All Chapters of The Bargain : Chapter 231 - Chapter 240

Skylar called on the couple, when Racheal had barely settled back into bed. She wanted to speak to Racheal alone.“Let me talk to her here.” She glanced at Steffan. He shrugged and started walking out of the bedroom. Racheal turned to Luna,“Bring her in here.”Luna bowed and walked away. Racheal leaned her head on the pillow, casually watching the television, when Skylar came in. She smiled up slowly at her and stretched her hand out. Skylar took it, squeezed, and sat beside her on the bed.“What is going on?”“What do you mean?” Racheal asked.“I know a lot has happened since I have been away. But it is glaring now that something big has happened that I am blind to," Skylar stared at her, with eyes similar to her brother’s.Racheal did not know what to say. She could not tell her about all her parents had done these past few weeks, or all their dirty secrets she had discovered.“You know something. Why does my brother suddenly hate my parents so much?”Racheal shook her head.

Racheal cried till her body went numb. She could not stand up. She did not want to stand up, even when Steffan dragged himself up onto their bed, and sat quietly staring into space. They were quiet for hours. There were no words to say.She could not even begin to think of a life without Skylar.“We have to go to the morgue soon. Spencer may want to have a wake for her immediately.” His voice broke again, reopening the stream of tears from her own eyes. She could not believe they were putting Skylar and morgue in the same sentence. It did not make any sense.The world no longer made sense.The sun was falling outside, and she thought that today was the last day Skylar ever witnessed on earth. She would never know what tomorrow or all the other days looked like.She would never fall in love, have a happy relationship or peace.She was still on the floor when their bedroom door burst open, and Spencer walked in. His eyes were blood-red.“Father. Why did you..” Steffan jumped up.

“How can you do this to me?” Steffan yelled. Then he paused. “Just tell me the truth. Tell me how it happened.”“I don’t understand what you are talking about,” Racheal said, shaking her head.“Stop it.” Steffan yelled. “Stop f*cking lying! You are messing with my mind. Just tell me the truth.”“About what?” She yelled, crying, “I did not kill your sister.”“Maybe you did not mean to. Did you mean to stop Skylar from going on the trip like you promised your father you would with me?”“I did not talk to my father. I have not talked to my father since that last time Roslyn tricked me into doing it. I told you.”“How can you be like this?” Steffan was looking at her like he did not recognize her. He raised the document in his hand. “All of these results came back as positive. That was your voice on the call.” He scrolled through her phone, and turned it to her face. “Your call log even shows you had an outgoing call at that time. You somehow forgot to delete it like you attempted to

“I will take your life too.” Spencer Sherrod said, pressing the gun to Racheal's head.“Even in the face of death. You still chose to be tight-lipped?" She glanced up to see Steffan staring at her in bewilderment.“She is her father’s foot soldier.” Spencer Sherrod smiled bitterly. “Why do you think he gave her to us? It’s because he trained her well.”Racheal said nothing. She wanted him to get it over with already. If he did not kill her, this monster headache would.She closed her eyes, and waited.She felt the pressure in her head tightening, and felt Spencer moving his hand to the trigger.“Wait.” She heard Steffan say, and she opened her eyes. “Send her to Tourris instead.”Spencer turned to him angrily. “She killed your sister.” He yelled. “She does not deserve to live.”“You call Tourris living?” Steffan asked.His father seemed to agree with that because he pulled his gun away. Racheal looked from father to son. What the hell was Tourris, and what was going to happen to

03:00 pm18-07-2021Tourris, Yin outskirts“Oh, shut up.” Someone said angrily in irritation.But Racheal could not stop, she rolled on the dirty floor groaning in pain, her head in her hands. Her headache had worsened to an unbearable point. If she had the courage, she would have jumped already, not because she necessarily preferred jumping to being here, but because she could not stand this headache.It blinded her, and made her nauseous. It was a crippling pain. “Maybe we can ask for tylenol the next time the wardens come here.” Emily said, gently pouring the bottled water they both shared down her brows. Racheal began to sob, the water was not even enough to drink, and here Emily was wasting it on her.“They have not been here with food yet, and you think they would bother with medication even if you asked?” Someone nearby said.Racheal knew she was right. But she wanted to hope. Hope was what would make her not just go for the jump.“Do you used to have them this bad befor