Picture on the side: The green Lamborghini Gallardo

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As soon as I closed the door behind us I let out the breath I hadn't known I had held and I could feel Kate relax a little against me. I turned around and saw the Jeep and the green Lamborghini still parked where I left them.

Great! I had hoped that they would have disappeared while I was inside but I guess you can't get everything you wish for...

I suddenly became aware of the fact that I was running away with a five year old from our abusive foster dad and I had four guys who had kidnapped me waiting for us. Well they were actually waiting for me and not the girl I was carrying and there were no way of telling how they would react to Kate.

I studied the cars, trying to decide what I should do when the back door of the Jeep suddenly opened and Alex jumped out. I hoped he hadn't seen me but of course he had. He threw his hands out in a 'what are you waiting for'- gesture and I grimaced slightly. I figured he hadn't noticed Kate who was still pressed tightly against my torso. I pulled a hand through my sprawling hair and cursed. I couldn't really take the chance of them seeing Kate but I couldn't exactly slip away without Alex seeing me and thinking that I was trying to escape again. Since I hadn't been able to outrun them without a girl hanging around my neck I didn't really like my odds now when I had.

I stood where I was, unsure of what to do, when Alex suddenly took the decision for me. He started walking towards us and I gave him an irritated glance. Of course he could sense me hesitating and I was sure he wasn't going to just let me escape now. I cursed again before I sighed and started to walk towards him and the cars. I didn't have much of a choice right now.

Alex stopped and let me walk towards him and I could see his eyes turn darker as he caught sight of Kate and he narrowed his eyes at me. As I got closer to him Kate tensed up and even if she was tiny her arms nearly prevented me from breathing as she clung to me. I held a hand up so Alex wouldn't speak and I gave him a 'don't ask-face' but of course he ignored me.

"Who the hell is that?!" He snapped angrily at me and I rolled my eyes at him and kept walking. He growled at me and I could feel Kate tensing up even more.

"It's a girl stupid." I said calmly and I could see Alex following me from the corner of my eye with a furious look on his face.

"Well I can see that!" He yelled at me and I shot him an irritated look as Kate buried her face against my shoulder.

"Then why did you ask?" I muttered towards him and I could see his eyes turning even darker. We reached the car and Alex opened the backseat door as he kept staring at me with his now black eyes. I threw the bag in before I tried prying Kate's arms away from me. It didn't work though because she refused to let go and I cursed loudly:

"For Christ sake tiger can't you let me go for now so we can get in the car and then you can get back to squeezing the life out of me, okay?"

She lifted her face to look at me with big frightened eyes and I gave her a reassuring smile. She hesitated a little longer before she slowly released her grip around my neck and crawled inside the car. I sighed in relief but before I could get in behind her Alex took a tight grip around my left arm spinning me towards him. I hadn't time to react and suddenly I was pinned between him and the car.

"Hey, easy doggie!" I yelped but Alex gave me a dark look and I shut my mouth immediately. I hoped to god that he wouldn't feel the phone in my pocket as he leaned closer to my face. When he spoke I could feel his breath fanning my face causing shivers to emerge along my tensed body. "Hell not again" I thought sighing to myself. What was wrong with these people and their effect on me?

"Who is she?" He hissed at me and I tried to stop myself from rolling my eyes and hiss back when I said:

"She's with me that's all you have to know."

Alex stared at me with barely contained anger for a few more seconds before he finally said coldly:

"Fine, but when we get back I'm going to make you regret not answering me and I'm not going to let you get off the hook this easy for disrespecting me again."

He shot me one final look before he abruptly let go of me and pushed me so I stumbled towards the car door. "Jesus" I thought as I barely kept from falling and then I quickly jumped inside the car. I didn't get that far though because Kate had stopped right on the other side of the opening and I bumped into her and cursed under my breath. What now?

"Kate you couldn't move a little could you?" I said irritated but she shot me a scared look and I could see why. Adam and Anton were both staring at her in disbelief and their eyes turned dark when they moved their gazes to me. I gave them an irritated glance too before I sighed and took a hold around Kate's tiny waist and pushed her further in so I could get some room to sit down. Kate didn't make it easy though because she got a panicked look in her eyes as she got closer to Adam and she struggled against my grip.

"For Christ sake stop that." I said as she nearly hit me in the face with her elbow in her attempt to get away from Adam. Suddenly she had managed to turn around so she was facing me and she quickly wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed herself against my chest. Adam and Anton's eyes turned even darker when they saw her clinging to me like a lunatic and I sighed tiredly. This wasn't like her. I managed to sit down next to Adam, with Kate in my lap but even if I tried to loosen her grip she just held on even tighter until I gave up and let her be. I shot Adam and Anton a 'shut up-look' as I tried to push my hair out of my eyes and I heard Alex take a seat beside me and slam the car door shut.

"Next time we're not letting him go anywhere alone" Alex growled and I surprised them all by laughing out loud. They stared at me all three of them and I gave them an amused eye and said, still laughing:

"Next stop is around the corner I need to pick up my cat Sniffy."

They didn't appreciate my joke though and they all growled at me before Anton started the car and then picked up his phone.

"We got him, yeah I know, no he has a girl with him now. It's not funny at all Kev. No, we're going home right now. You can follow us this time. Yeah bye." He hung up and tossed the phone to the side with an annoyed huff.

"You, talk." He shot me an angry look in the rearview mirror and I thought about it for a moment. I decided to play stupid.

"About what?" I smiled at him innocently and Alex gave me an irritated glance from beside me.

"About the girl." Anton hissed and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh her." I said in my fake 'I had no idea-voice' when Alex suddenly gave my arm a slap, which caused me to flinch and shuffle closer to Adam. At least he wasn't hitting me.

"Don't you roll your eyes at any of us." Alex snapped at me and I gave him my usual 'or what-face'. He narrowed his dark eyes at me and bared his teeth slightly when he noticed.

"If you hadn't had her hanging onto you I would have whipped your ass right now." He threatened, pointing towards Kate and I pushed down the urge to roll my eyes again just to aggravate him.

"I would have liked to see you try." I muttered and he shot me an even darker look before he answered:

"Oh I'll show you, don't you worry little mate I promised you I would make you beg didn't I?"

He smirked at my astonished face and I decided I would just ignore him from now on. He was obviously the most irritating one but also the most hot-tempered which was the reason why I shouldn't talk back so much. I would just get my ass in more trouble if I did. I really didn't need that right now that's for sure.

"The girl." Anton suddenly reminded me with an impatient voice and I shifted my gaze towards him.

"Right." I pulled one hand through my sprawling hair and sighed.

"This is Kate, she's five years old and I brought her with me because I wanted to and because I don't give a fig about what you three think." I finished flashing them a bright smile. They all stared at me before Alex suddenly broke the silence and muttered:

"And this alone proves why I should get to mark the little punk first."

No one said a word after that and after about twenty minutes I could feel Kate falling asleep in my arms. I was tired too but I was scared that I would lose sight of where we were heading if I closed my eyes. When we managed to escape I would want to know which way to run and therefor I tried to keep track on which road we were driving on.

But as time went by and Anton just kept driving I felt my eyelids grow heavier until I couldn't stay awake anymore. I drifted off to sleep and the last thing I saw before the darkness consumed me was my kidnappers' soft eyes on me.