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FIRE CRACKER I NEED ANSWERS (25)
“I always knew you were a bit insane but this…” My mother said as she narrowed her eyes at me “this is a lot, even for you.” “Don’t treat me like I am crazy, I knew about the arguments you had.” Alice visibly tensed at my words. “The yelling, the whispers all of the stares you gave each other. I knew something was wrong. Did you think you were that discreet with your affairs?” “All I can gather from this is that you were a nosy little brat.” She retorted and tried to walk away but I pulled her back, she spun around and glared at me. “Your party was his last chance to salvage it all…” I continued. “But then you murdered him,” I said in a pained tone. “How could you do that ALICE? He was your husband, the only man who had treated you like royalty, who had loved you… loved me! Yet you killed him! You took him away from us!” I vocalized. “I wasn’t the one who killed him okay!” She snapped and her eyes filled with tears. “I loved Derek to the moon and back,” she added “besides, didn’t y
FIRE CRACKER RYE! (26)
I shut my eyes and licked my lips. The feeling of betrayal left a bland taste in my mouth and I could not help but wonder how many more secrets they had kept from me — from him. I needed to find out who killed my father and why? Alice claimed Rye saw him. Rye saw our father’s murderer and yet she did nothing? She was just a child though... What could she have done? When I was her age I was just trying to put myself together, Rye is doing so well in her life and she should not have to deal with all of this. Her father’s murderer and a manipulative mother. My heart ached. I still needed to speak to her though, I needed to know who killed our father and why my mother wants to protect that person. My whole life has been one mess after the other. All that I had no control over, this I do... I didn't have any control over my father’s death, back then I couldn’t do anything. Now I could. I dragged myself to my feet and increased my pace down the hall, glancing around for Rye. I knew she
FIRE CRACKER PLEASE HELP ME (27)
“Rye!” I cried as I ran over to her, the driver had sped off, leaving Rye heaving on the ground. My eyes frantically scanned her over, fear clawing on my thoughts. Her skin was pale and she looked like she could die at any moment.“Somebody help me! Someone, please help! My sister is dying!” I begged as years filled my eyes. This was not supposed to happen, it wasn’t supposed to be like this, I didn't want her to get hurt, I just needed answers! “All of this...” Rye heaved in a broken tone as her pale blue orbs glared at me “all of this is your fault, leave...” she croaked out as blood leaked from the sides of her lips.“Someone help!” I cried out. My voice cracked and I felt myself stand up at a pace I never knew I could and run after a nurse I saw passing “Please, help me! My sister is dying! Please!” I begged in a desperation-soaked tone. The nurse nodded frantically, glanced at Rye, and immediately went to alert other nurses who brought a stretcher and wheeled her in. I rushed aft
FIRE CRACKER I MESSED UP... AGAIN (28)
“It’s alright.” He shrugged as we broke eye contact, His fancy black leather jacket sat on his shoulders as he rubbed his palms together awkwardly.I sighed and sat down on one of the chairs in the waiting room, my thoughts were racing a mile a minute and I could not get Rye’s previous words out of my head, she had clearly said this was all my fault as if she dies, that’s on me.“So, um, you have a sister?” Tyler said as I glanced over at me, probably trying to make small talk, I parted my lips to give him a response when a voice rang through my head and startled me.“What did you do to my daughter?!” Alice boomed as she marched over to me, She was still clad in her hospital gown and she looked furious, anyone who saw her in plain sight would think she was a worried and furious mother but I knew better.“Look Alice, I am not in the mood—”“All of this is your fault!” She yelled at me. Rage filled her tone as she glared at me, I matched her glare as if to say ‘not here, not nowI could
FIRE CRACKER HOW DARE YOU? (29)
I went silent after those words left my mouth. My eyes stared absentmindedly at the road and a tear fell down my cheeks. My throat suddenly became dry and I resisted the urge to bite on my already blistered lips.It felt like I was taking a million steps back, but giving in was so much easier than hanging on. I was so sick and tired of having to do it all. Trying to be better every single time. I felt sorry for Derek, but right now it felt like this was the only solution to all my problems."Are you still there or did you chicken out?" Martin's husky tone dragged me black to reality, I blinked and picked up the phone that had slipped from my hands at some point."I'm right here," I confirmed in a steady tone."We've got some new ones and they are really good— Well, as long as you can afford them.""Do you have anything that can make me forget everything?" Gosh. My hands trembled and I felt like I was betraying myself."As I said, only if you can afford it," Martin replied with a chuck
FIRE CRACKER PILLS AND POTIONS (30)
“Give it back,” My voice was lower than I had expected.“No,” Tyler whispered as he glanced at the pack “Why are you taking this crap?” His voice had so much emotion in it and the more I listened to him the more I wanted to rip his head from his body.“Give me my pills and leave” My voice grew an octave higher but came out steady as I stood up at the same time. My fist tightened as I glared at him.“Did you ever even think of your mom and your sister?”His voice came out croaked “What do you know about me?” My voice came out pained and exasperated as I waved my hands in frustration. “You don’t know me! So just hand me my freaking pills and walk away!” I yelled at him.“Why? So you can pop them into your mouth and end your life?” He demanded as he stared at me with tear-filled eyes.I ran my hands through my hair and glared at him ”Yes!” I admitted. “Happy?” I questioned, “So hand them over, now Tyler!”“Look —” Before he could continue, I lunged at him and tried to grab the pills, my h
