LUCAS

chapter ten:family isn't always blood

"the Mexican shack?, well that’s a weird name" Lucas questions getting out of the car and so do I, locking the car and walking to the entrance of the restaurant, inside it was dimly lit and the only lights that were on are red, green, blue or yellow with the inviting smell of Mexican food. we sit down at the booth at the back near the window overlooking a mountain with a lake. the old lady at the counter approaches us with a small notebook "hey Grace how are you doing?" I ask and her face lit up when she recognized me "Olivia honey its great to see you, I’m doing just fine thank you honey, now what would you like?" her voice soft and sweet like she’s talking to her own children, she looks over at Lucas giving him a warm smile then she looks at me smirks and winks , she probably thinks we are dating I quickly rush that thought out of my mind "one bucket of bacon, a plate of nachos with cheese and two Havana tacos please" she writes it down and walks away, I look back at Lucas to find him already staring at me. I blush "you said you wanted a bucket of bacon and here they give exactly that" I exclaim trying not to look him in those gorgeous grey eyes "you’re so cute spider monkey" he smiles and blush even more remembering how I got that nickname "but seriously do they serve a whole bucket" his features turned serous I couldn’t help but laugh. when I finally finish laughing our food arrived delivered by the chef himself "one bucket of bacon, nachos with cheese and guacamole, two Havana tacos and two strawberry milkshakes compliments of the chef" Carlos placed the food down on our table "thanks Carlos tell grace ill come visit soon" I notice Carlos staring between me and Lucas trying to understand what’s going on he gives me a warm smile, when Lucas stops drooling over the food he notices Carlos.

Lucas stands up pulling Carlos in for a man hug "Carlos you sly dog what are you doing here man" Carlos jus shakes his head " I work here helping the family business" he answers "now I know the food is going to be good" Lucas answers truthfully I take this as my chance and snatched the bucket of bacon sliding it to me, biting a piece of bacon. Carlos looks at me laughing "me gusta estee" (I like this one) is all he said and walked away, Lucas sat down looking at where his bacon stood before he talked to Carlos. it took him a minute to realize the bucket wasn’t going to reappear and he looks up at me with a frown on his face until he noticed the bacon in front of me and then he glared his cute glare at me again, he looks like a child who’s candy just got stolen, I giggle talking another piece of bacon and pushed the bucket towards him. with a smile he stuffed his face with bacon as I ate some of the nachos watching Lucas devour all the bacon.

"i know what needs to be done" Lucas says in a serious tone halve way into his taco I raise a questioning eyebrow at him as I sip on my milkshake "we need to rob a bank like on those Fast & the Furious movies, you can be our getaway driver then we move to a nice place and get a nice house then we hire Carlos to be our chef or there’s option two which is much simpler, we just kidnap Carlos and make him our chef" I burst out laughing at him but stop when I didn’t see him laughing "oh wait you’re serious aren’t you?" I say wide eyed "i cant go a week ever again if I don’t eat his food at least once a week" he admits with a smile spread across his face "yeahs maybe in another life" I breath out, a moment of silence engulfs us he clears his throat "why does he work here? doesn’t he work at the diner?" Lucas asks placing his empty glass down I look at the staff in the restaurant and start explaining.

"this is his family’s restaurant and you see grace over there that’s his mother. all of the restaurant are either Mexican or part of their family, Carlos started working here right after his wife died of cancer nine years ago. he decided family is everything so he took his two children and brought them to his family to spend more time with them he wanted his children to know their family so this is where they spent most of their time. when his children grew up and it was time for them to stand on their own feet they left for college and now at his age of 45 he works here and at the diner waiting for his kids to graduate, only going home to sleep not wanting to be alone at home without his wife or children" I elaborate on why Carlos works two jobs Lucas nods, his eyes wander through restaurant noticing the resemblance in everyone.

