SECRETS CH.11

Chapter 11

Janet

“That’s right bitch, I have full blown AID’s and anybody who fucked Darren within the past month has it too.”

Michael’s words kept replaying themselves in my head. I couldn’t believe the child that I gave birth to was causing so much conflict in my life. I was enraged and ready to kill his ass, but before I could do anything , Beverly fainted and Denasia grabbed the gun and started letting off shots. She had a blank look in her eyes, so I knew she wasn’t thinking clearly. I ducked under the bed to avoid getting hit, but unfortunately Darren wasn’t so lucky because he was hit with multiple bullets and he fell to the floor. I didn’t know whether or not he was dead and I wasn’t about to risk my life by checking to see. Michael  tried to dodge the bullets, but he got hit with one in the head. He dropped onto his knees and then his body went limp and he fell on the floor. Not long after that, Denasia stopped shooting and began to cry profoundly. I sincerely felt bad for the young girl, so I crawled from under the bed and went to comfort her.

“It wasn’t supposed to happen like this! My life is ruined!” She cried as she laid her head on my chest.

I knew nothing I said was going to make her feel better, so I held her in my arms and rocked her until she calmed down. After awhile she stopped crying and raised her head.

“Are they dead?” She asked me.

“I don’t know let me see.” I got up from where I was sitting and went and checked Darren’s pulse and there wasn’t one.

“Darren is.” I informed her. She didn’t look fazed, so I went to check Michael’s. Just as I suspected he was dead too and I cant say that I was upset about it.

“Michael is dead too.” I told her.

“Good cause that is who I was aiming for. I cant believe he would do something like that. He ruined my life!” She said and then started crying again.

“Your life is not ruined.”

“I had unprotected sex with Darren, so I know for a fact that I have AID’s.”

“Just because there is a possibility that you’re infected doesn’t mean that your life is over. It is only as bad as you make it.”

“That’s easy for you to say, you wasn’t dumb enough to have unprotected sex with him.”

“Yeah, but that’s because we were hundreds of miles away from each other. If I was down here with him, I am sure that I would have made the same mistake as you.”

“Nothing you say is going to change the fact that I am infected. Not only that but I ruined my mother’s life by being so selfish and now she hates me.”

“She doesn’t hate you Denasia, she is just disappointed.”

“Then why was she going to shoot me?”

“She was just trying to scare you into giving her answers.”

“You don’t know my mother like I know her. Believe me she was going to shoot me. How could I mess up everybody’s lives like I have. I don’t deserve to live.”

“Denasia don’t say that.”

“Shut up just shut up!” She picked the gun up off the floor and stood up. “I don’t want to hear anymore of your pep talk!”

“Denasia put the gun down before you do something crazy.” I tried reasoning with her.

“I’ve broke my mother’s heart and killed two people, I’ve already done something crazy. Do me a favor Janet.”

“What’s that?”

“Tell my mother that I love her.” Before I could reach her, she put the gun in her mouth and pulled the trigger.

Erica

I hit Renee in the head with the vase and she immediately fell unconscious. Sally then came from around the corner.

“Did you knock her out?” She asked.

“Yeah, she should be knocked out for about 30 minutes.” I responded.

“Good girl.”

I had made a deal with Sally a couple of weeks ago. The deal was that I would get Renee to her place and she would pay me 20,000 dollars, half up front and the rest when the job was complete. Seeing as how I was sick of Renee’s controlling ass anyway and  needed the money to get away from my abusive step father , I agreed.

“What are we going to do now?” I asked.

“Help me carry her into the basement. I already have everything set up down there.”

I grabbed Renee by the feet while Sally grabbed her by the arms, and we carried her down to the basement. It was dark and there was a foul odor. Because I couldn’t see anything, I tripped over some unknown solid object.

“Damn Sally can you cut the lights on.”

When she turned the lights on, I saw what I had tripped over and almost vomited. It was a dead body and there were plenty more scattered around the room.

“What the fuck!” I screamed.

“Just ignore them and get up. Come help me tie Renee to this chair.” Sally said. She said it so nonchalant that I was scared to disobey her. I couldn’t wait till all of this was over with and I could move on with my money and my life because Sally was a true psycho.

I didn’t know what Sally planned to do with Renee, so after we finished tying Renee’s limp body onto the chair, I asked her.

“What are you going to do with her now?”

“You don’t worry about that. I don’t need you for anything else so you can leave. I’ll wire the rest of your money into your account tomorrow.”

