Loving The Gang Leader, page 4
"I said that?" He asks, I just nod with a little laugh wiping more tears away "I know it's hard to be away from your family, but it's either that or some bad people track you down, and anyway you're with me I'll make sure to keep that smile on your face" he smiles, placing a kiss on my lips but moves away looking at me, in seconds he was once again kissing me.
~we all know where this went, I'll leave it up to your imaginations��~
Chapter Eleven
It's been a few weeks since we arrived here, things have been going well, especially with me and Charlie. We've gotten so much closer and I think I'm seeing a totally different side to him, that unfortunately, not many people get to see. The guys have also been so welcoming and kind, well apart from Morgan who still ignores my existence. I mean it was one plate off the head and I don't play sports, which would mean it wasn't very hard, there must be another reason why he doesn't like me. I decided to switch my phone off after the whole Marley voicemail situation, it kept ringing making me want to pick it up but I knew I couldn't.
I walk downstairs with Jonah, just laughing about some random things. Jonah is the one that's been nicest to me, most of the guys have but he's gone out of his way to be nice. Who would have thought I'd be comfortable living with a bunch of criminals? But they don't act like criminals, like Charlie said they are generally nice people. We head towards the kitchen where all the other guys were, Charlie sends me a wink as I walk in Tom throwing me a bottle of water.
"What are you guys laughing at?" Charlie asks as I attempt to take a seat on the chair beside him, but he pulls me to sit on his lap.
"Honestly, I don't have a clue" Jonah laughs, I laugh too agreeing with him while Morgan scoffs from across the room.
I look down at the ground after, I don't know what his problem is with me. The other day I thought about clearing the air, but he literally rolled his eyes and walked in the opposite direction. It's starting to become a problem, but I don't wanna cause an issue so I keep quiet.
"Seriously dude, you need to lay off her," Tom says, looking over at Morgan annoyed "we've all seen the silent digs at her and the blatant disrespect you give" he continues, wow I didn't think anyone noticed but I'm kind of glad they have.
"Wow Tom, you're more of a boyfriend to Miya than Charlie is, cause he hasn't said anything" Morgan replies, I take a look down at Charlie who was clenching his fits.
"You know why I haven't Morgan, cause I'll just start to get angry and when I do, I can't be held responsible for my actions" Charlie growls out, I hold his hand hoping to tell him to calm down, which doesn't work "I hear and see everything you do, the little comments about me not giving a damn about her if I hear those comments again my fists are gonna come down on your face over and over again" he states plain and simple, I look over at Morgan who just shakes his head walking out the room.
I look at Charlie, before getting following Morgan out of the room. He walks out the back door heading out the back garden, he continues out into the middle but turns to look at me. I close the back door while crossing my arms.
"Now it's just you and me, tell me why you don't like me and don't say it's the whole plate thing, we all know that's not true," I say, he looks taken back for a second but turns away from me.
"I don't not like you it's just, you know what I don't wanna talk about it," he says, trying to walk past me but I grab his arm stopping him from walking passed "I know what happened with your dad!" he exclaims, I just stare at him utter confusion, no one knows about my dad, only close friends and family.
"I don't know what you think you kno-" I start, but he cuts me off before I could finish my sentence.
"Your dad was killed by a group of thugs outside a little shop" he blurts out, I let go of his arm walking backwards away from him "he was walking out the shop when one of them stabbed him, he bleed out on the ground before the ambulance could arrive" he continues, I just shake my head still not understanding how he knew what he knew.
"How do you know that?" I ask, while he runs his hand through his hair walking around "just tell me, or something will smash off your head and it won't be a plate this time" I warn him, he looks down worriedly but nods.
"I was there okay!" he exclaims once again, I look down at the floor as he continues "he died protecting me, I was the one that was meant to get stabbed, not him" he continues, this makes me whip my head up staring at him shocked, my dad was protecting some random guy when he died, he left his family due to some guy!
"What do you mean?" I ask, fighting the tears that threatened to escape my eyes just thinking about my father.
"I was the one they were trying the mug, but your dad stepped in and tried to stop them when one pulled out a knife" he starts to explain, I didn't bother fighting the tears allowing them to fall down my face "I'm the one that called the ambulance" he continues, I just look down allowing just in floods of tears.
"What the fuck did you do?" I hear Charlie ask, he walks over where I hold onto him tightly "I swear I'll kill you" he growls out, but Morgan just shakes his head continuing.
"I'm telling Miya what happened with her father, once I rang the ambulance he started to talk to me, he told me about his kids and wanted me to give you a message," he says, I look up at him shocked, why would my dad do all this? He could have walked away and left then he'd still be here "he told me to tell you, he loved you all so much and was sorry he wouldn't be there, kept apologising over and over again that he couldn't watch you all grow up any longer" he continues, I look at him but shake my head.
