Daddy's Girl

CHAPTER THREE

& CHAPTER THREE&

*Three weeks later*

*Britney’s P.O.V*

I got up really early, got dressed in my usual top and jeans with a casual shoe and black face cap. I opened the door ‘oh hi…what are you doing here’ I asked ‘I live here…’ Bryan answered giving me a suspicious look. ‘yeah…I’ve got to go’ I said ‘To where?’ he asked stopping me from leaving the room with his arm ‘I…I just want to take a walk’ I said forcing my way past him. ‘And I’ll love to walk with you unless…maybe you tell me a lie I just might believe’ he said as I walked away ‘you know that door needs a thumbprint to unlock…mine or Mr. D’s so until you tell me the truth I hate to break it to you girl but you’re stuck with me’ he continued ‘fine you got me…I’m going over to my place to grab some stuff’ I said ‘what kind of stuff?’ he asked ‘well I don’t exactly have enough clothes here’ I lied ‘really?’ he asked with a brow raised. I rolled my eyes and sighed ‘Back in Minnesota, when I was clearing up my mum’s stuff I found an envelope, it had no address no label nothing, so I opened it up and poured it out, that was where I found my Daniels’ information and all but there was another envelope with my name on it. I don’t know why I didn’t open it, I was probably over-excited that I had found my father… For my name to have been written on it and for my mum to have hidden it from me for so long its important’ I said ‘ok…but I’m not letting you go alone’ he said ‘alright but please don’t tell my dad’ I pleaded ‘why?...I mean you guys finally have a bond, you don’t want to keep secrets from him’ he said ‘I know and I’m not keeping anything from him, I’ll tell him when we get back…I promise’ I assured him ‘fine…but I’m driving’ he said as I gave him a warm smile.

*in the car*

*phone buzzing*

‘Are you going to get that or should I?’ Bryan asked ‘I don’t want to’ I replied ‘Chris huh? Your boyfriend?’ he asked ‘yeah…I think’ I replied as I looked out the window ‘having issues?…you know…you can talk to me…right?’ he said as I turned to look at him and laughed ‘yeah…right’ ‘I’m serious’ he said as he smiled. ‘the past two months has been the roughest in my life and he doesn’t understand that and I obviously can’t tell him what’s going on …just finding out almost got me killed’ I said ‘so why are you still with him?’ he asked ‘I’m going to pretend you didn’t just ask me that…you know what…my boyfriend, my issues stay out of it’ I said as I took my headphones out of my bag and plugged my ears.

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‘Hey we’re here’ Bryan said tapping me ‘…concerning what I said earlier I was totally insensitive and I’m really sorry’ ‘its okay…maybe you’re right’ I said.

We walked towards the front door when my phone buzzed again.

*phone conversation*

Britney; hello, who’s this?

Man; Britney Jordan?

Britney; yeah that’s me

Man; (angry) this is your boss, it’s been a month since you showed up for work. If you don’t show up first thing tomorrow morning you’re fired. (Hangs up)

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‘Great’ I said as I put my phone in my purse. ‘What happened?’ Bryan asked ‘well, my boss insisted I show up at work first thing tomorrow morning or I’m fired. I took three weeks off thinking all will go well and… I don’t know…it’s messed up’ I said running my hand through my hair. ‘It’s going to be alright…I promise’ he said as he held my arm. ‘I hope so…I really do’ I said walking towards the front door. At that moment, standing at the door staring at the knob I couldn’t do it, I could not open the door, my hands shaking and the previous incident replaying in my head.

‘Brit…Britney! Are you okay?’ Bryan asked with both hands on my shoulders ‘Bry I can’t do it I thought I was over the incident but I’m obviously still scared…scared that someone is going to try killing me with a stupid plastic bag…I have a really bad feeling about this…’ I said with fear in my voice. ‘Shhhh…it’s going to be ok I promise’ he said holding me in his muscular arms. ‘That’s why I brought this…’ he continued as he brought out his gun. I nodded. I brought out the key to the apartment and handed it over to him. He unlocked the door I took a deep breath as I stepped in.

Everywhere is covered with dust, its dark…I turned on the lights. ‘For some reason, I’m not aware of electricity’s still on’ I said breaking the silence. ‘I wouldn’t get my hopes up’ he replied and I chuckled ‘let’s start with my room’ I said as we walked towards my room. We walk in and our search began ‘umm…Bry, does this whole ordeal come with a job?’ I asked ‘No…but I can always hook you up, why did you ask?’ he replied ‘First of all, I’m pretty sure I’ve been fired from my job in Minny and I haven’t been at work since the incident….so…yeah and I can’t exactly be locked up in your house all day doing nothing. Gosh… what the hell was I thinking, coming all the way getting an apartment I barely lived in, now I have to continue paying the lease so I don’t incur any debts…’ I continued, sighing. ‘Brit…You’ve been through a lot and you have handled it better than I expected, I could always help with the bills not as a favor but as a friend’ he replied with his face clearly plastered with worry. ‘Umm…have you found anything yet?’ I said trying to ignore his proposal. ‘No…not yet…’ he said as I tried to avoid eye contact. I couldn’t hold the awkward silence much longer ‘Bryan…I umm…I appreciate your offer but it’s my mess and besides, you’ve done enough; I’m staying at your place for free, you got me clothes and some other things, the least I can do is keep you out of my problems and clean up my mess myself’ I said staring at him. ‘Too late…Britney Alexis Jordan whether you like it or not we’re in this together’ he said. I didn’t know which was weirder; the fact that he stood really close to me while talking or the fact that he knows my middle name. Suddenly the lights went off and our phones started buzzing, it’s Daniel. ‘Get out now! as fast as you can, you’ve been sabotaged’. We ran out faster than we could and BOOM!

