Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead Chapter 37

Asher...Present...

As soon as we arrived home my phone rang out echoing in the silence of the small hallway that led from the front door to the living room. I glanced down to see the word 'dad' flash on the screen. My steps fell short and my whole body stiffened. Emma glanced back and met my eyes. She saw everything when it came to us, any mood we were in she somehow sensed it. I offered her a forced smile and nod and she seemed to understand that I needed a minute alone. "Pl be right back," I say to the others before heading up the stairs to my room.

The guys grumbled a few words of acknowledgment before disappearing into the main part of the house. I took the stairs two at a time until I reached my room. I groaned as my phone rang again and again. When I finally closed the door I answered with a growl of annoyance.

"What is it, dad?" I all but yelled into the phone.

"Son, it's nice of you to pick up this time." My father said as soon as I answered his call.

"Twas at school, and I wasn't going to answer a call in the middle of class." I retorted.

"Since when do you care about your schoolwork? If I recall you were Chapter 37 barely passing them a couple of months ago." He reminded me. (*

He wasn't wrong, but things had changed. Before I didn't care one bit about doing well in school since I didn't plan to go to college. I did the bare minimum to graduate and that was all. I still didn't know what I wanted for my future, but one thing I knew for sure was I wanted Emma. I wanted her so bad that I wanted to try harder in things. Even though she didn't expect or ask us to change, I wanted to be worthy of her.

"What do you want dad?" I ask my voice not the least bit amused. I didn't want to do this back and forth with him much anymore.

"Well, we have ourselves a bit of a situation. Someone hit one of our warehouses and we lost a large amount of product and at least a dozen of our crew." He continued to list off all the things lost in what he explained was a strategic attack. I followed but didn't care one bit about anything he was saying. Just like school, I did the bare minimum of following and involving myself in the crew business lately. The four of us had been done with this life for a while now, and it almost felt like fate that Emma came to us just when those plans started to fall into place. We didn't want her anywhere near my father's business and the sooner we could get out, the sooner we could take her far away from it all.

We were in the final part of our plan now and soon this would all be behind us. We would all have new identities and live in a cozy house Chapter 37

we would follow her anywhere. She didn't know about these plans yet, we wanted

to do about it dad?" I ask cutting him

let out a huff of frustration but moved on to the real reason why he was

us in the least. So I want to hit a target from each

untouchable, but he didn't know how many times I could have killed him and gotten away with it. He was dumb enough to think our loyalty to him went so far that we would never attempt such a thing, but my attachment to him died when my

a loving father to the cold-hearted

too much to take on with our numbers spread so thin." I

that is not what I had in mind. I want the four of you to handle it. However you wish to, but I want it done by

easily fail, It was as if he was constantly testing our loyalty and wouldn't lose a bit of sleep if we all died

place to read the complete version of this book for

be for the four of us to hit that many marks?" I ask knowing full

don't tell me that girl has made you weak boy. You used to agree to. these kinds of things without question, and now you are whining about the dangers. Look son let me just tell you, that girl will run far away when she sees what kind of

clenched my teeth. "Leave her out of this. You don't

about her."

nice laugh, one that almost sounded like

Even when she tried to be brave I could see the innocence in her eyes. Mmmm...1 can just imagine

didn't want him to hear just how much Emma want to me because

He would be just like those men who had hurt her

Is there anything else?" I said

me why don't you bring that girl of yours. I think I would like to get

him near our girl ever again!