Chapter 42

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Dorian's POV

"She can't know the truth. Not now, not ever"

"Are you serious?" I heard another voice ask followed by a scoff. " How long do you think it'll take her to figure out the truth about him? About us?"

"She's smart. She'll find out eventually" another voice said. "We have to tell her ourselves. Rather than have her find it out some other way"

It didn't take a genius to figure out that the guys were talking about me. They were obviously debating whether or not they should tell me something.

It made me fidgety and nervous as I thought about what they could be keeping from me.

The worst thought ran through my head. Could they be working for my father?

As soon as the thought appeared, I dismissed it. They couldn't be. Why would they go through so much trouble to protect me if they were just going to hand me over to my father in the end.

They want your trust Dori. It would be a much easier process to turn you over if they gained their trust...

But my father threatened to kill them... Why would he threaten to kill his own workers.

Maybe it's just an act. An act to fool you and get you to fall for their trap.

Beads of sweat ran down my forehead at the possibility of it being true. It couldn't be. They couldn't betray me like that.

People aren't always what they seem Dori. You should know that.

Shut up stupid brain!

The anxiety was eating away at my insides. I started to feel a bit nauseous. I had to know what they were keeping from me.

So with trembling hands and shaky knees, I stepped forward, making myself visible to them.

"And what exactly will she find out?"

The boys all turned and looked at me, shock written all over their faces.

"D-dori" Ryder breathed as if he was trying to process that fact that I was standing right in front of him. "H-how much did you hear?" He asked as the realization dawned on him that I had been eavsdropping on their conversation.

"E-enough to know that you guys are k-keeping something from me"

The boys looked at each other and then with one swift not from Ryder, they began removing their shirts.

My hands shot up to cover my eyes instinctively.

What the hell were they doing?

I heard a chuckle before I heard Micah say "You can look at us you know. It's not like your eye balls are gonna fall out"

"Yeah, you might just disintegrate into dust by our beauty though" That was Kruz.

I chuckled at his confident humor and removed my hands from my face, slowly.

The sight that I was met with was shocking...
Kruz was right. I probably would've disintegrated into dust by their beauty.

In front of me stood four very muscular, toned boys with 6 and 8 pack abs.

But that wasn't what caught my attention. What caught my attention was the big black falcon tattoo that rested on their chests.

My mouth widened in shock. I didn't know that they had tattoos. But why did they all have the same one?

I'm guessing Dennis saw the puzzled look on my face as he felt the need to explain what I was seeing.

"You might want to take a seat for this" he gestured towards the couch. I walked gingerly towards it and sat down, still keeping my eyes trained on the four boys.

Dennis sighed, we if preparing himself for what he would say next. "Dori, we haven't been completely honest with you"

"Don't you think she already knows that?"

"Just get to the point"

"Wow, you don't say"

All three boys spoke in unison in response to Dennis' statement, the last comment obviously being sarcasm.

Dennis rolled his eyes and continued speaking. "We're apart of a gang called the Black Falcons an he" he jabbed a thumb in Ryder's direction,"is the leader"

I gaped at them. I heard of the Black Falcons before. They were considered the largest, richest and baddest gang in the country. It was said that their leader was ruthless and cruel and would stop at nothing until he gets what he wants.

I looked over at Ryder who's head was bowed. He wouldn't even look at me.

He couldn't be their leader. He was the sweetest man I had ever met. He was amazing, kind, funny and caring. The man I had fallen in love with.

I shook my head, trying to convince myself that it wasn't true. But it all made sense now.

All the secret head nods, the mysterious disappearances, the constant phone calls to Ryder, the writing on the wall in my room back home...

"You have no idea what my father is capable of" I said.

"You have no idea what we were capable of either"

Everything made sense now.

I looked up at them, tears welling up into my eyes.

"Y-you lied to me" I spoke in a trembling voice. I was involved with a gang. I hated gangs. My father was apart of one and because of that, I hated everything that had to do with gang activity.

"W-we didn't lie," Kruz tried to defend. "We just...didn't tell you the whole truth" he said with a frown.

I looked at him in disbelief. "How dare you keep such a big secret from me?!" I practically yelled. I knew that getting angry wasn't good for me. The doctor said that when I was angry, I took in short, sharp breaths with not a lot of oxygen, which wouldn't be good for my oxygen deprived brain but at that point, I didn't care.

"And you!" I pointed to Ryder who looked up at me, fear, sadness and shame swimming in his eyes. "You're the leader?! Y-you fooled me and deceived me. You made me believe a lie! You made me fall for you" I said, my voice cracking at the end.

I stood there, waiting for him to say something. Anything. But he didn't. I practically told him that I was in love with him and all I got was a fearful and shameful stare and a closed mouth.

I scoffed and shook my head as fat tears rolled down my cheeks.

What were you expecting Dori? For him to say 'I love you' back?
Pathetic.

I turned around to walk away but was stopped by Kruz's voice.

"Would this be a bad time to tell you that we've found your father?" He asked cautiously, fearing he would anger me more. And it worked.

I turned around so fast on my heels, I was surprised that I hadn't lost my balance.

"What?!" I screeched. My volcano of anger that had been bubbling before had exploded now.

"Dori, calm down. This isn't good for you. You need to take some deep breaths" Micah said in a soft voice.

"D-don't t-tell me what to do" I yelled angrily at him. My head started to pound. I wasn't taking enough breaths and I was stuttering more. I could already feel my brain forgetting simple words and my body growing weak.

But all of that didn't faze me. I was angry. I was careless when I was angry. That was one particular trait that I got from my father, except he handled it differently than I did. He went out and got drunk while I would just run away for a while to clear my head and try to relax.

I turned back to the boys. "H-how did you..." What's the word?

Ryder picked up on what I was trying to say and answered. " I did it " he spoke for the first time. My head snapped over to him, giving him my full attention. "I had ordered some of the guys from the gang to conduct a search for him and they texted me earlier saying that they found his gang house."

" So after I specifically told you guys to stay out of the problem between my father and I, you deliberately went behind my back and did the complete opposite!"

"Dori-" Ryder spoke softly trying to reach out to me with pleading eyes . I pulled away, feeling betrayed.

"D-don't t-touch me" I said shaking my head as more tears began to fall. "I can't believe this. I can't believe you would do this"

"I'm sorry"

"No you're not! You're not sorry you did it, if anything, you were more than happy to." He didn't answer, only looked at the ground in Shame. "J-just stay out of it. Stay out of m-my life"

That was the last thing I said before I turned and went out the door, slamming it in the process.

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