Chapter 38

Ashton

"Hey! Wake up, Ashton." I had a bad headache when I felt that someone is shaking my body, I did not know who was waking me up, I can't hear his voice it was as if he is whispering to me.

"Hmm." I moan and shook the hand of the man who was trying to wake me up.

"What the fuck man? Wake up, it's not safe anymore." The man said and shake my body this time's with a little bit of force and even though I don't want to open my eyes because I still had a severe headache, I could do nothing but slowly open my eyes. At first, I couldn't see the man's face very well because of the dazzling chandelier at the ceiling but after a few seconds, I slowly recognize the man's face.

"M-Mason?" I said softly and I couldn't help but frown because he seemed uncomfortable. I got up slowly and when Mason noticed that I was having a hard time, Mason immediately helped me getting up from the bed. I roam my eyes around the room and my eyes widen in surprise, confused as to how I get here. How the fuck did I enter this room?

"How did I get here?" I asked Mason confused but he just shrugged.

"I don't know and we don't have time to talk about how you get here, we need to go," Mason said as if he was upset which confused me even more.

"W-What's happening, Mason?" I asked him and I couldn't help but starts to feel nervous, especially when I saw him holding a gun.

"What the hell is going on? Why are you holding a gun?" I ask Maso and immediately backed away until I realized that I was on the edge of the bed causing me to fall and hit my ass on the cold hard ground.

"Fuck!" I cussed and forced myself to stand up.

"I don't have time to explain, Ashton. Just fucking follow me and stop asking me questions." He responded and put the gun he was holding in his waistband. Without looking back, Mason started to walk out of the room, though I was still confused I forced myself to walk and follow him. I don't know what is going on, I can't remember any reason why Mason is being like this.

"Hurry," Mason said as he holds my hand and walked quickly out of the hotel. As we walked down the hall, Mason was about to turn to another aisle but he suddenly backed away, much to my surprise.

"Shít, they're here already," Mason said as if he was scared based on his trembling voice. I was so curious about what he meant when he said that they're here. I peeked into the hallway where we were supposed to turn and my eyes widened when I saw Ron asking the hotel receptionist, maybe he's asking if I'm staying at this hotel.

"Hey! We need to hide, stop peeking." Mason said and pulled me again, I could not help but wonder why Mason was like this.

Shit! How did he know that I was hiding from Luciano and his assassin's? Fred could have told Mason the truth, but we agreed to shut our mouth.

"Get in here," Mason ordered and pushed me into a door, my mind was in turmoil and I no longer knew where I was, only the dark greeted me when I entered the door.

"H-How did you know that I'm running from that man you saw on the receptionist desk?" I asked Mason but he didn't bother to answer my question, he grabbed my arm and pulled me again, I just let him guide me to wherever we were going because I could no longer see anything, this pain that I feel it in my head is making all these things worse.

After a few minutes of walking in the dark, I heard a door open and Mason and I walked out of it.

"In the car, run as fast as you can," Mason said and ran ahead while I was just standing there as I looked around until I saw a man chasing Mason, my eyes widened when I saw the face of the man that was chasing Mason, it was Klen.

What the fuck! Luciano's assassins are already here and it looks like there are many of them in here. I was panicking and I'm not thinking straight anymore when I ran in the other direction. I was thinking that if I'm going to follow Mason, Klen will surely see me and I will not let anyone see me here.

Without hesitation, I ran as fast as I can, until I realized that a car was moving in the direction I was running.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fick!" I cursed sharply and ran even faster. Who was in that car? I could not stop because of fear that maybe Brando, Pang, or Vin might be in the car. But no matter how fast I ran, the car still caught up with me, I was almost fainting when the car door opened.

"Get in!" I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Mason inside the car, I quickly got inside and put on the seatbelt. Mason immediately drove the car away from the hotel, I turned around to see if anyone was chasing us and I was shocked as fuck when I saw two vehicles following us.

"They're following us," I informed Mason in a freaking nervous tone and I gripped my seatbelt tightly as Mason drove the car even faster.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Ashton? I told you to follow me and run as fast as you can but you fucking run in another direction." Mason said annoyed and I just swallowed my saliva when the nervousness I am feeling intensify.

