Again the room was empty, so was the bathroom and the laundry room, her parent’s room and every other room in the entire house. Fear settled in the pit of my stomach, what if they broke in last night and took her, she could be scared and lonely. Hands shaking I ran back downstairs barely catching the piece of paper tacked to the door. Reaching out I read it…

Dear Ash,

I really don’t care if you’re mad but I called Madison and had her pick me up, I’ll be at the school gym practicing the cheers you didn’t let me do last night. I don’t know what came over you to be such a bitch but it has got to stop, I’m not some child you can mess with. If you want to apologize I’ll be having lunch with the rest of the cheerleaders, come to the table and if you don’t want to apologize please have the decency to not show up.

Love Spencer

Awww she wrote love, ugh Madison. I knew it, by not letting her go last night I pushed her right into their arms. Damn it!

“She’s gone”

“What?” Max asked standing up once his little problem subsided, his shirt riding up a bit showing chiseled abs and a tanned stomach, John reached over and pulled it down while rubbing his back soothingly.

“Spencer’s gone, she called and got a ride with Madison.”

“That stupid girl,” John shook his head, “She’s going to get her self killed.” He sighed.

“Either way we have to get her away from them.”

“Well Spence said she’s going to be eating lunch with them,”

The door opened wide and several people rushed in, “Where is she?”

I stared at my boss and her body guards trying to figure something out but coming up with nothing, “Susan asked you a question,” one of her body guards growled.

“She’s with Madison,” Lucy sighed.

“Lucy,” I slapped her in the arm.

“What it’s true…”

“Ashley I thought I told you to keep her away from the Cryptic Bloods!” Susan’s anger shook the entire room, her eyes red from crying and blood shot from sleepless nights.

“We did, we tried, keeping her away from the cheer leading squad is just pushing her away.” I tried to make her understand that we were losing Spencer by forcing her to stay away, she was a teenager after all and when a teenager is told not to do something obviously they are going to do it.

“No excuse, you will be punished. Now get to school, afterwards bring her straight here. We have some explaining to do,” nodding the four of us headed to the bathroom for a quick brush of our hair and teeth but Susan grabbed me, “I don’t care if you have to walk her to class and sit with her for lunch she is not to interact with the Cyrptic’s under no circumstances do I make my self clear Ashley or do I need to appoint someone else as leader?”

Gulping I shook my head, “I got it…”

“Good,” she released my arm and I headed up stairs to get ready for another day of torture.

TBC.