"How do I know you're not lying? You're not just saying this cause you don't like me" I ask, Charlie was still utterly confused about the scene that was taking place in front of him.
"He told me to tell his little bee, he'd always be there for her," he tells me, which immediately makes my legs buckle and I land on the floor, that's the nickname my dad would always call me since I was a baby when he died no one was allowed to call me by that, not even as a joke.
"That's enough now Morgan," Charlie says, kneeling wrapping his arms around me, Morgan says he has more to say which just makes Charlie start to shout "I don't care! You've done enough now fuck off!" He shouts, I just continue to cry holding onto Charlie, finally letting the emotions I've kept in all these years out.
A little while later I was sat in the room with Charlie, I explained everything to him about what happened with my dad. He held me while I cried, which I did for a while. At home, I always have to be the strong one, so while everyone was sad and crying I kept it together to keep everything moving. I didn't allow myself to get sad, every time I would stop to think about him I'd shake it off and start to busy myself. I couldn't allow my emotions to get in the way of what I needed to do for my family. I know it's not healthy but my way of coping was to not cope with it.
"Hey, guess what today is," Charlie says, breaking me from my thoughts, I look up at him shrugging my shoulders "it's our 6 week anniversary, six weeks today I asked you out on the beach" he smiles, it's been 6 weeks already! It's gone so quickly, it's cute he remembered.
"Well I've had the best six weeks" I smile, he wraps me in a tighter hug looking down at me but pauses.
"I love you," he says, my eyes go wide just staring at him, what somehow escapes my lips "I love you Miya" he repeats, I look into his eyes immediately knowing he was telling me the truth.
"I love you, Charlie," I say, he smiles pulling me towards him placing a huge kiss on my lips.
He loves me.
Chapter Twelve
It was early the next morning, I didn't sleep too well last night as my dad was just running around my head. I haven't allowed myself to think about him since it happened, Marley really went through it so I had to be strong for him, and well the rest of my family. But now I was away from them, I felt like I didn't need to put on that act anymore.
I make my way to the kitchen for a drink, but stop abruptly when I reach the door, Morgan was sat at the counter drinking what looked like coffee. He looks up noticing me, his face lighting up. I turn on my heels beginning to walk away, but he calls my name eventually being able to grab my arm.
"Miya, please I'm not finished telling you what happened," he says, holding my arm in a tight grip, I rip my arm away continuing my journey away from him.
"Well, I'm finished listening to you," I tell him, but he grabs me pulling me away from the stairs and out to the back door closing it behind him "just leave me alone Morgan, I don't wanna talk!" I yell, trying to walk past him but he stops me.
"Just let me explain this last part then you can leave, I've been holding this in for years and it's killing me not to tell you!" he exclaims, I cross my arms staring at him.
"What like you got my father killed?" I ask, he just looks down shaking his head, he wasn't quitting.
"I didn't ask your dad to help me, he did it himself so please, don't be like your brother and let me explain," he says, I stare at him confused, what has my brother done? "After it, all happened and I was able to go home, I found out where you lived so I could tell you what your dad said before he died. I went to your house where your older brother answered the door, I told him I was there when your father died and he left you all a message" he continues, I was never told he went to our house.
"Your brother immediately told me I had to get lost, I kept saying no I need to talk to you all but he shakes his head going out the house" he continues, I just stare at him trying to figure out if he was lying or not "he dragged me around to the side of the house and told me, if I came, here again, he'd get the men that killed your father to come and kill me too," he tells me, my mouth just hangs open from shock "but it wasn't Marley, I never knew you had another brother until then," he says, I look up at him shocked and little terrified.
"I don't have another brother, Marley and I are the only children my parents had," I tell him, he looks up kind of horrified, matching what I was feeling "did this person tell you his name?" I ask, he looks away trying to remember.
"No, but he scared me so I left and thought your family just didn't care," he says, I see Charlie in the upstairs window looking down at us but I didn't wanna focus on him right now.
"Wait, one of the guys that attacked me wasn't wearing a mask, I think it was that guy," he says, I give him an okay look, that was really far fetched "I haven't thought about it much until now, I'm almost certain it was him, I'll get proof" is all he says before running back into the house, leaving me stood in the back garden dumbfounded.
"Okay," I say, slowly making my way to the house where Charlie stood in the kitchen waiting for me.
"Me and Richard won't be here today, we have some business we need to sort," he says, I give him a look knowing what kind of business he was talking about but nod "Jonah said he's got some stuff you can help him with today" he continues, as the one and only Jonah makes his way in.
"Yes I do, come on," he tells me, grabbing me by my arm pulling me out the kitchen before I could say anything.
"Woah slow down," I tell him, as he continues to drag me through the halls until we stop at a door. He opens it pulling me in closing the door behind us.
