Daddy

Hope.

"Dont move"

Jack whispered into my ear as he kept staring the man who was standing on the line which separated the sand and the woods.
I kept hearing the claps, a chuckle and a deep breath coming from a man whose gaze never left us.
Jack obviously knew him, but i had no idea who he was.

"Ian"

Jack mumbled while he kept holding me against his warm chest. His heart beating was racing and all i could sense was fear and danger.

"Look who we got here. Love birds. Luka knew you wont fill the mission he gave you. You turned your back on your own brother, your own blood Jack. How does that feel?"

Jack froze, he didnt move a muscle and somehow without even asking i could put pieces together.
Jack was meant to kill my mother... And me..
I whined and tried to dive my face deeper into Jack's chest before hearing guns getting loaded.
Jack pulled me behind him and a cold sweat ran over my spine.
I have never feared anything as much, seeing my man who i loved being under a gun point made me feel sick and uneasy.

"Now now, you dont want to die because of one girl right Jack"

His voice was raspy, he sounded a little older and the moonlight showed some of his figures.
The man called Ian, maybe on his 40's, brown hair and crystal blue eyes.
He had tattoos on his face which had started to fade a little withing years passing by.
His eyes screamed dangerous. His whole frame and personality screamed dangerous.

"Shut the fuck up Ian before i blow your head into millions of pieces on this fucking sand"

At this point i realised how dangerous life Jack was living.
At this exact moment i realised it wasnt up to his choice either.
All those conversations and his expressions, his body language when we talked about his criminal life made sense now.
He must have been forced.
He just told me how they used to come here with his mother when she was still here.

The wind started dancing around us as Jack and Ian kept each other under the gun point.
I peeked at Jack and i realised the same face what he had now, he had when he found me with Shane.
The pure anger, the need to protect.

Suddenly my ears started ringing when i heard a gun shot coming way too near me.
It was hurting my ears so i couldnt help but close my eyes and cover my ears under my palms.
Before i got myself steady two big hands grabbed me and tried to drag me away from the beach.

I tried to fight back, anxiety started hitting me but the man stopped and made me look at him.
It was Jack, the fear started fade a little knowing the guy who got shot wasnt him, but the anxiety knowing Jack shot someone was still there.
I closed my eyes again out of pain as my ears kept ringing with the loud noise that just happened, i let Jack grab me on his arms and carry me to our parked car.

When i finally got to open my eyes i noticed Jack putting a seatbelt on me before he rushed over to a driver side to start the car.

He pushed the gas and drove away from the most beautiful place i have ever seen as fast as he could.
After awhile he stopped driving like a maniac and he peeked at me.

"Babe.. Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah my ears just hurts"

I whined and tried to calm my fast anxious breathing while rubbing my ears a little.
Jack sighed and placed his hand over my thigh to calm me down and he succeed.
He always did.

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After we got back, Jack dropped me off at home to my mom and the face he gave me made my heart drop a beat.
I knew he was up to something before he even opened his mouth to say anything.

"Lilia. If i dont text you after an hour, you need to pack your things and leave Seattle with your mom. Do you understand me?"

I couldnt believe me ears.
He was going to meet Luka.
He was going to get against his own brother.
Because of me.

I felt sick and suddenly i felt tears running down on my face.
I knew i couldnt stop him but i was scared.
I cant lose the only person who have finally made me happy.

"Let me come with you, please"

I cried. For the first time ever, i cried in front of him.
Jack's face told me it broke his heart into millions of pieces, and even if i already knew the answer i had to ask.
No, beg.

"Please daddy you cant leave me like this"

"Doll..."

He sighed, he was as hurt as i was.

"I cant let anything happen to you.. You have to stay here and be a brave girl for daddy now, ok?"

He grabbed my cheek to caress it, he brushed the tears away with his thumb but the new tears replaced them.
I couldnt stop.
Jack leaned in and pressed his soft lips against mine.
The kiss was mixed with fear, fear of losing someone you truly loved.
With need, need to protect the only person that mattered to you.
With hope, hope that he will come back and make everything right.

I whined and Jack pulled away, pressing his lips on my forehead before whispering against my now cold skin.

"I will come back lil one. I promise"

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Its been 20 minutes after Jack pulled off.
I havent had anything else in my mind than how he wont come back.
Luka will kill him.

Luka was ruthless. He doesnt show any mercy for people who doesnt obey him.
I could feel it from the way he always looked at me.
I kept tossing around my room with my phone on my hand. I was praying every minute that Jack would text me and tell me everything is going to be okay but somehow the bad feeling kept twirling inside my chest.
I felt so heavy and like my heart would break again and again every single second that have passed.

I started crying out of fear once again, my steps getting faster and i could feel the panic attack coming.
My breathing was so quick and i couldnt stop tossing around my room faster and faster every passing second.

Before i even realised my breathing had gone so wild that i started getting dizzy.
And before i could even fix that, i started seeing black surrounding me.

Withing a second, everything had gone black and i fell to the floor with the phone on my hand with one new text message received.

Jack 12.03am

Doll, everything will be fine. I have it covered.

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Jack 12.30am

Lilia? You there?

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Jack 1.05am

Im coming over.