Current Location: The Whip and Chain.Leaving the driver and Mrs. Spooner on the bus, we walked into the Whip and Chain. I could see the chagrin on Ruby’s face. Ruby was utterly disgusted by this choice of venue. It made me extremely happy deep inside!Why would Shelly do this? Is she trying to get back at me for something I did? I cannot imagine what though." Ruby mumbled to herself. "Look, it may not be what you imagined for your Bachelorette party, but we are here so let us make the best of things." Derek smiled gently at Ruby.I turned to Ruby." How about we do this. I will go grab everyone’s drinks. And before you go and try making requests, I am choosing the drinks for everyone tonight. Ruby it is your party, and you can cry if you want to. But you are going to have fun even if it kills you." Derek screamed " Hell yeah cousin! That is what I am talking about. Someone making my dear sister climb out of her shell."I smiled than turned around and headed for the bar. After ordering
Current Location: My bed around four o'clock in the morningI was jolted out of a deep sleep by the constant ringing of my cell phone. I rubbed my eyes trying to get my bearings. My phone stopped ringing, so I was planning on going back to sleep. But withing about five seconds it was jingling again. I reach for my phone and unsurprisingly I see that it was Ruby calling. I expected this now that the drugs have worn off, I knew she would be panicking.I answered the phone with a huge yawn " Ruby do you have any idea what time it is? First you ditch me last night now you are calling me so damn early in the morning!" Ruby broke out in hysterics." I ditched you. Did I ditch Dede as well? She has not been answering my calls either. I have been trying to get through to you and Dede for the last thirty minutes. I was about to give up. Anyway, none of that is important you can catch me up on all of that later. I have a favor to ask can you please come back to this nightmarish club and pick me u
Current Location: Wedding venue bridal parties dressing roomRuby was already here when I walked in. "Hey Ruby, how are you feeling after your, um, Bachelorette party?" Ruby rolled her eyes "Happy it is over but thankful for you. I think without you everything would be ruined. I am so happy you are my maid of honor. Shall we start getting dressed. I noticed our dress bags all have our names on them."I was having a tough time holding back the excitement inside me. Ruby is already pissed at Shelly. Now Ruby is going to hate Dede as well. This was a complete disaster no bride would ever want to go through, and one Ruby could never had anticipated.Ruby pulled down the zipper on her garment bag and was utterly shocked to see, not the beige dress she wanted, but a lime green dress that was two sizes too big. It looked like baby poop it was so ugly. I approached my dress bag and unzipped it. It was purple and very poofy with a lot of lace it looked like a fancy tablecloth, and it was a siz
Current Location: Wedding venue the alter"I am so sorry Ruby! I only said Emma’s name because she helped me write my vows. As I was saying them, I was thinking how thankful I am to her." Ruby let out a huge sigh of relief "I understand Emma has helped me out a lot in the last three days as well. Emma from Shane and I we are truly grateful for you." Well, that was anti-climactic. At least that means everything I have done up to this point was not for nothing.The minister got to the I dos than he said, "You may kiss the bride." Just like that Shane was a married man and I was now a mistress at least until the shit hits the fan Shane gets the pictures and divorces Ruby.The wedding party went back to our respective rooms to change into our outfits for the reception which will be held at the Cheap Thrills Party inc. ballroom. Ruby was on cloud nine. I could not wait for that cloud to open up and pour down. The shit show that was coming to her over the next ten days will be epic.We arriv
Current Location: Outside my house at four sixteen Jefferson StreetI asked Shane if he wanted me to deal with Ruby and he said no. "Babe eventually I will have to talk to her about moving out and getting the marriage annulled. You should go ahead and head inside I will talk to Ruby and be in as soon as possible I promise."Shane and I both got out of the car. I grabbed the groceries, and I headed inside while Shane went over to Ruby’s car. I made it to my kitchen and a text came through on my phone. I opened my messages and was curious as to why Ruby was sending me a text when she was pretty much right outside my door. "Em can you come out and talk to me after Shane comes inside, please?" More than anything I wanted to tell her no, but I knew if I did, she would just call anyway. If I did not answer Ruby’s call would call repeatedly until I did. I simply texted back "Sure" and left it at that.I started unbagging the groceries and put the beer in the fridge. I started preparing dinner
Current Location: My best friend Natasha’s house"I feel like it has been ages since I have seen you, what has been going on?" Natasha asked. I do not keep secrets from Natasha, so I started at the beginning explaining everything in a lot of detail much like I am doing right now for you. Natasha laughed when I was finished. "Damn Emma bean you really have it out for Ruby huh? Well, you know if you need anything from me, any help at all I am your second in command. "I was hoping Natasha would say that "Actually I do need your help with something social media wise, and since you are the best hacker on the face of the planet, I could really use your skills." I said buttering her up. Natasha through a playful smile at me. "Throw me in coach I am ready!"I had Natasha hack into Derek and Rubys social media accounts. Natasha guaranteed no traces would lead back to us. We dealt with Derek’s profile first. I had Natasha load the less promiscuous photos, the ones with barely any nudity. They h
