The gangleader and me

Chapter 11

Cassandre POV

I open my eyes very slowly and I stretch my arms. I take a look at my surroundings and remember that I am at Jake's. I get up slowly and decide to go take a shower. I enter the bathroom and I am under shock when I see the place.

I haven't been to many five stars hotel in my life but I can tell you that this bathroom can compete with them. The bathroom was huge ! A whole family could have fitted in it. Seriously ? How rich can a gangleader be ?

It hop into the shower and relax my muscles. I must have stayed under the warmth for at least half an hour. I just don't want to get out and face the disaster that lays outside of this door. A month ago, I was just a girl who wanted to get her diploma to open her restaurant afterwards. And now ... Now, I am in a mess that I can get out of. Normal is no longer in my vocabulary and all of this scares me.

I get out  of the shower and go through the bag Jake made for me. I pull out a skinny jean and a grey T-shirt. I also put on my shoes. I peek out my clock and see that it's only 10. I walk out of the room tiptoeing. I don't know what the place will look like with the morning light, it was already ugly in the dark last night ...

I go to the stairs and start going down. Every is spotless. Clean as if nothing happened. The painting on the walls is as good as new. The bodies are gone and the blood is gone. I can't believe this and I have to wonder if what I witnessed last night was real or not.
I go around the ground floor looking for someone when I must realize that no one is up... I decide to explore this huge place. I've always been the curious type.

I walk around the house discovering a pool room, a gym with all the necessary equipment and a library. I take more time looking around this room. I look at the books. Classics, romance, thrillers ... There is everything. As I am discovering that Jake has a few originals collections, my phone is ringing. I grab it front my back pocket not really paying attention and look at the caller's name : MOM 💜💙💚

Shit ! Don't get me wrong, I love my mom. But I have been dodging her calls for two weeks now and I really don't want to listen to her babble about the goodness of her yoga trip therapy across Asia. But still, it's my mom.
" Hey mom !" I say in French
" Cassie ! You haven't called me back ! I was so worried !! How are you ?? " she says in a worry voice making me feel ashamed.
" I'm so sorry mom. I've been busy but I am fine. The internship is going fine. How about you ?"

And that's when I stopped listening. I said a few 'hum-hum' from time to time but I must say that her yoga trip didn't interest me at all. I kept walking through the library. I was about to hung up on my mom after a thirty minutes explanation on the importance of breathing when the door opened with sthrengh making me jump in surprise. I turned around to meet Derek's relieved eyes.

" Hey Derek ! What's up ?" I start hearing a background noise. He was about to reply when I remembered that my mom was still on the line. I hold my finger to tell him to wait. And explain to my mom that Derek showed up and that I had to go. She asked me to put him on the phone and so I gave my phone to Derek. I eavesdropped on their conversation and heard a few things like : 'protect her with my life' or also 'still in the dark like we discussed'. What the - ?

He hung up and gave me my phone back. I looked at him with a suspicious glare. He, on the other hand, carries an innocent look.
"What was that all about ?" I ask breaking the silence.
" Nothing ! Just asking how I was." He responded with a sheepish smile. Well, I don't believe him at all !! Then he grabs my hand and drags me away. "Time for breakfast !"

He leads me to the kitchen and opens the door. I smile lightly at him for his kindness before turning to look into the room. And my eyes just widened at the sight in front of me. The four guys are in. Jake is cooking while the others are just sitting at the counter or at the table. But that is not the problem. The thing is that they are half dressed ! Well except Tyler who is in boxers. And I am standing in a room of four guys with 6 packs and muscle everywhere. For a person like me who isn't very comfortable with her body, it makes me uncomfortable. So when they all stop and stare at me, I can feel their states and my blush coming up so I just look away.
" You guys ever heard of T-shirts ?" I ask