Three Thousand Miles To You,(Three Thousand Miles, Series, Book #1)

by Longford, Deila

  “You will be okay.”

  I cannot say anything back, I try but no words come out. The car slides and hits into one of the buildings and I jolt forward with the impact. The car eventually comes to a stop and I look around to make sure that everyone is okay. Screams are coming from outside the car, people are running away scared and kids and crying. I look out but there is no sign of the Lamborghini.

  “Mr Jenkins we must get out of the car,” Jackson says in a professional voice. Michael is still holding onto my hand. He pushes open the door and Jackson jumps out first then the driver.

  “Come on,” Michael says to me, as he eases me out the car.

  “Are you okay?” I look up at him I see he has a small scratch on his cheek and it begins to bleed, so I take my hand a wipe it away.

  “Yes I am okay.”

  I manage to say in a quiet voice. The noise is deafening that I hear, I turn around and there is the black car once again. This time it does not keep driving but instead, pulls over at the side of the road.

  “Alanna we must run, come on,” Michael says and he starts to run down the street whilst he pulls me along behind him. I turn and I see a figure coming out of the car and it begins to run after us.

  “Mr Jenkins, give me the girl.” I hear Jackson say as he runs alongside us.

  “No she stays with me; I will not let her go.”

  “I really must insist!” Jackson says in a firm tone.

  “No I said, she is staying with me, I won’t let anyone hurt her!”

  “It is my job Sir.”

  “I don’t care, follow us but she stays next to me, okay?” Jackson does not respond I can just hear his feet slam against the sidewalk as he runs. My feet begin to ache as I try to keep up with Michael, I want to stop running and I want all this to be over,

  “Michael my feet hurt, can we please stop for a second?”

  “No Alanna, he is still after you we can’t stop!” I turn around and I see the man running towards us. I again look to Michael.

  “Michael I will be late for finals.”

  “Alanna I don’t care!”

  “But it’s important.”

  “Yes and getting away from this person who wants to kill you, is important too.”

  “Michael thanks for this.”

  “Thank me later, when you are safe.”

  We keep running for what seems like miles. I am really out breath now and I cannot go on any longer. I look behind me and the man is not so close anymore, in fact, he is a distant figure that I still cannot make out.

  “Michael I need to stop for minute, I can’t go on, and I can’t breathe.”

  “Alanna,” He shouts then he looks at me and stops.

  “I am sorry for shouting, are you okay?” I gasp not able to speak, I see Jackson panting and the sweat is dripping from him. I look to Michael who is not even out of puff.

  “How can you do it?” I say still gasping.

  “Do what?”

  “Run like that, you aren’t even breaking a sweat.” Michael does not answer and he is looking franticly around him. I turn around and the figure is getting closer this time he is right behind us. Michael again grabs my hand and begins to run, he pulls me after him, but I am still out of breath and I cannot keep up. My legs begin to give way under the pressure and I can no longer keep my balance. I fall to the ground and twist my ankle as I fall.

  “Alanna get up!” Michaels says with desperation in his voice.

  “I can’t, my ankle, I think it’s broken,” I say as the pain takes over me.

  “Alanna please try.” I try to pull myself up but the pain is excruciating. Michael bends down and lifts me up, so that I am standing upright. I look at him and he is so beautiful.

  “Well, well, I finally caught up to you.”

  I turn around and I see the man who has been following us. He is tall and skinny with a long thin face. He is dressed in black jeans and black zip-up hoodie. He looks evil I cannot even look at him for I know what he is going to do.

  “Don’t come any closer,” Michael says as he steps back and pulls me to.

  “Now don’t run away again, let me look at you sweetheart.” He stares at me smiling a wicked smile.

  “Whatever you are being paid I will triple it, just please don’t hurt her.”

  “Oh we have a bit of a crush on your stepbrother’s girl?” The man says in a strong London accent. “Did you hear me, name your price and it’s done.”

  “It’s not about the money for me.”

  “Then what is it about?”

  “The kill,”

  “You are sick she is an innocent girl, how could you hurt her?”

  “Ask Adrian Black, how he could take my uncles life like that and then maybe you will understand.”

  “Your uncle was a nutter and Adrian was a child move on.”

  “Move on? Do you think that his mother will move on, knowing that her son was murdered.”

  “He is a disgusting breed of human, but Alanna is pure and kind, do you care about her mother?”

  “You can’t save her!” The man says as pulls out a gun. I see Jackson make his way over to him.

  “Now Sir, drop the gun.”

  “No way, she is going to die.”

  “Don’t hurt the girl, put the gun down and step aside.”