Current Location: My living room "Jesus Emma you scared the crap out of us!" Shane said looking as white as a ghost. I laughed "Well last time I checked this is my house correct? I am not use to so many adorable creatures in it. Hey kids are you guys hungry?" Austin, Carter, and Molly said in unison "Starving " I responded with "Good let is eat than."After we all got situated at the dining room table for dinner, I opened all the containers, and pointed out what each dish was. Austin wanted spaghetti and meatballs, Carter wanted raviolis, so did Molly. Shane I both went for pierogis and a sausage linguine. Everyone also had a slice of the sauce less pizza and some salad."Emma thank you so much for dinner it was an unexpected joy!" Austin, Carter, and Molly followed Shane and they all said their thanks. "You are mommy’s cousin, right? Why is daddy here with you without her?" Molly asked out of the blue. "Yes, sweetie I am her cousin, but I have been friends with your daddy for a long
Current Location: Outside the Dragon house restaurant Kyle, Lucas, and I were all sitting in my car. One of the men Kyle tasked with finding Derek told us he was staying at Dragon House. Dragon House was not just a restaurant, but also a hotel. They only had a handful of rooms, and unless you had a lot of money you could not afford it. Each room was very luxurious and had a lot of accommodations. One night in the Dragon house cost almost two thousand dollars.Derek has been here since the day of the wedding. It may only be two days, but that was already four thousand dollars he was shelling out. Kyles man said he booked the room for seven days and nights. Derek was burning over ten thousand dollars on this one room, which was nuts since he only lives fifteen minutes away. The amount of money he was spending should tell you how well off my family is financially. My mother, siblings and I had much more wealth than Derek and Ruby did. It may seem like I am rambling or bragging here, but
Three months later“Mother can you stop trying to make today all about you for god sakes it is my wedding day not yours.” I said to my mother for about the fifteenth time in the last five minutes. I was already nervous as all hell about doing this in the first place and as usual my mother was making everything worse. “Emma, I am not trying to make this about me. I was just saying how ignorant it is for my date to cancel last minute. It is just so messed up I deserve better than this.” My mother said with a scornful tone. I just sighed shaking my head knowing I couldn’t stop her from being the selfish creature she is.“Come on Miss White they are ready for you outside.” Natasha said scooting my mother out the door. I gave her a thankful look and went back to trying to calm myself down. Natasha walked over to me and put her hand on the small of my back. “It is going to be okay Emma. I know marriage makes your skin crawl, but you love Shane, and he really loves you. I don’t think I have
After I jumped on Ruby’s back everything seemed to be moving in slow motion but at the same time it felt like everything was sped up. I know, I know that seems really confusing, but it was like the world around me was one big blur of movement while it seemed to take me a lifetime to knock her to the ground though my guess is it took mere seconds.Three things happened simultaneously. Ruby fell, her gun went off, and I knew someone had been shot because I was now covered in red specks of blood all over my arms and I could feel them on my face as well. The smell of rust and salt invaded my nostril and made me feel queasy. I couldn’t let it get to me however or Ruby might wind up with the upper hand.I struggled to grab her arms and pull them behind her back. For a small chick she was stronger than she looked, not to mention I just had surgery and my incision from the c-section hurt immensely. Finally, someone noticed how much trouble I was having and came over and kicked Ruby square in
I knew I had to start talking to Ruby to try and distract her so Kyle could sneak up on her and take her out. “I am really glad you find your psychotic ways so amusing. I mean someone has to think you will get out of this unscathed and why not let it be yourself. After all you have been through so much in these past few months. You lost Shane to a better woman, you murdered your own child, lost your second family, destroyed your career, and so much more but hey at least you can stand there with a grin on your face and be completely content!”Ruby’s face turned into a scowl I guess she didn’t like her short comings being thrown in her face. That was good I wanted to piss her off, so all her focus was on me. She didn’t even seem to realize as I was talking that Shane, Tony, and Natasha started slowly moving away from each other and their current position to situate themselves around her so we could cover her in a five point angle. Ruby stood there momentarily at a loss of what to say to
