Gang Leader's Princess ✓

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C H A N E L

I was leaving. I wasn't going to stay in a house with a heartless gang leader, an arrogant man who wouldn't care about anyone but himself. He kidnapped me, he tortured me and hurt me, emotionally and physically. He deserved to get caught and go to jail.

I couldn't bring myself to call the police on him, my brother was a part of this and he could get in serious trouble. I would never forgive myself if I was the cause of that. He didn't deserve that from how he helped her through her dark times.

She'd lost a lot, but so has he.

All her life she'd been taken him for granted.

He might want to stay, but I sure wasn't. I wasn't going to join a gang. That would be crazy. I couldn't be like him. I would never live with myself. I barely can, now.

I was in my room for awhile. I heard the boys downstairs and I tiptoed down the stairs and eavesdrop into their conversation.

"We have to go, man. It's the most important night of our lives," Tobias said.

Where were they going?

"I'm sure the party can wait," Derrick said. He's always been the boring one.

Every time I was growing up, I would miss out on a lot of thing all because of him. He would always go telling Mama how dangerous it would be.

He was protective and sometimes that came in handy.

"No it can't, it's only one night," Tobias persuaded. He seemed really eager to go to this party. "Please, guys we have to go."

"How about Chanel?" Luke asked. I froze at the sound of my name. I stopped when I was almost at the bottom step.

"No, she's not going," Derrick pitched in. His voice was commanding.

I let out a breath of relief and continued to walk down the stairs. I accidentally stepped on a loose wood and it made a squeaking noise.

All their heads looked my way. I cringed and squeezed my eye shut. Praying they wouldn't look any further. My back was squished against the wall and I hid away from their view.

"What was that?" Luke asked. My heart started to beat faster.

"Probably nothing," Tobias shrugged his shoulders. "Stop trying to find an excuse and think about all the women we'll see there."

That was all it took for them to be out the door. Everyone left except for Giovanni. I didn't even know where he was, but I took that to my advantage.

I scurried across the floor and out the front door. I left. I escaped.

I waited for the car to drive out of the driveway before I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding in. My chest heaved in and out, the weight on my shoulders was gone.

I was now out of the house, but what do I do now? I didn't know where I was. My phone was lost and all I was in was my brothers shirt and my boots.

I was in the middle of nowhere. There had to be a place I could go to where they would have a phone of some kind.

I've been running for what felt like forever, beads of sweat were forming on my forehead and I wiped it away in disgust.

I still didn't know where I was. The sky turned dark and stars were out. I've been on the run for a while now and I still gotten nowhere.

A bright light caught my attention and I ran towards it. Hopefully it's shelter of some sort, It was beginning to get cold out and I was starting to shiver.