"okay spider monkey lets go home" he says we paid and went home. when we got back to the tree house I fell down on the couch and was soon joined by Lucas. I slip off my shoes letting them fall to the ground feeling the pressure on my feet fade "thanks for tonight its been relaxing after finals, but thankfully its over and now its the wait to hear my results. so now that I don’t have to go to school for a long time do you want to stay here for a while or go back tot he house?" I ask snuggling into his side his fingers comb lightly through my hair, after a while my eyes start to get droopy. Lucas stood up picking up my heels dangling them on his finger by the straps, he bends down next to me softly pulling me in his arms picking me up bridal style carrying me to bed, gently placing me on my feet at the foot of the bed I watch him throw my shoes in the closet. I peel off my dress left only in my underwear crawling into bed waiting and watching Lucas, I watch his every move as he lifts his shirt over his head and let it fall to the floor showing his perfectly sculpted ripped body I bite my lip stopping me from drooling, he pulls down his pants revealing a small part of a tattoo I curse myself for not inspecting his body in the shower. I know I should have I mean he saw everything of me but to be honest I was a little distracted "like what you see" he grins grawling over to me his body hovering over mine our faces inches apart "i was simply admiring your features" I protest "you’re so cute" he kisses the tip of my nose I blush staring at his grey orbs he cups my cheek in his hand running his thumb softly over my cheek still sending sparks flying wherever he touches me, my heart thudding in my chest he leans down connecting our lips the kiss was soft and slow unlike the others that were raw, hungry and lust filled. he pulls away from the kiss dialling down next to me pulling me closer I rest my head on his chest tangling our legs together and listen to his heart beat lulling me to sleep.

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my phone ringing wakes me up its still dark out. I untangle myself from Olivia and answer my phone walking out onto the balcony to not to wake her up.

"Lucas where are you?" a cold voice spoke from the other side knowing its my boss he’s such a douche bag "you told me I could have some time off" I reply just as cold but its always been like this with him "are you checking up on the subject like I asked" my jaw clenches can he stop calling the person a subject like some lab rat "yes sir but what is your interest in the person?" I ask coldly "that’s for me to know, don’t pry into my business. you have to bring in the subject in a few days, you wont know when. I’ll send the boys to get you and the subject unfortunately we cant track you wherever you are now, something is blocking us. ill keep in touch" he ends the call. who the f**k does he think he is talking about someone like they are nothing but a lab rat I f*****g hate him. anger boiling inside me I look at the time it’s 2 am I grab my keys storming outside and drove off to the boxing rink.

fuming I keep punching the bag blow after blow feeling my anger dying. I never liked my boss he sometimes gave us jobs we didn’t want to do and sometimes they don’t even make sense but the job I’m doing now is just ridiculous.

I punch the bag feeling blood run over my nuckles but I keep punching. the boys and I have thought about killing him ever since we saw him kill that little girl, the fear in her eyes flashed through my mind, the memory still fresh in my mind like it was yesterday...

(flash back)

"where’s rose?" asked little Layla holding a teddy bear she’s about twelve years old "she’s gone but she'll be back now close your eyes and turn around sweetie" he told her and she did as told but why wouldn’t she its her uncle, she was facing me looking at me with those ocean blue eyes. he pulled out a silver pistol and shot her three times, her scream filled the room "sweep the rest of the house and find him" he ordered and walked away I threw my gun down and ran to the little red haired girl moving her onto her back holding her as I try and cover her wounds keeping pressure on them to keep her from bleeding out "hi luca" she smiled weakly he skin turning pale "ple...please find Rosie, and aunty Martha she has Edward" the spark that was once in her eyes is gone, tears welled up in my eyes. why little Layla of all people, she never did anything wrong "give this to ro..Rosie" she tried taking off the bracelet from her arm blood pooling out of her mouth "she’s not gonna make it" zack says his eyes red from holding back his tears "Layla I don’t know who Rosie is" I say her eyes getting droopy all of our men are kneeling next to her "ple..please luca" she breathes, her eyes closing her grip on my hand fading as she breathes her last breath I take the bracelet and kept it in my pocket "we have to go Lucas" zack said as I cradled the small girl. Daniel picks up her teddy bear looking at it then at the men "I’m going to kill him" he admits sadness in his eyes as he stares at little Layla "no, I wont lose someone else you guys are my family and we stick together but from now on we keep an eye on his every move" I say to my team as I rise from my position on the blood covered floor “lets go" zack says and walked out, everyone following. I stare down at my clothes covered in her blood "i promise I will find them Layla, and when I get a chance I will end him for killing you" I promise looking over at her lifeless body and walked out...

(end of flashback)

I stop hitting the bag, my breathing heavy as tears roll over my cheeks thinking of Layla I hug the bag for a from of comfort closing my eyes wishing the bag was Olivia I steadying my breathing . my fists felt like someone peeled off my skin, opening my eyes I look at the clock above the ring on the wall its 6:30am I grab my keys and say my goodbyes to the owner of the boxing gym before I speed down the road making a short stop first.

