Chapter 26: Dreading Reality
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Recap:
"Accept defeat, King. My men can easily take yours down, considering your number."
"Tsk. . .tsk. . .tsk. . .why do you always underestimate me?" taunted Mason as he smirked.
Quinn's eyes narrowed as loaded his gun, "What the hell do you mean?"
Yeah, what is going on, Mason? Who are you?
"Now why would I tell you that?"
"Maybe because you want to save your brother, Mason," came an all to familiar voice and all heads turned towards the doorway.
Mason and I looked shocked to see Carl struggling in the hands of two men. But what shocked us more was the person standing in front of them.
"Joanna?"
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🍒Angela🍒
It happened so fast. The scenario changed before I could even say 'what'.
Carl was holding both Quinn's men, who were holding him, on gunpoint and Mason shot his men at right side. More of the men came in the room and surrounded Quinn's men.
Was it the plan all along? I could congratulate Mason on his great thinking.
Bullets were shot here and there. Two of Mason's men were shot in the leg but there was still a number of them surrounding Quinn's men.
As I had previously mentioned: it was a chaos!
All the loud noises were making my ears bleed.
Currently, I was behind Mason, where he'd pulled me.
Everything was going as Mason's team was winning but the situation changed in a moment when someone grabbed me from behind, putting me on the gunpoint.
My breath hitched. Not because I feared for my life. But because I didn't want us to lose. Me being on gunpoint could cause us to lose.
And that is exactly what happened.
"Angela no! Don't hurt her, Klaide!" shouted Mason.
"Then drop your gun down pretty boy," said Klaide, calmly, pressing the cold metal against my skin more.
"Don't play games, leave her!" Carl exclaimed as he came forward but stopped when he heard Klaide speak.
"Come forward and I won't hesitate to shoot her."
He gritted his teeth as Mason's eyes glazed with anger. "Leave her, don't get her involved in this sh*t!"
"Why? You love her?" Quinn said as he came forward.
"Yes," he answered, causing me to gasp.
Did he just accept it? Did he really...?
Oh my, God!
Even though, he didn't tell me that directly.
"So, let's just go this way. Give and Take. Either I kill your precious lover, or your brother--"
"Never!"
"--or I kill you." Quinn ended, causing me to gasp.
He gave us no choice. I glanced at Mason and Carl's faces. They both had their jaw set tight and uttered at the same time, "Kill me."
"Oh, great! What a nice collaboration!"
No! They're both mad. I wouldn't let anything happen to Mason or Carl. So I intervened.
"Kill me."
Every eye focused on me and I couldn't help but gulp under their intense gazes but I never let myself falter. I bit my lips.
"Are you crazy!" Mason was the first to shout. "Never. It's not happening. I'll happily give my life if it's for you Angel but never would I let you put yourself in danger!"
"Mason, don't you think you're being unfair? I care about you too and it's m-"
"I'm hearing nothing, Cherry!"
"But Mason, why dont you understand?" I said as I move a but closer to him before one of the men stopped me, "I care about you. It's better if I choose myself because my heart hurts when I think about you not being here with me. To support me, care about me and protect me. Mason I've absorbed you so much into my life that my heart stops to even think about parting from you. I feel strongly towards you, Mase . I can't imagine my life without you. Mason, I-I lo--"
BANG!
My words were stuck in my throat when a gunshot sounded as Mason fell down. Another gunshot sounded hitting Mason on his stomach.
An gasp of horror left my mouth as I watched that horrendous scene unfold in front of my eyes. My eyes became blurry as I saw my Mason fall. I felt dizzy.
Why? Why did I distract him with my stupid declaration?!
Mason!" shouted myself as everything else became silent. Nothing could be heard. It was like everything stilled and I thought I could even hear a pin drop. All of Mason's men stilled. I rushed towards him and took his head on my lap and put my hand on his wound.
His breathing was ragged and he smiled slightly, lifting his bloody hand to my cheek, "I c-care about you too, Cherry. I have strong f-feel-ings towards you too. Except. . .I-I liked you from the. . .day we fi-rst m-met. You were so ad-orable."
I remember that time. Clearly.
I forgot about everybody else because in that moment, it was only us. Mason and I. I didn't even see if anybody was fighting or not. I didn't give a look to the surrounding to see what was going on. Because all that mattered to me right now was Mason.
The love of my life. The first guy I was have ever loved.
Suddenly, he laughed, wincing for a moment, it scared me. "Don't be scared, my love. You w-ill be. . .okay." His breath was becoming heavier by the moment and my tears had no boundaries. I was practically sobbing by now. "I have s-so much to talk ab-bout with you but I guess f-fate does n-not want tha--"
"No, please don't say that, Mason. I can't live without you--"
"Shh," he said as he wiped my tears. I sniffed as few times tried to keep my tears at bay because all I wanted to do was see Mason, clearly and not the blurry image of his. "Maybe, M-maybe, our time t-tog-gether was j-j-just this much b-but my love i-is not. Please. P-please, close m-my eyes with y-your ha-hands."
"No. Never. You're not leaving me! MASON, TO HELL, YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!"
"I love you, Angel," he whispered, cupping my cheek with his bloody hand, tightly before wiping my tears once again, "Never cry, my love."
And just like that, my world stopped. Along with him.
I never got a chance to say: I love you, too.
I love you, too, Mason. From the bottom of my heart, soul and body. I belonged to you and I always will. I would never ever forget you. You were my first love and you will be my last.
Always and Forever.
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So, their journey comes to an end here.
You didn't take that seriously? Good. Because, this book is not finished yet.
But I can say that I seriously cried while writing this chapter. I had never imagined that one of my protagonist would die and I hadn't even originally planned it. 😢
My head is really aching.
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I'm sorry for the long wait and this horrible chapter.
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