Chapter Ten

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So, I couldn't go home.

My stitches got redone and I was suffering again, but I wasn't crying and complaining like a baby, no, I gathered myself and went to work.

I was surprised to find Steve and Rick there, even Damien and Jack.

-"What are you doing here? You got school tomorrow!" I hissed at them.

-"Shut up! We working on a stock of pain de mie and other things that can be stocked, tomorrow we are going to the town nest town, we are going to sell everything and get a lot of money for the homeless people since it's getting colder and colder" Eva said walking from the office room.

-"Hi Dylan!" Steve rushed to hug me but with half a hug since I was injured.

And I smiled into his shoulder as I saw his dimpled smile again.

-"Hi Steve" I said and patted his back.

Once he let go of me, Rick came and did the same, after him, Damien and Jack and they were smiling widely and continued working.

Suddenly, I felt cool fingers brushing lightly my skin, and I felt goosebumps, and looked at Eva as she moved my hair away from my face.

-"Go rest in the office room, you got a light fever" she said and pushed me towards the office.

-"Where's the owner?" I asked as I was pushed inside the office.

-"In a trip with his wife" she said and pushed me on the couch, so I fell on my back sprawled on the couch and watched her grimace as I groaned in pain and closed my eyes hiding them by my arm.

-"Are you okay?" She rushed to me and then lifted my T-shirt to inspect the stitches, but then, her hand lingered on my abdomen for longer than necessary, so I pushed my arm up and opened my eyes to look at her.

And there she was, looking at my stitches in fascination and tracing my abdomen absentmindedly.

-"You like what you see?" I mused with a smirk and watched her snap out of her daze and look at me in surprise as if she didn't realize what she was doing.

Suddenly, she flushed red and run out -of the office leaving me no choice but to close my eyes and relax.

I woke up to Steve shaking me awake.

-"Dylan, it's time to go" he said as he helped me up.

-"What time is it?" I asked still in daze.

-"8a.m, and we should hit the road like...now" he finished looking at his watch.

I stood up and walked with Steve to the backdoor, and I found the gang by a van that was well stocked with boxes and still left space for us to get in.

I started walking to get in when I got stopped by Steve.

-"Where do you think you're going?" He said.

-"In" I said in a duh! Way.

-"That space is for our bags, Rick, Jack and Damien are going with the Van, we go with my car" he said while dragging me with him toward his car.

Eva run to the passenger seat and closed the door, Steve went to the driver seat and closed his door, I was getting in the backseats when Damien ran to us.

-"Take me with you guys please!" He begged, but Eva dragged me inside and closed the door

-"Go away, Dylan needs to rest" she said with a cold tone.

-"Please! They will put on Rock and pop music, and they will sing all along the road until we reach that town, and I am going to turn crazy if I go with them" Damien pleaded with wide eyes.

And you know what happened next?

Steve started the car and we zoomed past them and we hit the road, direction: the town next town.

The trip was calm, the radio was on with soft hushed music, Steve driving calmly, and Eva throwing glances my direction from time to time.

I didn't sleep, I was looking at the sky and the passing trees from where I was sprawled on the backseats until the car came to stop.

-"What's going on" I asked in surprise.

-"We are here" Steve turned with a smile showing his dimples.

I stood up and got out of the care and was amazed by what I saw.

We were in the parking space, and we can spot the space where we are to going to display our products.

There were a lot of stands offering a lot of different products, different types of cheeses and yogurt, fruits, vegetables, candies, pies, even accessories, and we found our stand and went there.

It was cute and attractive, the guys worked hard on decorating it, and we even put the products in a way that attracts a lot of people.

And while I was just staying and resting, I was also given the duty to take care of the money.

Only a hour and we got a little fortune, Rick and Jack were going and coming from the van to bring more and more.

By midday, our stock was nonexistent, and we got a huge amount of money that you only dream about.

-"Wow! Good job guys!" I said as I closed the box were all our money was kept.

-"We worked hard, thanks to all of you" Steve said.

-"How did you know that it was going to work?" I asked in wonder.

-"We got a marketing pro here!" Steve said and Damien blushed.

-"He used the social medias and the boys as models to show the products and bakery, that's why there were a lot of girls and ladies here today" Eva said with a smirk.

-"We put accounts on instagram and Facebook with the bakery's name, and every time we were working, he sneaked some pictures and talked about the event today, so, you saw what happened today, and the bakery became more popular, and even got more than 2M followers and fan" Jack said putting his arm around Damien's shoulders and ruffled his hair.

-"Let's go grab something to eat" Rick said as he yawned.

-"I saw a stand for grilled meat and bread, let's go spend some money!" He said as he started packing and putting down the stand.

We organized everything and returned to the car to put our incomes in a safe place after taking a little bit to spend on buying some stuff from the other stands.

We returned to the stands and started looking around, Jack stopped by a stand selling accessories and bought an accessory for his mother, Rick followed him and bought something for his sisters, and we were looking around to find the stand for grilled meat to have lunch, but suddenly, Steve froze and looked in a specific direction, then, he flew faster than the flash.

We didn't have the time to understand what was happening, because in a moment, a young lady was falling from a ladder, and suddenly, Steve broke her fall and they both fell on the tables below on top of the roses that sprawled around and the vases that broke and water that went around with glasses, and I felt my heart stop as I saw Sam in the arms of an unmoving Steve that got blood running down his face from a wound by the side on his forehead, and his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving, roses and glasses were everywhere, people started gathering around and I almost passed out from panic.

-"STEVE!"

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