Chapter Sixty-Two
We soon head home and begin to pack our things, Austin told me that we would have to pack one bag each. We didn't need to be lugging a heap of bags with us when we were trying to run, I kept agreeing with him before I start worrying about the plan that was ahead of us.
I had packed a bag of important things before walking out into the living room, I could still hear Austin rushing around in his room getting his things ready. My eyes begin to scan the living room a place I had called home for a few years now, trying to take in any details that I could. I had no idea if we were going to be able to come back to this place once we leave, not because we're going off with Markus as I know we're not. But after he gets arrested, we're going to be put in witness protection. I know for sure that we won't be able to live here, this will be the first place that Markus will look.
I still couldn't really believe that this whole nightmare is going to end soon, the event that has taken over my life for months is about to be done with. But my thoughts are soon cut short, by the sounds of someone knowing on the door.
'I'll get it!"I shout to Austin who was still in his room, I mean it would make more sense if I were to get the door as I can see it.
I walk over to the door opening it, where I'm taken back to see who was standing on the other end. Jacob was standing there looking back at me, I take a look behind me to see where Austin was before turning back to Jacob.
'What are you doing here?" I ask trying to keep my voice down so Austin wouldn't hear, Jacob sighs looking down slightly as he went.
'I need to come in and talk to you both" he says with an unreadable look on his face, this does worry me where I nod my head and walk into the living room so he could come in.
'What the heck is going on?" I ask in a whisper before I call Austin out, I need to know if I'll have a heads up on what the heck he needs to talk to me and Austin about. 'Is this something Austin needs to know about because I'm very confused?" I ask just wanting to get all the answers, I didn't need any surprises.
Jacob steps forward taking a look into Austin's room, once he makes sure that Austin didn't know that Jacob was here yet, he comes up close to my ear. It takes him a few seconds to tell me, but once he did my heart just shatters into a million pieces.
'No" I say backing away so I could see his face, but when I look at him I could tell he wasn't lying with the way he looked at me.
'I'm sorry Payton" he says with a sad look, what he's saying can't be true, there is no way that's happened.
Before I could speak, even though I didn't know what I could say anyway. Austin walks out of his room looking over at me confused, but once he saw how I was reacting, it turns to worry. Tears prick my eyes as he wraps his arms around me, mostly because I was too stunned to speak in a sense.
'What the fuck is going on?" He asks looking over at Jacob, I think he knew that I wasn't at a place to tell him what I knew.
'I regret to inform you, but Roman was killed earlier this morning while being transported" Jacob says which was what made me just break down and cry, luckily Austin was still holding me up.
'What happened to him?" Austin asks after a moment of trying to take in what he was just told, I was not taking it very well.
'As I said, Roman was being transported when a car pulls up and stops the vehicle. Out jumps one of Markus's men who walks over and kills him" he explains while even hearing Markus's name makes me angry, I stand up wiping the tears that were rolling down my cheeks away.
'Of course he's dead because of that scumbag! I can't keep doing this anymore, I can't keep getting close to Markus!" I cry walking around looking at the two men, Austin whips his head around to look at Jacob before back at me worried that I was saying all this, around a police officer.
Jacob knew what I was about to say, so he runs over to the window to make sure Markus or anyone else wasn't lurking in the shadows. Once he saw he wasn't, he walks back over to stand near us.
'You don't have to worry about Jacob, you know that person that everyone keeps talking about, that person that is close to Markus who has been helping the police?" I ask looking at Austin, he looks at Jacob before turning his head nodding at me. 'You're looking right at her" I say breaking the news to him, his eyes go wide as he just stares at me unknowing of what to actually say.
'Are you really the one that has been helping them?" He asks me while I just nod my head, the tears rolling down my cheeks still after all the information that I have learnt.
'Payton started helping us after she was attacked by Markus" Jacob says talking as he knew I didn't know what to say anymore, things just weren't making any sense.
'That was months ago!" Austin says shocked that I was able to keep it a secret for that long, it was hard I'm not going to lie.
'Payton only agreed to help us on the terms that you Austin, would be granted immunity and both of you would be put in witness protection after Markus is arrested" Jacob says laying down why I ended up helping him, while I still stood where I was in a complete mess.
'Did you really do that?" He asks as I look back up at him, I nod my head looking him in the eyes as I went.
'I did it to keep the ones I care about safe, but look what's happened" I cry knowing I didn't try hard enough, he walks over wrapping me tightly in his arms as I cried against him.
'This wasn't your fault Payton, I'm so proud but also so grateful that you have been doing all this and put me before yourself" he says still holding me so tightly, but Jacob clearly his throat makes me look away and at him.
'I don't wish to break us this very happy and also, sad moment that you're having but you both need to listen to me" he says breaking us from the little moment as he put it, I pull away from Austin who keeps his arm wrapped around my shoulders.
'Markus is going to be stopped, I know you said that you can't do this anymore Payton, but we need you to carry on helping us on this last part, without you this isn't going to work" he says shaking his head at me, I look up at Austin who was smiling down at me.
Did I really come this far just to quit at the very end?