Chapter 8

AL's POV

He messaged me.

J.

"You've messed up big this time, you will lose Ivy"

Oh yeah. Of course, she is the target.

I didn't flinch or fear because I knew she will be fine. I went to her house, although.

Police.

Sure enough, they tried.

I went inside.

No... This... Th-this... It's... Not true, right..?

"Surprised much!?" J said. I looked at him.

Her dad was tied to the ropes, unconscious and his mouth was also covered with a cloth. Ivy was in one of the man’s arms and her mouth was shut by the hand and also a gun was pointed by another man. Police nowhere to be seen.

“J..” I said.

“Now lose her!!” he yelled.

I looked into Ivy’s eyes. She was trying to say something like ‘everything is fine’.

“Sure, but can you let me.. uh.. kiss her one last time?” I asked.

He smiled, evilly, of course.

“oooh, love birds?? Sure!” he said and freed her from the grip but of course, three guns were pointed at us.

I hugged her as she came to me. I saw the necklace she was wearing from her back-neck. It wasn’t the one I gave. It was a copy. The one I gave had the name ‘IVY’ encrypted on it’s back. But it was slightly different. Oh, now I understand.

I didn’t kiss her of course and got away.

“Don’t want to kiss your girl?” J said.

“No... Not really. Because we need some privacy, don’t we? But you aren’t really giving it” I said.

“Damn it, you aren’t going to get it either”

“I’m fine with it!”

“So, you wanna save her?”

“Yes, I do, what do you want?”

“We want you dead,” they said.

“Sure! But that’s unequal, I mean I didn’t kill anyone, so why should I be killed? I mean, some sort of-”

“You sure killed many people!” they said.

It took me a while to understand what is happening, but now I do.

“I surrender,” I said to the police that just came from the first floor.

“Show your face!” they said.

“Well, that, uh... I would most likely do that at the police station?”

“That’s more like it,” they said and handcuffed me. The DCF already ran away when the police came down. Well, how coward they are, right? At-least have a good image in front of the police!

They started taking me to the police station I guess, they were taking me to the police car, when I opened the handcuff, I learned that years ago, and started to beat some of them. Although it was a bit difficult, I’m a pro at it.

I ran to some roof far away, when they were out of sight.

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After about half an hour I came to Ivy’s house. I can’t take the risk of police thinking that Ivy is with me, or something like that.

I entered her house through the balcony that was closed, but I knocked on it and she opened it.

She hugged me as soon as I entered.

“I’m glad that you’re fine, AL,” she said.

“I’m more than glad that you’re ok, Ivy” I replied.

Just then I heard footsteps and the door flew open. It was her dad, and I’m really dead.

“Ivy, your dad…” I tried to tell her because she wasn’t facing him, but she kissed me. I kissed her back, I don’t want her to be disappointed.

She got away and I told her, “Well, your dad really hates me,” I said. She turned around, to meet with the burning gaze of her dad.

“D-Dad! I.. I.. uh.. this.. he..”

“I’ll see that,” he said calmly, totally opposite to his facial expressions. “Who the hell are you!!” he yelled at me.

“Sir... I.. uhh…”

“Oh great. The most wanted criminal AL is scared of someone who is unarmed” Ivy whispered in my ears.

“Keep quiet princess,” I said without letting any emotions come to my face, although my face was not visible to them!

“I.. I.. my name is AL,” I said. Don’t wanna lie to my future father-in-law!

Okay, that's so much cheesy. 

“AL? What’s that name!?”

“uh..”

“Wait. That criminal?? AL???” he asked.

“Dad! He’s not a criminal! He saved us today, without him the police wouldn’t have been here!” Ivy yelled.

“We’ll talk to you later!!” her dad said and Ivy said to just give her a minute and then her dad went downstairs.

“huh. That was…” she said.

“It’s fine,” I said.

“Really! You’re not a criminal!”

“For you”

“Jeez, leave it, you wouldn’t understand,” she said.

“Listen, Ivy”

“Hm?”

“She was an actress, right?”

“Who?”

“You don’t know?” I asked.

“Nope”

“There was a paid actress who was masked like you and was made to pretend as if she was you. But you know what, they are totally stupid. Because I feel you from my heart, and heart can’t be fooled like that!” I said.

“You speak really good lines”

“Thanks.. and your duplicate dad was also present,” I said. She smiled.

“But the best thing is that you are smarter than anyone,” she said.

“Because I need to protect you” I completed.

“AL. I don’t like people calling you a criminal. You’re not a criminal” she said concerned. 

“But I am, for the world, and that fact can never change,” I said.

“It can, if you and I... If we are together.. let’s work together to clear your name”

“That’s-”

“Please AL. Promise me we will clear your name and we will do this together”

“Okay, Ivy, we will,” I said and we both smiled.

I know from today, everything will change.