"You have to believe me Officer...I...we...I mean...my brother and I know nothing about what ever deal they had going on ok? You have to let us out of here!"
I screamed, banging the bars of the cell.
"There's no use Rachael. Chris and Carson have been at us for a while,you happen to be caught in the crossfire."
I struggled to stay calm as I removed my hands from the bars of the holding cell where Carl,Zee, Lighty and I were kept.
"Zee...after lying to us,don't you dare say anything to me right now cos I swear to God,I would kill you!"
I threatened with all the anger in me.
"Chill ok_I didn't lie! I did not think telling you guys was important!"
Carl and I shared matching glares at Zee.
"Of course, telling us that you and your 'friend' are fugitives of the law,sure isn't something important!"
Carl stated angrily.
"Carl..."
Zee started softly, reaching out to touch Carl but he quickly moved out of reach, clearly not in the mood for more bull.
I took my spot next to Lighty, trying to formulate a plan to get us out of here!
We needed to be out there searching for answers,not trapped in this smelly hell hole!
Lighty was a little bit bearable.
At least,we had known him barely for a day.
I don't know how he managed to look so calm and relaxed in this situation.
"This cell stinks!"
Zee spat out with an irritated expression.
"No shit Sherlock! At least it smells better than a fucking betrayal!"
Carl replied harshly to Zee's statement.
"I did not betray you!"
Zee said, frustration lacing his voice.
I could tell that everyone was frustrated and angry.
Firstly Cami's outburst and then this!
Carl clenched his fist and bit his lip,not wanting to break things out of bounds.
"And to think I even liked you!"
"Wait... what!"
Zee said lightly, surprise washing over him.
I saw Lighty try miserably to bite back a smile.
It was kind of really obvious though,not that Carl would ever agree_he believes that he's the master of poker faces.
"Well...this was interesting! But my main problem is the fact that my ex boyfriend thinks I'm dead,so if he sees me alive_he'll definitely kill me!"
I palmed my face frustratedly.
"How is that our problem?"
I asked the same time Carl asked.
"Why would he kill you?"
"Good question pretty boy!
Well...I may or may not have hacked into his parents business accounts and borrowed a few lose change!"
Lighty answered Carl, completely ignoring my question.
"Lose change my ass!"
Zee scoffed with a small smirk.
"Oh...c'mon Zee, his parents were stinky rich! They wouldn't have even noticed a few dollars missing!"
The way Lighty defended himself made it really obvious that it definitely was not 'lose change' at all.
"So how much 're we talking about?"
Carl asked, taking the question right out of my mouth!
"Twenty three million dollars!"
Zee whispered with a small laugh.
"Jesus Christ! Dude_ are you insane!"
Lighty rolled his eyes at Carl's question.
"Listen...the dude's parents had a lot more ok? Plus they were politicians and politicians are thieves_I couldn't just sit by! They needed to learn to give back you know!"
I laughed a bit at Lighty's ridiculousness.
"So how does he think your dead?"
I asked.
Lighty gave a smug smile.
"In life baby girl,all you need is charm and really tight underwear!"
He said, waving his manicured nails at us.
"Why do you ne..."
"Shh!"
He shushed Carl and smiled.
"Turns out that my hottie of an ex sent out some 'assasin' after me!"
He said, making air quotes at the word, 'assasin.'
"You must have pissed him the hell off!"
I noted, wondering how this Christmas light of a man could be this...uh... interesting.
"Oh bae,you don't know the half of it. So back to my story_
Here I was, coming out of my shower with my hot new pants and I see this Arabian hottie in black,with a perfect jawline in my bed room! And the next thing I knew, there was a fracking gun pointed at me."
Lighty explained.
Everyone's eyes widened, including Zee's. I guess he did not know about this either.
"So, I walked up to the guy slowly, maintaining eye contact with him. Then in my sexiest voice I asked_' are you sure you don't wanna do something dirtier than this?'
I almost puked.
Did he really...
My eyes widened as I turned to Carl to know if he was thinking what I was thinking,and he definitely was.
"Oh God...don't tell me_"
"Oh yes, Rachael_ I slept with him there and then, convinced him to make a take picture of me acting dead and lying on the floor with black currant juice on my shirt."
When Lighty finished his story, everyone including the cops were staring at him like he was some sort of three headed goat or something.
"Dude... you're...you're crazy!"
Carl whispered,wide eyed.
"That's just sick man!"
"Amen to that!"
One black female cop agreed with Zee from her office space.
Lighty shrugged.
"It was either that or get killed. I don't see much of a choice there ok?"
Before anyone could have a chance to speak, a cop came to our cell.
"You all have a visitor,after that... we'll allow you to make phone calls to whoever's gonna come bail you out...well except Zee and Joseph."
I glared at the cop.
She was a white lady with a short hair cut,and honestly ever since Cami,I think I have a thing against girls with short hair cuts.
"Who's the visitor?"
Carl asked, playing with his nails,still sitting as far away from Zee as the cell permitted.
"Hey."
An all too familiar voice called.
We all turned in surprise.
"Cami?"
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Everyone silently watched Cami as she stood behind our cell bars with an annoying smirk.
I wished she was a little bit closer,I would have slapped hell out of her with all the anger in my tired body.
"How are y'all enjoying the caged life?"
She asked snuggly.
But no one answered her.
"You know...when you guys kicked me out like trash, I thought maybe one of you would come out and call me back in,but of course not! You just left me out in the cold and darkness. I...I had to have payback!"
"So...you're the whistle blower huh? I should have known!"
I spat.
"How did you even know that the cops had a thing on Lighty?"
She smiled softly.
"Well...turns out that if you give your friend here a haircut and a blond hair,he begins to look exactly like a 'Joseph Snow' whose pictures are almost on all the wanted posters, all over this city!"
"So you ratted him out knowing that if he got arrested, we'll all be caught in the crossfire!"
"You're a bit slow Rachael,but yeah... that's just about it!"
You know that thin like between hate and love,it snapped today.
"You guys needed to be told the truth! You guys needed to know how it felt when you kicked your own friend out,only to discover that the ones you threw her out for are liars!"
Lighty scoffed and rolled his eyes.
"Snitches get stitches girl_ I'll advise you to watch your back.
I may be all rainbows and sunshine,but don't let the pretty face fool you!"
Cami let out a dry laugh.
"Oh shut up Lighty! You know I have just had it with you and that Barbie girl thing you got going! But now, you are as good as a dead rat in there,and I hope you rot in hell!"
"Cami,that's enough! You wanted to prove a point and you did, now leave!"
Carl's voice was authoritative,and I felt really proud him at that point.
"You know Cami,I may not be a criminal now but I promise that when I get out of here,I will become one by beating you to hell and back!"
Cami tried to look defiant at my words, but I could see a look of hesitation and fear in her eyes.
"Whatever guys! You got what you deserved_good bye losers!"
She hissed and walked away.
"Walk away traitor!"
Lighty called after her.
"And maybe,run! Cos I would be definitely chasing after you!"
Cami gave a middle finger without turning back.
Zee closed his eyes rested his head before muttering something.
"Bitch!"
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