Daughter of a Gun ➟ Reece Bibby ✔

chapter fourty six

Once we were getting closer to the hotel I could see George's car parked in front of it. I parked next to it and noticed that the engine was still running but he wasn't in the car. It was also unlocked so I decided to take a look inside.I found a metal case on the passenger seat that might have belonged to his favourite gun. Next to it, there was a picture of him and Lilly, smiling happily. I took the picture and turned it around. There was a message on its back: "I'll get back to you soon. I love you." Reece was looking at me but he didn't dare to get inside the car. "Reece, look! - I said as I showed him the picture - this looks like a suicide note. Just like that text that he sent me." I added. "Looks like he sent messages to the people that mattered most to him - he said as he took his phone out of his pocket - and it looks like I'm one of those people too." he added. "What did he say?" I asked him worried. "If you truly love and care about me, let me do what I want to do and leave." Reece read the text out loud. "I'm not going to let him kill himself. I'm not loosing one more friend. I won't let destiny take away one more soul from me. Over my fucking dead body!" I exclaimed. "Let's get inside." I told Reece as I rushed to the damaged front door. I opened it and it released a loud squeak. "George? Are you here?" I shouted. The lights that were hardly working anyway were shut. I took out my phone and switched on my flashlight. Reece did the same as he went to find the switch for the lights. "Please tell me we're not too late." I said to myself. "George, for the love of God, please tell me you're here!" I shouted again exactly when Reece managed to turn on the lights. That place looked like a battleground: bullets everywhere on the ground, blood stains on what used to be sofas and what was worse, dead bodies, including Lilly's. I was certain that The Bishops found a new hiding place since cleaning this mess would've taken them ages. "Hey, over here!" Reece called me up. Loud sobbing could be heard from the direction where Reece was heading to. We arrived in the hallway of the first floor. The sobbing was louder. At the end of the badly lit corridor a human shape was forming. "George? Are you there?" I asked kindly. "Go away!" he shouted while crying. "I told you not to come here!" he said visibly mad at us. "George, listen. I would never walk away from you. You were and will always be my only true friend. I can't risk loosing you. Listen to me - I said as I sat down on the floor next to him - you have to understand that we need you. We swore to Kev that we are going to take care of you after he died. It was his last wish: you to be safe." I told him. He was holding his gun and he was swirling it in his hands. He looked at it hopelessly, willing to put it to his own head. "Stop!" I said grabbing his  hand as he raised it to his head. "I won't let you do this. George, please..." I said as I started to cry. I tried to stay strong and talk him out of it but it didn't work. As I was still holding his wrist tightly, Reece snatched the gun out of his hand. "I'm sorry, buddy, but you're not doing this. We won't let you. Remember? 'Someone's death wish is a  order for us. We shall fulfil it no matter what the cost.'" said Reece tossing the gun away. "Of course I remember. Law 13 of The Parkers." said George wiping away his own tears. "What's law 6, George?" I asked him knowing exactly what the law was. "We shall mourn our men and live for them." he said. "Exactly. That's why you have to stay alive for Kev, for Lilly and for us." I said as I gave him a tight hug. "Come on, let's get out of here. I'll drive you home, G." said Reece. "Alright then, see you home, Reece." I told him as we went down to our cars.