Time - Bronte Shepherd (new books to read TXT) 📗

the sound of chewing and as i open my eyes i see Romeo sitting at my dining table eating an apple.

"Morning!" He chimes. "Hurry up and get ready, we are going out!" Without questioning him i get up and go have a shower. After some quick breakfast we leave.

"Where are we going?" I ask him.

"You'll see." We walk to his car and we're off. We stop infront of a small warehouse in the middle of the city.

"What are we doing here?" I look at him in confusion. 

"This is where i do my investigating," He says i an enthusiastic voice. "You could say it's my head quarters." He laughs. We walk over to the big roller door and he opens it, the sight that greated us was not pleasent. There was a gang of men inside all staring at us. I feel my hand entwined with Romeos as he pulls me back behind him still holding my hand. A very large man walks to the front of the group and gives a hideous toothless smile. 

"Welcome kids," He chuckles. "Thanks for joining us!"

"What are you doing here, Scratch?" Romeo says in a panicked-yet-trying-to-be-calm voice. The man simply laughs and looks at me.

"Hello there Kora, we haven't been introduced yet, i'm Scratch, mob-boss, rich guy, the man responsible for your fathers death!" He and all his men break out into a cackle.

"What about my mother?" I stupidly blurt. 

"Why don't you tell me!" All of a sudden i feel another hand wrap around my other arm and i raise off the ground. It takes me a moment to realise i am being carried by a large muscular man with a huge scar across his face. He places me infront of Scratch, who then wraps his arms around me and holds a knife to my neck.

"I don't know what happened to my mother." I struggle.

"Are you sure?" He asks. "After all it's your fault she's dead!" He begins to laugh.

"The Kora i know would never do something like that!" Romeo shouts as he gets restrained by one of Scratchs men. 

"Well clearly you don't know Kora!" Scratch yells. I try to think back to what happened to my mother, then it hits me.

"He's right." I say to Romeo. "It's all my fault, i'm the reason she's gone!" Scratch laughs at my confession.

"No you're not," Romeo yells. "Don't believe him, it's not your fault!"

"Yes it is!" I begin to choke on the tears that are streaming down my face. "If i wasn't so selfish she would still be alive. I'm the one who fought with her, I'm the one who made her leave, I'm the one who just stood there as she was being killed. It's all my fault!" I bow my head at this sudden realisation. Romeo doesn't respond. All i can hear is the laughing of Scratch and his men. In the laughter i hear choking, i raise my head to see Romeo being strangled by the man who brought me over to Scratch.

"No!" I scream at the top of my lungs. "No, don't kill him, please, don't kill him!" The tears in my eyes making it too hard for me to see. 

"After everything that pest has done, he deserves to die!" Scratch cackles.

"No, please, don't, don't kill him!" I scream so much, i begin to feel weak. 

"Alright fine." Scratch says. I hear Romeo wease and fall to the floor. Scratches grip on my loosens and he throws me over to Romeo. His eyes are shut, but i can hear him breathing. I reach for his hand and hold it in mine.

"Thank you," I whisper to him. "For everything!" His eyes open and his grip on my hand tightens. He looks at my neck and I realise Scratch had sliced it. I smile at him through the pain and he smiles back. We then close our eyes for the final time.

 

The End

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Publication Date: 11-03-2014

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