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Chapter 17: Clyde's Game Pt. 2

We woke up the next morning still with no news on where Mia was at. I could barely sleep all night worrying about what happened and if she was ok. I loved Derek so much but a part of me blamed him. If we never would've met Bash and them it would just be me. And, I should've trusted my gut and had all three of them meet me at my job when King came to pick me up. The note and setting my car on fire was all a distraction to get Mia. I couldn't understand why though. Bash was under Derek and Derek wasn't even the head of anything. What business did Clyde have with Bash? I laid in bed thinking for a long time until my ringtone went off. I knew from how short it was it was only a text but I grabbed it, jumping up when I saw it was from Mia.

"Guys Mia's texting me!" I said, shaking Devyn who was asleep next to me. Her and Jaiya both sat up quickly, listening to me read the message out loud. "Tell Derek, Bash, and Rodney to meet at my trap at midnight,"

"That's Clyde texting from her phone?" Devyn asked, rubbing her eyes.

"That's why her location was turned off," Jaiya said, getting out of bed. I called Derek letting him know the message I just got.

"Is everything in Harlem handled?" I asked knowing he went down there to look out for his brother and now he had to come back.

"Nah, Damon will come back with us and we'll revisit this whole Harlem shit later. Mia's more important," he said and I teared up some. I never thought anything like this would be happening. Especially him putting a problem with his brother on hold to save Mia. It made me feel even worse for blaming him for everything. "We'll be home at ten. Ride with Kingston to the airport to pick us up," he said and hung up. I got up and informed Bianca of what was going on then went to the bathroom to shower. I wasn't sure what Clyde wanted but thinking about having to go all day not knowing caused me to break down while I showered. I hoped they weren't doing anything to her.

The three of us laid in the bed together all day, too worried to do anything else. Bianca made us more food and was an all around good host. Around five she came and sat on the edge of the bed, talking to us.

"When I dated Derek there were a few times something crazy like this happened. Rod and Derek always seemed to get everyone out of the situation safely though. I trust both of them with my life and I see how much Derek loves you. He will do everything in his power to bring her back for you," she reassured us. At nine Kingston picked me up from the house.

"You sure you want to go alone?" Jaiya asked and I looked back at Kingston. He had taken care of me the past two days and I trusted him.

"Yeah, I'll be ok," I told them. I hugged all of them, even Bianca and left.

At the airport I sat in the car impatiently waiting. Their plane had landed a few minutes earlier and I was texting Derek even though his phone was probably still on airplane mode. When I finally got a glimpse of Gelo's long dreads I jumped out of the car and ran, my eyes searching for Derek.

"Amora!" I heard him call out and ran towards the four of them, jumping in Derek's arms. "I'm so sorry, baby," he said holding me tight. I cried quietly on his shoulder for a long time until he finally put me down on my feet. When we got back to the car Derek and I sat in the back. I laid my head in his lap and he brushed my hair soothingly for a while until he started rubbing my back. He'd lean down and kiss me every now and then saying how sorry he was for leaving. I wanted to tell him it wasn't his fault and I know he had to leave to help Damon out but I kept getting choked up. I figured we could talk about everything when this was all over.

We got back to Bianca's house quickly since traffic was slow that late at night. They only had 45 minutes to get ready before they had to meet Clyde.

"You're going to stay here with them ok," Derek said. He grabbed my head and kissed the top of it over and over. "I really love you Mora," he said quietly. I could tell he was nervous. Gelo, Bash, Mario, Roman, Kingston, Rodney, and even Damon were all downstairs loading guns up which only added to my anxiety.

"Please make it back to me safely," I cried. "With Mia," I added because I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to her. I couldn't even think of the last time I saw her or what we said because the moment felt like any other. I just assumed I'd be seeing her again the next day.

They left shortly after my small talk with Derek and all of us girls piled into the bed together watching movies to take my mind off of things. Periodically I'd hear someone sniffle or faint cries but couldn't tell who it was coming from.

"I'm going to go get us some more popcorn," Bianca said excusing herself. I scooted into Jaiya and we all cried, holding each other. I had been praying all day but in that moment I knew we were all praying together. At one thirty Derek called me and his end of the phone was quiet for a moment.

"What happened, do you have Mia?" I asked, his silence was worrying me.

"We got her, but she was shot," he whispered. "We're taking her to a hospital now,"
*************************************************Poor Mia :( What y'all think will happen now? Does she survive? Don't forget to comment and vote!