Revenge:As She Lay

Chapter 27

Aria POV

I screamed as I forced myself to move away from the burning pieces of the ceiling in front of me. I turned to look for Vince but saw no sign of him. As I stood up; with the intoxicating smell of smoke going into my lungs; I felt pain everywhere but slowly tried to find a way out. I reached for a large wooden piece on the floor to maybe break the walls down or something but it was immediately picked up and swung at my feet as I fell to the floor hard.

The pain felt so unbearable as I groaned and looked into the eyes of Vince.

"What....what do you want from me." I struggled to form a sentence as I felt more suffocated from the rising temperature.

"WHERE DID YOUR DAD PUT THE FUCKING MONEY!" he screamed as he held the stick up as if to hit me.

"I...I don't know ok. The house was burnt down, I-"

"BULLSHIT..OFCOURSE HE WOULDNT KEEP THE MONEY IN THE HOUSE. YOU HAVE TO NO WHER-"

"WELL I DONT" I said fed up as I continued coughing.

He snarled before picking up the stick; ready to hit me; but the stick was yanked out of his hand and he got hit on the back of the head. He fell; almost lifeless; next to me. I looked up as Jason came into view with a stern look on his face. He picked me up and carried me through the burning building to get out.

"Keep your eyes and mouth close so you don't have too much interaction with the smoke." He ordered.

"A little too late for that"I mumbled before following his instructions.

Soon fresh started to flow in through my nostrils and I opened my eyes to the rest of the gang outside as they all rushed to the van once I was out. Jason put me in the back of the van before getting into the passenger seat with Khalil in the drivers seat....some things never change.

I still kept coughing but was handed a water bottle and as I looked up to see whom the giver was, I was shocked to be looking at the face of Alice; Brice's mom.

She saw my bewilderment and gave me a small smile before turning away. I opened the water and looked around...everyone was here...no one got left behind....no one but Vince and hopefully he stays there.

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Brice POV

I honestly don't know how to feel...about anything right now....my mind is just going crazy. I met my daughter today...and hopefully she's ok....and Alex too. .wow Alex. I haven't seen him in forever...I thought he was dead..but there he was; very well alive and raising my daughter..... our daughter.

So many hours have passed already and I find myself falling asleep, only to wake up again and find myself looking at the security gate to Angelo's house. I roll my eyes before sitting up as the car comes to a stop. Everyone else wakes up and exits the car with not much to bring inside. Our bags of clothing and everything were left at the hotel and by now were surely tossed.

I tried to get out of the van but my joints were all in pain. I almost fell but Khalil caught me. I looked into his eyes and he gave me a small smile before helping me to the door.

As the gang walked into the house, Angelo came down the staircase smirking.

"Back so soon."He asked.

"Shut the fuck up Angelo...we just need to stay here for a couple days...just to get ourselves together"Khalil shot at him.

"Ok...but you might need more than a couple of days...you guys look terrible."