Aiden.

Oh God.

We all stared at Sam.

Then we all ran outside.
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Nathan was hugging Adira and crying.

When he saw us, he ran to his parents, sobbing loudly.

Sam held his daughter in his arms.

"Call a doctor." he said.

"I said call a fuckin doctor!" he snapped, turning his attention to Adira.

"My princess, my beloved princess." he said, tears running down his cheeks.

Damn.

Paul was talking to the doctor.

"The fuck you mean you can't send a doctor!" yelled Paul.

Aliya snatched the phone.

"Listen here and listen good. My niece was shot and-"

There was some loud cusses from the phone.

"Look madam-" she said.

There was some more yelling.

"Listen the fuck up!" she snapped.

We all looked at her.

Aliya never cussed.

Like never.

"Either you come off of your goddamn strike or I'll make you take a strike from life! I don't give a fuck about your constitutional rights, it won't matter anymore if I kill you bitch! My niece was shot, racism has nothing to do with it! Either you come out of your house or I'll drag you out and then I'll shoot you and tell the other doctors not to treat you cause they're on strike."

Mike stared at her stunned.

"Oh, the address? I'll send you the address, just get in your car and- oh you're in it already? Atta boy, wait for my text."

She hung up and typed something in Paul's phone, handing him his phone back.

She smiled.

We all stared at her, shocked.

"Now who's the asshole that shot Adira?" she asked.

Mel kneeled down to Nathan.

"Nathan honey, did anyone say anything to you after Adira was shot?"

Nathan wiped his eyes.

"It was a man. He was using some really bad words and he called Adira some really bad things. He said that Uncle Sam was the reason why his daughter was dead."

Daughter?

No, it couldn't be.

"Did he give his daughter's name?" asked Sam

He nodded.

"Melanie."

Sam and I looked at each other.

"What's her last name?" I asked Nathan.

He shook his head.

"Something starting with H, it's too hard to pronounce."

"Harquez?" I asked.

He nodded, confirming my fear.

It also confirmed Sam's fear.

Lia.

"Is Adira going to die?" asked Nathan, tears running down his cheeks.

"No, she will not," said Sam, reaching for his gun, "but somebody else will."

"I'm coming with you." I said.

"Hold up Aiden what the hell is going on? Who the hell is Melanie?" asked Clarisse.

I turned to her.

"Lia." said Sam and I at the same time.

She got angry.

"That crazy bitch, I thought we were through with people like her." said Shyla.

"Melanie Harquez, I know her father." said Aliya.

We turned to look at her.

"How?" asked Mike.

"He came to James two years ago. Something about his daughter being dead. He was telling James to kill them, the people who caused her death." she said.

"How is that possible? The police shot her." said Paul.

"No he already took care of the officer who shot her. He wanted the people who brought about the situation dead." she said.

Clarisse's eyes widened in fear.

"So he wants all of us dead." she said.

"What does she have to do with you people?"asked Aliya.

"Remember how I lost my memory?" asked Clarisse.

Aliya nodded.

"His psycho daughter shot me. She's the reason why I forgot two year's worth of memories."

My eyes widened in fear as it dawned on me what was happening.

He must have us on a hit list.

-Adira

-Clarisse

-Me

-Sam

-Aaron

-Mike

-Paul

He already shot Adira.

That means...

"Clarisse, he's going to try to kill you." I said.

"I didn't kill his daughter! Her crimes crept up with her!" said Clarisse.

"Doesn't matter. He's after the causes of the situation." said Paul.

"Which means, he's after you too." said Shyla, her eyes brimming with tears.

He wiped away her tears.

"No crying for you love." he said, kissing her on the cheek.

Mel must've realized it too, because she hugged Aaron, crying her eyes out.

Oh God, what is going on?
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The doctor arrived and was treating Adira.

Meanwhile we were all in the living room.

"We have to think like the man." I said.

"I did and you're wrong Aiden. He's not gonna be after Clara next, it's you he's after."

Of course.

It made sense.

I dated his daughter, I dumped her, I got engaged to her and then broke up with her.

I insulted her so many times, it makes sense that he'd want me dead.

But Adira, what did she do to Lia?

"That means Adira's shooting was a foreshadowing." said Mike.

"He's trying to warn us." said Aliya.

The words barely left her mouth when something was thrown into the room.

It was a brick, with paper wrapped on it.

I unwrapped the paper and read it aloud to everyone.

"Aiden Martin, I've been waiting for so long. I want you to suffer the way my Melanie suffered.
Though that won't be enough. My daughter died in front of all of you, it only makes sense that you and your accomplices, the ones who saw her die, die together."

"What the hell?" asked Aliya.

Just then something else rolled into the room.

Paul looked at it and then looked at Shyla.

"Go upstairs with Mel and Nathan to the room Adira's in. Lock it and don't come out."

"But-" she started, but he cut her off by kissing her full on the lips.

"If this is the last time I see you, at least I can die knowing that we have a child. Now go." he said.

Taking Mel and Nathan by the hand, she went upstairs and we heard the sound of locks clicking.

"They're safe there, it's our safe room." said Paul.

"But I don't get it, what is that thing?" asked Clarisse, pointing to the small grenade looking thing.

"James designed that bomb," said Aliya, "It's filled with knockout gas but before that a message will play. It doesn't go off until it has its intended targets, it has a motion sensor."

It rolled towards us and stopped at Sam.

"Pleasure to meet you Sam." it said.

It rolled to Paul, Mike and Aaron, saying the same thing.

It rolled to Aliya.

"I'm disappointed Aliya, dating the enemy."

She scoffed.

It rolled to Clarisse.

"The woman that Aiden left my princess for, I can't wait to see you in person."

Then it rolled to me.

"You'll die a terrible death at my hands Aiden Martin."

With that the bomb went off.

The last thing I saw was my friends and the love of my life collapsing to the floor, before I surrendered to unconsciousness,
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Dang Mr. Harquez.

Anyhoots, the drama sweet.

Ta ta!

-Safiello