Author's POV
"Tell your fucking bestfriend to apologize to my friend!!" Yelled Charlie at Olivia, who was just as angry as him. She folded her arms against her chest and said, "My friend did nothing wrong! Paxton did a slap deserving action. So, you better forget about getting an apology from any of us!"
"Olivia, it was a game. He was doing his dare!"
"Janet wasn't a part of your friend's stupid game!" She retorted, "What she did is considerable to me. In fact, I'd like you to ask your fucking bestfriend to apologize to my friend for not just throwing her into the pool but for destroying her phone as well!"
Paxton was sitting on his couch with his palms on his face. The slap was repeating over his eyes, turning him angrier. He's never been slapped, never even been humiliated the way he was humiliated today. He hated the moment he saw her and was cursing the time he spent on her. He hate that he even liked her and was so much into her.
"Get out!" He heard his friend's growl and his eyes were snapped at him. Paxton opened his mouth to stop his friend from saying the worse but he was too late, "Get out of my life!"
Olivia withdrew her hands, her eyes tearing and voice almost left her. She gulped, "Are you breaking up with me?"
"Yes," he said with no fear or guilt on his features, "I'm breaking up with you for being against my bestfriend. So, I'd like you to simply leave my hou- His words were left incomplete when a hard slap was given on his right cheek by Olivia. Paxton shook his head and slammed his face under his palms where Charlie's soul left his body.
"Fuck you!" Saying this, she stormed away. Charlie looked at the way she was going and wished to call her back, but it was too late. He breathed in fury and threw his phone on the wall, causing it to break into pieces.
"THAT BITCH!!!" He screamed, considering Janet responsible for his loss. He looked at Paxton and walked towards him, standing at his face.
Paxton looked up at him and asked, "Why did you break up with her?" Charlie got on his knees, matching his height and said, "All of this happened because of that bitch, Janet!" He grabbed Paxton's collar and added, "Ruin her!"
Paxton took his hand off and got up on his feet, "Don't worry, brother! I've got everything planned," He clenched his jaw, his eyes burning with hatred, "She'll curse the moment she met me!"
"Stop the car!" Said Janet when Sam was heading home with her and Vero. He looked at her through the rear-view mirror and pulled over. She jumped out and stood by the handrail of the Brooklyn expressway. Tears welled up in her eyes when the day of Ethan's death flashed in front. She felt as if she was thrown on the day her little brother died. She yearned to scream, and cry hard, but hell if she allowed a single to drop.
Veronica looked at her with pitiful eyes and walked near Janet while Sam stood by the door of his car with his hands crossed against his chest. She stood next to Janet and put her palm on her shoulder, snapping Janet's teary eyes at her. Veronica was confused, she couldn't understand why Janet was being so emotional about losing an ordinary phone. But if she knew what exactly Janet had lost tonight.
"I need some privacy!" Said Janet and looked at the moon, "You go home with Sam and sleep!"
"It was just a phone, Janet!" Said Veronica, giving a light squeeze on her shoulder, but it couldn't give her any comfort. Janet smiled to herself before she replied, "Yeah, it was just a phone with a last voicemail from my little brother!" Veronica withdrew her hand, and blinked. She was surprised because Janet never told her that she had a brother. In fact, she told them that she was raised in an orphanage and had no family.
"You never told me you had a brother!"
"Nobody mentions a dead Vero because when you put was in them, it twists your heart terribly!" She looked back at the moon and her hazel teary eyes shined by the hit of moonlight, "And now, the only thing which had me believe that he was around me is gone!"
Veronica sighed. She was mad because she hid such things from her, but the fact that she had lost her brother one last thing made her put the anger aside and sooth her because that's what she needed at that moment. "Look, what's gone is gone. Your tears won't return to you. So, stop crying!" Janet didn't respond, only stared at the moon without a blink. Veronica snorted, grabbed her elbow and took her in a hug, rubbing her back gently, "It's okay, babe!" She said, tightening her grip on Janet but she didn't hug her back. "The voicemail is gone but his memories are still in there," She pulled away and cupped Janet's face, "So, stop crying!"
