MARIA
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We all came here to be something, most of us didn't sit and plan and tell our parents-
"Oh, i wanna be a stripper when i grow up"
Because the truth is no one wanted to be a stripper.
At least not amongst us-
~
Flowers everywhere, a bunch of sad faces, the lingering eerie of death...
and a moment of silence for the deceased.
We stood at the front row, not a word to be uttered nor a movement to be made.
Just our attention, our moist eyes through which we grieved.
To everyone, she was different.
To some, she was a stranger, a friend, a relative but to us, she was more.
She was family.
I said I'll tell you all about it-
<vamp (plural vamps)NounA flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who uses sexual desire to exploit men. [ca. 1915]~A certain group of strippers are forced to reunite under tragic circumstances.When one of them is found murdered in her home, the five of them come together to form an ally,their aim, to bring the killer to justice.But somewhere along the line, they find their lives entangled each in a bigger mess.With Wu going down for the murder of Ruby, Kaleo Smith, the rest question their trust in each other while Aaliyah faces her battle-Having been held hostage and away from her family and medications, Aaliyah must come together with Diane to forge a plan to escape.Or will there be another death?Perhaps a dep
JULESBad news brought Jules to Miami and haven heard of her sister's suicide-she feels there's more to the story and that's what she's here to find out.What she didn't know is the fact that she walked into the danger, and might never be able to walk out of it.SUSANSomeone you might call shady, Susan befriends Wu in the four walls of incarceration-and as they go along this journey, through the withering foundation of the system-they might just find more than comfort in each other.GLORIAMaria's new acquaintance in the ICE detention facility-Haven found out that Gloria has been through all of this, Maria seeks help on how she might avoid getting deported back to Mexico.And in a way, save both her mother and her children.
JACQUELINE"For the most of her life, she remained that person we knew and we loved-" Her voice came audible with the microphone.Everyone just stared in the silent atmosphere into her moist eyes, from which they saw the pain that enveloped the grief in her voice too."It's just she struggled and she was drowning and we just didn't see it, and there-" She paused as she took a second to wipe a tear."There lies the failure of a mother" She broke down as she pulled the microphone away.I stood afar off in my black dress, yet close enough to see the portrait that leaned against her closed coffin--her picture that represented her passion."Amelia is, uhm-" Someone took the mic from her mother before putting it away.His voice was audible enough without it as he took a second look at
AALIYAH"You know what i found today?" His voice dashed through my eyes as i awoke, startled.He had the usual bulb on as he approached, his footsteps often came before his face."Pictures!" He yelled as he threw some of them to the ground, pictures of me."Missing?" I echoed, a crack in my voice."My bet is on that boyfriend of yours. I saw him earlier, when i went to get you food" He said as he tossed a paperbag closer to me and another to Diane, who sighed.We were apart now, through the day and night in a goddamn storage room that no one knows about and where we'll eventually die.My head was a mess with a migraine but my hair was worse and i bled, time to time i bled from my nose."What do you want with me?" I yelled."You don't want to kill me, unless you'd have been done with that-" I sa
WUI shut my eyes open at the sound of the metal clanging and i looked up to see my cell open."Am i getting released?" I asked before a female jailer clasped my wrists in the bondage of handcuffs.Immediately, i found myself marching down the cell block."We're transferring you-" She said as i arched my brows, looking at the stern and creppy faces of these cell mates."To another jail?" I asked."We're transferring you to a correctional facility, where you will await your trial" She said as we walked towards the exit."You mean prison?" I asked as my eyes widened in somewhat fear."Youre not the only one. Next time, you'll think before you kill somebody" Her words came as sudden as the wind that hit my face.****
MARIAOn my left was a woman who'd awoken from sleep with a deafening scream that scared everyone-She was in a state of paranoia as she called out names and said how she dremt she was back where she dreaded the most.And before she was taken away, she told us our stories all end the same way, nobody will know-Those were her words and once she was taken away that dreadful, we'd hoped she'd return--she never did.It was as if she dissappeared. Only God knows.****I gasped awake, the intense light spearing my pupils as i struggled to stand up.After many days, i had managed to get enough sleep and every second in every day felt like an hour, slow and agonizing in what felt like i was in a prison.I sat up on my bed before dusting my jump suit uniform and hoppin
JACQUELINEMy headphones boomed in my ears the moving lyrics of the famous Billy Eilish's song as i walked around the kitchen.Soon my toasts popped up while i grabbed my hot cup of coffee from my counter.Then i turned to see Jules through the transparent door."Shit" I cursed as i walked towards the door, placing both the toast and coffee on the table, recently failing at everything i do.Even at ignoring people.I slid the lock and twisted the knob open and in came a furious looking Jules.I was reluctant to pull of my headphones for the first few seconds that she yelled and then she turned around and she glared at me."What?" I asked as i pulled off the headphones while she eye rolled, dumping the tape close to my plate before turning to me."