"I'm s-sorry, I just thought that they won't notice me if I run in another direction," I responded and heaved a sigh of frustration.

I don't know how we got to this point. I don't remember how I got inside the hotel and woke up with Mason in front of me and rescuing me from Luciano's assassins. As I pondered what was happening, my eyes widened and I looked in Mason's direction.

"Fuck! Am I dreaming?" I asked Mason and he suddenly looked in my direction frowning.

"What?" He asked and turned his attention back to the road.

"No, this is not real, I am just dreaming. There's no way that you know I'm running from Luciano's men and there's no way that Ron and Klen will be at the hotel, how the fuck did they know that I'm in that hotel in the first place? It doesn't make sense to me." I said to myself.

"Aw, not this time, Ashton. You're not fucking dreaming." Mason replied. I shook violently and slapped my cheek too hard.

"Shit!" I cursed sharply and hisses when I felt the pain on my cheek because of the slap.

I can't believe this is happening now.

I'm not fucking dreaming, it's happening to me right now. Mason and I are being chased by Luciano's assassins.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked Mason and he just glared at me as if he couldn't believe I'm asking him that question.

"Are you fucking serious? You're asking me that question when those fuckers are chasing us? Hold on, I'm going to stray them away." Mason said and suddenly he turned the car into the small alley. I gasped in shock because I wasn't expecting that Mason would turn into the small alley, I can't do anything but held to my seat tightly.

About a minute later, I dared to look behind us to see if Klen and Ron are still behind following us.

"They're still behind us, Mason," I complained, I know I completely sound frustrated. I'm afraid that Ron and Klen may succeed and that would be the end of my life.

"I know, I'm trying to stray them away," Mason replied and turned the car around again, I just realized that Mason drives through the busy streets where there were many passing vehicles. I can't count how many vehicles that Mason overtakes, I don't even know where Ron and Klen are, there are many cars behind us and I can't remember Ron and Klen's car.

"Where are we going?" I asked Mason and heaved a sigh to somehow calm myself down.

"We're going to Freya's safe house, but we can't stay there for longer than two days," Mason replied and I just nodded in agreement with what he said, somehow I calmed down and glad to know that Mason has a plan. If I was alone, I'm sure I'm already caught right now.

"There are hoodies and caps in the backseat, I want you to get that and change," Mason ordered so I immediately took off my seatbelt and went to the backseat. I saw three hoodies and four caps on the side that I immediately took, I chose a hoodie and I immediately put it on, as well as the cap. I took another hoodie and cap before I went back to my seat.

"We need to stop in the drive-thru and from there we will run to the nearest train station, and please don't you fucking run in the other direction if you still value your life," Mason said and I just nodded in response to him. I'm not stupid enough to screw his plan, I need to trust Mason's plan because as of now it's the only thing I know that would help my situation.

Moments later the car stopped at the side of the drive-thru, Mason was moving so quickly. He hurriedly put on the hoodie and the cap that I took from the backseat of his car, he then took his cellphone and wallet before he got out of the car. I immediately got out of the car and followed Mason.

There are lots of people around us, they don't care if two men are running which I was so thankful for. I hesitated to run and follow Mason earlier because I was afraid that we might be mistaken for a thief and made a commotion that could cause Ron and Klen to track us.

"Hurry up, Ashton," Mason said and ran faster, even though I was out of breath I still forced myself to run. Until I saw that the train station was not far from us.

Mason and I both gasped when we arrived at the train station, I just followed him until we got inside the train and a few minutes later the train started to move. I heaved a sigh of relief and slowly felt better. I think Ron and Klen already lost track of me.

"You okay?" Mason asked and I just raised an eyebrow at him.

"You should have park the car outside the train station and not on the drive-thru," I complained to him but he just looks at me as if I'm the most stupid person on earth.

"Don't be stupid, Ashton. The moment they found my car, it would take them almost an hour to think where the hell did we go. I think parking outside the train station wouldn't be a nice idea, it's like digging a hole in your own grave." Mason replied and took his cellphone out of his pocket, I couldn't see what he was doing so I just kept quiet.

There are so many questions running on my mind right now. I have so many questions for Mason but it doesn't seem like the right time and place to ask him those questions. I just closed my eyes and tried to regain my strength, I needed it in case something went wrong with Mason's plan.