This chapter tho...
Song: Who are you really?- Mikky Ekko
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Hazel's P.O.V
I sat by the unlit fireplace in silence, it was like 80 degrees outside so there was no use.
There was a calming silence that lingered in the atmosphere but it didn't stop the guilt from eating me alive.
I'm not okay.
I want to leave this place and go home. I'm so fucking tired of this.
I don't want to be involved with this gang or anything about it. I could stain my reputation or even my father's name. Lets not even get on how far behind I am in school...
I'm sick and tired of this stupid house with all these annoying people that just wouldn't let me leave.
I can't wait till the deal is over.
I looked towards the exit with a sad expression on my face as my mind travelled to Leo.
I miss him, alot. It's been almost weeks since we broke up and I've hated every second of it. Leo hasn't spoken to me once, he's been ignoring me like a plague and it hurts, he knows it hurts. It's his kind of twisted and petty revenge.
I just know it.
I let out another heavy sigh with closed eyes just as I heard footsteps approach me. I quickly open my eyes and find Leo standing in front of me with a blank expression on his face.
"What are you doing here?" He asks, looking down at my small frame.
Leo is a tall guy, he's always towered over me and even when we were still dating he would always jokingly complain about back aches when kissing me because I'm so 'short'. I'm actually 5'4 while he's about 6'2 I think.
The memory made a small smile appear on my lips.
"Why are you smiling?" Leo asks with a sharp tone.
His words made me raise an eyebrow, "oh I'm sorry, am I not aloud to smile infront of the 'oh great and powerful douchebag'?"
He crosses his arms and narrows his eyes at me. We keep the eye contact for a few seconds before he sits in front of me on the ground.
"I hate your smile," he says, I notice a small glint in his eyes that usually shows when he lies and I couldn't help but grin. "I literally just told you I hate your smile," he says annoyed.
"I smile if I want to," I tell him with an equally stubborn expression on my face.
He looks away and at the ground for a brief second before letting out a sigh. "Don't think I came here because I want to speak to you. I just have something I think I need to get off my chest."
His words catch my attention and I sit up, "what is it?"
"It's about your Father."
"What about my dad?" I ask.
"He's not as... innocent as you think he is," he starts. "You father is involved in very sketchy trades."
My eyebrows squeeze in confusion, "sketchy trades?" I ask as different thoughts come into my mind. "What kind of trades?"
"Hazel, your dad is a drug dealer. A drug lord. That's how he gets most of his money," Leo says with his face void of emotion.
My eyes widen in shock. My dad? A drug dealer? No way! He can't be...
He's never given me that vibe, or have I just never been smart enough to notice? Does my mother know? Does my little brother know?
"Y-you can't be serious," I tell him. "My dad is not a drug lord."
Leo raises an eyebrow, "it's your choice to believe me or not. Just thought it wasn't my job to keep your daddy's little secret anymore," he says and begins to get on his feet.
I quickly grab his arm, stopping him. My movement catches him by surprise and I noticed the absence of the usual tingles I used to feel when we'd touch. I felt my heart squeeze.
The spark is gone. It's really over between us...
"Wait," I tell him as I retract my hand. "How did you find out?" I ask him.
Leo shrugs, "I just did," he replies. "Your father threatened me not to tell you or he'd send some idiot to kill my family. Obviously I couldn't let that happen."
I gasped at his words. My father would do that? So he's one of... them.
"How long have you known?" I ask him as tears brimmed my eyes. The betrayal from my father hurt, I know I probably shouldn't believe Leo but what he said seemed to live with me. My gut believed it so it has to be the truth. This is probably why he felt so uncomfortable around my dad...
"About a year," he replies simply. "Now that I have nothing to do with you I thought the least I could do is let you know," he starts to stand and I mirror his actions.
He still had an emotionless expression on his face and it only made me feel worse. Finding out about my father hurt, but the look on Leo's face numbed that feeling for my father, transferring the hurt towards him.
Please show me emotion...
I looked down at my toes and back at him, "thank you," I tell him. "I won't let my dad know you told me," I assure him, hopeful to see a smile on his face.