*Bryan’s P.O.V*

The explosion was so loud it made me deaf for at least a second. The force slammed our bodies against the wall. My vision was still blurry all I could think of…’Brit, Britney…BRITNEY!!!’ I screamed as I stumbled up trying to look for her. Then I saw her under debris, I cleared as much as I could from her body, cleaned her face as I tried to wake her up. ’c’mon Brit wake up!’ I screamed as I shook her body and tapped her face gently but no response, she wasn’t breathing, I did chest compressions but nothing ‘come on Brit stay with me…come on! Please....’ I gave her CPR at least twice and…she took a deep breath…struggling to breathe I quickly helped her sit up. Coughing really hard she struggled to breathe as tears rolled down her cheeks. ‘Hey hey its okay calm down you’re going to be fine I promise’ I said as I placed her head on my chest. She raised her head up ‘thanks, Bry’ ‘it was scary but I’m glad you’re back’ I said giving her a warm smile ‘your back…’ she said suddenly ‘huh?’ I replied confused ‘dude you’re bleeding…your shoulder...at the back’ she said turning me around ‘oh…I’m sure it’s nothing’ I replied trying to waive the fact that it hurts as hell ‘it doesn't look like nothing to me, that’s a deep ass cut that could get infected, it needs to be stitched, so we need to get you to a hospital before you bleed out and I’m driving’ she insisted as she grabbed her bag helping me up. ‘are you always this stubborn or you do it just to turn me on’ I teased ‘yep, you’re definitely infected’ she replied walking away ‘you know…I like my girls hardcore’ I continued ‘You know…I’m beginning to rethink my decision, mental institution seems like a better option’ she said as she unlocked the car helping me into the passengers' seat.

*BLACK BIRDS P.O.V*

*on the phone*

Man: I got them

Boss; are you sure?

Man; I made sure they were still inside when I set off the bomb

Boss; did you confirm the bodies?

Man; the cops are everywhere, I don’t want to attract unnecessary attention

Boss; *hangs up*

*at the hospital*

*Bryan’s ward* *Britney’s P.O.V*

‘Hey, …how are you feeling?’ I said as I walked into the room. ‘I’m good, how about you?’ he replied ‘I’m okay after a few checkups…’ ‘What on earth were you thinking?!’ Daniel interrupted storming into the room. ‘Dad calm down…its al my fault Bryan had nothing to do with it. I had to get something important’ I replied defending Bryan ‘what could possibly have been more important than your lives’ he replied with what even a deaf person can identify as an angry tone. ‘Dad! I’m not a kid anymore and I get that you’re trying to protect me but I can’t stay indoor forever *sigh* in the envelope I found your information, there was another envelope with my name on it. And I know my mum…she would never put my name on anything if it’s not important’ I said. He sighed ‘I understand but I need you to be very careful…I was scared to death when I realized that you guys were in the same room with a bomb. Anyways did you find it?’ he asked ‘no…but how did you know we were there and there was a bomb?’ I asked out of curiosity ‘well…Bryan always has a tracker on him and I had him install one on your phone’ he answered as I turned to look at Bryan with a raised brow, he shrugged as I turned to face Daniel ‘…as for the bomb I had a motion detector installed in your house right after the first attack and when I got to Bry’s house and found out you guys weren’t home so I tracked both of you to your house, the motion detector went off twice, signifying you and Bryan entering the house and then there was the third beep. When I checked the trackers you guys were still inside which meant you had company and then a fourth beep seconds after the third, If whoever was there was trying to shoot you guys it would have taken a bit longer because you’ll fight, but it was so quick meaning it was a drop off, so I put two and two together, the person was trying to kill you but wanted to do it smoothly without suspicion in a way you wouldn’t expect so it had to be a bomb, it’s easy to blame an explosion on a gas leak or electrical problem, that’s when I alerted you’ he explained. ‘Wow…thanks but how did they find us?’ I asked ‘I’m pretty sure it’s the same way I did, they hacked your trackers, I’ve deactivated it by the way’ Daniel answered ‘so that means they have been tracking me since…I don’t know, they probably know where we live’ I said ‘nope, the trackers scramble within a ten-mile radius of the house’ Bryan said. *phone rings* ‘I’ve got to take this’ Daniel said stepping out of the room, just then a blonde lady walks in ‘Bryan! Sweetie are you ok? I heard what happened’ she said planting a deep kiss on Bryan’s lips. I was confused, sweetie? Is he married? Because I see no ring. ‘Britney meet Evie, my girlfriend, and partner, Evie meet Britney Daniel’s daughter’ he said as she stretched out her arm for a handshake. ‘The famous Britney…it’s a pleasure to finally meet you’ she said as I gave her a confused smile.