Emma:“I know what you are going to say Kyle, but we have to go out there. After all we both know she is here for me, and I am afraid of what she will do if I don’t show up.” I said to Kyle trying to convince him how important this decision was. Kyle sighed and turned his head towards me. “I know you are right but that does not mean I have to like it. The only way I will be comfortable with allowing you to go out there is if you stay behind me understood?”I shook my head at Kyle in disbelief. “You know as well as I do that will not work. She will kill you without a second thought to get to me. Look I have a better idea. I know she is going to talk my ear off before she does anything at all. I want you to go back up these stairs to the second floor and make your way to the other staircase. Once there come back down to this level and come in through the other entrance. My cousin’s eyes will be on me, and she will not see you sneaking up on her. What do you think?”Kyle told me that was
We all began yelling at detective Morris that he just shot Detective Wilcox. “No, no, no! I did not mean it. Jennifer, please tell me you are ok. Jennifer, please answer me!” Detective Morris screamed out in desperation. I called out and said I was going to crawl over and check on her. He gave me the go ahead and I slowly began crawling over to Jennifer being cautious as to not make the detective trigger happy again.When I made my way over to her I first checked her pulse and looked for where she had been hit. “She is unconscious and has a very thready pulse. You struck her once in the chest and once in the torso. You need to get someone in here now to get her and Emma to the hospital. We also have a third person who is injured. He got struck with shrapnel when the explosion happened out the back door.” I said hoping he would understand how urgent this matter was.“Officer down, I repeat officer down. We need two more ambulances aside for the one for Detective Wilcox we have two civi
Of course, it would be her. Who else is psychotic enough to start a shooting rampage through a fucking hospital. I was positive she knew I was here, and she was looking for me. “Kyle, can you see anyone else out there?” I asked not really wanting to know the answer but knowing I had to. Kyle moved his head as far left as he could while still being able to see out of the small rectangular window. “There are a few people lying on the floor. It does not appear that anyone is hurt. Ruby is out there pointing the gun at people and yelling but I can not hear her through the door. Holy shit! This is so fucked. Miss Emma, I do not want to alarm you, but Shane Tony and Natasha are out there!Natasha:Hello again dear reader. I know I said you would not be hearing from me again, however when I wrote that we thought everything was coming to an end and that I would not have anything to tell you that Emma could not. We were very wrong on that front seeing as while Ruby came into the hospital firin
Kyle and I took an immediate left and half walked have sprinted down to the elevators. Not surprising they were turned off. It makes sense that they would deactivate them with an active shooter on the premises. It Would be harder for them to get to a different floor. We headed over to the door for the stairs and headed through. Neither of us knew exactually which floor the NICU was on, so we decided to go to the highest level and work our way down. Along the way we stopped so Kyle could smash the glass on the fire ax box that was in each stairwell. He took the ax and led us the rest of the way up the steps. We went through the access door once we reach the top and walked through. We found ourselves in a hallway with doors every six feet or so on each side. I walked up to one of them an read the plaque on the wall. “LAB NUMBER THREE: REASEARCH AND DEVELEPOMENT”. Since the entire hall had these same type of rooms, we decided this was the wrong floor and there were no patients up here, s
Dr. Marsh and i exchanged looks before he told me to go lock myself in the bathroom. like that was going to fucking happen! There was currently someone inside the hospital shooting at people or something of that nature. There was no way i was going to stay here like a sitting duck. I sat up and slid off the bed. I located a bag in one of the chairs with my cell phone, socks, and shoes. I pulled out and put on the socks and shoes than I tried calling Shane. The phone just went to voicemail. The same thing when I called Natasha than Tony. I figured I would try calling Kyle even though I knew it was a long shot since he just had surgery. I was very surprised when he answered on the second ring in a very hushed voice. “Miss Emma! You are okay! Thank the Gods. I would ask about the babies and your health but right now we got a problem. Did you hear those gun shots and those people yelling?” Kyle asked me in one breath. I rolled my eyes and said, “Of course I heard it. I’m in the surgery w
My eyes grew wide as the realization of what Dr. Marsh just said to me sunk in. two friends went into surgery and only one made it out alive! I knew one of them had to be Kyle. We did our best to make sure his wound was closed but as far as I knew he was the only one hurt. Who the fuck died! “Dr. Marsh. I only knew of one of my friends who was hurt so let us start with the good news first. Who made it out of surgery?”Dr. Marsh looked at me with pity in his eyes. I did not like the way he was looking at me it made feel uneasy like he was about to tell me my word was over. Which I guess could be possible if the person he told me died was Shane. It could not be him! I hated not knowing what happened and I could not take much more of this. If it was the love of my life, I do not think I would ever be able to bring myself to get out of the hospital bed.“Miss White, I apologize I thought you knew about both your friends. Who would you like to hear about first?” Dr. Marsch asked me sadly.