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Chapter 16
Sidneyâs POV
I was dreaming, for once in my life no bad dreams had come and I, to be honest was in no hurry to go away from this dream land.
It was so peaceful, happy and fun but sadly not reality.
Life sucked, but I knew that I had to get up no matter what I wouldnât give up. My thoughts where whirling round my head, it sucked not knowing everything. The way temptation kept knocking on your eyelids, telling you to get up and discover the truth but I wasnât ready.
I vaguely had an idea as to why I was kidnapped, and thankfully my guardian angel saved me. Not much of a proper guardian angel if you asked me but I felt that he left me in somebody elseâs embrace.
It felt good, I didnât know who kissed me on my forehead or who was whispering things to be but it was magnificent.
It felt right, and I didnât want it to end.
I groaned as I turned around, rubbing my eyelids I slowly opened my eyes looking at the familiar ceiling above me. Looking around the room it looked all so similar too....Danielâs room.
I jumped out of bed as quickly as I could humanely possibly could; I was shocked and scared at the same time. How did I end up in his bedroom, on his bed, in his clothes? I glanced at myself in the mirror, a small bandage was wrapped around my head and I was wearing a baggy t-shirt. I took the shirt into my hand and sniffed it; it smelt a lot like Danielâs making me sniff it again.
I mentally slapped myself, what the hell was I doing? Iâm turning into a twilight stalker, and it wasnât cool. My brain was definitely messed up, big time and a huge gap of memory left in it until I sat down somewhere warm to recollect them.
Grabbing some leggings that I saw on the end of the bed, presuming that it was left for me I headed out of the room.
Fuck, it was cold.
My whole body shivered, I arched my back and straightened my posture. I absolutely despised winter; it was the worst thing ever invented or naturally born, or whatever.
Realisation dawned on me, my flipping job! I ran out of the house grabbing any pair of shoes at the front and legged it out of the mansion type house. My brain was stuck, I felt like a different person this was all because of Daniel.
Sidney, Daniel is a mean, lean killing machine!
Now I was turning all Scooby doo on myself I needed to get a grip. I was outside the mansion but I had to get out of the gates and that is hard when the gates are shut with alarms in place. I went round the side and hid next to the bushes near the gates, a car pulled up and I jumped behind the bush.
A shiny, expensive Mercedes pulled up and the gates opened I took this as my chance to slip through the gates and out onto the pavement while the car drove towards the driveway. Hiding behind the pillar, a guy stepped out wearing an expensive suit.
Just from behind I could tell that he was a total hottie, his shoes all polished and clean with no crease in his waistcoat as he carried his blazer behind him on his arm. I needed to get out of here and back to my cheap apartment; as much as I loved to stay and figure out who he was I had to leave.
His aurora felt familiar, maybe it was just me familiarising a lot today but i couldnât shake the feeling off and I definitely didnât want to leave though I knew for a fact that it couldnât be Daniel. Annoyed at myself for caring about that jerk I headed off down the street and to my good for nothing small apartment which was nothing compared to the size of Danielâs room.
Daniel, Daniel, Daniel.
That was all I could think about; on the way to my apartment i saw a job offer on the window in a pub as I was pretty sure the other place had fired me.
If you keep it up this way, nothing will work out for you.
I hated my subconscious because it was right and not only that but because it was the truth. Strolling in it seemed empty but a few old, perverted men wiggled their eyebrows suggestively at me as I walked past them disgusted.
âHi darling what can I get you?â The nice middle-aged lady asked form behind the bar, I shook my head and replied,
âNothing thanks maâam, â I paused before summoning up the courage to say, âI was just wondering if that poster outside was true about a job,â there was a moment of silence before the woman started laughing.
âOh dear, you shouldâve just said so,â she grinned, âI like you,â she added on. Another middle ages man who worked as a bartender came around,
âShe doesnât normally like girls, this is a first,â he laughed at her mockingly, she smacked him on the back of his head and I started laughing, causing them both to whip their heads my way.
They stared in awe, âHave I got something on my face?â I asked consciously looking around avoiding their eyes but the lady tilted my chin upwards and said,
âYouâre the prettiest girl in the whole town honey,â she whispered to me before moving back and laughing, âI forget Iâm Katniss,â I shook her hand and shook Peteâs as well who was the bartender. Both Katniss and Pete looked madly in love at each other,
âI donât mean to pry but is Pete your husband?â I asked curiously with the way Pete kept smiling when he saw her, any dumb person could tell that they were in love.
