Chapter 2
Alison Smith POV
Guys, I'm going to be completely honest therefore I'll start by saying that I would hate myself too if I was seeing this from the outside, it's a fair point. Oh, they are all so sweet and you do that? But remember, I am not doing anything to them, just James. He has been acting like I am invisible for years, which in his point of view I believe is very much true.
Since I was young he called me short, fattie, those things you don't really like to hear from the guy, I will admit that my self-esteem suffered for at least ten years because of that, then he finally stopped. I started exercising and lost some weight, at the time it was more about me and my health than anything else, and he stopped. I finally told him I liked him, I know I'm the youngest of all of us, I'm 22 and he's 25, it's just 3 years. But at that time I was 16, he was obviously 19. Do you know what he did? He laughed, laughed until he was out of breath. Laughed for way longer than what was needed.
I cried like a baby that night, I cried a lot. I cried myself to sleep actually. And my rage was fed from that moment on, it was the unnecessarily long laugh, the fact that he hook up with all my friends, who were my age by the way. Oh and the fact that he barely sees me even if I am in the same room as him, as you were all able to witness a while ago. I finally had enough when I realized that everybody got closer to me because they wanted to get closer to him, especially women. And here we are, I have rage issues and trust issues, a lot of issues actually but let's talk about the ones who are relevant right now.
When I got out of the warehouse I looked around, I would never hurt my brother but I'm over the time where I'm being undermined by James, I'm not dumb, and after everything, he will wish on God that I was really dumb. It wasn't meant for this reunion to happen but now I know what's their plan to defend themselves, from me, ironic. I can't believe all of this is happening because I got into a fight and I couldn't tell my brother it had anything to do with him. I was going to wait a few more months, now I will just have to rush everything.
"We can go" I say getting in my car and I look and the bodyguard that my brother supposedly hired, in reality, he works for me, not my brother but a girl gotta do what a girl gotta do
"Did you find something?" he asks, turning the engine on
"Enough, I will come over tomorrow or I'll talk to Alex to try to see what's their plan, I need their weaknesses. Did you do what I asked?"
"Yes, the warning went with no problems"
"That's good"
When I got home, I picked my other phone and started doing some calls, it was time to make the group weaker. During the last year, I took small partnerships from them, small clients, what I could without them suspecting somebody was challenging their power. Now it's time to go after the big ones, the people that actually contribute to their wealthiness. I am not going to physically hurt James, not if I can help it, I don't want to see him hurt, I want to take from him all his money and power, that's what's more meaningful to him, he lives from that.
It's time for him to learn how to live without superficial stuff. And it's so good that I will only get caught if I want to because nobody knows that I'm in charge, they think I'm following orders too.
When I got home I took a shower and after I looked at myself in the mirror. I was never like this. So vindictive, I never wanted to be like this but he made me like this. I gave him too much importance. He's my brother's best friend and an old crush. All because he's hot and handsome, fuck him.
After that, I gave a few more orders and when I went to make dinner I heard noises in my backyard, what the fuck? Who got through a bulletproof gate, securities on each side, and an alarm system? I don't really know and I don't really care. I got down and grabbed a hidden gun I has in the kitchen, there's a few hidden in the house. I hear the front door opening but I heard my brother's voice. I hide the gun again, get up and see the five of them all smiley and pizzas and drinks on their hands.
"You can't get away from us that easily beautiful" Ethan says, coming in my direction with open arms.
Let me introduce to you the sweetest and most handsome drug trafficker you will know, Ethan Whitlock, he's 27 years old, a good catch, and of course single in case you missed that information. If you want you can keep him, he's super nice, needy and loyal. Also, he's tanned like he spends his days at the beach, is smart, very rich and also a brunette. I would take him if I didn't see him as much as my brother as I see Alex, he is always here for me just like Alex.
"I think the very least I deserve a call or message but welcome to my house. Good thing I didn't decide to walk around naked today. That would be awkward" I say and they all start laughing, they can't tell me I didn't warn them
"You can't really think we were gonna leave you alone after you have been almost killed 3 days ago"
"Alexander Smith, I'm grown. I have bodyguards, a bulletproof gate, and an alarm system to keep me company. I don't need to be supervised, I'm 22 years old, not 5"
"If it was true, you wouldn't have that cut on your cheek, age doesn't make you impossible of being hurt" Mason says while putting glasses on the table
"If it did you would be immortal"
"I'm 30, not 50 Alison" he says and helps Mason putting the drinks in the cups and we all sit around my beautiful dining table
"We haven't done this in a while, I missed this, just us, all just talking and eating" Mateo says and I smile but my smile quickly disappears when I hear my front door open out of nowhere and all I see is my brother jumping in front of me and picking up his gun
They all get up and do the same. But then I stopped to think, nobody would attack us in here and for sure wouldn't make this much noise. They quickly got out of my view, probably when they saw the person, my brother put the gun back and sat down next to me like he was before. And I saw the person everything in me was fuming. What the fuck was that person doing in My fucking house? I could kill somebody very easily right now.