The next day I wake up full of energy and feeling refreshed. I grab my phone and see I have 10 missed calls and 3 new voicemails, already knowing who they're from. I go ahead and listen to them while everyone is still sleeping. The first voicemail comes on and i hear Paul's shaking voice talk into the mic
"Hey Max I know what I did was wrong, I was just so overwhelmed with my emotions…. I'm sorry please just call me back" and it ended with a beep. I hit the delete button when it's over and listen to the next one "Max I am really really sorry I will do anything to make up for it please stay away from those people and come home… I really need you Max, well you know my number please call me" and it beeps I sigh with irritation as I delete that one and move onto the last voice message "Max I'm so worried about you please let me know your okay" before it could finish someone reaches from behind me and hangs up the phone.
"You shouldn't listen to that first thing in the morning you know" I hear Kye say from behind me and when I go to look at him he's got some serious bed head. I accidentally let out a giggle as I saw him. Just now as I look at him I realize that he looks kind of younger than he did when I first met him, then I look around the room at all of the sleeping men to see they all look at least a little younger than me except for maybe Jax. with that in my mind I turn to Kye and tell him that I have to go get some new clothes because all my stuff is back at Paul's house and he looks at me for a second blinking a couple times and finally seems to wake up as he says
"Okay let me get ready" I look at him and seem to spit out "I need to do some personal shopping, so I can go alone" he continues getting his socks and shoes on anyway. When I stand up I look at myself seeing I still have his jacket on and think to myself
"I'm never giving this back" with a smile, I write a note to the others saying we went shopping at the mall downtown and we left. We head out of the wooded area surrounding the factory and come across a couple of cars parked nearby "Hey are these everyone's cars?" he nods and gets into a black truck waiting for me to join him, I make my way around the massive truck and plop into the passenger seat with a smile. As we're heading to the mall I start thinking about my voicemails and that everyone from the office still has my number, the more I think about it the more I know what I want to do but for now I will keep it to myself. We pull into the mall parking lot and get a front row spot, I let out a "Woohoo" and jump out of the truck. Kye walks around the truck and leads me into the entrance of the mall. I soon forget about all my worries and enjoy walking around the mall. A little ways into the mall I see a womens specialty store.
"Hey can you wait around here while I go shopping?" he looks at me then looks around and smiles at a video game store right next to the store i need then he starts saying
"I will go there and see if they have my new game meet me there when you get done" I nod my head and he starts to head into the video game shop. I rush into the womens store and look for my size in bras and undies but when I go to try on my bra they seem too small and I let out a huff of frustration and take it off, I ask the employee outside if they have it in a size bigger and she brings it to me with a smile. As I try it on I let out a sigh of relief as it fits me, after that I go to the counter and buy my new items and put them into a paper bag so that nobody can see even though it has the store logo on it I still feel better about it. Next I head over to the video game shop next door to see Kye zoning out at a video game featuring Froggo and ghosty from our favorite anime. I decide to sneak up on him and tap him on the shoulder and of course he jumps into the air
"Hey it's not nice to sneak up on people" he says in a voice of betrayal then he goes up to the counter and buys the game. Once we finish looking around we decide to head back to our so-called base, as we get into the truck I look at Kye with a sad expression and say "Hey can we go for a drive and talk?" he looks at me with a trusting smile and agrees to it. Once we've been on the road for about five minutes I speak up with a confident voice "I'm going to throw out everything that's happened over these past few months'' and look at him for comfort but instead he says
"How do you plan on doing that?" I look down for a moment and say,
"First I have to smash my phone into pieces so that nobody can contact or track me then I will find a new job probably as a waitress or maid in some cafe near the outskirt of town and until I can afford a apartment I will have to stay at the abandoned factory" then look up at him again desperate for something good to come out of his mouth. I wait for a minute until he replies
"That's a good plan and I fully support it but how are you going to stay clean?" I find myself hopeless for a minute just then Kye speaks up and says "I can let you come over to play a video game or two and in return I will let you use my shower and such" very quietly speaking. I nod my head and agree to his terms and start to get excited as we pull up to everyone's cars still outside the factory forest, when we enter we see they're all up and ready for the day so I decide then and there I was going to tell them my plan
"Hey guys can I talk to all of you?" with that Spek moans as if I'm going to say something terrible and Sam just sits on his cot waiting for me to speak along with Jax on his. I tell them my whole plan without stopping to let them speak and when I finally end I suck in a deep breath, everyone seems to be okay with my plan and then Spek speaks up and randomly says
"Okay but you have to come over every once in a while and eat my enchiladas instead of going to play some video games and that's the same offer he's giving you" I laugh with a smile spread across my face when I hear Sam say,
"Fine but if she doesn't come over and play tennis with me I won't ever let her speak to me again!" as we all start laughing at the comments I see Jax just sitting there staring at the floor. I walk up to him holding in my laughter and ask "Is something wrong?" but just as the words slip out of my mouth he looks up with a serious face and comments
"That means you have to join me for some cooking lessons too" with a big grin on his face everyone bursted out into an even bigger laughing fit. When everyone started to calm down I walked outside and grabbed the hammer leaning against the wall and brought it inside, everyone has stacked some cement blocks around each other so we can smash my phone safely and with that we each take a swing at it until it's obliterated into countless pieces. And so I started my new life as a waitress by day and criminal by night with all my new family.