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♪ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʙᴇ ᴍʏ ʙᴀʙʏ ʙʏ ᴛɪᴍ ʜᴀʟᴘᴇʀɪɴ♪

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I parked in front of Alisa's house and jumped out of the car, running up to the front door and knocking on it.

"Alisa!" I called out to her after the third knock but there was still no reply.

Come on, Alisa.

I pulled up my phone from my pocket and dialed Mr.Trevors number. After the fourth ring he picked up. "Hello again Blake!"

"I swear If you laid your dirty hands on her, I'll--"

"Don't say anything you'll regret Blake, you know who I want and that's not your precious girlfriend. The key is underneath the pot plant. Call me when you're ready to talk business." He said before ending the call.

I lifted the pot plant up and grabbed the key from underneath it, then pushed the key through the keyhole and turned it to unlock the door. The door unlocked and I ran in. "Alisa!" I yelled as I ran through the house. I ran up to her room but she wasn't there. "Alisa!" I yelled again. I ran into another room and gulped at the scene before me. Alisa's father. He lied dead on the ground with a gun in his hand. How convincing, I thought to myself. This had Mr.Trevor written all over it.

I looked over at the tv screen and saw Alisa lying in the basement. He adapted cameras in the house. I ran down to the basement and unlocked the door. "Alisa!" I rushed to her side and she held me tightly as she sobbed into my chest. "Shh." I soothed her, rubbing her back.

"You can't stay, he'll see you." She whispered with trembling hands. "He's dead Alisa." I said bluntly and she looked up at me with big eyes. Her body frozen and her face blank. I picked her up and carried her up into the house, then sat her down on the sofa.

"Did you—" She started but I stopped her. "Of course not!" I wouldn't kill her father but I knew wwho would. After the fallout I had with Alisa this morning, I skipped school and met up with Mr.Trevor, told him that I didn't wanna be involved in any of his sketchy stuff anymore, that I felt terrible for what I did to Roxy. He said that it was too late and that he needed my help finding Roxy and when I told him I wouldn't take any part in it, he threatened me, said that if I didn't do as I were told, Alisa would get hurt.

"So then who did?!" Alisa yelled at me, with hot tears running down her face.

I sighed and tried to comfort her but she pushed me away. "Don't touch me!"

She was confused and she needed space.

I walked to the other side of the living room, about to call an ambulance but it was too late, I could hear sirens getting closer. "Who called them?" She asked through a sniff.

I shrugged in response.

After some inspection they informed us that Alisa's father had committed suicide. They were obviously being paid by Mr.Trevor and they might have fooled Alisa but I knew exactly what was going on. All I could do was keep quiet, for her safety.

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Throughout the day Alisa had been quiet, she barely ate or looked in my direction and it killed me inside knowing that I could have prevented it. The only family she had known was now dead. She would never see him again.

I glanced over at her in the passenger seat as she leaned her head onto the window, watching passing trees as the traffic lights shined in through the car, onto our faces.

"I'm sorry about today, about everything." I broke the silence.

She didn't say anything except sigh tiredly.

I drove to a nearby cafe and parked in the parking lot before climbing out through the window and lying on the roof of the car.

After a while Alisa got out too, slamming the car door shut. "What are you doing?" She asked crossing her arms over her chest. "I don't want to go home and neither do you, besides there's nothing better than sleeping underneath the stars." I explained.

She sighed in response then climbed up onto the car to lie down beside me. We lied in silence for a while before she placed her head on my chest. "What now?" She asked in a hushed tone. "Nothing. We just stay here until sunrise." I answered.

"Everyone's just dying and getting hurt all of a sudden. Why? And who's next?" She questioned.

"Shhh." I hushed her, kissing her gently on her forehead. The thought of loosing her crossed my mind and I couldn't bare to picture my life without her. "Rest your eyes love, I'll wake you up before the sun rises."

"Pinky promise?" She pointed her pinky out.

I chuckle and pointed mine out too, wrapping it around hers. "Pinky promise!"

She giggled before closing her eyes and soon fell asleep.

After an hour or two, my phone vibrated in my pocket and I flipped it out, a message from Mr.Trevor appeared on my home screen.

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲.<𝟯

I froze at the threat message. Where would I even start? If I didn't find Roxy, mom and Noah could be next! I wasn't sure how I was going to do it but I had to. For the people I love.

I messaged Roxy with shaky hands. First I needed her to gain my complete trust, everybody I cared about was at risk therefore I had to be careful, one slip and she could be onto me. Roxy wasn't that dumb after all.

𝗛𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘅𝘆! 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹. 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂):

Nope! That was too suspicious.

I cleared the message and typed a new one.

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹?! 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽... 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀!!

I hesitated for a moment but I was running out of time. So, I sent it.

𝑀𝐸𝑆𝑆𝐴𝐺𝐸 𝑆𝐸𝑁𝑇!