Janet wasn't enjoying her company, nor was she enjoying her lecture. She just wanted to have time with herself, but her friend wasn't ready to even budge. Janet took her hands off and smiled lightly at her, "Thanks, Vero!" Veronica smiled back, squeezing her hands, "But now go home and rest! I need time with myself."
"You really think that I'd leave you alone here and let you die?"
"Oh, please. I'm not a coward that I'd suicide!" Veronica shot her brows up as she replied, "Those tears you're holding behind are the proof of how depressed you are!"
"Vero-
"No!" She cut her off, "I'm not leaving you here, not just because I care about you, but because I want to know everything about your little brother!" Janet wasn't going to tell her the truth, never, but after what she had spilled in emotions, she had to pull everything back and fix it with another lie.
"If you insist, I'll tell you about him!" Veronica grinned and grabbed her hand, walking back to their car, but they were stopped in the middle when a bunch of Mercedes were stopped around them with a drift. Sam looked up his phone and frowned slightly at the scene before him. He put his phone back in his pocket and walked towards Janet and Veronica. Veronica knit her brows together in confusion as to why those cars had stopped there, while Janet's heart beat increased because she had been attacked earlier and, as her father refused to accept it was him, it could be the one who had attacked.
The cars door opened and men in black suits stepped out with a poker face and stood in front of Janet, hands locked on their bellies.
"I think we need to get out of here," Said Sam, and grabbed Veronica's hand but couldn't move when Janet grabbed his wrist, "Stay behind my back and keep quiet!" She commanded.
Sam frowned, "What?" She didn't answer, busy reading through their faces, "Do you know them?" He asked her in a whisper.
She shook her head, "Not really!"
"Then let's go!" He retorted, but didn't receive a reply to that. She took a step forward and asked, "Who are you?" One of them approached her and she raised her palm to him to stand back.
He immediately halted, "Don't worry, Ma'am. We won't hurt you or anybody here!"
"Ragazzi?" She asked, frowning slightly. When her men nodded yes to her, she became relaxed that now her friends weren't in any danger, but the fact that they were here, worried her. "Perché sei qui?" She questioned them in Italian because she didn't want them to know what they would talk about.
Translate- Boys. Why are you here?
"We are here to take you back, Ma'am!" replied one of them. She clenched her jaw and rolled her fist tight, "Boss has commanded us to bring you back anyway! So, you either come with us gently or else we will have to force you!"
Sam and Veronica looked at each-other confused, as they had no idea what was happening. They wondered if she was even the Janet she claims to be because the scene in front of them was beyond their imagination. Janet was talking to those guys in a foreign language and those guys were respecting her as if she was a queen or something, making both Sam and Veronica wonder that she was either a rich bitch who'd escaped her family to have a normal life or a spy who was on a secret mission or something.
"Well, your visit here has gone to waste because I ain't going anywhere!"
"You have to, Ma'am," Hearing his fearless tone, she shot her brows up and smiled, not kindly, "You do realize who you are talking to, do you?" He, with no fear, replied, "We are only doing what we are told!" She clenched her jaw again and looked away frustrated because her men are unnecessarily obedient and loyal. If her father had commanded them to bring her back, then they would. It doesn't matter if they lose their lives in the process.
One of them opened the car's door for her and snapped her head to it, "Get in, Ma'am!" He requested in English. She shot him with her most threatening glare and said through gritted teeth, "I ain't coming back! Understand?"
"Apologies, Ma'am. But we're not allowed to return without you!" Saying this, they all walked closer to her, making Veronica to grip Sam's arm, who stood rigid while from inside he was freaking out.