  “No chance,” he loads the gun and points it towards me. As he pulls the trigger Michael steps in front of me, I see him fall to the ground and Michael’s stomach now has a bleeding gunshot wound. I turn my back on the gunman, Jackson rushes over, I hear another gunshot and this time Jackson falls to the ground. The gunman backs away a little and he almost turns and walks away fully. However, he does not, he steps back another few steps and gazes at me. He winks and then he points the gun again at me, this time there is no one in front of me. Only the long thin faced stranger and myself and he was about to take my life. The gunshot is deafening and I fall to the ground, the pain is intoxicating and I cannot breathe. I feel so cold and my eyes become hazy, I put my hand down to my stomach and I feel the wet blood. I am beginning to lose the power of my arms, but before I do, I see Michael stretch his arm across to mine. He loosely grabs my hand with hardly any power; I grip his hand the hardest I can. I look over at him and cannot help but feel responsible for all this. He was in his room and I made him come with me, this is my fault, he stepped in front of a bullet for me.

  “Alanna,” I faintly hear Michael say. I cannot speak but I open my eyes and look directly at him.

  “I love you Alanna,” he says in a husky voice and his eyes immediately close. I cannot keep mines open for much longer but I still manage to hold onto his hand. I will never let go, as long as I still breathe, I will not let him go. My mind begins to flash all sorts of things, my mom and dad and Penelope’s smile, Sophie and I laughing and singing in our pajamas at a sleep over. I have so many memories spinning in my mind, I feel it is keeping me alive thinking of them. The one that keeps replaying is Adrian and the first time I saw him is beauty. His rudeness and the way he drew me in, his glowing green eyes are flashing in my head as I begin to feel myself slip away. As I lay dying, the one face that I saw was Adrian Black!

  (Adrian)

  I sit in the back of the town car and think of her. She is the most exquisite creature I have ever seen. Her light golden hair and huge brown eyes that are too large for her small heart shaped face. She was like no other I had seen before and I knew that she had to be mine. Her presence alone told me that and I had to get to know her. I first went over and was so nervous, that the only way I could talk to her, was to be rude. I could see that I made her feel uneasy and I hated that. However, haven spoken to her and I saw her face movements as she spoke, her oozing beauty was captivating and I was smitten by her from the very first words. All night I thought of nothing else but her and I had to find her. I tracked down which hotel she was in and I began to send her gifts. I did not want her to know that it was I, therefore on the cards I simply said, “Enj
oy.” I carried on for a while like that, and then I had to reveal myself to her. She was surprised but she accepted me and I fell in love with her. I knew from the moment I met her that she would be in danger if I carried on with her. My own selfishness for not wanting to be without her stopped me from doing the right thing, which would have been to let her go. As time went on and I became more infatuated, by her, the danger only grew and her life was now in serious danger and I had to tell her my secret. Even then, she did not doubt me, but instead carried on loving me. Michael has also fallen for her and I cannot blame him for that. Alanna is one of a kind and there will never be any one, like her again. I trust when she says that she loves me, but I do have a terrifying fear that she might have feelings for him too. I could not stand in her way if he chose him but I do not think that I could carry on living if she did. I love her and thinking of her with another is equal someone ripping my heart out with their bare hands. To certify that I never have that feeling, I have come to New York to ask her, to marry me.

  The car comes to stop and I open the door, I step out and into the cold street of New York and I look up at the building, where I know she is. I walk in through the doors and I see everyone stare, I do not even give them a second look, instead I march down the corridor and know that I will see her soon. I reach into my inside jacket pocket and feel to make sure I have the ring. As I pass few girls standing by the lockers, I hear one shout out to me.

  “Adrian,” I turn around and I see Katharine walking towards me. I cannot deny that she is a beautiful girl but to me, she is mere dust on the floor compared to Alanna. “Yes, what can I do for you?” I say to her quickly.

  “What are you doing here, sorry silly question, you are here to see Alanna.”

  “Yes I am here for her, have you seen her?”

  “No I haven’t seen her, but the room was very crowded were we took the exam, so I really couldn’t say for sure, how have you been?”

  “Fine, is the exam over?”

  “Yeah just finished, I am sure Alanna undoubtedly went back to her room.”

  “Yes,” I try to walk away but she again shouts after me.

  “Adrian, I want to apologise for that night at dinner.”

  “Apology accepted, now I must go find Alanna.” I turn away and head back down the corridor to Alanna’s room. I approach and I hear voices inside, I knock and her friend Sophie comes to the door.

  “Adrian, what a surprise,” I look at her and there is something about this girl, that I do not like. She seems like a fake person and I do not trust her around Alanna.

  “Is Alanna here?” I say, in a quick to the point tone.

  “No, I haven’t seen her.”

  “Did she take the exam today?”

