Dangerous | l.s.

XXII

"Gemma, why don't you take Harry and the other boys inside? Me and Louis will be out in the garden," Desmond suggested.

"Sure thing, see you two at dinner," Gemma said as she wrapped an arm around her little brother and guided the rest inside.

"So Des, other than you suddenly finding out Harry was alive and wanting to see him, what was so important you couldn't tell me over the phone?" Louis asked seriously as Des lead them to a table in the garden.

"I'll admit I did want to see my son but, I got wind from one of my associates that there is some trouble arising in the US. Specifically in Las Vegas and the Bronx," he said sliding an envelope across the table to Louis.

"Are you sure? Everything has been running so smooth and I'm on the edge of taking over," Louis said trying to mask the worry in his voice. He knew Des wouldn't judge him, he's been a real mentor to him, but still Louis didn't want to seem weak.

"I know Louis, I heard about William. And I also know it's hard to notice everything going on around us when we're deep in our emotions. You might have missed something, just open the file," Desmond urged.

Louis eyed the file and Desmond before picking it up. Inside were photographs of a letter similar to the one that Louis received. Except this one said 'Be prepared, we're coming'.

"What is this?" Louis said examining them more.

"A letter that Calvin got, he said there's no footage of how the letter landed up on his doorstep but it was there. Some other odd activity has been going around the Bronx as well," Desmond said taking the envelope and pulling out some police reports. "I didn't think much of this since Calvin's operation is much smaller than yours but Niall reported a similar letter and activity. Is that correct?"

"Uh yeah, it is," Louis said running a hand through his hair. Was something really happening right under his nose? Suddenly it felt like his brain was spinning in circles.

Desmond started to say more, dumping tons of information on to Louis but he completely tuned it out. No longer being able to focus, Louis sat there silently and just nodded his head.

"Louis are you even listening to me?! This is serious, Sonlinmot could be under serious pressures and that puts you and now my son in danger," he said pulling Louis out of his thoughts.

"I, uh, no sorry. This is just a lot of information for me to process right now. Lot to take in..." Louis said trailing off. "I want to keep Harry safe," he said as he suddenly snapped back into it.

"As you should, I don't know what's going on between you two but I'm trusting you more than I ever have with a person I love, don't fuck it up. Now can we get back to what's going on in the states so that you can protect Harry?"

"Yes, yes of course."

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Inside the house Gemma pulled Harry into her room and immediately smothered her little brother with even more hugs, leaving behind Liam and Zayn with Niall.

"I've missed you so much, but you have to tell me-what in the world are you doing with Louis damn Tomlinson?!" Gemma asked wasting no time.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked as he plopped down on his sister's bed.

"He's apart of the mafia Harry!" she exclaimed dramatically and held out a cigarette to Harry.

"Technically, so are we," Harry stated bluntly as he pushed it away. "You know, I've actually quit."

"We'll see how long that lasts when you're hanging around people like Louis," she said bitterly.

"You don't know him, and he saved me."

"I don't trust him Harry. Dad is a mafia boss but he wouldn't hurt you, you're blood. You're not Louis' blood. I've heard the ruthless things he's done."

"What things?"

"You should ask him yourself," Gemma said with a shrug.

"Really? You're gonna mention it but not even tell me, that's bull. I hated that when we were kids and I still hate it now," Harry huffed.

"No you should definitely ask him yourself. Come on now, let's fix up that hair of yours. God, you look like you haven't looked in a mirror in 10 years," she teased.

The next hour Gemma spent fixing up Harry's hair and he even let Gemma put a face mask on him. They chatted away about little things such as Gemma's travels and talked about how someday soon she'd take Harry to Greece. Eventually, Gemma finished up playing stylist and had Harry all cleaned up.

"Alright, Hazza you're ready to be presented to the world again! I am a miracle worker," she teased and handed him the mirror.

"Thanks Gems, I look good but I really wasn't that bad was I?" Harry asked starting to feel a tad self conscious of his appearance before.

"Nah Haz, I'm just teasing. You're always adorable, even when you have scraggly hair. Come on, let's go downstairs and show you off. I bet Louis' jaw will drop," she said as she pulled her brother up.

"Oh yeah? But I thought you didn't like him," Harry said now teasing back at his sister.

"Who knows, he might grow on me. Now hurry up slow poke!"

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Sorry for the late update, life has been crazy. I swear my life is a tv show. But ahh go stupid ahh go crazy, right?!
This is also so bad and unedited ahh sorry!