accomplice | ethan dolan

twenty eight

"are you sure you want to do this?" ethan asks me for the fourth time as i'm getting lucy dressed.

"yes, i've robbed a bank before you know?" i smirk.

i haven't went on any jobs since the changretta diner, which was over a year ago, but i've missed them.

the money is good, but the thrill and adrenaline from them is what makes it worth it.

"have you been talking to noah?" he asks me randomly.

"he text me yesterday, just to let me know he's good. that's it really" i shrug.

"do you think he's still clean?"

"i hope so" i mutter.

it took us almost a month to get noah fully sober. after a few relapses he finally got off drugs for good, and now he's staying with his sister in chicago.

"e, you ready to go?" grayson knocks on our bedroom door.

"yeah" he nods as grayson comes into our room.

"hi angel!" his face lights up when he sees lucy and she reaches for him.

he has so much love for his niece, it's adorable.

"bonnie can't wait to spend the day with you" he tells her as he brings her downstairs.

"they need to have a baby" i laugh.

"no they don't" ethan scoffs while loading his gun.

"why's that?"

"because who will babysit our kid?" he smirks.

"i'm really going to miss them" i sigh, remembering that this is our last job together and also our last day living together.

we've been living with grayson and bonnie for six months now, but after today they're going clean and moving away.

"me and gray always said we'd build houses next door to each other" he laughs, "fuck him anyways for lying" he rolls his eyes.

"we're just growing up" i shrug.

"do you want to go clean?" he asks me.

"of course i do, but it's easier said than done" i remind him, "we have lucy to worry about"

"i know" he nods, "i just want to give her everything"

"maybe one day we can open zack's business, and go clean like we planned" i smile.

"one day" he sighs.

"ethan! jade! let's go!" grayson yells from the living room.

"i won't be long, if you need anything call me" grayson tells bonnie as we're coming downstairs, "and stop looking at me like that, this is my last job. i promise"

"be careful" she warns him as he puts lucy in her arms.

"i always am" he assures her, as ethan and i interrupt coming into the living room.

"i'll see you soon baby" i whisper before kissing lucy on the head.

"be good for your aunt bon" ethan smiles before also kissing lucy's head.

"bonnie call me if you need anything" i beg her.

"i will. i promise" she assures me.

besides ethan and grayson, bonnie is the only person i trust to babysit lucy. i trust bonnie with my life, and lucys for that matter, but the thought of being away from lucy after what happened last time is terrifying.

"jade" ethan nudges me, "let's go" he says, pulling me away from my thoughts.

i give bonnie and lucy a hug before following ethan and grayson out to the car. ethan sits in the passenger seat as gray drives and i sit in the back.

gray talks about how excited he is to move away and start a new life with bonnie, ethan pretends to be interested but i know he's mad at gray for leaving.

after an hour drive we arrive at our bank.

"are you ready?" ethan asks me and i nod before cocking my gun.

"let's go" grayson says, getting out of the car.

"everyone down on the floor now!" grayson screams as we come into the bank with our guns on display.

i get all the workers into a corner before finding the manager.

ethan and grayson supervise everyone in the lobby as i take the manager to the vault.

"i hit the panic button the minute you came in, cops will be here in two minutes" she tries to warn me.

"i'll take my chances. open the fucking vault" i snap, losing my patience.

i know she didn't hit a panic button, because she wasn't anywhere near one since we came in.

she finally gets the vault open and i quickly duck tape her mouth, hands and ankles to make sure she doesn't go anywhere.

"what's taking so long?" grayson comes rushing into the vault.

"i'm moving as fast as i can" i tell him while shoving the cash into bags.

we take as much cash as we can carry and go back out to the lobby to get ethan.

as soon as i come into the lobby, a bullet hits the wall beside me.

"jade get down!" ethan screams as i see the security guard aiming his gun at me.

i hear sirens approaching.

another shot is fired, but this one wasn't at me.

ethan shot the security guard, just as the cops pull up outside.

"get her out of here!" ethan yells at grayson and before i realise what's going on, grayson is dragging me out the back entrance.

"no we need to go back for ethan!" i push him off me.

"we're not going anywhere without him, we're getting the car and waiting for him" he explains quickly before pulling me along.

we get into the car and wait at the back entrance for him as planned, but after ten minutes there's still no sign of ethan.

"do you think he's okay?" i ask grayson.

"yeah, he-"

grayson is interrupted by another shot being fired.

"gray" my voice cracks.

"that was probably him distracting them, he'll be alright" he tries to assure me, but i can see how anxious he is.

a few seconds of silence go by before multiple shots are fired at once.

grayson starts the car and we speed off without any warning.

"what are you doing? go back!" i snap at him.

"they all shot at him jade, he's gone" he speaks calmly.

"no he's not, we have to go back for him!" i try to grab the steering wheel but grayson pushes me away harshly.

"he killed a civilian and refused to cooperate with the cops!" grayson yells, "he's gone"

"then i'm going with him! take me back!" i demand.

"get yourself together, you have a daughter!" he snaps, "my niece won't be an orphan, we're going home!"