Handcuffed Heiress

2. The deal

2. The deal

Kaitlyn-Rose
"Who are you?"
"I'm his cousin."
"Show me your ID." I showed him my driver's licence. "You're underage. We can't release him to you." Was he shitting me? "We have him booked for assault. That's a serious matter. His victim was hospitalized." Victim? I wanted to scoff in the officer's face, but I didn't. Drake isn't a victim. I bet he was the one who initiated this in the first place. I was still pissed at Kei for going there when I told him to let it go, but I also understood why he did.

Since there wasn't anything I could do, I called my uncle. The conversation didn't go well. "Kaitlyn-Rose, I'm a judge. You expect me to come bail him out? You want me to bail out a son that got arrested on assault charges? Let him stay there."
"Uncle James."
"I wash my hands of him. I don't care what happens."
"Uncle."
"Goodbye."

"Ugh." This was ridiculous. He couldn't punish me so he was punishing his own son. This was all because he found out we slept together. What was I going to do now? I couldn't call his mum. She was on the other side of the world. Well I think she is. I paced back and forth until an idea came to me. Jax.

"Rose, why are you calling me at two in the morning? Is something wrong?" I explained to him quickly what happened. He promised to get here as soon as he could. He lived a little far so I knew I had to wait for at least an hour. I sat with my head in my hands. Why couldn't Kei have left it alone? And what the hell was Drake thinking? Was this some sort of payback?

It took a little over an hour for my brother to show up. "So not only do I have to take care of you when you get in trouble, now I have to bail your boyfriend out of jail too?"
"He's not my boyfriend."
"He might as well be." In no time Jax had the paperwork filled out and Kei released. I took a good look at him. He had a busted lip, and a bruise had started to develop on his left cheek. His white t-shirt had blood spots on it. Why didn't I think to bring him a shirt? He said nothing to either of us. Jax threw him a shirt and he caught it. I raised my brow at him. "I'm a guy, Rose. I've been in quite a few fistfights myself." I was grateful to him for that. I looked at Kei again. "He's pressing charges."
"I figured he would."
"Do you have any idea what he wants," Jax asked. I could take a guess but I wouldn't. "We won't know unless we ask him, won't we?" I wasn't in the mood to see Drake after this little stunt, but for Kei's sake, I would.

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"I figured there was nothing much wrong with you. What, a few bruises, a black eye, and a sprained wrist?" I looked him over assessing the damages. "Why are you even in the hospital?"
"Well it got you here didn't it?" I figured as much. "I figured using your little boyfriend was the best way. Does he know about us?" I rolled my eyes. His ginger looking curls were all over the place. "What do you want Drake?"
"You know what I want."
"And you're not going to get it. Now cut the crap and tell me realistically what's it going to take for you to drop the charges."
"Pretty and smart. I'll settle for half a million pounds."
"Money?" I scoffed. "You are delusional."
"It's a small price to pay to keep your little boyfriend out of jail."
"I'm not paying you that."
"It's not like you can't afford it babe."
"That is beside the point. This is blackmail. You're blackmailing me."
"Half a million pounds and I drop the charges and never bother you again." My instincts told me not to trust him, but Kei's future was on the line and he would have done the same for me. I couldn't let him have a record. "Okay."
"Okay?"
"Yes, okay. I'll wire the money to your account. Now call them and tell them you made a mistake and want to drop the charges."

That night when I got back to the dorm, I thought long and hard about how I was going to explain to my father why half a million pounds is missing from my account. Whatever, it couldn't be helped. Kei and I had a huge fight about it in the following weeks and it was stressing me out. I hate when we fight because he'd get distant and go out and mess with chicks I'm pretty sure were the number one carriers of various std's and infections.