JACQUELINEMy denim checkered converse dug into the concrete pavement as i walked on, my hoodie shielding my face from the sun.My hands sat in my pocket as i jogged unto the porch before giving it a slight knock."Thabk you so much for helping" Dele came out almost immediately, handing me a pile of posters before he shut the door."We need to get going" He said, as he pulled my hands unto the seemingly serene street.****"So no clue? No hint as to where she might be?" I asked as we jogged along the sidewalk.He wiped his sweat as he turned to me."No, I'm just waiting on the police. I did file a missing person's report-" He halted."-and then this" He said, stopping to paste a poster unto a surrounding wall."And i hired like five private investigators and-" He heav
You can check out my other books on goodnovel❤️ELLE BY ONYEMAOBIthe heart wrenching events that build up to the disappearance of a town’s girl. Elle Sanders, including it’s shocking aftermath.-Yonsdale was a quiet town, never like the ones you saw on television. They were minute and everything they did was uniformed. They were so little that they knew one another, all too well. And asides that love that they shared, there was peace.Or they had thought. There was rarely any robbery at the least or havoc and tragedy almost never hit them but that is until the Sanders family. Having moved there since over a decade, Elle’s father returns from the military but with post traumatic syndrome. This does make it hard for everyone till they eventually loose him.And then Elle, few weeks later.She was the perfect girl, t
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTFirst of all i want to say thank you to all who read this book from beginning to end. And thanks for all the reviews and support i’ve gotten from this platform, Goodnovel.Looking back, this book has really come a long way especially as i started it on wattpad as a free book. This is a chapter dedicated to your support as well as your very well received suggestions.And this is exclusively on Goodnovel now.Without you guys, i wouldn’t have gotten enough motivation and encouragement to keep writing. Though this is the end of the book, the era still lives on. The Vamps still live on in our minds.Thank you once again. And i’ll keep writing and updating my other books as time goes on❤️ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNo part of this book may be reproduced, distributed
Jacqueline had her legs up in the air as Harry squeezed her palms tightly. She couldn't believe she was here, doing this again."Push" The nurse yelled into her ears as she felt hands running down her thighs. "You're contracting, baby's coming out soon" You could hear the sound of her hands against the gloves.Jacqueline's head was tilted and her eyes faced the ceiling, refusing to look at Harry who was barely holding himself together in his blue scrubs and the napkin he had against her sweaty forehead.She was weak, feeble as if it were her first time. She couldn't believe she'd have another this soon, and all she could hear was the sound of their voices the night they talked about it.NINE MONTHS AGOThere was still a box lying on the kitchen counter. Jacqueline was in Harry's hands as they watched the tom and jerry movie. It was whilst giggling tha
161JACQUELINE BAIEMy feet brushed against the wet grasses, i had taken off my shoes as i fled down the hills in his hands. You could hear his brief chuckles and my loud giggles as i almost tripped.He halted to catch me in his hands. His arms wrapped around me as the winds breezed into my face, swaying my hair to the sides. I wore a smile on my face as it all moved slowly——i was here, not mentally but in this exact moment. Physically, in a short white dress and a veil that had fallen along the aisle. And i wanted to stay here. I wanted to always be here.He gripped me a little hard that it began to tickle and i pushed him away to the ground before making a run for it. I ran towards where the sun was setting and where i could still see Maria and the other people and the wedding canopy that we had set.Just a few of us, family. That had always been here for the big and small moment
