Loved By The Ghetto (Urban)

Chapter 20

RECAP:

"Reuben I'm begging you."

"Shanae move!"

"Please! You're gonna get yourself killed!"

"SHANAE, MOVE OUT THE FUCKING WAY!" He screamed, flinging me into the wall. I groaned in pain and he opened the door.

"DON'T YOU GET IT? IF I DON'T GO, ALL OF THEM WILL DIE! IF I GO, I SAVE THEIR LIVES! SO FUCK ME BEING APART OF YOUR FAMILY! MY FAMILY IS PROTECTING MY SHIT, UNLIKE YOU! FUCK YOU, AND THAT FUCKING BABY!" He slammed the door behind him and I ran to it opening it again. He was holding onto the handle still.

"Reuben please!" I pulled the door more and ran out and hugged him.

"Get the fuck off me!" He pulled himself from me.

"Reuben don't!"

"Get inside!" He pointed into his flat.

"No!" I cried, clutching onto his arm.

"Get inside now!" He yelled.

"No! Please!" I was going mental. He pushed me forcefully back into the flat. He was closing the door as I was getting back up.

"Don't go!" I yelled. By the time I stood up, he had closed the door. I tried to open it but he had locked it from the outside.

"REUBEN!" I screamed hysterically. I'm sure the whole floor heard me. I banged on the door but eventually gave up, sinking to the floor, defeated. My whole world was over.

END OF RECAP

I didn't know what to do, he was setting up his own bloody death. I was going to call the police, but that wouldn't help the situation at all; if he didn't get killed, he'd just end up getting arrested. After I calmed myself down and started thinking, I decided to call him. It rang once before he picked up.

"Well, hello stranger." he joked. I rolled my eyes.

"This isn't the time for jokes, I need your help."

"Really? I thought you said I should leave you alone." he said mockingly.

"Yeah well I was angry. Can you just help me please?" I begged.

"Help you? When I tried to help you, you shut me down and accused me of doing things I didn't do-"

"Sorry about that, but right now, I need you." He was totally tormenting me to the fullest and I was close to tears.

"You need me?"

"Jake please! I wouldn't have called you if I didn't and I'm so lost right now. I don't know what to do, he's gonna get himself killed! I tried to stop him but he wouldn't listen to me, I mean-"

"Woah woah, slow down. What's happened?" He asked. I explained the situation to him.

"Rah sweardown that's happening and James didn't even make me a part of it." He commented.

"Can you help me please?" I ignored his comment.

"Help you how?"

"Call it off! Tell James to call it off or something!"

"How am I meant to do that? I just work for him, I'm not his assistant or anything."

"Well you're in DDK aren't you?"

"Yeah?"

"So you can tell him to call it off!"

"As if he'd listen to me."

"Jake, I am begging you! I don't want to lose Reuben, I really don't!"

"Shanae, he won't listen to me, I'm not ranked high enough for him to even acknowledge me let alone consider anything I say. If you want him to do what you want, don't you think you should be the one to tell him?"