FIRE CRACKER I’M GOING TO RUIN YOU (31)
The silence in the room was choking as I glared at Tyler. My fists tightened and My forehead creased. “Danielle—”“If I take those pills, it’s not because I want to, or I feel like playing around with people’s lives. It’s because I have no better choice, okay?” I finished and headed out of the tore briskly. It must have taken Tyler a few seconds to regain himself because he was yelling my name and jogging after me a few seconds later.I ran my hands through my blonde hair as kept my pace, my mind seemed clearer than it was before and my head felt light, to be honest, this had been a very long and strenuous day and I could not wait to crash into a bed somewhere... oh, about that, I had nowhere to sleep. I also had no money as well.I mentally facepalmed. I had spent all of my money on those pills and now I had none left. What was I thinking? How was I going to survive now? Those pills were all I had. I froze in my tracks at the chaos that was going on in what I assumed was the wait
FIRE CRACKER SHE LIED? (32)
The sound of my feet hiring the ground filled the empty hallway. I needed to get to Rye fast, I needed to help her recover and then expose Alice as the monster she truly was. Even in all this, I felt some relief. Like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Because it was not my fault, it wasn’t that I was too hard to love, Alice just never knew how to love anyone and that was not my fault. My feet stomped on the beige tiles as I ran to the elevator. The relief I was feeling did nothing to drown the heavy weight of worry that lingered on my chest: Rye was in danger, she was dying. I needed to find a blood donor soon. I would need to contact Jared, he’s the only one who would help me at this point.I dug my hand into my pocket to pull out myPhone but it wasn’t there, panic hit me in waves, where had I left it? It was with me when I walked back into the hospital. I ran my hands through my hair and tugged on the tips, my scalp hurt and I tugged on my hair harder in frustration, why
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5 years later. “What happened here?” I sucked in a sharp breath as I glanced around what was supposed to be the children’s room but seemed like a battleground. World war three happened here. “It was him!” Bella cried in her high-pitched voice, I cringed at her tone and glanced in the direction of her voice. My heart skipped a bit when I could not find her, but if the mop of blonde curls that peaked out from beneath the bed was anything too go by; I was definitely on the right track. I took tentative steps toward her and crouched down to her height, “Baby, what’s going on?” my voice trembled slightly with worry but that was not the only thing threatening an anxiety attack from me at this moment. It was already 10:00 am and I wasn’t even dressed — forget about dressing up, Tyler wasn’t even around to handle the kids and he promised me. Today was my big day and he promised he would fill in, but as always, he just runs off with his burger. Bella reluctantly reached out to me and
FIRE CRACKER Is it too late to say goodbye?
You know how you can spend your entire life walking on the wrong path. You can feel like you have it all figured out even though you are just starting and struggling to be a good version of yourself. There are some memories, that don’t die when dawn comes barging in. Some dark times that even the sun can’t chase away. My point is: They are too many things out of our control and the last thing you want to do is get stuck with the guilt of not fixing or doing things that were never in your control, to begin with. As I ran my hands through my soaked scarlet hair, a lone tear crawled down my cheek and I swallowed sharply. I bit hard on my bottom lip as I thunderstruck and pierced my skin. It was almost scary how three years had felt like decades, how much I had linked to come here, all the promises, the guilt, everything that had built up to this exact moment. I wiped my tears which were mixed with rain. I found to hear the hesitant footsteps from Rye, but I did not turn. My fists cle
FIRE CRACKER Finally? (196)
“There’s still time for us to run.” I glanced at Emilia as if she had grown two heads, but she had a serious expression on her face and I knew that she was freaking out deep down.So was I.“Run to where exactly?” I decided to humor her risky thoughts with a raised eyebrow, her stance deflated and she let go of my hand. We were outside the church now. It was crazy how much time had passed and how things were happening so fast.Until two weeks ago I was at Alice’s grave. Now I was walking down the aisle. I frowned and breathed. “When did Rye say she was going to get here?” I asked Emilia, the blonde seemed to be too engrossed in starting anything but the church that waiting for her. Her blonde hair had been styled in a perfect bun and Isabel had performed magic with her makeup. Her dimples were visible and she wasn’t even smiling. Emilia took a hold of my hand again, a small smile broke out on her plump lips.I held my breath as she stared me dead in the eyes before she broke out into
FIRE CRACKER Burning soil (195)