He doesn't smile, "I'd like that. Thanks," he says and turns to leave.
I bite my lip in thought and just as I'm about to speak Jasmine walks into the room looking wide-eyed in shock.
"You two, Clara killed Linda," Jasmine says out of the blue.
My jaw nearly falls to the floor. "Linda? As in Asher mom?" Leo asks and Jasmine nods. "Why?"
"Because Clara is the mole... Allegedly," Jasmine says.
I swallow and clench my jaw angrily for a brief second before unclenching it in defeat.
There goes the deal...
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Blake's P.O.V
"Why did you do it Clara? Why did you betray us? Was it for money?! Power?! Revenge?! What?!" Asher yelled.
He looks livid.
Shawn and I stood behind Asher as he stared into the horrified soul of Clara as she sat, tied up in a chair with blood soaking her clothes.
Antonio and Emilia were outside of the room, staring at us through the glass window.
Clara sobbed loudly, "I-I didn't do it!" She cried weakly.
Her reply only made Asher angrier and he slams his hand on a table nearby.
"Liar!" Asher yells.
I turned to Shawn who had a disgusted expression on his face as he stared at her. Caleb had left for a call with Tobi following him.
As much as I wanted to believe Clara was the mole, it just didn't feel right. Asher and I saw her shoot Linda in cold blood, we were lucky to have come to visit Linda to ask some questions on time or we would have missed it.
"Y-you guys h-have to believe m-me," Clara cried. "Blake," Clara called, turning her gaze towards me. At that moment my heart broke in two, I just knew she wasn't the mole. It felt so wrong.
"Why did you kill her Clara?" Shawn asked calmly but sternly.
Clara sniffs, stopping her sobs, "she brought up the incident again. I... I don't know what came over me. I just couldn't take it anymore with her. I-I shouldn't have... I'm s-sorry."
I clenched my jaw at the thought.
The incident is the reason Clara and Linda never got along. They've always hated eachother and this unspoken occurrence is why.
It happened years ago, back then we hadn't met Bianca. We were all still sixteen.
It was a summer and Asher invited us to his beach house for a short vacation and also because he was going to throw a party.
Linda also came with us, and so did Christopher but only because he had work to do.
One day when Linda drove us all to the mall she came back and found Clara and Christopher in bed together.
It was chaotic after that. There was a lot of screams, broken objects and gunshots. Let's just say Linda blames Clara for the destruction of her marriage as if it wasn't already ruined from the start. Clara obviously wasn't the first person Christopher had sex with during their marriage but Linda just wanted to prove his disloyalty.
Clara hated Linda after that afternoon and the feeling was mutual for Linda, but Christopher just kept living his life like he didn't just make all hell break loose and have sex with a minor at the same time.
That disgusting son a bitch.
Clara and Asher did grow distant after that. Everyone was pretty mad at her and the only person that chose to defend her was Michael who eventually grew distant from the group because of that.
We all did forgive Clara but her relationship with Linda was still toxic even after we constantly tried to fix it.
It makes sense that Clara would have wanted to kill Linda because of the hatred she had towards her. Though, the reason she'd be the mole isn't very clear.
"Asher. I don't think it's her," I say, gaining his attention.
He gives me a bewildered look, "are you nuts dude? You saw-"
"I know what I saw, and I know you're angry right now but reason," I tell him calmy.
Asher pauses for a few seconds and visibly calms down slightly. He turns to Clara with a scowl still on his face.
Suddenly the door opens and footsteps approach towards us. It was Jasmine, Leo and Hazel.
They all looked shocked when they took in Clara's bloody state.
"What do you guys want?" Asher asks, annoyed. "We have to start closing that door," he mumbled.
"Tell me about it," Shawn muttered.
"I want to say something," Hazel said.
Asher rolled his eyes. He's never really liked Hazel or her ex boyfriend. "It can wait, were busy-"
"I know who the mole is," she says and my eyebrows rise.
Asher scoffs, "get out," he snaps angrily. "Now."
Asher isn't the best person to have around when he's angry. I don't blame him.
The love of his life and his mother have been taken away from him in the same week, he's probably stressed about Hades, the gang and his life also.