"If any of you dare to touch her or him," She took a step forward before she added, "I'll kill you all!" The threat scared them, but keeping their faces out of any emotions, they kept walking because if they didn't take her, they'd die anyway. Janet clutched her fist and punched the guy who reached her first, "No matter what guys, you will stay behind my back and when you get a chance, just get in the fucking car and run away!" She said and grabbed one of the guy's throat and kicked in his stomach, causing him to fell over the ground.
Veronica looked at Sam, who was looking at those guys worriedly. He was brave enough to fight them until his last breath, but they were not just so many, and looked like bodybuilders whose one punch can lay you on the ventilator. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to protect these women. But shaking his head, he decided to fight them as long as he could, but his eyes widened and mouth dropped when Janet punched a man in the jaw and caused him to go unconscious for an instant. He couldn't understand who the hell she was. For once, he thought that maybe she was some supernatural, but cringing at his stupid thought, he grabbed Veronica's arm and rushed towards his car, forgetting that Janet told them to stay behind her back and leave when they saw a chance. When those guys saw Sam going towards his car, one of them made his way towards him but was stopped when Janet jumped in front of her man and gave him a side kick with a thrust, causing him to fall over his back.
"I told you to stay behind my back!!" She yelled at Sam. He opened his mouth to apologise but couldn't when a guy held Janet's shoulder to yank her back, as Janet had been trained since she was six. She grabbed his palm and yanked him forward from her shoulder, breaking his arm in the process. When another guy jumped, she grabbed his arm and kicked him so hard that he fell over his knees. She twisted his wrist and had him fall over his back, her knee on his chest as she commanded, "Leave!" But they were strictly warned to return without her. She kicked his leg and broke it into two, "Leave before I tear you all into peace!!" She said, looking at them.
"We're helpless, Ma'am!" Said her man, his nose bleeding along with the corner of his eye, "If we go without you? Boss would kill us all in a blink!"
She twisted her man's arm and he screamed out in pain, "And I would kiss you if you didn't, wouldn't I?" She mocked, the guy literally crying from the continuous pain he was receiving.
She doesn't want to hurt her men, but they have left her no choice.
"You've taught us to do as told, Ma'am!" He wiped the blood off his nose and added, "We can't refuse our boss's order," Hearing him, she left the guy with a jerk and stood up straight, "I don't see it!" He didn't respond, "I've been telling you to go back but I guess, you're so done with your life that you're only refusing my command!"
"You're not our boss anymore!"
"I AM YOUR FUCKING BOSS!!!" She yelled, using her last trick to get rid of them, "Not Dad. So, go back!"
"If you are, then where were you these years?"
"So, now you have the guts to not only talk back with a straight head but also ask me questions!"
Her man sighed, "You were our boss and if you think that all these bruises we've got are because you're stronger than us, then you're wrong because we are not allowed to even raise our hands on you. Otherwise you would be in our car, barely conscious!" Hearing his straight head and fearless, Janet couldn't help but feel like a volcano was building up in her. Her men had never even talked back or looked her in the eyes, but these two years had made them this fearless and disrespectful. She for once thought about going back and taking everything back, but then she wondered why this thought came into her head. Because they behaved disrespectful and fearless. My subconscious replied.
She rolled her fists and said, "It is all a plan, isn't it?" but they remained quiet, "What you said was my Dad's script, wasn't it?" When she still received no answer. She chuckled, "God!" She looked at Veronica and Sam, who was baffled as hell and added, "My Dad would do anything- Her sentence left incomplete when something was hit on the back of her head, causing her to go unconscious.
"Janet?!!" She heard Veronica's wail but the powerful hit made her go weak and collapse on her knees. She, with barely open eyes watched Veronica being taken away while Sam was only struggling hard to protect her because he was gripped by her men. He was helpless, "Janet!!" Veronica kept screaming but couldn't help her even though she wanted to, but her eyes were getting heavier and the pain in her jaw and head made her too weak to even speak a word.
"You son a bitch, let go of her!" She heard Sam's curse before she was knocked out and fell over to the ground.