"I want Waffle House."
Sinister made an irritated noise in his throat, "will you stop talking about food, baby? We need to talk about what just happened."
I crossed my arms, "well, mister, judging by the fact that you're driving 79 miles faster than the speed limit, I believe I don't feel safe talking about this sensitive topic."
Afanas growled from the back seat, "Jesus fuck, Calla. Just talk to us about what happened."
I pouted, "but I'm hungry."
Sinister hands gripped the steering wheel, "we can get food after you talk to us, flower."
I sighed, "fine. Illeya is my older brother. After my parents died, Illeya joined a gang...I couldn't handle him being in danger all the time. He rarely came home, and when he did he was stoned out of his mind. I couldn't handle the stress he put me under. At the time I was dating his best friend, Steffen, who cheated on me when I wouldn't give my virginity to him." I shrugged "some guys are just assholes. To make it worse, I found out Steffen was in the gang with my brother... I couldn't handle being lied to all the time, so I left Russia and came here."
Sinister shook his head, "if we see this Steffen kid, I will chop off his dick and feed it to him, I swear to fucking god."
I laughed, "that'd be great, he's a bitch. Now, can we get Waffle House?"
Sinister pulled onto a highway, his speed ramping up to 160 MPH, "there's one a few exits from here, we'll get you some Waffle House, baby."
I smiled, I liked these little nicknames 'baby, flower, sweetheart' they were kinda turning me on. Put this kitty into drive and let's HAVE SEX.
I turned around in my seat to stare at Afanas, "how's Carly? Are you ever going to answer her?"
He clicked off his phone and shrugged, "probably not. She doesn't need a man like me in her life."
"That's retarded. She likes you, you like her. It should work."
He sighed, "it's okay to walk out of someone's life, if you feel that you don't belong anymore."
"It's not that you don't belong, Afanas. It's that you're afraid to have something to lose. You finally have something that makes life worth while."
"It's not that" he scoffed "Carly is great, she's beautiful, confident, funny, and she knows exactly what she wants in life. But I can't be selfish"
He glanced at Sinister before continuing, "I can't take her away from a life she deserves, only to be thrown into a world of chaos."
I didn't say anything, what could I say?
He's doing the opposite of what Sinister did, he's saving her. He's putting her before himself.
I had never realized what it meant to hurt, until I saw someone care about someone so much, that they convinced themselves they didn't.
That's the worst thing about love, is that it destroys you. It burns you from the inside, incinerates every wall you ever put up, and leaves you completely, and utterly alone.
I turned away from Afanas, glancing at Sinister only to see that he was deep in thought. His hands gripped the wheel, but his eyes were some place far away. It scared me.
"Sinister we're being followed." Afanas said calmly from the back seat.
Sinister snapped out of his daze, glancing in the rear mirror to find a sleek black SUV trailing closely behind.
He muttered something lowly in Russian to himself before pulling off of an exit.
"Afanas" he said slowly, the car pulling into a gas station parking lot . "Check to see how much ammo we have left."
Afanas began digging through the bags, pulling out two magazines.
"We have two mags for the .9 mm, and that's it."
"Yebat'. Okay, we'll wait to see if they get out. If they do, shoot em up." (Fuck).
I pulled the hood over my head, sinking down into the passenger seat.
Why can't we just be left alone?
The car pulled into a spot, sinister slid the gear into park before loading his gun, Afanas followed his lead.
"Calla, stay in the car."
"Bu–"
"Stay in the fucking car, Calla." Sinisters voice was stern. It shut me up.
The car pulled up behind us, 8 men stepping out.
I immediately recognized two of the men. Illeya and Steffen.
Steffens face immediately brought back painful memories that I had shoved away for so many years. The lies, the cheating, the pain...
It all came flooding back to be in one quick flash.
His auburn hair was neatly slicked back, his bleach white polo was crisp, he wore perfectly ironed pants, and I fucking hated his stupid impeccable demeanor. That asshole always ironed his pants, who the fuck does that?
Illeya looked like the biggest asshole, even more than he did a few hours ago. He had that same infuriating cocky smile that seemed to be plastered 24/7 to his dumb face.
Sinister and Afanas stepped out of the car, guns pulled up to their chest, ready to fire. I sat in the locked car like a total bitch, my hands shook furiously as I watched the scene unfold.
I couldn't hear anything they were saying, but I saw their lips moving.
Sinister and Afanas may be professional killers, but they were outclassed, outgunned, and outmanned.
I saw Sinister frowning, Afanas matched his facial expression as they continued the conversation.
Suddenly, all at once, every man pulled out a gun. Illeya's men were faster.
Fucking shit dick FUCK.
The door to the passenger seat flew open, and some douche bag pulled me out, hoisting me up as his hands locked around my waist.
"DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME, HULK. I SWEAR I WILL GO ALL JEFFERY DAHMER ON YOUR ASS AND EAT. YOU."
The prick didn't even listen.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Sinister yelled, his face was panicked.
The douche canoe brought me over, I watched in horror as men held guns to Sinister and Afanas's heads. Tears flowed down my cheeks and I screamed as I was dragged past Sinister.
The fag brought me over to Illeya and Steffan, pushing me towards them. I tripped and hated myself as I landed directly into Steffens big snaky arms.
He gripped my sides, his face completely calm, his watery gray eyes looking directly into mine.
"Calla." He said calmly
"Shithead." I growled pulling against him.
Sinister let out a growl, I spun around to see that he had been slammed in the head by the butt of the gun. He held his bruised head in his hands as he struggled to his feet.
"Sebastian, why did you hit Mr. Velkov."
Sebastian's faced turned serious, "he called me a homo."
I tried to run to Sinisters side, but Steffen held me back, his fingers bruised my skin.
"You see" Illeya said calmly "I gave you enough time to come to your senses, and return my sister to me. But you did not. And in return, I take her from you, and kill you."
"No!" I screamed, my eyes pleading with him, as fresh tears flowed down my face.
Illeya glared at me, "they will not stop coming after you once we take you. This is the simplest solution."
I shook my head furiously, "No, I-I'll come with you" I stuttered "willingly. Just don't kill them"
Illeya seemed to consider this, his blue eyes thinking overtime.
I stared at Sinister, the side of his head was bleeding, his eyes screaming at me not to leave. But I couldn't. I couldn't see them get killed, the only leverage I had was my compliance. I would hand myself over in a second if it meant to save the people I love.
"Fine." Illeya said turning to Sinister and Afanas "she is coming with us, and we will spare you. But do not come after her, she is safer with me, you coming after her will only hurt her more."
Steffen pulled me towards the car, "let's go."
My entire body shook, tears spilled down my cheeks like water from a glass. Everything inside me hurt. It was like being a magnet, I wanted so badly to back, but once I was far enough away, I don't think I would ever be allowed back.
"I will come back for you, Calla!!" Sinister yelled as he struggled.
I wanted to say don't, I wanted to save him.
But all I could do was close my eyes, and pray everything that was happening was one big nightmare.
But it wasn't, and I had a feeling I was about to find out.