I place the bags in my car and drive out of the mall parking lot straight to the tree house. Olivia was still in bed when I got back I take that as my moment to put my plan to action, I grab my phone and dialled my mother's number she picks up immediately concerned "hi mom, yes I’m fine ,are you okay?" I answer her question before she could ask making her laugh "honey I’m always okay I just really miss you when are you coming to visit it feels like I never see you anymore" the sadness evident in her voice made me feel guilty for staying away from a couple of months "today actually, but mom can you do me a small favour?" I say smiling looking over at Olivia’s sleeping frame "really today I’m going to see you, yes baby ill do you a favour" she says happily.

"can you go to the flower shop later today ill text you an pick me up some roses please?" I beg her "yeah sure honey" she’s says and I know what she’s going to ask, I sit down at the kitchen table noticing Olivia getting up out of bed and walking into the kitchen smiling at me "so, does my boy finally have a girlfriend again" she teases as Olivia walks up to me with some coffee " no mom, I don’t have a girlfriend yet" I blush in embarrassment as Olivia giggles I glare at her "so she’s a friend but a special lady friend" my mom says and I know she’s smirking through the phone "yeah something like that mom but ill text you when we leave okay" i say and Olivia straddles my lap taking a sip of her coffee as my free hand draws circles on her lower back giving me a good view of her cleavage that’s only covered with her bra. "okay honey baye" she says hanging up. I place my phone on the table looking at Olivia peacefully sipping her coffee on top of me I grab her ass making her jerk a bit and spill coffee over herself she quickly puts the cup down and playfully hits me on the chest. she tries to get up but I pull her back down moving her hair over her shoulder letting it fall to her back I grin licking up the coffee that fell over her breasts tracing patterns with my tongue on her skin her body immediately responds to my touch and she wraps her arms around my neck moaning softly.

I move the cup of her bra away running my tongue over her cold n****e her back arching pushing her breasts forward her fingers tug at the root of my hair she grinds on my growing buldge I growl as my fingers bit into her hips. I kiss up her jaw, hungrily brining our lips together.

we pull away breathing heavily "you are making it very hard not to take you right now, right here Olivia" she goes faster and kiss me as I feel the wetness on her panties, lust clouds my vision my hand goes under her panties playing with her folds "Lucas please” she whimpers going even faster against me my fingers enter her moving with the rhythm of her hips she pulls my lip in between her teeth slightly biting down then releasing my lip "Lucas please take me" she begs through her moans and I curse under my breath slowly removing my fingers from her "no" I grunt and she stops moving against me "why?" she pouts folding her arms "because your a virgin and as cliché or corny as it sounds I believe your first time should be special and with someone you love because once you lose your virginity its over you cant get it back, so I believe it should be somewhat romantic and with someone you love" I state getting lost in her forest green eyes "how can you be more perfect" she whispers I tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear she leans into my touch putting her hand over mine smiling but was replaced with a frown, taking her hand off mine looking at it covered in spots of blood she quickly takes my hands inspecting them "what happened" her eyes wide with concern “I when to the gym after my boss called. I did run my hands under water but I guess you raised my heartbeat just enough to pump more blood through my system" I wink she stood up and pulled me into the bathroom getting the first aid kit from one of the cupboards handing it to me "get out the cleaner I’m just going to get the cotton swabs" she says walking out of the bathroom.

I open the kit getting out the cleaner its almost empty but something at the bottom of the kit caught my eye, moving the stuff away taking the small razor blade, a poorly cleaned razor blade it has dried blood on it, is this hers?

"did you get it!" Olivia yells from the other room making me jump I quickly flush the blade watching it disappear beneath the water "yeah I got it" I yell back making myself comfortable on the counter again. seconds later she appears with the cotton buds, I eye her wrists as she cleans my fists there are white lines over her wrists some horizontal and some vertical.

suddenly everything clicks together, the nightmares probably got too much she was alone dealing with her past and everything else so she starts to cut to chase the emotional pain away by focusing more on the physical pain the blade causes rather than the emotional ones and that’s why she wore long sleeves the first few days I knew her and that’s why Carlos watched her wrists that night at the diner that’s probably also why she was so nervous when she asked if I saw anything that night.

has she stopped cutting I haven’t seen her try and hide her wrists from me. did she stop because of me? So many questions run through my mind but all that matters is that I haven’t seen any fresh cuts on her and I couldn’t be happier.

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