“Are you sure there is nothing else I can do?”

“I already told you no! Now get the fuck out before you come up missing too!” I knew she was serious, so without saying another word I walked out of her basement and closed the door behind me. When I reached the front door, my instincts told me to stay and see what happened. I opened and closed the front door to make Sally believe that I left and then I tip toed back to the basement door . I didn’t want to risk being caught by opening the door, so I pressed my ear to it instead. I didn’t hear anything for awhile, but after what seemed like forever I heard Sally’s voice.

“Finally, sleeping beauty has awaken. I told you not to fuck with me.” I assumed that Renee had finally woke up.

“Bitch you watch too much TV. Stop running your mouth and do what you have to do. I told you before that I wasn’t gonna beg you to spare my life.” Hearing her voice confirmed that she was up.

“You are in no position to talk shit, little girl. If I was you , I would shut the fuck up.”

“Blah blah blah hoe. Where is Erica?”

“Oh you mean your so called friend who made a deal with me weeks ago to bring you to me. She left to go count the money that I paid her.” I could hear the smirk in Sally’s voice.

“Stop lying Erica would never do anything like that.”

“How does it feel to know that the person you call a friend, is really your enemy. It must hurt.” Sally started laughing.

Renee started laughing with Sally. “ I don’t why I’m surprised that bitch was always jealous of me.” I wanted to bust into the room right then to set her ass straight, but I didn’t want Sally knowing I was there, so I just bit my tongue.

“You know I’m really growing tired of your joyous attitude.”

“Then kill me bitch. See I know how hoes like you work. You get off to everybody else’s misery. That’s why I wasn’t surprised to find all those journals that you wrote about your husbands. I’m not about to give you the satisfaction. I’d rather die.”

“Well your wish is my command.”

The conversation ceased and then I heard what sounded like a chain saw and after that gunshots. I knew that it was time to go but my body wouldn’t move for some reason. I then heard footsteps coming towards the door. My heart was beating fast and I had began sweating. I don’t know why I was so nervous. The door opened and out came Renee with her hands still tied together holding a gun. She saw me standing there and raised the gun to shoot me. I turned around to run, but  it was no use because I felt the bullets enter my body and not long afterwards darkness consumed me.

ONE YEAR LATER…

Beverly

When I came to that day, I was laying in a hospital bed with a nurse at my side. When she saw that I was awoke, she told me to hold still until she went to go get the doctor. Visions of what happened earlier started to flood my mind. The last thing I remembered was Michael’s revelation about him having AID’s. I remember feeling relieved that I was practicing celibacy and didn’t have sex with Darren.

When the doctor came into the room, he informed me that I had a minor concussion and that I would be alright. He left the room and 2 detectives walked in. They questioned me about the night’s events and told me that Denasia had killed herself. I immediately began crying and the detectives told me that they would give me some time to grieve, but would need to ask more questions later.

It didn’t take long for me to find out that Renee was also in the hospital with some minor injuries. When I had enough strength , I went to go check on her. She was watching TV when I walked in. When she saw that it was me, she cut off the TV and told me that she needed to talk to me about some things. I took a seat next to her on the bed  and she told me everything that happened from beginning to finish. After she finished revealing everything, I knew that she needed some psychiatric help to get her through everything.

It’s a year later and Renee and I are doing okay. She decided to get her GED instead of finishing high school and now she is attending Houston Community College, she hopes to become a lawyer in the future. I needed to get away for awhile, so I decided to take a vacation in Hawaii.

“Everything happened the way we planned it. I got the insurance money from Denasia’s death and nobody suspects a thing.” I said to the person sitting next to me on the beach.

“Yeah and I got the money from Darren’s death. Everything turned out perfectly.” Janet said.

“Yes it did.”

“Are you sure Renee doesn’t suspect anything?”

“I am positive.”

Janet laughed. “ We are great actresses. Darren didn’t know what he got himself into when he married me.”

I laughed along with her. “Lets make a toast.”

“To what?”

“To sisters!”

“Yeah to sisters!”

IM SORRY THAT IT IS TAKING ME SO LONG TO POST BUT I AM EXTREMELY BUSY WITH WORK AND TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR COLLEGE. THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY. SECRETS WAS JUST A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO MY STORY CALLED MOTIVES. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS.  I WILL TRY TO POST THE FIRST INSTALLMENT TO MOTIVES SOME TIME THIS WEEK IF I CAN. THERE WILL BE MORE TWISTS AND DRAMA. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT.