Living In The Past

Manipulated

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I'm so happy to be back ! I advice you to read the previous chapter again if you dont remember the names of the characters or things like that !
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"You're O ? That's a joke I hope. You really think I'm going to believe that ?!" I exclaimed, my voice laced with hatred.

"Adam, you have to belie-"

"Shut up !" I screamed, interrupting him.

Everything went silent. I still had my gun pointed at him, and my finger was shacking on the trigger.

"You tortured me like what two days ago. You have no idea how much it hurt me" I slowly continued, clenching my jaw.

"Please Adam we don't have time for this" my brother softly responded.

"Yeah of course" I scoffed back.

But before William could even react, I felt a gun on the back of my head.

"Ok, now you are going to calm doing, we are loosing a precious time right now because of you" Ryan calmly, yet coldly said.

He was using his intimidating side on me, and it worked like magic. I dropped my gun, and stepped back.

"Now explain, fast" he ordered to my brother.

"I've been helping you for the last two years in the hope that one day, you would help me take the power to my mother, and create an alliance between both our families" he told us.

"That's bullshit !" I thought.

"And it's now or never, the life of Johan is at stake here" he added, looking straight into Johan's father.

"And why would I believe you ?" Ryan asked.

"Because you don't have a choice. If you refuse, you'll never see your so  again. I've been talking with some of my partners, and some of them are on my side. If we do this, we have to be quick" William said.

"How do you want to proceed ?" Johan's father asked.

I was stunned. He really was ready to do anything for his son, including trusting my son of a bitch of a brother.

"You are going to follow me. We'll enter the headquarters at a precise moment. But we need to do it now"

"Fine" Ryan responded.

The next moment, we were driving to the Coleman's headquarters, following my brother on a path between the trees. We stopped in the middle of nowhere, and waited for a few minutes. The silence was oppressing, and I started to feel my entire body shacking from anxiety.
I was scared for Ash and scared my brother was lying to us.
A trapdoor in the ground suddenly started to open, revealing the entrance to a tunnel, and soon, we entered.
After what seemed like an eternity, we finally stopped.
We all climbed out of the car.

"Ok from now one, you'll do what I say" my brother firmly ordered.

At that moment, I thought my heart was going to break free from my chest.

"I need my son if you want me to help you" Ryan firmly responded as well.

"Kevin will escort Adam to your son, but they'll have to wait for the good moment" he explained.

"No, Karl will stay with Adam as well" Ryan affirmed.

"Fine, follow Kevin" he suddenly said to me and Karl, one of the mobster that came with us.

Silently, we both followed Kevin into a room where he gave us a uniform to blend with the crowd.
We stayed close to him while walking through the different corridors until we finally arrived into a small room, where he made us enter quickly before entering himself.

"A broom closet ? Seriously ?" Karl asked.

His voice was deep and kind of brutal.

"Well, it's the only place where there's no one else but us. We'll wait until the attack start. The persons in charge of watching Johan should join the fight" Kevin explained.

We stayed there for hours. It was getting hot in there, and the stress I felt kept increasing.
I was almost having a panick attack when shot guns echoed in the building. We waited for a few more minutes and finally exited the room.
We ran to where the cells were and as soon as Kevin opened Ash's cell, I ran inside.
But what I saw traumatised me.
Ash was barely recognizable, unconscious on the floor. His face was uglified by the violence he had been subject to since the moment he had taken my place.
I ran and kneeled next to him, tears rolling down my cheek.

"Ash ? Ash wake up please !" I almost screamed, my voice shaking from the emotions.

Fortunately, he slowly opened his eyes, and the next moment, he was up, desperately hugging me.

"Adam !! What are you doing here !" He exclaimed, his face in the crook of my neck.

"I came here for you of course" I mumbled on his shoulder.

We were both crying.

"So it's true" someone said out loud from the main room behind us.

My blood turned cold when I recognized the voice. Arthur was there, in the middle of the room, shooting daggers at us.

"Kevin ?! What- you son of a bitch !" He suddenly yelled, pointing his gun toward us.

"Arthur stop !" I exclaimed, running to put myself between my ex-boyfriend and us.

It seemed to have the effect I wanted, because for a short moment, he seemed to soften a little.

"Arthur, you have been manipulated. I swear I thought I killed you in that accident, and I never forgave myself for that ! You have to believe me !" I said, bursting into tears.

"You're such a bad liar" he then coldly answered.

I swear I saw my own death for a few seconds. I slowly saw him directing his gun toward me, preparing the shot.
I closed my eyes and heard a gunshot filling the room.

"Aaaaaaah !" I yelled, collapsing on the floor, sure that my life was going to end at that moment.
But after a few moments, I felt two strong arms around me, and the sweet voice of Ash filled in my ears.

"It's ok, you're safe know"

I slowly opened them, and immediatly saw Arthur, laying down on the floor, with a hole in his head.
I gasped, shocked, and realised my brother was the one who killed him, from the entrance of the room.
He seemed seriously injured from the way he was placing his left hand on his stomach.

"William !" Kevin exclaimed, running to him.

"They need your helped out there" he weakly said.

"Karl, I suppose you remember the path to their garage, escort Adam and his brother there, give them everything they need to come back safely to the house number 24. Call the medical team and tell them to be there as fast as they can" Ash suddenly ordered.

"No way !" I replied.

"Yes way ! They'll need my help, and you have to save your brother !" He firmly explained.

"I came back to save you !" I contested.

"I'll live I swear. I'll live because I know you need me" Ash soflty responded, looking straight into my eyes.

He moved forward, and kissed me with his injured lips.
I felt a burst of emotions, and forgot the situation for a few seconds.
He broke appart from me and ran with Kevin.

So what do you think of this chapter ? I've been writing it for a few days now, and had trouble being motivated again. So maybe this chapter is not as good as the rest of the story. I don't know so please tell me ^^
Hope you'll forgive me for the wait 🙏🙏🙏
Love from otters !