Love, loathe, betrayal - a gang story

Chapter 41

I'm prepared for another night in the cell but I'm surprised when I'm places in front of Maeve herself, I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. "You little bitch!" She begins stomping towards me, bad definitely a bad thing. She takes my hair in her fingers and yanks it back to get closer to my face, "you couldn't just sit back and let nature take its course could you, you stabbed two of my men and injured god knows how many others!" "Nature take it's course, this isn't nature whatever you have planned for the Soutas and the Luxes, murder, a raid whatever that's cruelty and just for your ego and social status!" I yell, I get a sudden slap to the face and then Oskar chimes in, "I'd quit the backchat lady." Maeve looks over at him "thanks sweetie, I'm handling it." She slaps me again "I never said anything that time!" I moan "I know I just enjoy slapping your pretty little face" she chimes with a sarcastic smile. I look at the clock about Maeve's evil mistress chair and it read 4:30am. "How are you so dolled up at 4:30am?" I ask "I'm ready for any occasion darling - now sit" she says snapping her fingers. A chair is placed under my butt and I'm pushed onto it. "No restraints?" I ask dumbfounded. "You bust your ankle and ready for a fight if you try anything" she playfully puts her fists up. With any luck Will and the gang will storm the place any minute, if I can just hold out a little longer.

"What's your issue with us anyway?" I question "you see gangs have a hierarchically, often distinguished by the amount of members, size of compound, wealth etc. The Luxes are at the bottom scummy, dirty people. But we have history so that's my issue with them." I how my head I know exactly what she's talking about. "Then as for your gang, well Demi I want my sister back and that brother of yours, he definitely pulled some stunts in the past." She rolls her eyes "and what makes you think Demi will just walk right to you and suddenly be on your side?" I ask as a genuine question "I'll convince her I'll uncover what your gang is really like and besides who wouldn't want to live in a massive mansion passed down through generations, From royalty, compared to a caravan!" Maeve says in disgust. "I'm hoping she'd know her roots" I mutter but I instantly regret as I get a punch to the cheek. Damn them rings are like knuckle dusters. I clench my face in pain. "Anyway as I was saying the hierarchy, I want the top - people will be scared of me, I will be in control!" This girl must have suffered from some serious trauma.

"Mum, what's all the noise?" The little boy from earlier walks in. "Mum?" I repeat "nothing darling go back to bed" Maeve hushed Cody back outside the room. "I swear that boy is like 13 your what 20 like Demi? This doesn't make sense." "Have you been lying about your age again Cody?" Maeve asks her scary demeanour completely diminished. "Sorry I want to be a big boy, and do big boy things!" She ruffles his hair and sends Oskar to put him back to bed. "He's only 10 really." Her eyes are glassy "you were like 10 when you had him?" I'm shocked "11 actually I had just turned 11, like I said the Luxes are bad people" she tilts her head back to refrain from crying and I find myself apologising. "I'm so sorry Maeve" "why are you apologising?" "I know we're like enemy's but I'm not a monster, I know what it's like too" I blurt out and her gaze is snapped towards me "he did it to you too?" She asks and I nod "earlier this year, Walter right?" Now she nods "oh I see a common enemy then" "that's why we should work together to take the Luxes down not against each other." I plead she thinks for a second "I can't do that" "why not we both want the same thing for that narcissistic, egotistical, dirty serial rapist barstard!" I spit.

Just as she was about to reply a smoke bomb is thrown into the hallway and we both start coughing, after this new revelation I'm not sure where we stand with each other before I can say anything Maeve lunges at me and I try to slip out the chair "you knew this was gonna happen didn't you, get me vulnerable then strike, you little bitch." "No I swear how could I? I've been here the whole time!" I plead "your little friend she must have snitched I know it was dumb of me not to send someone after her!" She coughs through the smoke "you will do exactly as I say, now come with me!" I'm yanked by my arm before I have time to argue, "it's the Luxes!" Oskar yells.

Im thrown onto the grass outside, I remember my knife is still in my pocket I reach for it and hold it in my hand. "I'll kill every last one of your gang members" "no you won't, you can't get to them without me, you might not even get away from Walter and the Luxes again." I hit her where it hurts. "I told you I wont kill you but I'll hurt you until you give me what I want!" My leg is greeted with a high heel to the thigh and I scrunch over in pain. "You won't kill me, but I could kill me!" The thunder rumbles from the sky above me as the darkness parts for seconds. I hold the knife to my stomach, "you wouldn't, you've tried that already you haven't got anymore ketchup!" Maeve mocks. I start to cry, this time last year I didn't know this gang existed now I'm really considering plunging a knife into my stomach for them. I put the blade to the right side of my bellybutton. "You wouldn't dare" she lunges for the knife but it's too late I plunge it into my stomach and wet blood drenches my fingers. "Noooo!" Maeve yells "you were my only hope" I start coughing as I fall to the floor. I feel my eyes roll to the back of my head as I peacefully lay on my back. Maeve is clutching my side desperately trying to keep me alive I hear gunshots in the background as I start to become disoriented and dizzy. I can't believe I did that for the Soutas... my vision goes black as I feel my heart rate slow down in my chest, as the moon and stars engulf me in darkness, it isn't as painful as I first imagined. Maeve and her gang now have no way of tracing me back to them, not for a while anyway and by then they'll be prepared. I did it, I got Layla out alive and I kept the gang safe. I kept my word....