"Just keep low." He warned as he turned to leave I reached for his arm.
“Jay?” He stopped and spinner around to look at me. “Will I have to leave you all alone? Is there any other way he will stop?” He huffed and shrugged at me.
“I don’t know. I don’t think Harry’s public displays of affection towards you have helped. I’ve had messages from people who have said he knows that he met you with flowers. He knows he took you to that hotel… The soppy Instagram posts.” His speech faded out and he shook his head. “I don’t know is the answer. I really don’t. Just promise me you’ll behave?” He smiled softly at me and I nodded. He left the room, leaving me with more questions than I'd ever had. I never knew how to take Jay, he always looked so serious even when he was happy. I made my way across the landing and spotted famair faces. Alfie being one of them. I darted to hug him and watched him smile.
"Hey Av!" His tousled blonde hair had grown whilst we'd been away. I squeezed a little and glanced back up at him.
"I've really missed this house. I mean Maldives was brilliant but I wish you'd have been there it was so nice." I was gutted when Alf couldn't come. He'd got meetings scheduled for the first week we were away. Meetings about another bar he'd brought with some investors. He squeezed me a little and smiled.
"Yeah it looked great Av and you look well for it." He was always so sweet to me. It was all he'd ever been to all of us.
"Do you know where Haz is?" I released him for my gasp as I questioned him. I watched him shake his head, his blonde hair shook with the movement of his head and I made my way towards the kitchen where I called him. It rang and rang and rang. Then went to voicemail. My heart pounded. He always answered the phone. Shit answer the phone. I tried again and shook my head. My mind began to race and I instantly felt sick. I rang again and he answered.
"Where are you?" I questioned.
"What would you say if I asked you to run with me Av?" His voice wasn't steady at all and I shook my head.
"What?" I paused confused. "What are you talking about?" I heard him exhale.
"Av," I knew that tone and tears began to fill my eyes "we can't be together if we stay here. We've gotta run." I stood staring at the wall in front of me in the kitchen.
"Haz, please come home? We can't talk about this over the phone." My words are stern and the phone went dead. My hands shook as I sat waiting for him to come home. What the hell had happened? If I left I'd have to leave my mum. I shook my head and placed it in my hands. I jogged up the stairs again and flopped on our bed. I lay there for a while. Thinking about the possibility of leaving, as my mind ticked over time my heart followed pursuit. Our bedroom door opened and he stared at me laying on the bed. I shot up and glanced at the cut that was pissing blood from above his left eye. I walked over towards him and cupped his face in my hands as I ran my thumb over his lip and was split too.
"Fuck Haz what's happened?" My eyes were wide as I examined him. His facial expression was serious. The blood from his eye poured on my white dressing gown as he shook his head. He picked me up and placed my back against the wall with some force.
"He knows Av. He fucking knows." His eyes were frantically searching mine. Confusion pulsed through me. "He knows I want out and he wants you." His voice broke as he spoke and tears left my eyes. I was unsure why I was crying. We knew this was a possibility. I shook my head and gripped his face with my hands.
"No?" He placed kisses against my lips, the taste of blood flooded my mouth from his split lip and I opened my eyes as he pulled away. He placed me back on my feet before he pulled a suitcase out from underneath the bed. I watched him as he counted banded 50 pound notes and placed them into a bag. I shook my head as he glanced at me. I sat with him on the floor in amongst the piles of cash and gripped his hands.
"Haz I can't go." I muttered. My voice was barely a whisper. He squeezed my hands in his and as I looked towards him his face filled with anger.
"What'd you mean?" His jaw was clenched and as I wiped away the tears that had fallen down my face I shrugged.
"I have a life here, my mum would go fucking insane she'd call the fucking police Haz. I can't just run." His eyes darkened the more I spoke.
"I give it a month before he gets his hands on you and then you will have no life to drop Av. He'll fucking kill you." It was at this point that I was unsure he was talking about Rava. I wanted to question why he'd kill me but I'd lost the ability to use my words. I just sat staring at him. I stood to my feet and watched him rub his head. "Fuck Av I'm sorry." The was blood all over the floor and I just shook my head. He stood too and took me in his arms. A teardrop left my eyes as he held me
