Truth Be Told

Chapter 24

Ang P.O.V.

A lot of feelings were going through me. I felt hatred towards Steve for being so heartless, I felt guilt from bringing this trouble to the Lynchs, I felt heartbroken because the love of my life just got shot, well thats what I heard. Only one thing made me look up and it was that one person's voice.

"Holy Crap! I didn't get shot!" I heard Ross say.

I shot my head up and saw Ross still against the wall with wide eyes and a relieved look on his face. I looked over at the front door to see Mia with a gun that was pointed at Steve. That's when I realized that she shot him from the back. As if in slow motion, Steve fell onto his knees before completely collapsing onto the ground, dead. The two guys that were flirting with Brianna and Angel stood in shock, but Derek was furious.

"You little bitch!!" Derek let go of me and ran towards Mia.

Riker got himself untied just in time and tackled Derek down. He stuggled to get himself back up, but the two guys actually helped keep him down.

"You two idiots! You're suppose to be on my side, let me go so I can kill her!!!!" Derek kept shouting.

That's when I realized that a lot of people that were helping Steve fight left. The only people that stayed was those two guys, Derek, and an Australian chick that dressed in tight black leather. She had dark brown hair pulled up into a ponytail. She was just sitting on the edge of a side table before she got up.

"Silly boy, we were brought her to protect her and her sister. Not let you kill them. So, I'm sorry we can't let you go." She said to Derek in her obvious Australian accent. The police and ambulance sirens were heard in the distance as they approached.

What she said confused me a lot. Just a few minutes or maybe hours ago, they were beating us up. Now, they were suppose to be helping us? I had to ask her about this later. I ran over to Mia and hugged her tightly. She almost immediately hugged back.

"I'm sorry I was late." She said when we pulled back.

"Late? You came at the right exact time. Any later and Ross would have died. I'm sorry I didn't keep contact with you when I was gone."

"I know you did that to protect all of them. If I was you, I would have done the same thing."

I smiled at her before looking over at Ross who was talking to Riker. He looked over at me and smiled wide.

I went over to him and he wrapped his arms around me in a big and loving hug.

"I was so afraid of what would've happened to you when Derek hit you with that metal pole. I was so scared knowing you could've died because of where he hit you." He said, putting his chin on top of my head.

I looked up at him shocked, "Really? That's what scared you, what about when Steve was pointing a gun to your head?!"

He chuckled a bit, "Well I was, but when I thought you were dead I was actually okay with dying myself. I dont know what I would do without you and I couldn't live with myself knowing I could've done something to protect you more. I would much rather die than you."

I looked down at my hands, "Thats not true."

"Yea it is, and you want to know why?" He put his finger under my chin so I could look up at his eyes, "It's because your the one person that can make me happy right away even when I think absolutely nothing will make me happy, you always do. You're my one true love and nothing could ever replace you. I love you baby girl and nothing will ever change that. In fact......."

He pulled something out of his back pocket and got down on one knee.

"Ang, I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I want to have a family with you, I want to wake up every morning next to your beautiful face. I love you with all my heart and soul. Angela, will you be with me forever and say you'll marry me?"

He opened up the box and there was a beautiful ring in it. I was speechless, all I could do was nod my head yes really fast and I finally found my voice, "Yes Ross!! A thousand times yes!!" He put the ring on my finger and when he got up he slammed his lips against mine. I pulled apart to see that the police came in and grabbed Derek.

He started yelling, "I might be going to jail, but don't forget I'll be back to make your life a living hell!"

The paramedics came in to patch up some cuts and to see if everyone was alright. I looked over to see the Australian girl talking to one of the police officers. When she stopped talking, the officer nodded his head and walked away. I took this as my chance to ask her about what happened earlier. I walked over to her and stood there for a while.

"Hi." I said, starting off a conversation.

She turned towards me, "Hey."

I stood there for a few seconds before speaking. "So, what was all that about earlier? That you were here to protect me and my sister."

She just kind of smirked a little, "It is so like you to ask questions."

"Well I'm pretty sure anyone would ask that question."

"This doesn't just happen to anyone."

"Can you just answer my question?"

She sighed, "Ever since you and Mia were little girls, me and my brothers had to protect you. We were friends with your parents and they knew that he was coming to kill them, so they hired us to always keep you protected. When they died, I tracked down where you two were and when I found out that he was raising you, we pretended to be on his side as we got hired into his business. I was always there to make sure you were treated well and safe. Once my brothers and I found out about you protecting your so called 'targets' we took the chance and decided to go with him to this house. We got Derek to go to jail and here we are." She said finishing.

I took in what she said and slowly, memories came flooding back. She always hung out with my mom at our house, she would always help me cook when she babysitted me for my mom, she was even there when Mia was born. She was a very happy woman, in her mid 20s and she loved our family. Her and my mom were practically sisters. Then when my parents died, I remember how it tore her apart. At Steve's house she was always upset, but whenever me and Mia were around she always had a smile on her face. Probably right now she was in her 30s. I would always call her Aunt Joanna. Joanna. That was her name.

I got out of my thoughts and looked up at her, "Aunt Joanna?"

She smiled, "Hey darling."

I smiled and pulled her into a hug. It was so nice to have someone from my life before all of this happened.

Ross P.O.V.

I was really happy that all of this was finally over and Ang even agreed to marry me. I know that we are young and stuff, but age doesn't matter and Ang was turning 18 in a month so she doesnt have to be fully adopted. I looked over at Riker who was getting checked out by the paramedics. I was jumping up and down, waiting to tell him the good news. He finally got done and came over to me.

"What's with that big smile?" He asked laughing.

"Guess what."

"What?"

"I asked Ang to marry me and she said yes."

Riker stood there shocked. He was looking at me like he was trying to figure out if I'm lying or not.

"ROSS HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID???????"

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                                                                                                        -Elisa <3