Chapter 44

"Finally" I sigh out as I enter Aurelia and I's hotel room We are finally in Toronto, Canada! After falling asleep on the plane, because I did not want to be awake and sexually frustrated, I woke up a few hours later to Bailey texting me that I owe her five bucks. That girl has to have supersonic hearing in order to hear us through a goddamn wooden door on an already noisy airplane. The flight attendants did not even hear us! When we had our layover I payed her and Faith the five dollars only to receive a shocked look from Faith that I already lost. It is not my fault that my hormones have been out of wack the past two days. I swear that Aurelia and I have gone ten rounds before even getting on the plane! I have no clue if this is a sign for something or what. "Get up, princess," Aurelia says as she places our bags on the extra bed, walking over to me and gently slapping my ass I squeak, sitting up so that I can face the smirking black haired girl. She is in a way better mood after we 'talked' things out. "I'm going downstairs to get some food, do you want anything?" She questions I shake my head, flopping back on the bed so that I am looking up at the hotel ceiling. Fuck. I am so freaking exhausted. "How about you take a nap and I'll bring you some food. Is there anything specific that you want?" She questions, trying not to laugh at my overdramatic nature I groan, curling myself up in a ball since I am too lazy to wrap the blanket around my body. "Anything that isn't healthy" I vaguely reply That actually gives her a wide variety to choose from. "Okay, I'll be back soon" she replies She walks up to me and places a kiss on my head before exiting the hotel room and allowing sleep to immediately overcome my body. - I slowly part my eyes open only to notice that the sun is going down. Okay. I think it is safe to say that I have been asleep for awhile. A few hours at least. I roll off of the bed and stretch my back, arms and legs. I take a minute to glance around the room only to furrow my brows. Aurelia has not came back yet. The hotel room looks the exact same as when she left. I hear a knock on the door further adding onto my confusion. I stand up from the hotel bed and make my way towards the heavy door, grabbing my keycard in the process. I look through the peephole and release a breath of relief. I swing open the giant door only to meet Faith's worried facial expression. "Your mother is looking for Aurelia, have you seen her?" She asks I shake my head. So she is missing. We literally just arrived in Canada and I already lost my girlfriend. "I'm going to try and go find her, want to come with?" I question as I close the door behind me She shakes her head but wishes me luck before retreating towards her open hotel room. I guess she did not feel like grabbing her keycard. Or she already lost it. I make my way towards the elevator, releasing my hair from its bun because it is practically a knot with a hair tie tied around it at this point. As I arrive in front of the metal doors I go to press the down button only for the metal conveyor belt to open. "Hanna?" Someone asks as I step into the death trap I look in the direction that the voice came from only for my eyes widen in shock. What the- "Chadley? I thought you were somewhere way warmer?" I say, not really remembering where he was supposed to be vacationing He nervously laughs at this while I press the button labeled 'one'. "My mom is still in Hawaii but I wanted a change of scenery," he says with a shrug as he leans back against the elevator So, he is basically saying that he left his mom in a whole other country because he 'needed a change of scenery'? Is he traveling alone? "What about you?" He questions sensing my confusion I shake my head since it is beginning to hurt from all of the questions that I have. "I honestly have no idea why we are here, but I'm not complaining" I say with a smile It is silent for a few seconds before he speaks again. "I miss you, Wilder" he tells me with a genuine tone of voice I sigh. I was hoping he would not say that. "I have a girlfriend, Chadley, you know this" I tell him Ugh. Can this elevator not go any faster?! "Oh yeah, where is she?" He questions but it doesn't sound genuine I roll my eyes. "I don't know" I reply just as the elevator doors open Finally! I briskly walk out of the elevator, not giving him any time to respond, and head towards the buffet area which ends up being closed. I look at the sign. They close at eight and it is currently eight twenty-five. "Where is she?" I whisper to myself I look at my surroundings and notice that the front desk is empty too. What the hell? "Shut up" I hear someone whisper yell from a cracked open door Me, being the dumb bitch that I am, made my way towards the door. I mean it is not like anyone is going to stop me. "I'd be quiet if I were you, Kingsbury, wouldn't want Hanna to catch you" a familiar voice says with a taunting tone Who- Huh? I try to slow my erratic breathing as I kneel against the wall and peek through the crack in the door. "My girlfriend is asleep thank you very much" Aurelia replies sarcastically with an eye roll Holy fucking shit! It is Aurelia, but she is not alone. "How is my 'babe' anyways?" The snake questions with a raised brow Ava?! What the hell are they doing together? "She doesn't even like you" Aurelia states harshly "Not yet, but when you inevitably lose her trust she'll crawl back to her real friend, me" Ava says pointing between the both of them I internally roll my eyes. She is so fucking full of herself. "You? The girl who slept with her ex boyfriend?" Aurelia questions with a laugh This obviously annoys Ava judging by the way that she slams her fist on the wooden desk in the corner of the office. "I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you," Ava begins "Just wait until she finds out that you're working for her mother, you know, the gang leader" Ava replies with an evil smirk I feel my heart stop. No- She is kidding. There is no way that my mother is a gang leader and my girlfriend works for her. Those type of things are not real. Those things only happen in books and, or weird movies. "One, She's retiring, and two, Hanna's not going to find out" Aurelia replies as if this is a normal conversation