Choices

Chapter 42

The song is Without Me by Eminem! Who doesn't love a little Eminem?!

(Hopes POV)

     "Remember to call me if anything happens and-" I kiss Evan on his cheek as take the AP pistol from his hand. Evan and I got lunch together and didn't notice anyone following us, now it was my turn to go out and see if anyone follows me.

     "And call Delirious if I notice anything I know. Evan have SOME faith in me jeez." I put the pistol in the sleeveless hoodie that Evan gave me and put my knife in the waistband of my shorts.

     "I have hope, not faith." He says giving me a smile. I put on his aviator sunglasses and look over at him.

     "Do I look cool now?" I say starting to laugh. He playfully rolls his eyes at me.

     "Just go before I change my mind." I continue to laugh as I close the door to the Deveste Eight and start it up. Evan taps on top of the roof as he starts to walk away. I take my phone off of mute as I put it on the phone holder.

     "You ready Del? I'm going to go to Del Perro Pier and go for a jog on the beach so it looks like I'm doing something, also might buy a mask at the mask store." I pull out of the garage and was greeted by the Los Santos sun. Del was a couple of blocks away so I'll be passing him before I get to the pier.

     "Ready, let's get this done because Autumn is waiting for me at home with dessert." He says starting to chuckle. I shake the image from my head, it was still lunchtime.

     I was jamming to the radio when I passed Del's car. I got to the next stoplight before seeing him pull away from the curb and was a few cars behind me. This blacked-out SUV has been following me for a few blocks now.

     "Just letting you know the SUV in front of you has been following me since I left the apartment, could be harmless but you never know," I say out loud to my phone. I look back in the rearview mirror and couldn't even see through the windshield of the SUV.

     "Taking a picture of the plates now so I can send it to Evan," Del says. I sit back in my seat as I lock my doors, can never be too careful.

     I got to the pier safely, however, the black SUV still followed me, it did take some back roads to make it seem like it wasn't following me, but it evidently was. I plugged in my headphones to my phone and put my phone in my pocket. I step out of the car and look around me, not seeing where the SUV went exactly.

     "I'm on a roof with a sniper to watch you. Do like a lap or two around the beach then go to the mask store." Delirious says in my ears. I put up my hood and start to jog to the trail around the beach.

     "You run like a pussy you know," Delirious says beginning to laugh. I want to stop and flip off the different buildings since I don't know where exactly he is. I just roll my eyes and continue to jog.

     "Why are you watching then? Shouldn't you be looking for oh I don't know the fucking people after me?" I say. I hear him take a sharp inhale.

     "Yeah yeah yeah. Oh shit, hold on Hope." He goes quiet on his end. I still jogged to avoid any suspicion.

     "Jon, what's going on?" I only called him by his real name when I was scared, which was hardly ever. He was still quiet on the line.

     "Jon, you there?" I really hope he didn't hang up or that we got disconnected. I jog to a stop and look at the rooftops, no surprise I didn't see him anywhere.

     "Jonathan, you have 10 seconds to answer before I call Evan." I started to count in my head as I pulled out my phone, we were still on the call.