Chapter 23

Alex’s point of view

No planning of any kind could have prepared my heart for the fear that it felt when I heard that Janelle was shot and Desirée was taken.

I knew that this was going to happen. I was prepared for this, so why do I feel so...scared.

I knew Desi was going to be taken one way or another. From the day that we gave our false statements, I was waiting for the Scorpion gang to attack, to finally make their move and now that they have made their move, I can’t help but feel unnerved.

Everything is going according to plan, I’m finally going to be able to live my life the way that I should have since the beginning.

It only took going to school and being a teenager for a few months for me to realize that there is more to life than killing, the drugs, money and power.

I want to be a normal person. I want to have a degree, get a job, have a house, a wife and children.

Wow, if only the old me could see me now, she’d probably slap the shit out of me.