Fiction incoming… ( test ) :
A simple summer weekend break from our semester. Too good to be true? Until we would enter our last semester this fall and graduate. Sounded like a great idea. The plan: Go up to my family‘s vacation house / lodge at the lake. Just the four of us. Jenna, Carol, Mina and I. Girls only, no guys or drama. We all have been friends since kindergarten.
If it had only been that simple. All I wanted was a girls trip- No siblings to annoy us. To be fair only half of us had siblings. Carol and I were the only ones. Her an older sister by two years. And I a younger brother. But who cares?! Definitely no parents. We were all 21 so it should have not been a problem. Except when your so called parents, who usually gave you to the nannies, suddenly remember one important detail. Being high profile and having a family comes usually with a bigger price. In my case with death threats towards everyone. But for the past five weeks their main target had been me. The eldest daughter. No questions on why and who. My Dad and his people were still working on it…
Nobody seemed to be super interested in a fifteen your old brother named Alex. Apparently I was worthy of their attention. So for the past hour I had been sitting in my Dad‘s home office. Being forced to listen to a lecture on a Thursday afternoon. „ Arabella are you even listening to me?!“, his tone and body language telling me he was about to lose his patience. Shit. Dad being angry never ended well. I sighed heavily, before answering him. „ Ok Dad. I give up. You get your will. We will take security with us.“ To be slightly dramatic I paused for a beat; continued with „ … but I have one condition: Not more than four of these bodyguard robots. Otherwise no deal.“ Dad shot me a half relieved, half annoyed look. „ I can live with that. You promise in return something though. No parties and only your girls in the house. No guys or other strangers.“ I nodded. We were definitely not planning on partying. Nor did we want to invite some guys over. Possibly. Unless Carol started flirting too much again; with the employee inside a supermarkt again. That would become a big problem. Certainly one of her signature moves.
„ Easy Dad. We just plan to stick to all four of us. Nobody else.“ What I didnt say was we had plans to go to a club nearby Saturday night. Should be fine with security, right? Plus, Jenna had her own security detail. I asked her last night. She had to bring three of them. Seven of them should be efficient! Carol and Mina, no idea how, convinced their parents to leave the bodyguards at home. Mina‘s parents were almost never home anyways. Usually they didnt care. Carol had worked her magic by arguing I and Jenna‘s was enough security for a weekend from Friday till Monday.
As soon as I got out of the office; texted our group chat it was a go! The girls would be arriving around 7 am at my place, so we could drive up together then. I lived the closest. Without traffic it was about a 3 hour drive.
Next morning I woke up at 5:15am. For the past few years I always woke up at this exact time. No matter what. Going back to sleep was impossible after too. What most people didnt know. Thank god it was not public knowledge. I had been kidnapped once when I was 19. In between my first and second semester. Nobody knew any details. Not family or friends. Only my therapist. Whom I made sign four different NDAs, before telling him anything. It still haunted me. The reason I was at the wrong place at the wrong time to witness something traumatic. So they decided the best revenge was for finding out it was me: Naturally to kidnap for ransom. No there was no happy ending or justice afterwards. They were never caught. Got ready in record time. Since I had packed everything the past 2 days didnt need to stress about it. At 6:30am the girls arrived. We hugged and talked for a bit. At 7:15 am we decided it was time to leave. My brother was still asleep, so was my Mom. However, to my surprise Dad showed up half asleep, dressed in sweatpants and a dark shirt. What did he want now? We would be driving with four cars. Due to the security. But I and my friends already knew that. „ Good Morning Dad. What are you doing outside?“ My friends quickly said their good mornings too, then gave us some privacy by putting our suitcases in the trunk of one car. „ Morning sweetheart. I forgot to tell you there is a change in security personel.“ „ Why?“ I asked stunned. Connor, Xander and Andy were regular ones. Not permanent. All three standing right there near the car. The fourth man was usually anyone from the team. „ I deemed it necessary. Ah he is coming right our way. Good timing.“ I turned slightly looking at the same direction my Dad did. All the security guys were good looking yes, most were ex-/ active military, police etc. The at least 6‘5 tall asian guy walking our way right now was in a league of his own though! What the hell?! I froze while staring right at him. Stop it girl! Stop gawking at him omg!!
Yeah this was not happening. He was dressed identical to the others. Dark suit, white shirt. Firearm underneath the jacket. But it was not just his model like looks. His aura was different. Gosh Arabella get it together?! The guy gave a simple nod to my Dad. Guess they had talked before hand, so now there was nothing left. He turned his dark blue eyes towards me, introducing himself. Even his voice was hella deep with a sexy undertone. „ Hello I am Ren your new permanent bodyguard. Nice to meet you Arabella“. He showed no emotions and talked like he was commenting on the weather. I ignored him, adressing my Dad instead. „ What the hell Dad! I never had a permanent one. You should have told me. Where did you even find him?! “ Anger came out of nowhere almost. My tone harsher than intended. Dad very well knew I didnt do well with new people. Now this. He looked equally pissed just replied icly. „ Dont ask questions. Just get in the car and have a nice trip. We talk when you get back“. He then just turned towards the house and left.
Oh fuck. This was not the start of the trip I had imagined. Dont know what came over me, but it just came out of my mouth in a low voice. So only Ren could hear me. Staring him dead in the eyes. „ First of all I dont like new people. Second I also dont trust you. Third did my Dad recruit you straight from the Yakuza or what?“. My friends already got in the car. So I opened the door now, got in the backseat with them. Without looking back at him. I could swear though seeing a glimmer of amusement in his eyes…
Ren then entered the car. Sat in the passenger seat. Andy was driving today. Connor and Xander were in another car. Jenna‘s guys in the other two. I noticed subtly her security had increased from 3-6 guys. The car ride was going to be torture…
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