Chapter 6: The Ex Comes Back
Bradley’s P.O.V.
I walked into a bar that I knew that her older brother Ricardo owns. The minute that I entered the bar I noticed her right away, there she is talking and flirting with the bartender and some other guy who is sitting next to her at the bar. “Do you see this?’ I hissed to my best friend and right-hand man Drake. “Yes!” He says. “After all I have done for her, it sure didn’t take her time to find other men to whore around with.” After hissing again to Drake I yell to from the door. “JAYCEE!!!!” she turns around with a horrified look on her face. She should be scared. “Who’s that?” I could hear the guy next to her ask as I get closer to where they are sitting together. Taking a good look at them, I can tell that they went out on date together. Once I reach her, she stands up from the barstool that she was sitting on. “What do you want Bradley?” “You know damn well what I want, for you to come back to New York with me. YOU ARE MY FIANCE!!!” “NO, I WAS YOUR FIANCE!!!”
I grab ahold of her arm and just as I do, I hear two different voice shout behind me. “LEAVE HER ALONE!!!” “DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!!!” “Ricco take her and get her out of here!” Says her brother Ricardo to the guy standing next to him. “You got it!” He then walks over and takes her from my grasp. “Come on I will take you home!” Hea says to her before dragging her out of the bar. I followed them out of the door and see that she is getting on the back of his motorcycle. Heading towards my car I yell over my shoulder to Drake. “Follow them.” Just as we pull up they are getting off the motorcycle. They get to the walkway leading up to the door as we come up to the curb. “JAYCEE!!!” I yell just before I pull the trigger of my gun. It all happened so quickly, the guy named Ricco pushed her out of the way and took the bullet for her landing right into his right shoulder.
The next thing that I see is Jaycee crawling over to him and taking something out his leather jacket, not being able to recognize the object fast enough I felt a pain in my left shoulder and then I see the smoke coming from what she is holding, a revolver? (How does she even know how to shoot one of those, and why is that guy even carry one. Just who is this guy, really?) Drake at this time rushes to my side. “Hey, are you ok?” “DO I LOOK OK?” “No!” “Where or who taught her how to shoot a gun?” I asked him not thinking that he would actually answer me. “Well, she told me that she already knew how, so I brought her a firing range to practice. She kept getting attacked on her way home from work, so I took her to the firing range after getting her a gun to keep on her for protection.” He surprisingly answered my question. “Why wasn’t I told about this?” “She didn’t want to worry you.” I let it go. I know that he was lying to me, I am the one who kept on attacking her when I would come home from work because some guys at the office just won’t stop talking about her.
“Come on man, let’s get you to a hospital. Plus, a car just showed up.” Drake said to me as he helps me off the ground and into the car. As we drove away I see Ricardo and a bunch of other guys getting out of a car, one being that guy she went on a date with.
Jaycee’s P.O.V.
I crawl over to Ricco after he pushed me out of the way, and he got shot in the arm. “RICCO!!! NO! RICCO!!!” I kept yelling his name as I held him in my arms. I then took his gun out of his jacket and fired it at Bradley, who then went down not to long after thee shot rang out. A few minutes later I brothers pulled up with Ricardo’s friends and men in tow. “What happened here?” Garrett asked me as I cry still holding Ricco in my arms. “Bradley went to shoot me, but Ricco pushed me out of the way and took the bullet in my place.” “Ok let’s call an ambulance and get him to the hospital.” Ricardo said as he started to bark orders. When the ambulance arrived, I insisted on going in with Ricco, but my brothers thought that it would be wiser if I rode with them instead, just in case Bradley just happened to follow the ambulance there. I told them how I shot at Bradley with Ricco’s gun and handed to Ricardo. So, I rode with my brothers with another car following behind us for safety measures. Once we get there, we see Ricco being wheeled into the ER. We waited in the waiting room for any information that they were willing to give an employer.
Yes, Ricco works for my brother at his office and in the other family business ‘The Mafia’, so we should be able to get some information regarding his condition. “Hi, I am nurse Judy, and I am Mr. Vetras’ nurse. He just came out of surgery, and he is resting in his room, you may go and visit him two at a time. I understand that you are his employer and co-workers. We are not really allowed to this but for the Garcia family we are required to bend the rules. So, who will be the first two?” “My sister and I.” Ricardo states. We walked into his hospital room and right away I walk over to where he is laying, and I stand beside his bed holding his hand. “I am so sorry, Ricco.” I say crying my eyes out for a second time that night. “Who are you?” A female voice says behind us. I look over towards the door to the hospital room and there stands a beautiful woman with dark black hair. “I WILL TELL Y….!” I started to say. “Jaycee, this is Maggie, Ricco’s wife.” He informs me.
“Oh, as in your sister Jaycee?” “Yes.” “So, you are the one he is always talking about, the one that he has been in love with since he was a child.” “What?” My brother asked her. “Yeah, didn’t he tell you? He told me that he only married me because Jaycee has a fiancé. By the way where is your fiancé , is he here?” she asked looking around. “No, I broke up with him, but he could be in this hospital since I shot him for shooting Ricco.” I told her. “Wait! What?” she asked shocked. “I thought he got shot during a mission.” “ No, it is because my ex came back looking for me to take me back to New York with him, but because I refused to go he tried to kill me, but Ricco pushed me out of the way and took the bullet for me.” I explained. WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?”
