Mr. Rockstar is Sold

Ch-39 ★Breakfast

Ch-39 ★Breakfast           

[Jay]

                I breathed in the icy air. In between, my fingers I held an unlit cigarette, not having the strength to light it as Aura’s disappointment eyes filled my mind. The cigarette slipped from hand, landing in the garbage piled next to the dumpsters outside the Court House.

                I leaned against the cold wall. My head pounding against my skull. It hurt so damn much.

My cellphone was buzzing in the front pocket of my coat. I already know who it is.

                Somehow, in the dazed state, I dug out the phone out.

“Jake, Give me some time. I’ll get the money,”

                There was a gunshot in the background and panting noises as of someone beat up really bad. Then the voices were muffled on the other side. It sounded like a heated argument had broken out between groups of aggressive men. More gunshots resounded. A scream of agony filled the air.

“Hello?” I stood straighter. My spine rigid. What the hell is going on at Jake’s place? “Hello!”

“Fuc-“Jake cursed, his words were cut by a jarring sound like the one due to lack of service signals. Where the heck was he? He didn’t live far from the central city. There shouldn’t be any signal problems there. As for his work, he was apparently involved in some ‘real-estate’ business.

“You’re telling on me, ain’t ya?” He screamed. I shook my head. There is no way he could have gotten this information, not so early, not so soon. Few people knew about my and his deal- Aura, Sam, Matthew, and recently added to the list- Cassidy and only Aura and Cassidy know that I’m going to confess my crime.

“Your people are on my tail. That tall guy with the fishy beard been followin’ me for two damn days. He got guns and all that crap. You didn’t tell tha police. I swear if ya did I’ll-“

I cut him off angrily. “Are you out of your mind? I came back to London this evening. How in the world can I get someone to-?” I slammed my fist against the wall. “It’s probably your dirty work that got you in this mess. Assassination business, isn’t what you run? Damn! You’re gonna both of us killed,”

Not that I cared if I did get killed but I had to keep out of trouble for Aura’s sake. She wanted to try saving me and I couldn’t t take that away from her.

“If this is my mess, I’ll take care of everything but if this is a betrayal from your side, I’ll make sure you don’t have the voice to lie again,” It was the first time Jake spoke in proper grammar. Somehow that was really nerve-wrecking.

The phone’s line went dead and I was left thinking about the man keeping an eye on Jake. How could that be? Jake was a clever, far clever than an average criminal. He doesn’t leave a trace of blood behind. The police couldn’t have gotten suspicious of his ‘job’. It was for something else that man was spying on Jake but for what?

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[Aulaura]

                Mom led me down the nostalgic halls of our house. The paintings, the walls nothing has changed in the slightest. She smiled at me, laughter lines forming on the corners of her eyes. I can tell how happy she is to have me back. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same.

                My parents, this house, my family even though I missed them, will always be a reminder of lonely nights I spent suffocated by own thoughts and fears about losing the people you love.  The warmth, the homeliness of my family had long abandoned me. I can’t say I feel bitter or resentment towards them. It is a neutral kind of feeling where I don’t hate them anymore.