âOh no dear,â she replied sadly, âmy husband died three years ago.â She looked deep in thought, I felt bad for asking and guilt hit me,
âIâm sorry I didnât mean to pry,â I reassured her, she slapped my hand jokingly saying,
âSilly girl, itâs not your fault but Pete and I both own this pub though sadly barely scarping to keep it alive,â I felt bad and nodded getting back to work.
It was the best job Iâve had so far, far better than those places where rude women would ignore you as you stood in front of them asking something and theyâd ignore you. By the end of the evening I knew most of the workers here, and they all earned their money hard along with having fun.
My shift was over, Katniss told me to go home at 7pm but the pub had started to fill up getting busier every minute. I was happy with myself, for the first time I enjoyed doing this work and felt like helping out plus on the bright side I hadnât thought of Daniel a single time, except from now when I was standing freely.
Katniss and Pete where amazed at the amount of people that had come tonight, both standing next to me grinned as Pete said, âYouâre a good luck charm kid,â he ruffled my hair like a father would. Pain flowed through me, my father was never someone who did these sort of things he was always sad and angry.
Katniss began to worry on how sheâd serve all these customers; I told her that I would stay as long as she needed my help. Hugging me she left and gave orders to all her employers, to be honest the pub was completely full with no extra space on any table.
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Danielâs POV
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âWhat do you mean she isnât there?â I shouted down the line, gripping the steering wheel thankfully I wasnât in traffic I sped down the road not bothering to stop at any lights.
How could she escape? Just when I finally found her as well, I had managed to summon the courage to think about telling her about my past but now she leaves me?
I felt heartbroken; constantly I couldnât stop thinking about Sidney. Her face kept reappearing in my head and it was hard to concentrate with the deals I had to make today, I swear to God if anyone touches let alone hurts a single hair on her body I will shoot them without a second doubt.
âI donât know Dan, Iâm surprised just as you are and I just got here,â Brandon replied down the line, I could sense the worry in his tone and regret as well. Nate was coming back in town today, and the three of us were going to go down to the pub to finalise another deal with a neighbouring gang.
Their leader was pretty ruthless, he killed without a second glance; even children which I was more disgusted about so you could see why I was tense today. He was going to be on my turf, i owed him a favour for killing the trespasses on my land when I was with that blonde bitch but now he needed a favour and I owed him.
I hated it though, hated being in debt to another person. This was the first time since I had built this gang up with my own two hands with the help of Brandon and Nate, the three of us where just sixteen when we started out and now we had the whole town.
Being the youngest gang leader in the whole country, I was the most feared too because even though I didnât get caught by others doing the dirty work I made sure my men had the guts to do it because the motto was, if you opposition plays dirty, play it dirtier than him.
Thatâs what got me to where I was now, pulling up to the drive way I saw Brandonâs shiny, new Mercedes he just purchase. Any other day Iâd be congratulating and teasing him but now I wasnât in any mood to do that especially since I had to go owe someone a favour this afternoon. I made sure the maids had my new Gucci suit ironed for me; I jumped into the shower and got changed in ten minutes.
It wouldâve been stress relieving if Sidney was here to do the buttons to his shirt, tell him in her soothing voice that it was okay I was getting dreams about her which showed me that I had to keep her safe.
I admitted that I had been a total, utter douche to her that had no reason whatsoever that could ever justify my movements but I had my causes.
âReady?â I asked Brandon, he shuffled around and held up his hand talking on his phone.
âNope Nateâs running late,â he informed me, damn what was wrong with Nate nowadays. Amyâs betrayal had hurt him more than it did to me, he blame himself for not listening to Sidney and admired her stubbornness.
My mind wondered back to Sidney; imagine her being stubborn itâd totally look hot on her. My eyes glinted as I told Brandon,
âGet the guys to search the perimeter, find her as soon as possible and bring her here safely,â I warned him to tell them that if she was hurt theyâd pay for it. Nothing will harm her now, all I had to do was convince her by telling her my past and the look in her eyes told me that her past may be as bad as mine.
Nate jogged towards the door in a similar suit to mine; we agreed that my men would all be wearing black suits with black ties and white shirts while his men were going to be wearing black shirts with white ties. It would be suspicious with twenty odd men in the pub or so wearing ties but I refused to wear one and so did my men, we were visible and noticeable enough.
I had ten of my best men including Nate and Brandon with me; we jumped into Nateâs car because Brandon didnât want a scratch on his.
