A Force Love Contract With GANG LEADER

Jimmy didn’t say anything but held Kate’s shoulder and moved through the crowd to a safer place.

The place didn’t much deserve the word safe either. It was messy too. It was the space between two houses. A huge garbage bin with scattered garbage around it served as cover. They stood behind the garbage bin and breathed the stench in the air.

Kate tried to move to a place farther away from the chaos. And the noise of shouting, screaming, throwing things, and beating was still audible.

“How did it happen?” She asked Jimmy.

“Gangs were fighting for territory, trouble provocation, revenge, and business rivalries.” Jimmy stared at the ground and said in a low voice.

“Gangs?” Kate was surprised. It was hard to imagine gangs fighting would happen in an alley close to school.

Jimmy nodded. “Because the business here is good. So this is a place they fight over. It is not easy for the stand owners to survive here.”

“You don’t take care of this?”

“We cannot control it. And we should not either.”

In fact, this was what the police were glad to see. The fighting between gangs was advantageous to the police.

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Jimmy drew back his attention from the ground to Kate. “We will get involved before that happens.”

Kate paused a little and said, “Aren’t you very dangerous too?”

The guys fighting there were all like devils.

Looking at her worried expression, a light flashed over Jimmy’s eyes. He padded his waist and said, “We are prepared.”

Kate saw something bulging under his coat. It was the shape of a gun.

The next moment, Jimmy raised his hand toward her, as if he wanted to touch her face. Her heart was beating fast, but Jimmy’s hand reached to her head and touched one strand of her hair. His hand retreated soon.

He showed what was in his hand to her. It was her hairpin. She probably dropped it while she was running. He wanted to put it on for her but changed his mind and gave it back to her. There was a short moment of contact between their hands when he returned the pin.

Jimmy seemed a little embarrassed and picked a subject. “You go to school nearby?”

“Yes.” Kate also looked down at the ground and didn’t dare to look at him.

“Seems he is good to you.” Jimmy’s voice contained a little loss. “I had seen you coming out from that school several times when we passed by on missions.”

Grievance came to her heart, and after a few seconds, she heard him ask, “Last October, probably Columbus Day, did you call me?”

Her heart shrank, and she wanted to deny it at first. But then she nodded and said, “Yes, a woman answered my call.”

Jimmy smiled bitterly, “It was my ex-girlfriend. That day I went back to my grandma’s birthday party. I was taking a shower, and the cell phone was not with me.”

It had been quite a long time and seemed unnecessary to explain, but Jimmy said it anyway. He didn’t want her to have the misunderstanding.

Kate didn’t reply.

Looking at her smooth, straightened hair, his heart was gripped by an invisible hand. He asked, “It was the time you needed help, so you…”

He stopped to change the words, “got together with that man?”

Before she could answer, he added, “If I received the phone, then…”

“No.” Kate denied immediately.

“I called just to ask you when you would take back your clothes…”

Kate bit her lips and hardened her heart, “because if he saw it, he would be unhappy.”

A silence followed.

But she could hear and sense Jimmy’s breathing changed. His chest, just a few inches from her eyes, was moving up and down.

She thought bitterly that she had played it well. Her rehearsals were not wasted.