*Thorns POV*

"Sorry I didn't mean to bump into you. I'm also sorry about the blood.." she pointed to my shirt which was covered in it. "And thank you ..." she said as she hurried around me

"Wait! Are you... okay" I mumble as I realize she's already gone

"Im so sorry Mr.Thorn. It won't happen again! I should have fired that bi-" I grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him up so he was inches from my face

"Don't.Even.Think.About.Finishing. That.Statement." I growled 

"Now I'm going to name a few things I want to happen here okay? Great.
Number 1.
You aren't going to reduce her pay.
Number 2
You are going to fire the whatever you want to call her. Emily? I think was it's name.
Do you understand?"

The fat little man nodded his head sweat now beading his forehead.

"Now clean this place up. It's disgusting." I said dropping him to the floor.

"Jeremy. Let's go."

Once I'm on the street I look both ways.
which way did she go? Nothing. It's like she vanished into thin air

"Boss, look." Jeramy pointed to the ground
What is this? Kneeling down I felt the cold liquid and brought it to my nose. I was met with an iron like smell that I knew all to well.

"Blood."  I stood up and followed the trail after about 10 minutes I had reached the richer side of town. As I followed my trail of blood I notice how there's more blood now.

What in the world? It was almost like her cut got worse.. if I don't find her soon she'll bleed out.

Quickening my pace I looked down every ally. I called the boys and had them come down and help me. We searched for what felt like hours
Before we had a lead
"BOSS! Get him!" Jeramy screamed at me I turned to see a man running towards me. I stepped in front of him making him almost slam into my chest. I look down to see a kinda buff man shifting uncomfortably. I was used to this behavior being who I am.

"Do you wanna tell me why Jeramy wants you so bad?" I say in a bored tone as I watch Jeramy run across the street with Jackson close behind. Jackson leans over and grabs his knees

"Boss... *gasp* he's got *gasp* the... the th-"

"We'll spit it out already!"

"He's got the girl." Jeramy said calmly

I looked down at the man more closely to see a big dark stain in his shirt. *blood. Why would he have that match blood on his shoulder and part of his back unless... he's got Melody.*

"Give me the girl."  The man looked around and shook his head

"Yo does not have no Niña." The man said

"Then why are you covered in blood?" I asked I'm starting to lose my patience

"I know you have her so I'm gonna give you 5 seconds to tell me where she is."

"Dis, she es for de boss... Yo I I mean "I" cannot." The man was clearly Spanish struggling to speak English

"You have 3 seconds.
U-"
He very quickly looked around. Clearly out numbered he pointed

"She es in dare!" He said quickly and took of running

"Get him." Jeramy and Jackson who groaned loudly took off running. I walked over to the dumpster where he pointed and sure enough thrown in there like trash she laid there unconscious. I climbed in and got her out and set her down beside me on the side walk. She was still unconscious I don't know if it was from the guy or loss of blood. I looked at her arm the cut was worse than I thought it was she had a long gash down the underside of her arm. I took out my phone

"Hi! This is Alex what's your favorite color??"

"Alex. We don't have ti-"

"Mines A YeeeelLow." I know he wouldn't stop till I said my favorite color so I just growled

"Black."

"OOoOoOoOo! To match your soul I'm guessing?"

"ALEX! I need you to meet me back at the house. ASAP."

"Okay,okay. You know "if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all""

"Shut up." I hung up the phone and rolled my eyes. Taking my shirt off I wrapped it around her arm I picked her up and turned to see Jackson and Jeramy running back to me. Well Jackson was more of speed walking

"He... he got away." Jackson said before falling to the ground. I rolled my eyes

"He got away. I blame Jackson's complaining."  Jeramy says eyeing Jackson.

"Go get the car. Both of you."

"Where... are we..... going?" Jackson gasped as he stood up

"Home." I said before they both looked at each other and then back at me.

"Boss, do you think that's a good idea? Do you know how the guys are gonna react? They could flip. They could kill her."

"Nah, she's way to pretty to kill." Jackson said smiling at her

"Grrr. If they have a problem with it they can leave. Is that understood? Now go get the car. That's an order. And guys?" They both turned and looked at me " Hurry." Jeramy nodded and I could tell Jackson wanted to make some smartass comment.

"Jackson. I don't wanna hear it." He chuckled then groaned as he turned and took off running. As they disappeared I turned back to look at the girl her long hair was still in its bun it was messy now but still beautiful. Her long lashes rested gently on her pictures perfect cheek bones. Or whatever part of your body was under you eye. I dropped out of high school so I wouldn't know if we learned that there or not. She moaned and I stopped my train of thought immediately.

"Mm.." her head rolled in my direction and her eyes opened to show me a beautiful pair of dark brown eyes staring back at me. She really was beautiful with her light brown skin and dark brown eyes. You could get lost in eyes like those. I-

"Where am I? W-who are you..?" She didn't know who I was? Did she live under a rock? Everyone knows who I am.

"You are in clear wood neighborhood. Off of broad street. Don't worry I'm taking you somewhere to get your arm healed. Does it hurt?" Her head rolled to look at her arm. My phone rang

"Hello?"

"We is almost there with the car. Alex just called and said you have to clean her wound or it'll get infected."

"Okay." I hung up and looked down at her I gently picked her up. She looked like she wanted to fight it. She was scared I could tell but she was to weak to fight so she hung there limp and slowly dying in my arms. As I stood up the car pulled around I gently and awkwardly climbed in.

"There's some alcohol under the seat Alex said to poor that over her wound." I raised an eyebrow

"I know right! It apparently is great for killing germs and bacteria! So it's not just for getting drunk!" I shook my head and grabbed the bottle. Her eyes got huge

"This might hurt..." she shook her head almost begging me to not poor it over her arm. She looked so scared of me.

"I'm sorry, but if I don't do this it'll get infected." She finally bit her lip and nodded I unscrewed the top and really quickly poured it all over her wound. As soon as the alcohol hit her cut a blood piercing scream spilt the air.

"PLEASE STOP!!!! IT BURNS! IT BURNS!!" She tried to take her other hand and rub at the wound

"Stop. It's killing the germs."

She let out another scream that broke my heart tears were falling from her eyes as she squeezed her beautiful eyes closed.

"Please..."

Was her final words before she passed out. From pain or blood loss I'm not really sure. It broke my heart.

That scream would haunt me for weeks. Maybe even years. It was at this very moment holding her in my arms watching her sleep that I realized

That this girl right here would be big trouble