Once he turns the light on I'm faced with a wall of papers, some have different peoples faces on them, some were photos of buildings and others were of money. On a desk were more papers with a bunch of not very neat handwriting on, I pick a piece up to see it was plans for a robbery.
"Okay, we have so much to do and not very much time to do it in" he starts, I turn to place the paper back down on the desk "me and you are going to case a joint, we need to see what kind of cameras they've got, type of security and how fast the police response is" he rambles, moving things around the room as he went, I still stood in the middle just watching him.
"We're going to what?" I ask, he looks up at me sighing pulling a folder out placing it on the desk.
"All of us guys have different jobs when it comes to doing jobs" he starts to explain, I raise an eyebrow looking over at him "with the jobs we do, you need a group of people with different skills to get it done," he tells me, I just smile nodding looking to the side, I wonder who does all the thinking behind it "I'm the intel slash planning guy, I go to the different locations getting the information, then planning on what we're gonna do" he explains further, oh he kind of answered my question before I asked it, but I had many more.
"What does Charlie do?" I ask, I mean he seems like the main boss and that's what all the stories say about him.
"He's the boss, he tells us what we're gonna do, is in charge of the money and stuff and keeps people in check," he tells me, he turns picking a pile of papers up, so myself and the stories were right! "before you ask so many other questions, Tom is the weapons guy, Richard is the getaway guy, Luke is the diversion guy, Jack can keep a crowd in order in a hostage situation while Morgan, is the computer nerd" he finishes, that actually matches their personality quite well, I was about to ask another question but he holds his finger up "no more questions until the work is finished, okay?" He asks, I nod sitting on the desk as he opens a file.
"So why are you taking me with you?" I ask, I know it was a question but this time it was to do with the task at hand.
"The store we're heading to is a jeweller, some of the stones there sell for maybe half a mill" he explains, whoa they're thinking big "we're gonna act like a well off couple looking for some jewellery, while there I can take some snaps of the camera systems to send to Morgan" he explains, I nod looking to the side shocked to see a familiar face on the wall.
"Why's Marley's face on the wall?" I ask, looking over at Jonah who looks up staring at the photo for a split second.
"That's all the people that might be a problem for us, Charlie saw your brother as a problem so he was put on the wall" he simply replies, but turns his attention back to his folder of information.
I look back at the photo of Marley, I wonder when I can get to see you again.
Chapter Thirteen
Jonah hands me a smart looking dress and heels, telling me I have to hurry and get ready but make sure I'm not seen by any of the guys, especially Charlie. Once I was ready and looked somewhat wealthy, I sneak my way down the stairs and past the kitchen, where most of the guys were. Jonah was standing outside the door in a smart suit, as soon as he clocks me I'm pulled out of the house and towards a car. In no time we were racing out the two locked gates, it's the first time I'm leaving them since I arrived. Jonah seems to relax once the house leaves our view, which makes a question come to mind.
"Why did I have to hide from the guys?" I ask, looking over at him where he looks at me for a second but turns his attention back to the road.
"No one knows we're doing this," he tells me, wait so Charlie doesn't know I've left the house? "But it's gonna be fine, Charlie and Richard have probably already left and we'll be back before they are," he says, sounding hopeful but nervous which immediately makes me nervous.
We continue our journey, halfway there though Jonah's phone begins to blow up with calls and texts. He pulls over the car taking his phone out, his face immediately looks terrified.
"He knows doesn't he?" I ask, talking about Charlie, he just nods turning his phone off putting it in the door panel.
"He wants me take you home now, but if we go back with the information we need, he'll be less likely to smash my face in," he says with a smile, but I knew he was scared, it scares me how scared these people are of Charlie.
He begins to drive us down the road, much faster than before. I think he just wanted to get there and back, I send him a little smile but look out the window as we begin to reach civilisation again.
We soon pull up outside a posh looking shop, he turns the car off both of us just staring in the shop. Very posh looking people were walking in and out, but a problem soon arises in my mind.
"We're gonna stand out," I say, he looks over at me confused raising an eyebrow "we look way too young to shop in a place like that, look at all the people walking in and out" I explain, pointing to the shop where he soon turns to look.
"Fuck you're right, but we can't go back empty-handed Charlie will kill me!" He exclaims, sitting back in his seat with his arms crossed.
"Is there another way you can get the photos?" I ask, looking over at him while he sat in the same position, he shrugs his shoulders looking at the side.
I turn my attention back to the posh-looking shop, outside stood a skinny looking guy who I think was security. He would open the door for the people walking in and out, they wouldn't even smile at the poor guy, it must be hard working there. Soon an idea makes its way into my mind, I smile at Jonah telling him to wait while I get out of the car.
I carefully make my way over to the shop, walking in heels was not my speciality. Once I finally make it over he goes to open the door for me.