Iâd bet any money that the pussy would soon get one, shaking my head we all piled into Nateâs car as he drove us to the pub that was minutes away but we took the long route as we had five minutes left.
I was always late, it was something I like doing making my opposition wait for me and it was a smart move.
âRemember, if anything goes wrong Nate leave your key in the car with two men guarding it so we can head out of here straight away,â I filled them in with the usual stuff, and briefed them that this guy wanted something from me so it could go either way.
He could get what he wants or he couldnât, I donât like making bargains.
As we reached the pub Nate briefed the guy as I looked around for back exits unguarded I found three and told Brandon to place out men there, the three of us headed into the pub with about four of our men following us.
I notice him straight away, a medium built yet smaller than all of my men with a shabby beard. He likes to be known as the dealer in most towns but in my town I played the cards and everyone knew that so they kept well away from me.
âDaniel my man,â he whistled, his men sat around him leaving the other half of the table empty for my men and me.
What a surprise, I saw no guns and this was new since this guy went nowhere without a gun. Jacob Levy, a man who played dirty sat in front of me smirking at my uneasiness because he knew I hated owing people favours.
âWhatâs you deal then Levy?â I asked, he shook his head laughing,
âDan my man,â he slapped me on my back, âthe night is still young letâs enjoy and Iâll name my price in a bit,â he spoke. I knew it was going to be something that was big, I could bribe him with money because I had plenty of cash it meant nothing to me, just a piece of paper that I had a lot of.
We ordered a few drinks, I thought I saw Sidney handing out some drinks but before I could look again no one stood there, I shook my head. I was going crazy for that girl, for the first time in my life I understood what my mother told me; if your love is crazy then itâs real.
We chatted for a couple of times, Levy shouted at the bartender,
âGive us some music!â he shouted, the bartender froze and nodded before scurrying off. I whispered in Brandonâs ear to go off and send Levyâs men some drinks with drugs in the, I had a bad feeling about this and I didnât agree to anything yet so why not play dirtier to begin with.
Brandon excuse himself and went off, Levy was getting pissed but I managed to switch his anger by talking about the deal I made this morning with another gang, he also made that deal a few weeks ago and that gave me just enough time until I saw the guards drinking and a good looking girl handing Levy another shot. I saw Brandon winking at me signalling that this was all his doing, this was why I had both Nate and Brandon on my team they were as good as me.
Nate was keeping tabs on the security, maintaining and telling the guys to be on standby. Levy was getting impatient, remind me never to keep this guy waiting next time, but for a fact I knew there wasnât going to be a next time.
âHurry with the damn music you bastard!â he blasted at the men tending the bar, they signalled for two minutes just when someone started singing.
I didnât want to pay that much attention to the song, but the voice sounded familiar and the song it was my favourite The A Team by Ed Sheeran, my mother use to love that song. My eyes connected with her eyes, but she didnât see me turning around I saw that Levy was watching in awe and shock just as much as Nate and Brandon were. Her voice was soothing, everyone had their eyes glued of her and some even licked their lips trying to signal to her but she was lost in her own dream world somewhere I wanted to be with her.
Everyone was clapping, cheering some was even asking for her number causing me to clench my first.
Levy turned to me and whispered, âI want her, go get me her.â
I excused myself, whispering to Nate that I was going to grab her and meet them in the car and rushed towards the toilet and then sneaked off backstage. I hid behind the curtains as she walked off the stage, grabbing he by her hand I place a hand over her mouth as I whispered to her,
âPromise me you wonât scream when I remove my hand,â I spoke quickly; she nodded sensing something was wrong.
âCome with me quick!â she followed me as I ordered her, I was practically dragging her and this was slowing us down so before I knew it I heard an shouting and smashing I swept her off her feet picking her up bridal style and ran out throught he bad door.
Nate and Brandon were already in the car, the back door was open and my men were ready to leave. I got into the car with Sidney clutching me, holding on for dear life and closed the door ordering them to drive away.
Leaning my head back it felt nice in the warm embrace, I looked at her and her eyes were squeezed shut. I moved forward and I spoke in her eye,
âYou can open your eyes now sweetie,â she squinted cutely and peeked open one eye, she looked beautiful sitting in front of me. Staring face to face with me, her eyes widened before she asked worriedly,
âAre you kidnapping me?â
I wanted to bang my head against the wall, and tell her something else but I settled for kissing her on the cheek and replied,
âNope, just merely repaying the favour by saving you,â I smirked.
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