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I rolled my eyes at her words and continued to watch her approach me. I wasn't tied to the chair. I could get up at any point I wanted but I was waiting for the perfect moment. I don't know if the brute had just forgotten or if they were testing me but I knew until I got my answers I needed to sit still.
"We need to talk, Sky," Alexandra drags a chair across the ground until she comes to a stop in front of me. She doesn't sit in the chair the proper way. No, she sits straddling the chair and placing her arms on the back of it as she looks at me. "Where did the bruise on your arm come from? It wasn't here when we brought you in?"
I thought about not answering her, but then I knew that this was my chance to take care of him. If Mr. Brute was gone then I would be able to handle Alexandra, or at least that was my hope. "Your little friend over there, Mr. Brute, decided to manhandle me and drag me here before tossing me into the chair. Pretty sure the bruising is from him." It was petty, but watching the fire light up in her eyes was worth it.
"I told you not to hurt her," she snarls, pulling a pistol out from behind her and shooting him in the middle of his forehead.
I scream, covering my mouth in shock as I watch his dead body drop to the ground. She didn't give him a chance to defend himself, just shot him in cold blood. I knew she was capable of murder after her killing Ezra, but it's one thing seeing the after pictures and it's another watching it take place in front of you. Does this make me an accessory to murder? Fuck, I hope not.
"Oh, calm down," Alexandra sighs, holding the gun in her hand. It almost looks like she's going to drop it on the ground and she just lets it hang in front of her. It's definitely going to make it harder to get away now. Fuck. "The guy had it coming. I already took care of his partner anyway. We don't need any loose ends coming to find us. Don't you agree?"
I do everything to keep my mouth shut trying to tune her out. How she can be so nonchalant about killing someone is clear psychopath behavior. I'm going to need to stay on her good side while I work on coming up with a plan. For now, I need to keep her talking. I need answers to take back with me. Was she in this alone? Or are there more people who are helping her?
"Why am I here, Alexandra?" I question, my voice coming out a lot stronger than I had suspected it would.
"I worked so hard for this day," she smiles darkly. "Ever since the first day I saw you at the recording studio I knew I wanted you. I knew that you were the person for me. You were spunky and full of life. The most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Then I saw you with them. The three guys who kept you away from me."
"I'm not that special, Alexandra," I sigh, shaking my head. "I'm just a regular girl who has more fears than I can count. I loved the guys while we were together and they loved me."
"Love?" she chuckles. "That wasn't love, Sky. If they loved you do you really think they wouldn't have chased you to the end of the world and back trying to get you back?"
"I didn't give them a choice back then," I pause trying to find the best way to explain it. My disappearance didn't just hurt them. No, I made sure that they wouldn't come looking for me because she was right they would have and I knew it. "I didn't just leave. They would have followed if I did. I hurt them each in different ways, leaving them notes as to why I left. I hit them where I knew it would hurt, where I knew it would make them question coming after me."
"Ah, so you protected them?" She asks, confusion and intrigue showing in her expression.
"You threatened them," I almost shout. "Of course, I protected them. I wasn't going to let them die because of me."
"Poor little, Sky," she laughs. "Did you honestly think that I would hurt them? No, those boys are too precious to my Uncle and Unchained Records. I could never hurt them."
"Your Uncle?" Confusion laces my voice as I look at her. When I ran her background she had no family, records said they were all deceased but I didn't look too closely at it. I'm realizing just how fucked all the information I had gotten on her truly was. It's wrong, all of it was wrong.
"Aren't you a computer genius?" she tilts her head looking at me. "My uncle is the owner of Unchained Records."
"Who are your parents? I know that Freddy is related to William but I didn't think there were any other siblings. The background I did on Freddy did not show him having any children. Is your uncle the reason you were able to rise through the ranks so quickly to band manager? That usually takes a decade or two, and you did it for years." I'm so confused. I didn't think that William cared that much about the things I did with the guys. He knew when signing us that we were a package deal. He tried to get us to cut it off but we refused. That was a hard no and Sebastian told him if he ever did anything to try to break us up we would pull our contract immediately and Unchained Records would owe us money, not the other way around.
"Not all of your information is correct," she spins the gun in her hand. My fear kicks up a notch as I watch her, terrified that she is going to drop it and accidentally shoot me or something. "Freddy is my biological father. He was a slim ball and my mother made sure he never had anything to do with me. It wasn't until I graduated high school that I learned the truth. My uncle, William, paid off my mother and kept Freddy's name off the birth certificate. He said he was protecting me from his brother. I believed him but not completely."
"So you just got your skills for being a creep from your father? I guess that makes sense," I shrug and watch her reaction. My words would either set her off or make her laugh. Either way, I was playing with fire.
"I'm not a creep, Sky. I go after what I want, and I always get what I want," she smiles and rises to her feet. "I want you, Sky. My uncle wants the guys to continue touring and making music. If you're in the picture they will stop."
"Then why bring me back? Why kill Ezra?" Bringing me back brought me right into the guy's lives once more. She had to know it was a risk that we would get back together, despite her warnings. She doesn't know them as well as she thinks she does. Those boys never stop until they get what they want.
"It was a calculated risk," she begins to explain. "I wasted so many resources trying to find you but you had become a ghost. I never thought you were behind the hiring of a new security company for the band. I should have known you would still look after them. That was on me."
"What does your Uncle think about all of this?" I needed to keep her talking. She had taken up pacing around both chairs as she answered questions. The more I could keep her moving, the more distracted she'd be when I made my move.
"He wasn't happy that I was asking to bring you back. He wanted to find someone else to take Ezra's place, but I convinced him it was for the greater good. I told him the guys wouldn't be stupid enough to let you back in, they hated you for leaving without a word. However, you coming back would create an uptick in not only ticket sales for concerts but also create new popularity in some of the older songs that weren't getting as much attention anymore."
"So you used me?" I accuse her. I knew I was a pawn when I came back. I'm just pissed I was her pawn.
"No, I would never, Sky," she comes to a stop and kneels down in front of me. She reaches out to grasp my hands that had been sitting in my lap. "I love you. You are too important to me to use."
"This isn't love, Alexandra," I pull my hands away from her. "Love isn't murder, and kidnap. Love is supposed to be freeing and full of life." I shake my head trying to ignore just how crazy she is. Arguing with her could very well set her off, I know that but I won't sit here and agree with her psycho-babble either.
"Don't say that, Sky," she pushes back to stand and resumes pacing. "You don't know what you're talking about. Love is doing everything and anything for the person you love. That's what I've done for you. What I will continue to do. Just admit you love me too and I can make all your dreams come true."
I don't answer her. Hopefully, she thinks I'm thinking about what she said to me. I know that's not how love works. Sure what I have with my guys is unconventional. Sebastian still hates me but Gunner and Creed have started forgiving me. We will fix things and make this work once again. They proved to me just how well we know each other. How much love is still between us even if it's buried under hate and lies? In time we will continue to work our problems out. My thoughts are consumed with them always. With the way Gunner fucks me just how I need to be reminded that I'm alive, that I'm wanted. With how tender Creed is with me and looking out for me while trying to be the prankster making sure I smile. Even with Sebastian and him being a completely controlling asshole. I know he has all of our best interests at heart, wanting to protect us from the terrors of the world. That's love. Not whatever Alexandra thinks she's doing. Hers is an obsession, an extremely unhealthy one at that.
