Undercover lifeguard

Chapter 23

I stood leaning on the kitchen counter, just rocking forwards and backwards "Haven't you heard of knocking?" I turned my head and looked at Tom "I knocked..." "I didn't hear you knocking..." "well I looked and I saw you through the window and I saw you nod" "I didn't nod" "look do you want me to leave?" "Depends...what's in the bag?" "A peace treaty..." Carter came down the stairs "what for?" "To say sorry" "sorry...you think sorry covers it!?" "Look I know cheating on you was one of the biggest mistakes of my life for more reasons than one" "one of?" "Fine the biggest but do you think smashing up my car and breaking my nose is the answer?" "Yeah, yeah I do want a black eye to go with it?" he sighed as Carter stood over me "you might wanna listen to him Becca" "in this bag will help your brother" "oh what you got 15 million in that bag?" "No...but I do in this bag" he threw a big black travel bag in front of me "you don't have to pay back, just go get your brother" "why?" I gasped as I looked at him "because...even though I may have cheated on you...I still have a strong place in my heart for you, and seeing you like this...you don't need it and I wanted to help, when Carter told me I went to the bank straight away and withdrew what you needed..." I stood up and threw my arms around him "thank you" I cried onto his shoulder...

The phone ringing filled the silence "hey" I sniffed "Becca" "becca...are you okay? I heard about your brother do you want the day off?" Patty's soft voice came down the phone "no...but can me and Carter just have the morning?" "Yes of course love, what I was ringing for was to make sure you're okay, and if you need anything, you now where i am, where your team is" I nodded as my bottom lip began to tremble "thank you" I hung up before crying again.

We got in his car and headed to the address "hey, he's going to be okay" "I know" I looked out the window, just the trees, birds and the odd person walking with their dog, their families, mark was going to be fine, of course he would, we had a deal! I gave him 15 million and he gave me my brother.

We arrived at the address "want me to come with?" I looked at him as I took off all my weapons "would you?" "Of course" he nodded come and got out, I grabbed the bag and walked to the door knocking once. Within seconds two big guards opened the door and pulled us in, inside were several more, each one of them towering over us, they led us down to the basement and there, sat at a table was Dominic "here..it's all there" I threw the bag at his feet "nice...an hour early too...and you brought a friend...how sweet" "where's my brother?" Dominic looked at me and smiled before nodding at a man who then wheeled in a large barrel and placed it next to me, Dominic stood up and sat in the end if the table "as promised" he folded his arms, a lumped formed in my throat, anger ran through my gains as I lurched for him, but I got held back by a tall man holding a gun to my head "you better kill me now because the next chance I get...I'm going to kill you" a tear rolled down my cheek "get them out of here" he shrugged us off as the men hauled us up the stairs.

"Get your hands off me!" I yelled as I fought my way out of their grasp, "get out of here before we change our minds to kill you" something had clicked inside me, I wasn't the same person anymore, the man grabbed my arm and held it tightly "move your hand or you'll lose it" my head was low as I looked at him "what you going to do sweet cheeks?" I twisted his hand around until I heard a crack, then he bent over double in pain before I kneed his nose sending him backwards unconscious, it wasn't long before the others started to attack, with help from Carter it took us no time to kill or seriously injure the guards.

I bent down and picked up a gun, loaded it and looked at Carter "what are you doing?" I stood up straight and headed to the stairs "Becca I wouldn't-" "don't try and stop me!" I held the gun up at him "okay...what I was going to say was I wouldn't go alone..." I put the gun a down and nodded for him to follow me, one step at a time I walked down to Dominic slowly "I said....you should have killed me" I walked over to him, grabbed hold of his shirt and shoved him onto the table, placing my knee between his legs "why kill him?" He wouldn't look at me "what did he ever do to you?!" "He killed hundreds of my men, of my people, he had to pay" it's his head still to the side "it was his job you bastard" I hissed at him "so why the money?" "To see my out the country and live a happy life" I took the gun from out the back of my jeans and pointed it at his head "you shoot me, that's the end of your career" "Becca give me your badge" I took it from my pocket and passed it him before holding the gun back "look at me" I held back tears as Dominic still faced away "I said...look AT me you son of a bitch" I said every word harshly he snapped his head and faced me "you won't do it, we both know you won't" I looked at him, my hand steady, my breathing suddenly became calm, I pulled the trigger, his body shot back violently as he flopped onto the table, Carter passed me the badge back as I grabbed the bag of money and walked out.

The car drive was quiet, neither of us talking, back at home I gave the money back to Tom "sorry for the trouble" I looked at his chest, my face had no expression "I'm so sorry for your loss, he didn't deserve that" he pulled me into a hug, I couldn't ever bring myself to move my arms to hug back "see you around" I pulled away and watched as he drove off in his new car, I walked inside to Carter "here" he handed me a plate of my favourite foods, "I'm not really hungry..." I took it from him and sat down on a chair, placing the food on the table and tucked my leg up to my chin, I felt bare, no makeup in leggings and a jumper, no makeup as most of it had been cried off, "Becca you need to eat" "he was supposed to give me away at the wedding" I finally let my sobs out "god how can I be so selfish!?" I wiped my nose on my sleeve "you want to talk about it?" Carter knelt down in front of me "nope" "I always find that...it helps me when I talk about the...things that are bothering me" "that's funny because um, it never helps when you're bothering me" "touché" he laughed gently "except I'm being serious come on, partners don't keep secrets" he took my hand "I just want to forget what happened" "I know...I know you do but you can't, and the harder you try the harder it's just going to fight back, trust me, you gotta let go, you gotta make piece with it, but it's going to take time" "I'm so much stronger than this" I cried into my knees, I felt like a teenager again "I know you're string, stronger than me but everyone is allowed to be weak every now and again, you're allowed to lean on me it's why I'm here, you're not selfish for wanting to lean on me, let me in, if you want to call off the wedding for a few more months..years however long you need I'm fine with that" "no...I will walk down that aisle in two weeks, to you" he held on to my hands and kissed them gently "Becca, I love you and I will do anything to protect you, I'm sorry I couldn't help your brother, but I will do anything and everything in my power to protect you" "I know" I pulled him into a hug, resting my head on his shoulder, fresh tears fell as I looked at the photo on the wall of me and Mark as kids, so innocent,mum aware of were we would be today.