CHAPTER TEN

                                    

                                          
"So what's the plan?" Marjorie asked as Reece shrugged on his coat. 
"Autumn, Mia and I are all going to head over to my father's to get Siobhan and make sure she's alright." He said as he zipped up his jacket, glancing over at the other two who were getting ready. 
Everyone had been slightly shook at Siobhan's confession over the phone, Charlotte abruptly hanging up as the group decided what to do. Given they were the strongest, Mia, Autumn and Reece would go in case anything dangerous was going on, and the rest would stay at the house with all the doors and windows locked.
"Stay safe." Charlotte whispered, planting a kiss on the redhead's cheek as she cupped her face. 
Mia smiled, "I will be, sweetheart. I'll be fine."  
Marjorie wrapped her arms around Reece as he finished getting ready, pulling him close to her. He smiled and kissed her forehead, Autumn looking on as though she was about to be sick. 
Winter smiled at her and nodded, telling her she could go. Though the couple weren't affectionate by being intimate or touching, they showed their love in many different ways, strengthening it as the days went on. 
The three left the house, Reece jamming an iron key and turning it, satisfied when it made a click. They wandered outside, shivering slightly in the cold breeze that swept the streets. The road was eerie and dark as Autumn opened the boot of her car, pulling out her bat; the same one she had used to crash Roger's car the night Mia had confessed everything.
"Seriously Aut?" Reece raised an eyebrow as she shut the door, looking up him, face bare of any emotion.
"We don't how the intensity of the situation. And if it's our father again, I'd happily hit him round the head with my bat." Autumn replied bluntly as Mia giggled, climbing into the back of the car as the siblings got into the front. 
They drove silently through the night, the low hum of the engine the only noise that interrupted their silence. No one seemed to want to talk about the state that Siobhan could be in, considering the conversation over the phone. Mia's mind wracked back to her experiences with Roger, and knew that he rarely went easy on people. As much as she often teased Siobhan, she couldn't even imagine being in a relationship with a man as such.
Reece drove urgently to Roger's, jumping a few red lights as he rounded the corners quickly. 
"If we get caught by the police, then I'm saying I was kidnapped." Mia yelled over the screeching of the tires as Reece ran through another red light.
Autumn smirked, "Good idea. I'll say that too." 
Reece rolled his eyes, "Nice to know that my sister and ex girlfriend would happily watch me get sent to prison." 
The girls giggled as Reece sighed, turning into his father's road. The car was once again cast into a dead silence, no one uttering a word as they passed the many mansions planted along the street. Some of the lampposts flickered as they drove, slowly coming to a stop infront of Roger's house, the tall building looming over them as they parked. 
A fox ran abruptly across the road, causing Reece to jump slightly as he got out of the driver's seat. The street was deserted, eerily quiet except the faint laugh from the three drunk men that swayed down the pavement, beer cans clasped in their bloody hands.
The three gathered to the side of the car, Mia resting against it as they decided what to do. They could easily take on Roger, but what if he had backup?
Autumn had her bat and Mia knew where to kick a boy where it hurts, but Reece didn't exactly have anything to defend himself. Rolling her eyes, Autumn yanked at a nearby tree, snapping the wood and thrusting a large branch towards Reece who caught it effortlessly.