True love waits

Chapter 42: RUN!

Looking up I see Noah being dragged in by a few of the black mamba members, part of me wanted to run over to him but the other half of me didn't know if it was safe to move, Sarah still had the gun pointing at me.

Looking back a wide smile spreads across Sarah's face as Noah gets closer and closer. Watching him walk pass her Sarah stops him from going any further. Running her fingers through his hair Sarah attempts to kiss Noah on the corner of his mouth in which Noah snatches his head from her. "I'm sorry you have to witness this love!"

The antidote had kicked in, but Noah was still a little groggy. As Noah continued to walk to me Sarah dismisses her brother and his crew.

Going in for a hug Noah whispers into my ear. "RUN!"

"Noah, no!" I whispered back.

"Scarlett, I need you to listen to me, as soon as you get the chance I want you to run and get help, tell them where I am!"

Twirling her gun in her hand Sarah says."You know its not nice to whisper!"

Noah and I continued scheming our escape plan, which only seem to make Sarah mad which caused her to set off a few fires in the air causing Noah to immediately cover me.

"What the heck Sarah?!" Noah yells.

Giving a chilling smile Sarah says."Now that I have your attention, I'm going to explain to you guys what's going to happen."

"Okay." I replied.

"I'm going to kill Scarlett, and we're going to make you watch Noah."

Noah takes a deep breath as he replies. "Sarah you don't have to do that!"

"Yes, I do, it's the only way I can keep you!" Sarah explains as she holds the gun in my direction, her finger on the trigger waiting for me to make one bad move so she could blow my brains out. I wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of shooting me, so I didn't move a muscle it was like I was a statue.

"I can guarantee if you hurt her, you will never get me."

"That's what you say!"

"Sarah why are you doing this?!"

"Because you chose her over me!"

"So, move on!"

"I can't, I won't!"

Shaking his head Noah says. "You're being used and you don't even know it. Pausing for a moment Noah continued with. "Have you notice we're the only three in this barn, she's wants you to get YOUR hands dirty while she sits back and enjoys the aftermath!"

Sarah shakes her head, refusing to believe anything Noah was saying she was completely manipulated."That's not true!"

With his hands up Noah slowly walks closer to Sarah and her gun as he explains."Sarah, it is true, as soon as you shoot her and she's dead, the police are going to come storming in here, maybe not immediately but eventually they will and they'll find her body and you'll go to jail for the rest of your life for murder and guess where my mom will be?"

Sarah doesn't respond instead you could see her taking in everything Noah is saying, she knew it was true she knew when push came to shove Noah's mom would let her go down in her place.

Noah slowly walks up to her and takes her gun from her, Sarah immediately starts to sob Noah puts the gun in his back pocket and pulls Sarah in for a tight hug. Sure, he was in all of this because of her, but deep-down Noah knew what it was like to be a victim to his mom's manipulation, she's could talk a snail into eating salt and have the snail thinking it was its own idea, she's that convincing. Not only that but he knew by him being a victim to his moms manipulation he played a small part in leading Sarah on, whether he wanted to or not, and for that he was genuinely sorry. That and he was hoping he could talk her into letting us go.

"I'm sorry Sarah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for leading you on I'm sorry for using you I'm sorry!" Noah whispers in her ear.

"I know."

"Somewhere deep deep deep down you are a good person, you will make a great wife to some man, but it can't be me."

"I know."

"But you will never get to see that unless you let us go."

"I can't let you guys go!"

"Yes, you can!"

"No, I can't she won't allow it."

"Don't give her the power to dictate what you do, I did and look where it got me, don't let her treat you like she treated me!"

Sarah pulls back and wipes her tears.

"Oh, please don't tell me you bought that!" A voice calls out.

The three of us snapped our head in the direction of the voice only to spot Ms. Alessandro in the door way with Mr. Alessandro's gun at hand.

"Ms. Alessandro?!" I said in shock.

"Surprise surprise!" Ms. Alessandro said with a sly smirk.

"She's the one you're taking orders from?!"
Sarah nods her head.

"This makes so much sense!"

"Emma, I'm not going to do this anymore, they don't deserve this, I don't deserve this!" Sarah explains.

"Sarah you are so stupid he's playing you and you're letting him!"

"No Sarah, she's playing you!" Noah replied.

"Who are you going to listen to the guy who played with your heart or me, the one who's trying to help you?" Ms. Alessandro asked.

Sarah slickly grabs the gun from out of Noah's back pocket and points it at me as she mouths. "I'm sorry, but I have to do this!"

At this point I was genuinely scared for my life. I just knew if Sarah didn't shoot me Ms. Alessandro would. "Please, Sarah don't shoot me I...."

"Why should she care about you and what you want, when you didnt care about her?" Ms. Alessandro asked.

In my whole time knowing Sarah I have never felt bad for her until now. Sure Sarah's a little crazy.. Okay a lot crazy but underneath all of her flaws she was a regular girl who just wanted to be loved and Ms.Alessandro not only knew that but she feed on that, she used that to get Sarah to do like Noah said earlier her dirty work. Which is a new level of evil.

"Shoot her now!" Ms. Alessandro ordered

"NO!"

"What?"

"I said no I'm not going to kill her!"

Ms. Alessandro sighs and says. "Well then I guess I'm going to have to just kill you!"

Without a second thought Ms. Alessandro pulls the trigger and shoots Sarah. Sarah quickly hits the ground. And for the first time I ran over to Sarah, ripping her sleeve I tied a piece of the cloth onto her shoulder to stop the bleeding

"Why are you saving me after all I've put you through?" Sarah questioned.

"Giirrl please, I'm just trying to make sure you stay alive long enough to get time for what you done to me!" As I attended to Sarah's shoulder Noah kept his eyes on his mom even as he slowly knelt down next to Sarah to grab her gun.

"When I say run you need to run and don't look back!" Noah ordered as he slowly put the gun behind his back out of view of his mother. Noah quickly stands up and points the gun at his mom.

Laughing to herself Ms. Alessandro says. "You won't do it!"

"Wanna bet?"

"I wi..." and before she got the chance to finish her sentence Noah shoots her in her leg causing her to fall to her knee's.

"RUN!" Noah yells