The Fuentes Family: Yasmin

19

"Stop! Let go of me-" I scream out, hoping to catch someone's attention but the man covers my mouth with his hand.

My feet are implanted stubbornly onto the ground and I grip hard onto him as he tries to push me off the edge.

When I look down, I can see the water and suddenly it's not sparkling and beautiful anymore; it's dark and dangerous.

"Move, bitch," he hisses, his hands gripping my waist so tight that it burns.

One of my feet skids off the concrete and hangs off the edge. I'm going to fall, but it's okay. I'm a good swimmer, I can manage to swim back to shore. I can do it, unless the currents are too strong – or there's rocks or-

An arm slips around the guys neck and he gets jerked backwards while I hold onto him for dear life until i'm safely on the ground and I scrabble away from the edge.

When I look up, my saviour is identified as Jax. He uses his elbow to hit the guy in the neck until he's choking, then he pushes him to the edge and kicks him in the stomach, making him fall straight off the pier.

"Oh my god," I scoot further away from the edge, my eyes wide in fear and my heart beating out of my chest.

"Are you okay?" Jax gets down beside me.

"No, no i'm not fucking okay. He almost-" I take a few quick breaths. "You pushed him off. How are you here? Did you follow me? Why did he try to kill me?"

"Listen, we need to get away from here." He looks around then stands up, holding his hand out to help me and I take it.

"Do you think he's dead?" I ask quietly as we walk down the pier.

"Hopefully."

"How can you say that? You don't even feel bad?"

"Yasmin, his job was to kill you and Alex."

"How- Why? How would you know that?"

"Caleb called me and told me 'bout a guy in the same prison as him who worked for Caligari. He said that Johnny had plans to get you two killed. I don't know what he has against you though."

"I stabbed him with a pencil."

"Damn." He shoves his hands in his pockets and seems to relax when we get off the pier.

"So, Dad told you to come here and protect us? Did you just plan on following me everywhere?"

"Good thing I did or you'd be in that imbecile's position."

"Why are you not affected by the fact that he's probably dead? Even I have sympathy and i'm the one he had dangling off the pier."

"Some things just have to be done."

"Is this the first time you've... killed someone?"

"No," he says hesitantly and I freeze.

"Jax..."

"Don't look at me like that. I only hurt the people who mess with my family."

"I can't even-" I put my hands up to my head and start walking faster in front of him.

I don't want to go home. I can't go back and pretend to be happy families after what just happened. There's only one person that comes to mind when I think about somewhere I can go.

"Where are you going?" He asks when I take the turn down another street.

"My friends house."

"You should come back so you're safe."