"No I really do!" Hazel argues.
"Let her speak," Jasmine adds.
Asher sighs loudly. "Who is it Hazel?" Shawn asks.
"Linda is the mole...or was..." Hazel states.
I cross my arms at her statement, "escuse me?"
"I- I found out the day Bianca got kidnapped at the gala," she says. "I overheard her on the phone telling someone named Antonio or something that she removed the bullets from a gun."
Asher closed his eyes for a brief second.
I almost couldn't believe what she was saying but it had to be the truth, Clara can't be the mole.
"And why didn't you say anything?!" I ask incredulously.
She swallows as her eyes quickly move to Clara for a brief second. "We made a deal. She promised to get me out of here in a week if I kept the secret. I was going to leave tomorrow," she says with a flinch.
I could almost see the guilt in her expression but I was to blinded by rage. I turned to Asher and Jasmine but they already look furious.
Jasmine shook her head, staring at Hazel in disappointment and anger. "You selfish bitch," she says with a cold laugh. "How could you?! You're just like your Father." That statement made Hazel wince.
So she knows.
Hazel looked scared out of her mind and she should be. I want to break her face into a million pieces right now.
Hazel shook as six pairs of eyes glared holes into her.
My hands were clenched tightly beside and I let out a low curse before speaking. "You are such a fucking bitch," I say, staring her right in the eyes. "You could have said something, we could have asked Linda where she was!" I exclaim and she cringed, tears falling down her cheeks.
"You can't blame me! I just want to go home!" She exclaims. "I'm sick of this place!"
I turned to Asher who still hadn't said anything. He looked alot calmer than I'd like.
Everyone seemed to notice my gaze and now we're all staring at him.
It was quiet for a few seconds before Asher started to chuckle, then slowly moved into a laugh and seconds later he was in fits of hysterical laughter.
I cringed slightly, he's always had a hideous donkey laugh.
Asher was holding his knees as he laughed and I could see a drop of a clear liquid fall to the ground below him.
He looked like a maniac at the moment and I couldn't help but move closer towards him. "Asher. Bro, you okay?" I ask as I place a hand on his back.
He stopped laughing once I touched him. I noticed him shake his head just as another drop fell to the ground, at that moment I realized they were tears.
He's breaking down...
Shawn seemed to notice also. "Leave, we'll deal with this later. We need rest, it's been a long day," Shawn says and everyone leaves almost immediately.
It remained Asher, Shawn, Clara and I.
I walked over to Clara and removed the ropes from her skin. She gave me a weak smile of gratitude but I didn't return it. "I'll call the doctor's for you," I tell her and walk toward Asher.
He was how standing with his fingers between his eyes like a disappointed father scolding his child. He had wiped his tears, thanks to Shawn for making everyone leave to give him a little privacy.
I ran a hand through my short hair as I stood beside him.
"Who would have thought," I say.
"My own mother," he says with a short but cold laugh. "Of course, why not. The only piece of family I had that I hoped so desperately to be good. She was just like them all. A fucking parasite."
"Is it rude to say I'm not surprised?" Shawn inputs, appearing at the other side of Asher.
"No. I feel thesame," Asher states. "I wouldn't say I'm happy Clara killed her, I would have liked to do it myself."
"Asher! She's your mother," Clara yells from her chair, too weak to stand.
Asher glances at her, so do Shawn and I. "Was," he corrects. "She was," he frowns. "And to me, she was a fucking joke. I'm done with my family."
Tobi and Caleb walk into the room. "We found a way to get Bianca, we have to switch her with Rhea," Tobi says.
It wasn't much of a problem anyway. We're done with Rhea.
"Fine. When is the exchange?" Asher asks, shoving his hands into his pockets calmly, like he didn't just have a small mental breakdown.
"Tommorow," Caleb replies. "And I think it's also a trap. I think the war is also happening."
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*Whistles*
dayummnn...
Don't think all the secrets are out... We just started people😂
I had to stop the chapter here so it doesn't get too long.
Hope you enjoyed it!
The next update will be very very soon.
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Elizi ❤️