"I'll admit it, I did work for him for a while but I swear that was it. I didn't give him any pictures!" Keith babbled, clutching his shot leg, his face scrunched up in pain.

I glance at Luca who was keeping watch a head of us in this alleyway.

"We've got 20 minutes till the police show up." He says, probably called by the civilians who heard the gun shots.

"Even so. You're a traitor. And death has always been the penalty for it." I say smoothly as I load up my gun, causing him to flinch.

"Please." He begs. "You took everything from me. I was desperate, I needed the money and he--"

"He's just making up excuses at this point." Kian rolls his eyes. "Just shoot him."

I give him a look, before glancing back down at the piece shit.

"He offered you some in return for some dirt on me?" I ask, and he remains silent as I tut.

"We made a contract at the very start. You've violated the rules countless times." I bend down, smirking.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Please don't do this." He sobs, fear in his eyes.

There was not even an ounce of sympathy inside me for him.

Cuz I was sure those were the same words and reaction to Layla when he tried to force himself on to her.

"Chances are gone. And times up." I say, emotionlessly as he begins to cry even harder.

"Have fun in hell, Gareth." I say, before pulling the trigger. Putting an end to his cries as his arms fall limp.

"I forgot how cold it is in fucking England." Kian cuts off the silence, as i tuck the gun at the back of my trousers.

"Suck it up and carry the body to the car." I respond. As I causally lift myself up.

"Wait what? Where are you planning to take him?" Kian frowns.

"Back to America. We'll dump his body outside Vinnie's."

Just a little surprise for him to show him what will happen if he messes with me again.

"Bruh."

"Just shut up and carry him." I begin to walk over to Luca. He turns, his eyes landing on Keith's body.

"We better hurry up. The sirens are getting closer."

I nod, pulling out my phone, a dozen missed calls from Mike flashing.

I clear the notifs, and call for our clean up service to get rid of all the evidence.

It was now the next day and Luca was due to come back by tonight. So I was back home with Matt over.

"I really want to watch Mulan. Can we go and watch it, please?" I beg Matt.

"Well, I really want to watch Anabelle coming home." He rolls his eyes, as he continues to text away on his phone.

"Have you watched the fricking trailer?" I exclaim. "I heard someone died from watching it."

"Excuses, excuses." He tuts. "You can watch your lil kiddy movie when your hubby gets back."

We're not even together.

I blush and glare at him. "Shit head." I sneer, and he laughs in response.

"And for the record. Literally everyone watches Disney. Especially the remakes. You're missing out big time." I throw my legs off the bed and he scoffs.

"What's the point in watching it all over again when you know what's going to happen next? Waste of time and money, if you ask me." He rolls onto his side, putting his phone down.

"Guess what? I never asked."

He snorts. "Immature."

"Suck a hippo." I stand up, and head to the door.

"Fine I'll watch bloody Mulan with you." He heaves out a sigh. "Kids these days."

I look at him and see a scowl on his face.

"You can become a psychopath from watching too many horror movies, you know. This boy started killing people cuz--"

"Don't make me change my mind!" He cuts me off, and I roll my eyes.

"Just saying."

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"Loved that, oh my God, it was soo good!" I nudge Matt with a grin, as we walk out the doors.

"It was aight." He says, boredly. "More interested with that chic in front of us."

"Of course you were." I enter the car, sighing.

Oh and did you know Americans actually drive from the right side instead of the left?

Crazy!

Soon Matt starts the engine and drives off.

After a while, I glance at him, and see his eyes down on his phone, glancing at the road every now and then.

"Matt, what do you want to be?" I ask him, curiously. Wondering what he wanted to do with his future. And what I wanted as well.

He hums in thought, and remains silent for a couple of minutes. "I want to be Thanos."

"Ha ha, very funny." I roll my eyes and he frowns and I sigh deeply.

"I mean job wise, Matt. Job wise."

"Oh! Why didn't you say?" He says, making a right turn, as he rubs his chin in thought.

"I'm up for a simple life. Maybe work in Walmart or Target or some shit. Then maybe take over my dads shop."

"Thought you'd become a stripper, knowing you." I smirk.

"Ha-ha. That's hilarious, smurfette." He scoffs, and I laugh in response.

"So what are you going to be then, huh?"

"Hmm." I begin to think about it.

"Simple life too, if I'm being honest. I'm not that smart to do anything complex." I laugh. "Maybe a teachers assistant? Not really sure."

"What, here or..." he trails off. "Back in England?"

"Back in England." I nod and he frowns.

"Oh, c'mon. I have to go back eventually." I roll my eyes.

"Not too soon, so don't worry. Maybe in a couple of years."

He parks the car. And we both get out.

"Good. I don't know what I'd do without my midget." He ruffles my hair, messing it up.

"Bitch." I smack his arm, as I push my hair back.

"Oh! I forgot to tell you!" I then exclaim, remembering something.

"I got an American visa!" I say.

"Dude, no way! Since when?"

"It turns out I've had one all this time. Apparently dad made one for me too when all of them first moved here." I explain, as we head into my house.

Which is quite strange when I think about it..

"So you're not an illegal, after all." He chuckles, and I roll my eyes.

"Yeah yeah. Anyway, Luca only just told me last week so I'm still recovering from the shock of it."

Now that I think about my family. I actually haven't seen them since the whole who's-my-real-mother-and what-actually-happened-to-grandma revelation.

Anyway, having the visa and the american passport, it does mean I can stay here forever.

But of course I'm not going to do that.

I mean I love it here and all, but England is my home.

Plus my friends.. I miss them, and I need to figure out what's happening.

I still hope they can forgive and haven't forgotten me after all the years..

I run my hands through my hair, and sigh. Throwing myself onto the sofa.

"You okay, bub?" Matt takes the seat next to me.

Bub?

"I'm fine." I respond, flicking the dirt out from inbetween my finger nails as my thoughts begin to wander away again.

"Stop overthing." He cuts my thoughts. "I swear, your moods switch faster than I can blink." He shakes his head.

We then hear the screech of the tyres outside.

"Aye. Luca's back." He jumps onto his feet heading to the door.

I follow him, opening the door, and Luca greets us with a tired smile.

I look behind him and just about see Killian's black car zooming away.

I couldn't really see who was inside because the windows were tinted almost black much to my disappointment.

Luca enters the house, and I close the door shut, trying not to think about the whole killing Gareth ordeal.

Meanwhile, Matt was completely oblivious to that. As he begins to chat away with Luca.

"So is the New years party planned or do you need help inviting people?"

Of course that's all he ever thinks about.

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The next day I finally decided to clean up my overly messy room.

I shove all my clothes into my wardrobe, vacuum the floor, and throw away the unwanted things into the bin.

After an hour of cleaning, I hear Luca call me down for lunch.

"One sec!" I glance under my bed and find a couple of boxes that are covered in dust.

What's this?

I pull the two boxes out, blowing away the dust as I open each one.

As I glance in, my heart almost stops as my eyes widen.

I completely forgot about this!

One box contained my birth mothers belongings and the other contained my grandmothers.

The memory floods in, the time when dad gave them to me and I was too depressed to even open them. Leaving them under my bed for all these years.

I bite my lip, as a hollow feeling settles into my chest.

Should I look through them, or are they only just going to make me feel the pain I felt all over again?

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I'll try to update soon depending on how lengthy I want it to be. Thanks for reading and for the patience!🖤