When You Lose Everything

When You Talk To The Brother

Pic to the side kind of explains itself
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Before Jess and I went to the warehouse where Brandon was, we had to form a plan.

We made a stop to his house and began to plot.

"Knowing Brandon the warehouse will be leaking with bodyguards. We would have to figure out a way to get past them." Jess said and I thought about it.

"Oh the window I escaped through." I said with wide eyes.

"It's been years. Wouldn't he board it up or replace it?" Jess said and I shook my head.

"The window was under the warehouse and I didn't break it, I opened it." I said and Jess looked at me confused.

"What?" He said and I laughed at his face.

"I found a door under the bed of the room that I was in and it lead to under the warehouse. I guess Brandon didn't know about it so I moved the bed back to where it was after I got down." I said and Jess sat there thinking.

"Yeah when he bought the warehouse it was already furnished and when we got you he told one of the men to put you in a room where you couldn't escape. He didn't know about the door." He explained but still looked confused.

"What is it?" I asked and he looked at me with furrowed eyebrows.

"How did you get outside if you were under the warehouse?" He asked and it dawned on me why he would be confused.

"There was a pipe." I said and he looked even more confused.

"What is that supposed to mean?" He asked and I chuckled.

"I opened the window and the dirt came down into the basement thingy which left a hole and I used the pipe to make a clear passageway then when I was out I closed the window back and piled some dirt back on top of it." He looked at me with wide eyes and I shrugged.

"It sounds stupid and impossible but you would have to see the way that the basement was formed to get what I mean." I explained and he nodded

"So we can go through the window then go from there." I nodded and we were off.

It took us about fifteen minutes to get to the warehouse and we parked the car about a block away. We snuck in and managed to get to Brooke's brother but before we could take him Brandon caught us.

"Wow, I was starting to think that I would have to kill this boy. Now I can just kill you." He ran the back of his hand over my cheek and I looked at him in disgust. I felt Jess stiffen beside me and Brandon looked over at him.

"Well if it isn't Jesse Collins. I will never forget that name." He glared at Jess and turned back to me.

"You know you could've saved yourself from all this?" He said in a disappointed tone.

"What by joining your gang? Please." I said and he smirked.

"No, by choosing me over my brother." He snarled at me.

"I met him first. I didn't even meet you until we were a year into the relationship!" I said exasperated.

"Ro, what is he talking about?" Jess asked and I looked at him for a brief second before looking back at Brandon begging him with my eyes not to say anything but of course he ignored me.

"Rose here chose my brother over me. I hate that bastard."

"Who is your brother?" Jess asked

"Chris Bandit." Jess' eyes got wide and his mouth was opening and closing like a fish.

"Chris was the owner of the Lost Bandit Gang and he had a brother." I felt it was safer to pretend that Brandon wasn't there and tell the story myself.

"His brother's name is Brandon Bandit. Brandon was a little more of a rebel than Chris and that's why he wanted to be like Brandon. Brandon started a gang and it was first called the Black Bandit Gang but after he started hating Chris he changed it to the Black Morrales Gang and people started assuming that his last name was Morrales so he went by it. He started competing with Chris and they became rivals. Chris started going out with me and told me that he had a brother but didn't want me to meet him just yet."

"How do you know all of this?" Brandon cut in.

"Chris told me of course." I rolled my eyes.

"Of course he did." He mumbled.

"Anyway, I met him in a year after we started dating and he started flirting with me even though he knew I was with his brother." I gave him a pointed look and he rolled his eyes.

"Chris got mad, cursed him out, then we left. That's how Brandon knew who I was. He asked me out one day and I refused. He doesn't know how to take rejection so now he wants to kill me." I glared at Brandon and he glared back.

"I can't believe you have a brother." Jess finally said.

"They look just alike." I said and Brandon glared at me.

"So now we're just going to take the kid and go." I said and nodded.

"No you won't. I'll let you off if you agree to a deal though." He said and I looked at him curiously.

"What's the deal?" I asked

"Go on a date with me." I opened my mouth about to refuse but before I could Jess said something completely surprising.

"She can't because she's my girlfriend." My eyes grew wide along with Brandon's.

"So yeah." Jess grabbed Brooke's brother and my hand and we ran while Brandon was in shock. Brandon yelled after us though.

"I give up Rose!" I stopped running and turned towards him.

"You win. I know you're too good for me. I was just hoping for a chance to get something my brother can't. I realize that it was useless." He said defeated and I felt bad.

"Brandon, call me and I'll help you out with that." I winked at him and he smiled.

"I have your number by the way so I'll text you." He nodded and I walked along with Jess who was waiting for me.

"We can talk after we drop him off." He said and I smiled gratefully.

We drove to Brooke's house and dropped off her brother then
made our way to his mansion.

"Ro, what I said to Chris," I cut him off. But not by words, by my lips. He was shocked at first but quickly got over it and responded.

I could get used to this.