New Beginnings

“Sophia let’s go!” “Give me a second!” I grabbed my suitcase then kissed Apollo’s furry face. His little ears are starting to stand up straight. I walked to the living room to see Tariq in sweats and a hoodie. He had his durag on and he looked really good. “Ready?” “Yep.” We walked out then put our bags in the trunk. “You gave Elijah your key right?” I rolled my eyes. “I did that yesterday while we were at a meeting. You told your mom where the dog food is and everything?” “Yes.” I nodded. “Chargers, cash, passports, fake IDs, clothes for the next week, bathing stuff, our guns, Elijah already put the cases of gear on the plane, Angel made us both custom suits for when we get in so they can’t identify us, and we have Cam’s hacker friend going with us along with three other men. Mark has a few of his men that are going to wait for us to get there.” Tariq nodded his head. “We have everything. Let’s go.” We got in the car and started driving to the airport.  I texted Mark for the rest of the details. “Hey, I need the rest of the information for the job.” “Their names are Isla Voss and Leith Voss. Born September 10th, 1980 and March 26th, 2002. They live in Melrose, Scotland.” His son is my age. “Can you send me pictures?” He sent a picture of a really beautiful woman. She had long black hair, olive skin, a little thick but mainly skinny, hazel eyes, and full lips. The next photo was his son. Curly black hair, skin like his mom, green eyes, built, and full lips as well. He did look like his father as well but he was way more attractive. “Isla is 5’4 and Keith is 6’2.” “We are leaving now plus we are taking our own jet. They might recognize yours.” “Very well. I will buy you hotels.” “You do understand how much money this will cost you?” “How much?” “Half a million.” “I’ll double that if you bring her alive.” I stared at my phone. “You have yourself a deal.” I showed Tariq the messages. “A million?” “Yeah. So we are about to have a lot of money.” He kissed me then went back to driving. “We are about to have a long flight so are you sure you have everything?” “Yeah. Plus if we need anything we can just buy it there.” “True.” He put his hand on my thigh and kept driving. I texted Elijah. “Hey Elijah, we are on our way to the airport right now. All of our clothing is packed up already and most of the rest of our things are as well. Everything else should be easy to pack up to move to the new house. We have a man coming on wednesday to put up a security system at three thirty.” “Alright. We will be at the house to move everything later plus I’ll make sure someone is there for him.” “Thank you.” “No problem also, have fun.” “We will.” I set my phone down. “They are going to the house later to finish packing everything up then move it plus Elijah said that someone will be at the house for the security guy.” “Alright. It seems like everything is taken care of.” “I just don’t want to get there then something messes up so we have to deal with it in a different country.” “Yeah. Make sure they are on their way to the airport.” I texted Cam. “Are you guys on your way?” “I’m already here making sure everything is going smoothly. Francis is going to be here in ten minutes plus the rest of the men are stationed so no one can interfere until you two get here.” “Thank you. We will be there soon.” I looked at Tariq. “Everything is going smoothly.” “Good.” He kept driving until we reached the gates of the airport. We were greeted by a few of the men with a truck. “They are going to take your car to the house. We will take you to the plane.” They took our suitcases out of the trunk then put them in the truck. One of them opened my door for me so I got in. Tariq walked around the other side of the truck then got in too. “Boss, call for you.” He handed me the phone. “Hello?” “It’s Mark.” “What can I do for you?” “When you get to the airport in Scotland my men will take you to your hotel where you will drop your things off then they will take you and your men to our warehouse where you begin planning.” “I already have a plan. I’ll share it with your men when we get there.” “Good. I’ll talk to you soon.” “Alright.” I handed the phone back then they drove us up to the private airplane. The man in the passenger seat got out and opened my door for me then walked me up to Cam and Francis.  “Ready?” “Yes. Mark’s men will take us to the warehouse after we rest at our hotels.” I turned to Francis. “I’ll make sure you have a private room for you to set up your computers plus whatever else you need. There will be two men with you at all times to make sure you are safe.” He smiled at me. “How’d you know?” “I am very good at reading people plus you are the type to be alone. Also the type that doesn’t like violence. So I am going to make sure of your safety plus make sure whatever you need is taken care of.” Tariq walked up then wrapped his arm around my waist and Francis looked intimidated. “Let’s leave now. I don’t want to give someone the chance to mess something up.” Cam nodded his head then told all of the men to get on the plane. We got on as well then had a sleeping area so Tariq and I walked over there then laid down. He was rubbing my back while we were on our phones waiting for everyone else to board the plane. Cam walked up to us. “When were you going to tell me?” “Tell you what?” He rolled his eyes. “You do know that I know people. Why didn’t you tell me that you are pregnant?” My eyes got wide. “Don’t touch him.” “I wasn’t planning on it.” I looked at him all confused then he made me stand up. He gave me a hug but I was just confused. “I can’t control you or your life. I knew this was going to happen so I would rather it be with someone I know plus I trust with my life rather than someone I have never met before.”  He looked at Tariq. “Please don’t hurt her. This is my baby sister so I will literally have to kill you.” They chuckled then hugged. Cam turned back to me and hugged me again. “I’m happy for you two.” “Thank you.” We stood there for a little while, Cam just hugging me so I started tearing up. I whipped it away then pulled away. “I can’t stand you.” He started laughing. “I know.” We laid back down then Tariq went back to rubbing my back. He whispered, “I think Francis has a thing for you.” I looked at him. “So?” “So I’m going to have to-” I started kissing him then slipping him a little bit of tongue. I pulled away then he bit his lip. “Well okay then.” “I’m your girl. Not anyone else's, yours. I love you and I am pregnant with your baby. You do not have to worry about anyone else.” I kissed him again then laid back down on him. He went back to rubbing my back and holding me until everyone got on the plane. “Hello everyone I am your captain. We are leaving in two minutes so I would get in your seats. Once we are in the air you can unbuckle.” “Thank you captain.” He smiled at me. “I do need to speak with the boss amongst you.” He looked at all of the men then I stood up. “I’m the boss.” “I thought Mr. Elijah Johnson was the boss.” “I am Miss. Sophia Jones, his right hand.” He nodded his head. “I would have thought he would go with.” “He’s taking care of everything here while I take care of things in Scotland.” “Very well. Come with me.” I followed him to the front of the plane where he shut the door. “I understand that this is a classified job but can you tell me if you are bringing more people back?” “I am bringing two more people with.” “So it’s a k********g job.” “I did not say that. It’s a search and rescue job. I cannot get into the details but they are coming willingly, not by force.” “That’s all I wanted to know.” He smiled at me then I walked back. I looked at the gang. “I don’t trust him. He was asking too many questions.” “What do you want us to do?” “One of you sit up there with him. Don’t make it seem you are keeping tabs, say you were the only one awake or you want to learn how to be a pilot.” One of them stood up. “When we can start moving around again, I’ll do it.” “Thank you.” “This is about all of our safety plus your babies.” My eyes got wide then I looked at Cam. “You told him?!” “He told all of us. He’s excited.” I walked up to him then started hitting him. “Elijah doesn’t know yet!” I hit him once more then stopped. They all started dying laughing then I sat down next to Tariq. “Do you want your gun now?” “Yes.” He handed me my gun then I tucked it in between my hip and the corner of the seat, so no one could see it. I buckled my seatbelt then everyone else did the same. Tariq rested his head on my shoulder then I rested my head on his. He fell asleep with his hand on my thigh so I chuckled. I looked up to see one of the men looking at me. “What is it?” He held up four fingers then looked at the back of the plane. I nodded my head because I knew what he was trying to say, meet me in four minutes at the back because there is something you need to know. I looked at the time seeing that we should be taking off any second now. One of the attendants walked up to me. “Your office is prepared for you. When you can get back there, this is the code to the door.” She handed me a slip of paper that had five numbers on it, one-four-six-two-nine. I nodded my head then she took her seat. We took off so once we were in the air I got up then tucked my gun. Tariq looked at me funny. “Relax baby, I’m going to the office to start making more plans and preparations for what to do then to make backup plans just to be safe.” He nodded his head. I looked at Manny then nodded for him to come with me. We walked to the back and I punched in the pin to get into the office. We walked in then I sat down. “What is it?” He held up a finger then swept the room for bugs. He checked everywhere then couldn’t find one. “We are safe. No bugs or mics. No tears in the walls, nothing.” “I told them that I have my own computer that I was going to bring so providing one wasn’t necessary.” “Good. So the pilot, he’s new. He