The Criminal's Love

Chapter 29

A viscous noise of the car honking was starting to get to me and it slowly brought me back to reality. Only then did I realize the situation I was in...

I had been through a lot of nerve wracking moments in my life, but waiting for death was by far the worst.

I was in the backseat of a car, my friend had been shot and the people who had shot her were coming closer.

It was my time now...they were going to reach me any second and point the gun at me before blowing my brains out.

The sudden groan coming from Mariam made me move a bit so I could see her in the passenger seat. She was rubbing her forehead, thankfully no bullet wounds was showing.

A realization hit me suddenly and my fingers clenched around the gun in my hand.

They had shot Simran, but I wasn't going to let them hurt Mariam. The girls were innocent and they were there because of me. It was my duty to do anything in my power to protect them.

"Mariam, get down!" I said, my voice hard and firm, no sound of fear present.

She did as I said and sunk down in her seat. Taking a deep breath, I prayed to God to protect the two girls before peeking through the headrest.

I noticed the car that had attacked us parked a little bit away and two men with their guns aiming at our car was slowly making their way toward us. Both of their faces were covered with a mask, making my heart drop.

They were definitely here to kill us...

I turned back around and gulped. I knew I had to be strong. I couldn't let whatever happened with Mikael repeat itself. I had a gun in my hand, I had to use it. I had to protect the two girls.

Without thinking twice, I pushed open the door on my left before pushing myself down again on the seats. It didn't even take seconds for them to open fire against the door.

The sound made me close my eyes in fear until it finally stopped. I clambered over to the other door and waited a few seconds before pushing it open.

They opened fire once again and I held my breath. "Oh my God." I let out in fear and panic when I realized that I had to start shooting at them.

When the sound of the gunshots became to fierce for me to handle, I covered my ears. All of a sudden, the sound of the gunshots increased, as if many other had joined them.

However, the bullets stopped hitting the car.

I gathered all my courage and peeked once again through the headrest. The scene in front of me confused me until it hit me.

I had totally forgotten about Walid's men that had followed me. They had arrived and they were shooting at the masked men who were shooting back.

I quickly turned around and put the gun away before bending over to look at the girls.

"Are you okay? Did you get hit?" I asked Mariam who was crying hysterically.

My heart dropped when I looked at Simran. I pushed her head back and rested her body against the seat to inspect her injuries.

"I'm fine! Who are they? What do they want? Why would they shoot us oh my God, what's going on? Simran is shot!" Mariam panicked.

"She'll be alright! She has to be." I said and noticed the bullet had just grazed her arm.

Simran was unconscious but it was most probably because of a head injury. I did my best to avoid letting my mind get affected by the amount of blood in front of me.