Countdown (August Alsina)

Chapter 37

I literally had about HALF of this chapter written and for whatever reason it deleted! I'm super pissed but whatever, she show must go on.

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Alright, here we go.

Milan POV

"Liv these pancakes are so good" I moaned a little as I stuffed my face.

Me, Liv, and Will sat at the table and all ate breakfast to start the day.

I stayed up basically all night last night doing what I could to track down Milan.

I read through more of her emails and saw she was contacting somebody who went by the name of "T." The person was located in Vegas but the messages were so vague that I couldn't get many details on where.

Vegas was so huge I knew this was gonna be hard. But at least I was one step closer to finding my sister.

Don't get me wrong, I miss my sister and want what's best for her. But it isn't going to be peaches and cream when I see her. I'm whooping her ass.

She now has a responsibility: her baby. And she doesn't need to be roaming the damn streets of Vegas while pregnant.

"You okay girl?" Liv interrupted my thought and I looked up at her and Will staring at me.

"Y-yeah. My mind went blank." I chuckled nervously.

Liv'a boyfriend Will took one more look at me before getting up from the table. He put his plate in the sink and went into their bedroom.

I shifted in my seat a little. He's been making me uncomfortable since I got here but I love and trust Liv so I know that I'm safe.

"Alright." Liv wiped her mouth and pushed her plate aside.

"So where are we starting."

"You're coming with?"

"Ofcourse. I know Vegas way better than you. I wouldn't be a good friend if I just let you go out there blind. So where are we starting?"

I smiled a little. I missed Liv so much. When she moved away back in high school I was devastated and after a while we fell off a little. But no matter how far, I always knew she would have my back.

"Well, this last email from some guy named T just says strip by noon."

"When did he send that?"

"Yesterday."

"So you wanna check the strip?"

"Yeah we can start there. Let me get my shoes." I stood up and made my way to my room. I put on my Air Max 97s in black white and red and laced them up. I went to my bathroom and put my hair into a top knot. Sighing, I grabbed my phone, purse, and keys and joined Liv in the car to head out.

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As lit up and pretty as Vegas was, I was on a mission and didn't have time to focus on the tourism. 

Me and Liv flew through the crowd, just looking for anything suspicious. We went to about 10 different hotels and asked if there were any reservations in Mal's name. We described her and asked if anyone had seen her and we still had nothing.

It's been a good 3 hours and this Vegas heat is no joke.

"Alright Liv can we take a break, my feet hurt."

"Sure, there's a mall down there." She pointed. "We can get some food."

"Alright."

While walking, I noticed a man up ahead. He was staring at me pretty hard. I could tell by his body language and how hard he was staring that he was gonna try to talk to me.

"Damn." I whispered to myself before pulling out my phone to look distracted like Liv.

"Damn mama." I heard him mumbled before I felt a hard slap on my ass, followed by a squeeze.

I turned around quickly and pushed him in his chest. "What the hell is wrong with you?" I said with attitude. "Don't touch me you fucking weirdo."

He bit his lip and looked me up and down and I got a good look at him.

He was tall, about 6'4 and he looked like he was in his mid 40s. He was bald but had a beard and a drink in his hand.

"So you feisty too? I like that."

At this point we tried to walk away but he was following us.

"Go away please." Liv spoke before grabbing my hand and bringing me closer to him.

"So this bitch doesn't hear me talking to her?" He slurred before grabbing my shoulder and spinning me around.

"Dude stop!" Liv yelled. She grabbed his drinks and threw it on him. As a quick reaction, he swung and hit me right in the face. The hit was so hard that my head flew back, making my head hit liv's.

I immediately felt heat and pain rush to my face. My left eye burned and my vision began to get blurry.

All of this was happened right in the middle of the strip.

I heard gasps from people around and even saw a few cell phones as if people were recording.

"Milan! Are you okay?"

I was now on the ground and heard Liv speaking to me. I removed my hand and there was so much blood.

"What the fuck??!"

Cops must've been nearby because 2 soon came running towards me.

"Ma'am? Were you assaulted?"

"Yes! She was. Can we get some first aid or an ambulance or something?" Liv screamed.

All of this commotion was going on and I just closed my eyes and rested. I was in pain and now how tired I have been was finally hitting me.

It felt as if I was falling asleep....

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I opened my eyes and saw that I was now in a hospital bed. Liv ran over to me and smiled.

I was so confused.

"I got hit right?"

"Right." Liv said.

"Why am I in a hospital bed."

"Well the doctors said it's just protocol. They said once you wake up and all tests come back clear you're free to go. You're fine girl. You just got knocked the fuck out." Liv chuckled.

I tried to laugh but stopped immediately as pain rushed to my face.

"How do I look?"

Liv bit her lip. "Not good girl....not good."

I sighed and felt a tear fell.

All I wanted right now was Elijah. And he was somewhere ignoring me being annoying as hell.

"Where's my phone?"

Liv handed it to me and I unlocked it and began to dial Elijah's number. I put the phone to my ear as I heard my room door open. In walked Will and my mouth dropped as Elijah walked in behind him.

"Milan..." he mumbled.

I looked down and saw that his fists were balled. His jaw was clenched and I saw him swallow a little.

"We'll ummm... we'll be outside." Liv said as she grabbed Will's hand.

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Elijah is back!!!

What's about to go down?

Hmmmm.