“This was the last place I thought I would ever come,” The words rolled out of my mouth and left a bland taste in my mouth, I could feel the heat from the ground tear my skin apart, and my eyes stung with fresh tears and my fists clenched.If anyone had told me, years ago, or even a month ago that I would do this, I would have laughed in their face and given them a fitting reply, yet here I was, tears pouring down my cheeks with a void in my heart that I was not sure time could heal.“It wasn't supposed to end like this, Alice. This wasn’t the plan. This wasn't the freaking plan,” I whispered and I could barely see from my clouded vision. “You always hurt me when it was alive and I always used to think that I would be happy when you died...” I trailed off and wiped my tears.“I’m not Alice,” I admitted. “I’m not happy at all ad it feels like my heart got ripped out. You took a part of me with you and it space you left stings a lot.” I swallowed and sucked in a sharp breath. I ran my
FIRE CRACKER Happy birthday (194)
Tyler chuckled and his hand went to his neck for a nervous moment. “I don’t think you have realized it but… Alexander is in love, and it’s not with you,” I blinked in confusion.Tyler laughed at what seemed like my facial expression. “Alexander is madly in love with Lee.” My eyes widened and I immediately clicked the dots.Lee’s strange behavior ever since Alexander came into the house, her sudden change of heart, the reason she begged me to stop the wedding, why she was so devastated during the shoot-out, why she kept her gaze on Alex, and most of us, why she was bosses with taking care of Bella. “But she’s just a child and he- he’s twenty-five or something! This isn’t right!” I informed him.“She’ll be eighteen in a few weeks, by then she will be an adult, right?” Cole asked in a calm tone.“Well yes, but…” I trailed off and walked past him, I turned and continued. “She’s still a child, he’s five years older than she, and I don’t know, I’m just not comfortable with the idea.”“It’s
FIRE CRACKER Let’s start again (193)
"Are you okay?" Tyler was standing at the doorwhen I came out, I nodded and walked past him. "Where's Gemma?" I asked with a straight face and glanced around the place. "She left," Tyler informed me absentmindedly. "She asked for a divorce." He added."Why? Did she finally realize that you are nothing like you claim you are?" I spat at him and he shrugged."She was pregnant for someone else," He continued. My eyes widened and I shrugged. "Oh wow." I chuckled. "You sue to surround yourself with the best kinds of people," I informed him and he relaxed on the wall"You don't seem okay, do you want to get some rest?" He asked and I rolled my eyes at his fake concern."I want to leave. Why did you bring me here?" I demanded in a sharp tone."You fell unconscious, I had no other choice," Tyler admitted bashfully and ran his hands through his hair. His lips were pursed into a straight line and he kept his gaze firm on me."Want some coffee?" He offered and walked towards what I assumed w
FIRE CRACKER You hurt me! (192)
"I never thought you would come here." I heard a voice as I sat on the closest rock.From the view I had, the lake was breathtakingly beautiful, it had been months since I came here and I was dying for a breath of fresh air."Do you remember the last time we came here?" the voice continued on a steady pitch, I rolled my eyes at the tone and turned away. "Danielle, you are going to have to face me at one point or the other." Tyler finally confessed in what sounded like a defeated tone, I scoffed at his words. "There's nothing to settle." my voice came out strained. It had been one entire month since Alice was murdered and Aiden died at my hands. The memory still sends chills down my spine and for many days I refused to leave my home because I was terrified of the outcome, I sucked in sharp air and glanced at him."You ended this, remember?" I added in a soft tone, my eyes stung with tears but I blinked them away. Tyler sighed. He broke the small distance between us and sat beside me
FIRE CRACKER Life isn’t fair (191)
I lunged at him. With all the force and anger I could muster at that moment. This was the moment I had waited for so many years. Three long years — I lived with that guilt and pain for three long years. I was broken, I had to deal with the pain and nightmares and the intense feeling that I could not protect the man who did nothing but love me. The only thing I had consoled myself with back then was that I would avenge his death.And only when I had avenged his death, would I visit his grave. Today, I would fulfill that promise.Aiden lost balance in shock, the gun went off immediately. My eyes widened when we hit the ground. I was basically on top of him, dangerously close with the gun between us and my breath hitched.My heart raced and it took me a few seconds to register the fact that the bullet had not hit me, rather it was stuck in Aiden who was bleeding from his nose.I must have taken too long to connect all these dots because the next thing I knew was hands around my neck, c
FIRE CRACKER I will keep that promise (190)
"Aiden," I growled and he smiled. He had a fun held up straight to my face and I was almost thrown off by the audacity of the man. Here, in broad daylight, he was pointing a gun at me, a smug grin plastered on his face as if he had just been given hot coffee on a stressful morning."Danielle" His voice was calm and held no remorse at all, his eyes narrowed at me and rested on Alice's body which was behind me. I watched as Aiden's grey eyes darkened for a bit before they returned to their previous form."For the first time in my entire life...I'm sad I was right about something." The words were not directed at me, rather it was where his gaze rested. Completely fixed on Alice. "If you cared about her, you would have stopped this a long time ago." I shot a glare at him, and he scoffed and stared at me with a piercing gaze. "It's because of her, I did this!" He snapped and shot one of the medics, I stumbled on the side of the van, my eyes went wide and I clenched my fist."That's a li
