While The Rose Falls (SEQUEL)

Twenty-Four.

Anthony's POV

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After pulling into the driveway of Jordan's trap house, I un-nervously got out of the car and leaned myself against the hood.

The outside of the house had about 8 to 10 guys standing in front of it and they all stared us down.

The smell of weed was everywhere and white styrofoam cups were laying around.

"Do y'all need sum?" One guy asked with one hand in his pants looking as if he were about to pull out a gun.

"Jordan here?"

He hesitated for a second. "Yeah.."

"well go get him." I snapped.

Not being bothered that I still had multiple pairs of eyes staring at me, I pulled my phone out noticing I had missed calls and text from Rose. Not only that, but it was already 10:30 at night.

I slipped my phone back into my pocket and pulled over my grey hoodie to cover my head.

The screen door slammed shut and this was the moment I was finally waiting for.

Jordan's heavy footsteps slid against the concrete and got louder the more he came close.

He stopped walking when he stood in front of me and I looked him dead in the eyes as I watched him chuckle.

"So I see you got my message.." He grinned.

"Yeah..but luckily for you..he's still alive in my trunk taking up space.. "

Devon lifted the trunk lid open and dragged buddy out.

He still had the duck tape from earlier stuck to his mouth along with zip ties keeping him bound.

A mixture of dry and wet blood covered him.

"Son of a bitch." Growled Jordan.

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Rose's POV

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"You better shut the fuck up." He whispered in my ear as he held my wrist tightly guiding me to his car.

He opened the passengers side door and pushed me inside. "And just before you start askin a million God damn questions, I'm taking you back to Jordan...got it?"

I fearfully I nodded my head yes.

The ride was awkwardly quiet...He could've at least turned the radio on...

35 minutes later ...

He drove around a neighborhood I was familiar with so I knew exactly where we were going.

"Wtf?" I thought. I saw Jordan and Anthony very close to each other from afar. Maybe as if they were about to exchange hands.

My driver pulled in the side of the road where Jordan's bando was and instructed me to get out.

He grabbed my arm and dragged me into the driveway where my presence was center of attention. Anthony turned around and we both locked eyes. No words, but our faces said it all.

"Hey sexy." Grinned Jordan. He licked his lips and looked me up in down with lust.

I glanced over at Anthony and saw a vein pop out from his neck. His hands were in his pockets and on the outside he was calm, I just wish I could say the same about what was going on in his head.

I put my head down and tried the think happy thoughts but it was hard knowing exactly what was gonna go down.

A ton of guys, some who hated each other to death, and guns.

Jordan sighed and pushed up his glasses before he spoke. "Listen Tony, all you gotta do is leave Rose alone and give me my fuckin money or I'll blow your head off." He said pulling out a pistol.

Anthony shook his head. "I cant."

"So this is what you meant by 'business' ?" I questioned.

"Rose, now is not the time to discuss that type shit." He answered cutting me off.

"What the fuck you mean you can't?"

"Can't , meaning I'm not gonna leave her alone. "

Jordan walked up to Anthony and pointed the pistol at his forehead. Devon and Mario pointed their guns at Jordan and Jordan's goons pointed THEIR guns at Devon, Mario, and Anthony.

Anthony, who looked unfazed as possible stared directly at Jordan. My heart was beating out of my chest and I was sure that it even stopped beating for a couple of seconds.

"Shoot me." Anthony said calmly.  "but just remember, I know something about you that nobody else knows.."

Jordans face twisted in confusion. "What?"

With the speed of light, Anthony punched Jordan in his jaw and kicked him in the stomach causing him to fall.

Then...

All the guns began to fire...

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Anthony's POV

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Blood splattered on my shirt as I watched people loose their lives right in front of me. I punched Jordan in his face a couple of times to make sure he'd stay exactly where I left him. On the ground.

I ran to the side of the car to protect myself from flying bullets and to catch my breath.

"ANTHONY!" Screamed Rose. Peaking over the car, I saw her being held in a choke hold by Jordan with a gun to her head. She had tears running down her face as she panicked.

I grabbed the 40 I had in my pants and pointed it at Jordan.

"Let her go!" I demanded.

He smiled with blood on his lips, "Shoot me and I shoot her. Your pick." 

"anthony..don't do it..." She said softly with hurt in her voice.

I put the gun down signifying that I was surrendering.

"ha, you thought." Jordan said with laughter.

I heard his gun go off and Rose fell to the ground.

"Noooo!"

I ran to her helpless body and held her in my arms. "Rose, Rose!"
Her eyes were barely open and I was scrambling to find where she'd been shot.

Kneeling in a puddle of her blood trying to keep her conscious, I felt cold metal on the back of my head.

"This is for everything you've ruined for me bitch." Jordan growled.

Quite frankly, I didn't care about if was he gonna shoot me or not, I just cared about Rose for those last seconds I thought I had left.

(Continued..)