She didn't deny it. Why did she not deny it?! There cannot seriously be such things as 'gangs'. "I wouldn't be so sure about that" Ava says picking up her cellphone I block out the rest of their conversation as I stand up to my full height and try to wrap my mind around what I just witnessed. Apparently 'gangs' are real. My mother is the leader of one and planning on retiring. My girlfriend is involved with the 'gang'. I bring a trembling hand up to comb back my long, messy blonde hair. "Hanna?" Aurelia asks with obvious confusion in her tone of voice I look up to meet her guilty facial expression. She lied to me. They all lied to me. "Hanna, wait" Aurelia says as I start to back away from her I shake my head. This cannot be real. This is all just a very bad dream. "You lied to me" I say but it comes out brokenly Ava chooses this moment to come out of the office with a smile on her smug face. "Well isn't this a wonderful story to tell the grandkids?" She says Ugh. "Hanna, I never lied to you, I just never mentioned it" Aurelia tells me, ignoring the smug girl behind her I begin to think back to everything I ever experienced with her. Oh my goodness. I gave her my fucking virginity! "When you got a message from an unknown number, who was it?" I ask her, barely preparing myself for the answer "Oh, that was me," Ava interrupts "I texted her from a burner phone" she says excitedly You have got to be fucking kidding me. I turn around to surprisingly face, not only my parents, but Chadley too. "Is it true?" I ask my mother, maintaining eye contact with her My mom steps in with a worried facial expression. "Is what true, Hanna?" She asks "Are you guys apart of a gang?" I question slowly, not wanting to repeat myself Her facial expression changes from a confused one to a guilty one in the blink of an eye. That tells me all that I need to know. "Unbelievable" I whisper out as I walk past them Chadley tries to stop me by grabbing my wrist but I quickly move it out of the way as I climb up the stairs, not wanting to wait for the elevator. This whole time everyone around me were involved with the same fucking organization and never told me! How the hell does that happen?! - "Are you guys hiding anything from me? A gang, a secret organization, etcetera?" I ask as Bailey answers the door She furrows her brows at me. "Uh- you do know that gangs aren't real, right?" The brunette says matter of factly I blow out a breath of air, trying not to cry. "Can you please just answer my question?" I ask her as I pray with my every being that she is normal and boring like me I cannot handle anymore surprises tonight. "No, I'm pretty normal" Bailey answers with a skeptical tone of voice I look over to Faith who is scrolling through her phone in their hotel bed. "Same" she replies I release a breath of relief and silently thank all the heavens above. "Hanna, what's wrong?" She asks with a serious tone of voice I am about to tell her only to be interrupted by one of the last people that I want to see right now. "Hanna, I'm here if you need me" Chadley yells from the elevator I step into Bailey and Faith's hotel room before slamming, and locking, the door behind me. "I'm sorry, it's just that I went to find Aurelia but Chadley showed up out of nowhere then I found Aurelia and Ava talking in an empty office," I rant out making her eyes widen "Me being me, I spied on them and found out that Aurelia is apart of this secret organization, which my own mother is the leader of," I continue to rant only making her eyes widen more "Aurelia found me spying on her, I questioned her, my parents and Chadley showed up, I questioned them and ran up the stairs, now here I am" I finish finally catching my breath I am shocked when Bailey decides to just silently give me a hug. I instantly relax in her hold as I wrap my arms around her midsection. "You can stay in our room tonight, there's an extra bed" she informs me I look over to Faith who is now joining in on the hug. "I'll get your bag from your room tomorrow" she tells me before laying her cheek on my shoulder I bite my lip as I feel the salty tears begin to fall down my face and land on my best friends' shoulder. Everything was going so well. How did it all crumble so quickly? - Aurelia's POV Fuck. This is what I was trying to avoid. "We can talk about that anonymous threat in the morning" Hanna's mother tells me I nod as they turn around and exit the lobby, taking the elevator. Once they are gone Chadley quickly wipes his doe eyed facial expression off his face and replaces it with a smirk. "I always knew you weren't good for her," he states I roll my eyes at him. "Now, I can finally win her back again" he says Ugh. He gives the term 'idiot' a whole new meaning. "Dude, she doesn't like dick. Why do you think she never voluntarily slept with you?" I state bluntly "This is what we would call 'a win for the girls'" Ava says from the office door frame What is she still doing here? Literally no one wants her here! He looks like his ego was bruised a little but quickly covers it up. "I understand that you're still relatively new here so I'll dumb it down for you," He begins Does he really want me to roundhouse kick him in the balls right now? "Hanna is more naive than usual whenever she is vulnerable," he begins making me grit my teeth "You and her parents just broke her tiny, fragile heart meaning that she is extremely vulnerable right now," he continues "I can easily just comfort her and 'be there' for her again and she'll come running back to me, she always has and always will" he finishes I smirk walking a few steps towards him before grabbing his belt loops and kneeing him in the genitals. Three times to be exact. "That was the old Hanna, clearly you haven't met the new one" I say I give his helpless body one last kick before making my way up the stairs. I am not getting in the elevator with those two because I will not be responsible if one, or both, of them come up missing. I hope that I can make this up to Hanna. She truly is everything I could have wished for. Everyone else either 'admires' me from afar and never talks to me. Or they are too scared to even look at me. But how are you supposed to tell your, now probably ex, girlfriend how you ended up in a gang working for her mother?