10

A few weeks passed and no word from the Shadows, Devon and I spent more time together. By the time Lily turned one, she was walking and running around the house. The following day after Lily's birthday, Devon ran into the house

"Kayla take Lily upstairs now!"

I got up off the living room floor

"What's going on?"

He was frantic and terrifying me

"I need you girls upstairs now!"

I picked Lily up and went upstairs, I laid her in her bed and sat in the rocking chair. I got up and looked out the window. I was horrified to see the street filled with Connor's gang and Devon's, I quickly ran down and out the door; the guards tried to stop me but I pushed through. I ran in front of both of them

"Stop both of you, this is ridiculous."

A girl from the Shadow's pulled a gun on me

"Darling get out of this now."

I pulled out my 9 mm

"No I'm sick of this rivalry, Connor you know damn well Lily doesn't need this in her life, you told me that after you found out I was pregnant."

He kept his gun up at Devon

"Kayla, just move and let this take its course."

Just as I was going to speak, the sound of a gunshot cracks into the air like thunder. The Shadow's pulled the trigger aiming in Devon's direction, quickly turning this huge, quiet street into a battle field. I dropped my gun in panic and ran for cover.

"Stop it please, think about Lily!"

I cried out as I witness one after another of the gang members falling over in their own blood dead in the street. Just as the shooting begins to come to an end, I fall to the ground feeling excruciating burning pain of a bullet go in my thigh. I held the wound tightly and laid in the fetal position in pain. As Devon's dad was trying to stop the blood, Connor's dad stood behind him with a gun to his head; I tried to warn him but by that time his head was blown to pieces and blood splattered all over my face. I shook in fear trying to focus on my thigh and the bleeding. I look up to see both Connor and Devon rush over to me, I can hear police sirens in the distance. I can barely keep my eyes open and myself conscious. All that's going through my mind is what will happen to Lily if I died right here. I can no longer hold on.

"Take care of Lily, please make sure she's safe."

Devon held pressure to the wound and Connor talked to me

"Stay with me Kayla."

After that, my memory of what had happened was gone. I was rushed to the nearest hospital and taken to surgery, the bullet had hit an artery in my leg and it was pouring blood, my heart rate dropped and my oxygen was dropping quickly. Devon and Connor waited in the waiting room, Lily was with Audrey and Patricia; Connor's family was hiding and I was fighting for my life. A few hours have passed and my surgery was a success but I was still in critical condition, Hope had rushed to the hospital as soon as she found out. She got furious at the guys

"Would one of you mind telling me why Kayla was shot? We are supposed to protect her from harm; that was the deal!"

Connor stood up

"Devon I'll let you tell her, I need a drink."

He walked away, Hope mad dogged Devon

"I'm waiting for an explanation."

He exhaled

"It happened too fast, she was making an effort to stop us and bam! she was shot."

She scoffed

"She's the one we need idiot; she's the only one who can join our gang to her dad's; put this shit behind us."

He sighed

"She was covered in my dad's blood, the fear she had... I know she'll despise us all for lying to her."

Hope sat down

"She will hate more than just us, she will hate Connor and his gang too, they killed her father and now almost her."

Devon looked at her

"What now? My dad is dead and so is her dad."

She put her hand on his thigh

"We have to go to your uncle Dylan, Devon; he can help us now."

Connor came back and sat down

"Face it Dev, you won't win this one now, by my gang's law she was already in our gang when she had Lily."

Devon stood up, Connor stood up and got in his face

"A child doesn't make her apart of anything, you have to marry her moron."

Connor smirked

"That's fine because as far as I'm concerned she wanted to run off with me before, I can convince her again."

Devon faked a laugh

"She's still a person jackass, she will hate us all when she wakes up."

The nurse walked over

"Gentlemen I need you to keep it down or I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

Connor turned to face her

"Is Kayla Summers awake?"

She pulled back her papers on the clipboard to look

"Yes she is still under from the surgery but she will recover, as of right now she is allowed two visitors but no stressful situations."

Connor looked at Hope

"Come on Hope before I hit this fucker."

They followed the nurse to my room, they had me hooked up to oxygen, blood pressure machine and a I.V. Connor fell to my side

"I'm so sorry we put you through this Kayla."

Hours passed, Devon and Connor switched back and forth waiting for me to wake up, every few hours, nurses came in to check on my vitals. Later that evening when I woke up, Hope ran to my side

"Kayla! I'm here honey."

I looked around for anyone else, I had forgotten everything until Devon and Connor stormed into the room. I got furious at them and yelled

"Both of you, get out!"

The nurse ran and pushed them out of the room

"That's it guys, you need to leave."

Connor hollered

"Kayla I'm sorry! I wasn't meaning to hurt you."

Devon and Connor were escorted by security outside, Devon yelled at him

"Why the hell did you have to be stupid! Now she won't talk to either of us."

Connor began walking away, Devon hollered

"Where are you going?"

He turned and walked backwards

"To see my daughter idiot."

Devon ran to him

"You aren't allowed to see her without Kayla's permission."

He scoffed

"I'm her father imbecile, and Kayla can't keep me from my daughter."

I ate some food and took some pain medicine until I got a surprised visitor. My uncle, Kyle came in

"Kayla, hi sweetie how are you? We haven't heard from you since your dad passed away."

He sat on my bed

"How's the baby?"

I sat up

"She's good, what's going on, why are you here?"

He exhaled

"I've decided to step up in your father's position and take over for the Diablo's."

I scoffed

"We need to stop this crap! It nearly cost me my life!"

My uncle sighed

"We will end this okay but honey I can't promise anything will be good from now on."

I stared at him with concern

"What do you mean?"

He put his hand in my hand

"The Shadows are fighting to get you to marry Connor because you have Lily together."

I got angry

"No way! I don't want anything to do with them! They almost killed me!"

He wrapped his hand around mine

"I promised your father to protect you that includes Lily."

Hope said

"We are going to move you and Lily and no one will know, we have to protect you now dear."

I began to cry

"I don't want to live this nightmare anymore; I just want to be normal with my daughter!"

They both got up to talk outside the room. I was angry that this is what mattered rather than the safety of us.