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

in another country. In truth, we planned on letting Emma decide where she wanted to go because we would follow

do you want me to do about it dad?" I ask

a huff of frustration but moved on to

want to hit a target from each of our known opposing crews." I

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

from a loving father to the cold-hearted

be too much to take on with

boy, but 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

crew could pull off, but this wasn't the first time he sent me and my guys on a mission that could easily fail,

place to read the complete version of this book for

to hit that many

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

"Leave her out of

about her."

Not a nice laugh, one that almost sounded like

saw her I imagined all the things I could do to her. Even when she tried to be brave I could see the innocence in her

to hear just how much Emma want to me because

her. He would want to take her just because I had her. He would be just like those men who had hurt her all those years. Worse even, because

the job done. Is there anything else?" I

girl of yours. I think I would like to get to know her a little better." I hung up on him

around me. I would never let him near our girl ever again! We needed to get out of this town soon. I wouldn't be able to keep her out of my father's reach