doesn’t know what’s going on.” “I don’t care. He was asking way too many questions.” “What was he asking?” “He said he knew the details of this job were classified but that he wanted to know if we were bringing people with. I told him two so he guessed that this was a k********g job. I made up an excuse saying this was a search and rescue job.” He nodded his head. “I can see how you got the mole thought.” “In this line of work, you cannot trust anyone unless they are in your circle. We have known each other for over six years.” I chuckled. “I know your wife can’t cook but you still eat what she makes because you love her. Your daughter loves cows and wants a cow farm when she gets older. Your son is an amazing soccer player and is going to get a full ride scholarship to his dream school.” He smiled at me. “We are family, Manny. I am willing to do anything to get you home to that little girl who loves her father, the son that needs you to help him when things get tough, and a wife that loves you so much that she’s trying to learn how to cook to be a better wife to you.” He stood up then hugged me. “Thank you Sophia. That’s why you are the boss you are. You treat us like family, not like we are slaves.” “You are my family. This gang is my family.” He smiled then walked out. I got back to work then I studied their pictures. The first idea was to make them believe that I’m there to protect them from Mark. Tell them that he’s coming after them but I can get them to safety but they need to come with me immediately. If that doesn’t work, we will take them by force.  I opened the door. “Tariq, Manny, Cam, Francis, Cole, and Tegan, come to my office.” They all got up, walked to the office, filing in. I sat down then pulled out the papers. “Right now you are the immediate contacts. Tariq, Cam, Cole, Manny, and Tegan, all of you know the most about fighting and how to operate a gun. Tegan you are going to be the sniper if things go wrong.” He nodded his head. “I have my gun in my case.” “Good. Tariq and Cam are going to enter the property with me. I am going to make it seem like Mark is coming for them and I can get them on a remote island as far away from him as possible where he cannot reach them.” They nodded their heads. “If things go wrong, I am going to call Manny and Cole inside with a few of Mark’s men and we take them by force. We will have to sedate them so I hope you have your kit Cole.” “Always boss.” “Good, if you do not have any questions you can go take your seat.” Everyone walked out besides Francis, Tariq, and Cam. “What can I do for you Francis?” “What is my job?” “You will be in the van making sure we are all communicated. I want you to tap into their camera system to monitor where all of her men are so we can get around them.” “Alright. Also I was wondering if I could start working now. I want to get past their firewalls to start programming myself in that way It's not suspicious.” “Do what you need.” He nodded his head then sat down and opened his computer. Tariq walked around the desk and whispered to me, “I need a moment alone with you.” “Can you two give us a moment.” They got up and walked out of the office. He made me get up and sit on the desk. “You look sexy when you’re working.” He started kissing me then I pushed him away. “Not now. When we get to the hotel we can start but right now-” He started kissing my neck making me moan. He pulled my shirt up then started kissing my torso then pulled my bra up. He sucked on my boobs then he went back to kissing me. He turned me around then bent me over the desk and pulled my leggings down. He pulled his sweats and boxers off then slowly put himself inside of me.  He grabbed my hips making me bend over more, making me take every inch. I started getting loud as he got more rough. “You have to be quiet.” “I- I- I c- c- ca- can’t.” He started slowing down then pulled out a little bit. We went like this for a few minutes then he pulled out and turned me around. He sat down on the chair so I pulled my leggings down all the way but took one leg out so I could get on him. I got on his lap and put it in then started kissing him. He kept his hands on my hips as I rode him.  He made me go faster so I got a little louder. He kept kissing me to try to muffle my moans. “I’m about to bust baby.” “Then bust.” He chuckled then came inside. I got up then put my panties and leggings back on and fixed my bra. He pulled his sweats and boxers back on then chuckled. “What?” “You just amaze me.” “Well I have to work and you are going to distract me.” He sat across from the desk and watched me get back to work. Around thirty minutes went by then there was a knock at the door. Tariq got up and opened the door and it was Cam. “What’s up?” “You know I love you right?” “Oh God. What’d you do?” “Do you promise to not shoot me?” My eyes got wide. “What in the hell did you do?” He took a breath. “So I sort of talked to dad today.” I stood up. “We all swore to stop talking