My Neighbor's A Gangster

Chapter 34

"Don't make me have to come in there and save you" He joked walking closer to the water. 

"Well you can stand there or come make sure I don't drown" I said with a smirk on my face

Thats all it took for him to pull his clothes off and come toward me. I tried to swim off, but he grabbed my ankle and pulled me back to him, 

"You don't need to go any deeper" he said with a low laugh 

"So your scared to go deeper?" I joked. 

"I'm never scared" he said in a more serious tone. I felt my heart skip a little as he looked deep in my eyes, "I'd swim across the ocean for you if I had too" 

"I know" I said wrapping my arms around his neck taking in his body heat. The breeze was picking up now that the sun is completely down. I can feel the temperature of the water lowering, sending cold chills through my body. 

Kole chuckled a little "Are you cold?" he asked pulling me tighter against him. 

"A little but your helping keep me warm" I said softly 

"Common let's grab towels" he said with an amused look on his face. 

"Sounds good to me" I said switching my position to his back, wrapping my legs around him "I'm hitching a ride to shore" I said laughing 

He just smiled and shook his head holding my legs in place. Once he was ankle deep I jumped of and took off running, 

"Race ya!" I yelled as I sprinted to the house. Not even 3 seconds later Kole flew past me to the door. Once he touched it, he turned around smirking while holding his arms up flexing as if he just won an Olympic race. 

I came to a walk a few steps before the door, "Show off" I said in between deep breaths. 

"You asked for it" he taunted as I walked past him toward the hall closet. I grabbed two towels and walked back to the kitchen where Kole was still standing. I tossed him his towel before wrapping mine around my body. I grabbed my phone checking for any missed calls from Laurena, but there was only a text from an unfamiliar number. It was from 5 minutes ago, 

"I know something you don't know" the message said. I replied asking who it was before glancing up at Kole, I needed to handle this. The last thing I want to do is worry him over nothing and ruin the good mood he was settling into. 

"I'm gonna hop in the shower real quick, I smell like salt water" I said with a smile turning to walk toward our room.

"Sounds good I'll use the spare bathroom" he said 

I quickly walked to the bathroom shutting the door behind me before reading the reply 

"You know who" is all it said. Then a picture came up of the front of Koles house. When I zoomed in I seen it was Laurena sitting in the living room, 

"Don't you dare, Tommy" I replied. Who else ruins every good moment or mood I'm in. 

"I'll kill them both right now." the next message said. Then another came right after 

"You have 2 options, keep fighting me and they die or come to me willingly" 

I gripped the phone so tight my knuckles were turning white. My phone dinged two more times, but I didn't look at it right away. I shut my eyes and take in a deep breath trying to calm down as my body started to shake and my breathing became shallow. I tossed the phone on the counter and jumped in the cold shower. Having a panic attack right now is not going to help anything, all I need to do is breath and prioritize my thoughts.