  “I don’t think so, I sat by the door so she could see me when she came in, but she didn’t come Adrian, Alanna wasn’t here.”

  “May I come in?”

  “Yeah, sure, come on in.” I walk into the room and see that she has a male friend in the room with her; I look at him and give him a friendly nod. She does certainly not impress me and she should not have this boy in a room where to two girls live, it is very disrespectful. I look to him and say,

  “Please may I have a minute with Sophie?” The boy gets up and rolls his eyes slightly.

  “See you later, Hun.” She sticks to him like glue and I now feel even more uncomfortable and even surer of how I feel about her, he goes out and closes the door behind him.

  “Sophie, where is Alanna?”

  “I don’t know, I told you she never came today.”

  “Then where is she?”

  “I don’t know have you tried ringing her?”

  “I spoke to her when I was in the car and she was on her way here.”

  “Let me try her,” she gets out her phone and dials Alanna’s number. It rings for ages but Alanna does not pick up.

  “I am worried, are you sure she said she was coming here?”

  “Yes and I was going to meet her here.” My mind goes into overdrive and I worry that she has been hurt. I take out my phone and ring her, but she is still not picking up. I ring Michael and there is no answer from him. My heart begins to race and I cannot contain my worry Sophie notices it and tries to reassure me that Alanna will be Okay.

  “You really love her don’t you?”

  “More than anything, she is my world and I would die for her.”

  “Intense, but its sweet and Alanna feels the same way about you.”

  “Sophie I want to tell you something, but you cannot tell anyone is that, clear?”

  “Okay,” she says a little worried. I reach into my pocket and pull out the red Cartier box, as I do Sophie’s face drains white.

  “What’s that?” I open the box to reveal, a large square, platinum, diamond ring set in a diamond band.

  “Do you think she will like it?”

  “That ring is an iceberg, are you going to propose?”

  “Yes, I am.”

  “That’s great.” I close the ring box and Sophie stares at me.

  “Can I see it again?” I smile and open the box as I do she gasps, her face is gleaming and I almost think that she might want the ring. I put it back in my pocket for safekeeping and my mind again worries about Alanna. I fear that something happened to her and I cannot bear that thought. Another thing that has me worried is that perhaps she is with Michael and maybe, she did make a choice. I shake off that feeling but my head begins to throb.

  “Where is she?” I say loudly and Sophie moves away from me.

  “I am sure she is fine, don’t worry.”

  “All I do is worry about her, I need to see her.” I rush out into the corridor and look around for her, but she is nowhere in sight. I walk briskly to the head office. I do not even knock but I walk straight in.

  “Excuse me Sir, but who are you?”

  “Mr. Black we spoke on the phone.”

  “Oh yes of course, your generous donation was much appreciated.”

  “Yes, have you seen Alanna?”

  “No I don’t think so, was she not at the exam?”

  “No!” I walk again out of the office and march again down to her room. I see Sophie run towards me and she looks as if she is crying.

  “What’s wrong?” she grabs me and holds onto me very tightly, I loosen her and push her back.

  “Tell me what’s wrong, now!”

  “It’s Alanna, she has been shot.” I shove her away and with the echo of her words in my mind, I feel my heart shatter.

  “Where is she?” I get no answer from Sophie, so I grab her. “Tell me where she is!”

  “Amsterdam Avenue, 106th street.” She chokes out, I let her go and run out of the college. I rush to the car and shout the driver the address and I tell him to hurry. He stops by the side of the road,

  “Sorry Sir but the road is blocked, and I can’t take you any further.” I push open the door and sprint down the street, my heart is pounding and I cannot think of her. It is my fault I have put her in danger and I am a monster for thinking that I could have someone like her. I see several police cars and ambulances there, is a barrier and the police will not let anyone through I rush over.

  “Let me past!”

  “Sorry Sir, I can’t,” I take him by the neck. That’s my girlfriend, now let me through!” The man backs down and lets me go as I do my worst fear is now a reality, my beautiful Alanna is lying there cold and bleeding. I bend down to her and the paramedics push me away. I walk over to the other side and I see Michael lying there splattered with blood. He is holding Alanna’s hand he was there when I was not, he took a bullet for her and I was the one who caused this. I look down at her again and I am challenged by a sea of pain that is now flooding over me, her beauty is mesmerizing and I cannot stop staring at her. Her eyes are closed but I know that they are captivating and massively brown. Her face is ghostly white and still I have flashes of when she was laughing and smiling. She was so happy and I knew from the moment I saw
her that I did not deserve her, this is my fault and I have always feared this would happen and I might as well have pulled, the trigger.

  Book Two

  Three Thousand Miles- Jealousy

  By Deila Longford

  Out December 2012

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