to him for kicking Jayden out because he came out as gay, kicked you out because you turned eighteen, was abusing me and Michael, got into several fist fights with both you and Michael-” “I know Sophia. I didn’t have a choice.” “What do you mean?” “I saw him at the store. He approached me so we talked for a few minutes.” “What does this have to do with me?” “I told him that you are pregnant now so he wants to have a family-” “You f*****g what?!” I got up then shoved him out of the office. “Give me one good reason I shouldn’t kill you now?!” Tariq got in front of me then took my gun from me but tucked it in his pants. “He seemed different! Sorry even! All he wants to do is catch up with all of us and make peace with us before he dies!” My face went blank. “He’s dying?” “Cancer.” “He deserves to suffer!” “I know. But I think we should at least have dinner with him! Out of all of us I hate him the most because I had to deal with the most bullshit from him since I’m the oldest.” “I don’t care Cam. I can’t believe you told that piece of s**t anything!” “I’m sorry!” I went back into the office then sat down. Tariq walked in after me and sat across from me. “Breathe.” “I can’t believe him.” “I know. But he had good intentions. All he’s asking is for a family dinner between your brothers and your father.” “You don’t understand, James is the worst person I have ever met. He is worse than all of the men I have killed.” He shook his head. “If he were you would have killed him. You know deep down that you love your father. I never thought I would talk to my mother ever again but here I am.” “He made my life hell.” “Please, for me.” He reached across the desk then grabbed my hand. “If not for you, for me and our unborn baby. I want to meet your family no matter how much you hate them but I want to meet the people that formed you into the person you are.” “You know them. Cam and Michael raised me then when they left, I was old enough to raise myself.” He sighed. “Please baby.” I looked in his eyes and he was serious. He wanted to meet my parents and meet my father before he died. I took a breath. “Fine but if things go to hell you are sleeping on the couch for two weeks.” “That is a deal I can and will make. Thank you.” He got up and kissed me before walking out of the office. He shut the door then I shook my head. The last time I talked to my father was freshman year homecoming but he was being rude about my friends that I was hanging out at the football game the night before. I was hanging out with two friends and one of them was black so he was being racist about them. After that I moved in fully with my mom and stopped talking to him entirely.  I finished working so I put all of the papers in my files then into my bag so I knew where they were. I walked out of the office and everyone was looking at me. “What?” “Are you okay?” “I will be after I get some sleep.” I looked at Cam. “You pissed me off.” “I know and I am sorry.” “I get it. I’m willing to have dinner but only dinner.” “I will tell him that we are going for dinner after we come back.” I nodded my head then looked at Tariq. “I can’t stand you.” “I love you too mamas.” He kissed my forehead then rested his head on my shoulder. I plugged in my music then started playing ‘Wish you were here’ by Pink Floyd. I started nodding off then I fell asleep with my head resting on Tariq’s. A few hours later I felt a tap on my shoulder so I looked up to see Cam. “Can I help you?” “Can we go to your office?” “Sure.” I got up then walked to the office. I put the pin in so we walked inside then he made sure no one was near us. “What is it?” “He’s only got a year left max.” “Okay?” “He wants to be there for you-” “If it involves him being near my baby after they are born, absolutely not. I can handle being around him every once in a while to help him pass peacefully but other than that, he is not coming near this baby.” “Fine, that’s fine.” “Was that really so important that it couldn’t wait until we landed?” “I had another thing. I think Francis has a thing for you.” “No s**t. Tariq already mentioned something.” “I know. But I don’t know what he’s going to do about it. I looked at his computer and he was researching you. He also keeps asking me questions about you.” “Creepy way?” “No, like we are all in high school and he’s asking about the new girl because he thinks she’s hot way.” “Gross. Alright so why is this important?” “He’s my friend. Can you let him down easily?” “Really Cam?” “I’m serious.” “I know. Fine, I will let him down easily.” “Thank you.” We walked out of the office and he went to his seat. Tariq was lying down on one of the beds so I crawled onto him so he wrapped his arms around me and held me as we slept. Another five hours went by then I smelled food being cooked from the kitchen in the far back of the plane. My mouth started watering so I woke Tariq up. “What?” “Can you go find out what they are cooking back there?” “Woman, I am trying to sleep.”