50. Death-2

"I was getting to it, " Jay snaps. "Anyway, I made my escape yesterday. I could have easily left, but I waited because I knew Luca would come running once he knew I escaped. And Luca's like you, young, dumb, and irrational. I knew he'd run back without his men, and I'd get to kill him." Jay had a determined look on his face. He really meant death. Realization dawns on me. I remember Luca's words. "You're wrong, " I shake my head. "Luca's up there with other men." "I left Jelly and Shark alive to send a message to him." No, that's not it. I shake my head. "Russo's coming, " My head snaps to Jay. "That's not possible. Russo has important work to do in Italy, " Jay frowns. He walks hastily from me and grabs an Ipad from the bed. I follow him, peeping over his shoulder. "Oh shit, " I exclaim when I sight the screen. "You hacked the security cameras?" "Yes, I'm a genius. I know, " He smirks and closes the app. He opens a tracking application and works his way around. He then turns the screen, propping it in my face. "See, Russo's in Italy." "But that's not possible, " I shake my head, replaying Luca's exact words. "He said, Tiger's on his way here." Jay freezes. Almost like a movie, I could see the blood draining from his face as he got paler and paler by the minute. "Tiger?" Jay asks with a raise of his brows. "Did I stutter?" "Fuck, " Jay curses, throwing the iPad on the bed. The device bounces on the bed, makes contact with the bed stand, leading to a loud bang. "Dude, are you trying to draw attention to us, " I whisper, but Jay didn't seem to care. "Fuck. Fuck, " He prances around the room, taking deep breaths and running his hands through his hair. "Fuck." "Calm down. We can take them before Tiger gets here, " I rush to Jay, placing my hands on his shoulders. He shrugs me off violently. "You need to get out of here now!" "You're insane. I'm not going anywhere without you." Jay grabs me by the throat, bangs my head on the wall, tightening his grip on my throat. "You will listen to me." Filling the air drain from my lungs, I panic. I've had enough. I use the sole of my boots to kick Jay in the groin. It works, and he releases his grasp on my neck a little. My elbow rises to shove him in the face, and I follow by punching him with my fist, all in the flash of a blink. I pin him to the ground, stepping on his neck with my shoes. "No. You will listen to me." Never once in my life had I ever stepped up to Jay. This would be the first. Jay taps the ground. I release my pressure on his neck as he pushes my foot away. "Never try that again, " he growls in my face as soon as he's up. I raise my head, mirroring his stance. "Same to you." We glare at each other for what seems to be a while, waiting for the other to cower in fear. Jay gives up, turning his head to spit on the ground. A tooth comes out of his mouth mixed with his blood-stained saliva. "I totally would have taken you down if I wasn't injured," Jay snarls. But, I could see the glint of pride hidden behind the snarl. "Did you expect to take Luca, Jelly, and Shark with that body?" Jay shakes his head. "I've got this bad boy over here, " he taps his gun. "No one uses it better than I do." "Well, there's a kill on sight order for you," I repeat what I heard earlier. "All the more reason for you to leave, " Jay replies, working on his pad. "I can't go anywhere. There's also a lockdown order, " I huff. Jay's head snaps. "Stone! You've got to give the important information first!" Jay jolts upright, grabs the iPad, balances it on his knees, and snaps it in half. "If worse comes to worst, you give this to my cousin, Kayden. It will get Russo off your back, " Jay hands me a USB. I shake my head. I knew what he was trying to do. "No. You keep it. We are getting out of here together." Jay smiles and ruffles my hair. "You're a good kid, Stone. You've got good friends. You've got a family. The girl you love is still alive. You've got it all. So many things you can't afford to lose." "And you're one of them. I can't afford to lose you, " I fight my rising panic. "Look kid, I've lived enough-" I close my eyes and raise my head upwards. "I'm not looking at anything, and I've heard enough." At that moment, Jay's hands cover my nose and shove an item down my throat. He blocks my mode of breathing, leaving me no choice but to swallow the USB. "You fucking cunt, " I push him away from me, knocking him to the ground. "You remind me a lot of myself, " Jay chuckle, dusting himself up. "I don't want to hear it, " I spit. "If I had what you have now, I wouldn't have been as reckless as I was. As reckless as you're trying to be." "Oh, boo-boo, " I snap. "So you've had a hard life. Tough shit. Everyone's got bullshit. I'm not going to live your life for you. You have to live it for yourself. Do the things you always fucking wanted to do! I'm not your second chance at life!" Jay nods his head, his eyes trained on his gun. "Remember when I said you have things you can't afford to lose. You have more than one. I have only one." "Yes. That's what I'm saying. That's why we need to make it out together. Stay alive and fight for that thing." "That's what I'm trying to do, " Jay says, his hands on the doorknob, waiting for the right moment to leave. I walk to stand behind him, confused as to why he broke his pad. Now, we have no way of tracking the location of Luca and the gang. He nods without looking at me and opens the door. Immediately the door opens, a deafening silence fills my eardrum- a reaction to the gunshot sound that just went off. Tiny splatters of blood spill on my face from the impact. The room slowly disappears as black dots fill my sight. Eyes wide open, a hole in the head, Jay drops to the ground with a thud. My body goes numb with shock, yet it felt like a thousand tiny needles pricked into my skin. Once Jay drops, my eyes set on the shooter. My dad.