Elena p.o.v
I have reached home and took a hot shower which I badly needed after a hectic day, I have blow-dried my long wavy black hair and saw myself in the mirror, my hazel green eyes looked tired, I have this rosy pale skin tone which makes me look like I always blush so I applied some moisturizer to my face and wore a loose fit jeans and a black plain T-shirt.
I made a sandwich for myself and sat in the living room, my cat meow came to me, I picked her up in my arms and hugged her, she always comforts me whenever I am sad. I remembered how Xavier and I use to fight for meow when he was living here, a lone tear escaped my eye remembering how tired he looked today morning, I lost my appetite after that and I left the sandwich on the table.
"you miss Xavier meow?? well...I miss him too, I just hope he will be with us once this nightmare is over" I told meow stroking her fur, at which she closed her eyes and sat in my lap.Then I got a message from some unknown number, I opened it immediately and saw Blue bears night club Location, who's number is this?? why didn't Em texted me from her phone I thought and called her but it was switched off,ohh her phone might be out of charge so she sent me location from another number I guess I thought and got up, leaving meow on the couch.
"ok meow..I will be back in two hours, you eat your food and play with your toys ok!!" I said at which she looked sad and meowed, I knew that she missed me all day and now I am leaving her alone again.
"Ohh..I know that you want to play with me, but today I am going to bring Xavier home with me, once he comes, we three can play like old times ok??" I told her patting her head at which she nuzzled her head to my palm, I smiled at her and picked my bag.
I put some food, water, and litter pan for meow and booked a cab, I went outside after locking all the doors .I have reached the club in 15 minutes, it was about 7pm pm, there was a queue outside the club and people were coming outside reeking of alcohol, I have waited for Em for 10 minutes but she didn't show up, I have called her but her phone was still off, why's her phone off ?? i thought looking around tensely.
"Excuse me..are you Ms.Elena ?" an old woman asked me with Em's bag in her hands at which I nodded nervously.
"Ms. Amora had some urgent work, so she asked me to give you this bag" she told me giving me Amora's sports bag, I guess she sent me the cash in this bag I thought.
"Ohh..is she ok?? how's her dad?" I asked worriedly at which she shook her head and said"I don't know mam, she said she will be here once she finishes her work, so you better go inside and wait for her, it's not safe to stand outside in this area, here take this card and show it to the bouncer he will directly send you inside" she said handing me a card and left hurriedly.
I held the bag carefully and went to the bouncer, he eyed me from head to toe and smirked "are you sure you want to go inside beautiful, you don't look like the one" he asked scratching his beard, I slowly took the card out of my pocket and showed it to him, his playful expression changed into a professional one once he saw the card and opened the door immediately.
whoa..the card must belong to someone powerful I thought and tried to see who's card was that but couldn't see because of the dim lighting, I shoved it in my pocket and slowly entered inside the club, people were drinking and dancing, some couples were kissing, I had no idea whom to approach because I don't even know the name of the guy who is after my brother.
suddenly an older guy approached me and said"Hey beautiful..you look fresh, are you new.. come on now, I will pay you more than the usual ones" he said grabbing my hand, I got scared and pulled my hand out of his hold and ran away from him and bumped into someone spilling his drink on his jacket.
"I..I am so sorry, are you ok??" I asked the guy but he was looking elsewhere seriously so i took some tissues out of my bag and wiped the drink on his jacket,later he turned to me ,he looked like he was about to say something but he didn't and just stared into my eyes for a few seconds.
He is tall i mean really tall and broad shouldered ,he has this fade haircut and a scar on his forehead making him look dangerous and I was about to apologize again but suddenly he shoved me aside and ran towards the club's exit hurriedly.
I didn't understand anything but i saw him coming back and taking a gun out of his pocket and shooting in the air,i got panicked at the sight and held my bag tightly,who's this guy?? is he the one after my brother?? i thought and looked around to see that everyone has gone silent,
"Attention everyone, don't be afraid I am Adrian smith, police commander NYPD .., we are looking for some suspects among you, so don't be afraid and cooperate with us " he said scanning the whole place, I got more afraid after hearing that, it's my first time coming to a place like this and now police are here too.
He gave some orders through his radio and asked the manager to close all the exits, and then some other guys who were dressed in police uniform entered inside and surrounded the crowd, he took some paper from the manager and started calling names.
His team members started checking one by one, I got panicked coz I have some cash in my bag, they might ask questions about why I am carrying so much cash, I can't possibly explain them Xavier's situation and put him in jail with my stupidity, oh god..what should I do now??
"Elena miller..please come forward" that police commander called out my name, my legs started shaking but I slowly walked forward, he looked at me seriously making me more nervous and my hands started sweating.
"mam hand over your bag" his team member asked me at which I shook my head and hid my bag behind me, I know that I can't escape from them, but I couldn't possibly give my brother to the police.
"Mam please let us do our duty and hand over the bag " he asked me sincerely, I understood that I can't do anything now so I slowly handed him my bag, but suddenly someone shot the guy who was checking my bag, his blood spilled on my forehead, I touched my forehead and saw the blood on my hands, I felt numb for a moment, everyone got panicked and started running here and there screaming but I couldn't move away from the spot seeing the blood on my hands.
officer Adrian smith rushed towards the guy who got shot and checked his pulse and handed the body to another one of his team members and ran after the guy who shot his team member, I didn't understand what was happening, so I just stood there looking at the lifeless body before me, I have never seen anyone getting injured before me after my parents died in a car accident, I don't know what happened to me at that moment but I just couldn't move or think, I just stood there like a statue, maybe it's the trauma that caused to me in my childhood.
All of a sudden someone cuffed my hands and said"Ms. Miller, you are under arrest for carrying illegal drugs..anything you say may be used against you in the court of law" i didn't understand what he was saying so i looked confused.
"We found marijuana and cocaine in the bag you are carrying," he said showing me Amora's bag, he then pulled out my ID and bank card from the bag"These are yours right.." he asked and nodded hesitatngly, he has written something on some paper.
"I ..I ..I am not carrying any drugs, I don't know anything..please believe me" I pleaded the guy who was writing something, he looked at me once and looked around.
"Miss. miller you better stay silent until your attorney speaks for you" he said slowly, what attorney?? i don't know what they were saying so I got nervous and my hands started shaking.
I started looking here and there not knowing what to do, my hands became cold and i started feeling dizzy seeing the people and police around. Then i saw officer Adrian walking towards me with a serious expression, I was about to explain him that i don't know anything but before i could speak he slapped me, and the next second all I saw was black.