and i handed him over but he cried immediately. "We are going through a stage of once we wake up, we can't leave mummy" i said and he chuckled. "Hey shhh don't be silly little man, you love Brody" i said stroking his cheek and then i left to go get the laundry off the clotheshorse. I folded it all up and put it away while Trey and Brody played on the floor.