WUI had always wanted to bring her flowers, but not like this, not at her grave. It was shimmering with snow that dropped to the ground.And my boots were buried in it whilst i stared at the red flower i had dropped it. I looked to the chair that was beside, snow on the seats before i sat in. My gloved hands wrapped my elbows as i moved my head warmer. Each breath i took gave accompanied with a chill. It was freezing out here.But i didn’t care. I just wanted to see her.“Anyways Fox is going to spend time. Life probably, i just don’t want to know or get myself involved in anything like that” I said, as if we had been talking for a long time. Silence dawned as i looked to the gatekeeper. He was already used to me coming here since the past few months and talking to a corpse. I wasn’t crazy, he knew it.He would often say how i wasn’t the only person that came here to do it. The truth is,
JACQUELINETWO MONTHS LATER"The loss of a someone close to us is perhaps one of the deepest and most sensitive we will ever come to experience. It can be difficult to process these emotions and work through the stages of grief" I had started out, calm as if i’d gotten my emotions in check. You could hardly believe that i was the same one that broke out in tears a while ago.I cleared my throat, staring Wu in the eyes, who had nodded to give me a sort of encouragement. I then breathed heavily before i carried on."To say Aaliyah was selfless would be an understatement— She was more and to a lot of us, even more. She tried her best to brighten our lives even when she was living in the dark" I paused.I had read all the articles to prevent me from crying when i passed the eulogy. I had read about remembering to breathe, eating befo
WUEverywhere was silent, the door had finally stopped swinging as the nurse went back out. The same nurse that had wheeled me in. I sat in my chair in front of the bed in which she was laid open.The nurse had raised the sheets over her head but i was sure that she was listening. I had hoped that she was listening.Jade.Tears overwhelmed my eyes before they fell down my cheeks. The tears that were more than enough to ache the throat and make the voice disappear. I searched for the words to say as i finally saw her unconscious body, laying across the bed. I didn’t know it was going to be this hard to do this.“J—” I couldn’t get passed the first letter of her name as my voice quivered. I was shaking, as i buried my face into the tissue in my hands. I snorted in it before heaving in a deep breath.“Hey Jade” I broke into uncontrollabl
AALIYAHEverything had changed. With my parents by my left and Dele sitting close to me on the hospital bed. I could hear my slow groans as i was intubated.But alas, my eyes were open and i could see Leila walking slowly towards me with Wu beside her and the only question asides who wouldn't have thought——Was the inevitable one of whether or not i was willing to let go. But the choice was not up to me.If not, maybe i would have chosen to stay and then my eyes fell her. With whom i shared so much of a striking resemblance with. Who would've thought?My own sister, Ayeesha.-There was a light that flashed behind my eyes. The light, before my eyes shut wide open. Dele was beside me and Diane, and Wu.“I’m so glad you’re awake” Dele said, clenching my p
JACQUELINEAaliyah walked towards the door, twisting the knob to slide the lock out of place. I could see her shadows from beneath her door. It had approached after knowing merely twice. And then the door swung open to reveal her in an apron——and a half wide smile. “Jacqueline, now what are you doing here?” She asked, sticking the tips of her fingers into her mouth. “I just came to see you” I replied as i walked in, closing the door behind me.NOWI walked in, brushing shoulders with the sheriff that was just about to take his leave from Wu’s room. I trailed him with the corner of my eyes as the door closed behind him. They were scattered around the halls i had noticed. And Wu was seated up, against her pillow which was against the wall.She looked better.She was better. She had a bandage wrapped around her left wrist and one around