into the distance. I am apprehensive about how she is handling the shooting.
Joining her on the bed, I use my good side to hug and kiss her
forehead, still there is no response from her.
“ Hey
baby, you need anything, you just ask for it ok. ” I try to comfort her, rubbing her arm with my hand, wanting to take
her into me. Unfortunately, I am unable to stay, I have to leave her,
to deal with this problem.
“ I
want to go home Dante. ” Fuck she is
using my given name and her voice is barley above a whisper.
“ Sure
honey, as soon as this mess is sorted ” Heading out of the room, closing the door I leave her in the care of
Cassie.
DCMC
I am so cold, and all I can focus on is the shooting which
occurred five years ago. How can Inferno leave me when all I crave
are his arms around me.
Memories
begin to cloud my mind as I close my eyes. I remember that fateful
day with clarity. It had been like any other day.
The
alarm went off at 7.30 am; I ’ d only
had about four hours sleep, finishing my shift at the local shore,
then working on my assignment which was due in that day. There had
been no indication that the day was going to end any differently.
Classes had gone on as normal.
Josie,
who not only shared my dorm room with me, had become a good friend,
making the transition from Comfort Springs and Inferno easier for me.
Josie was aware of how I felt about Inferno. Even though she thought
I should party a little. “ Live a
little ” had being her exact words.
During
the final period which we shared. Josie and I had patiently listened
as the professor droned on, when Danny came barging into the
classroom. Not taking much interest, at first, I had not noticed the
gun he was holding. Not until he fired the first shot. The way, the
bullets came out, I think it was some sort of automatic. Professor
Dyer is the first to fall, then a couple more from the front row
went. It is like a dream sequence, with everything in slow motion.
Other students standing, screaming and running, although we had
nowhere to go.
I
remember watching Josie as she fell to the ground. Blood pooling
round her, then I am falling as I feel a sharp burning pain. Touching
my stomach, a sticky hot substance covers my hands, a buzzing in my
ears. Although I was in the room, I felt as though I was not a part
of the drama. Josie is not moving, and I kept on shouting her name
and shaking her. The room starts to spin, as I fade in and out.
Danny is standing over us, staring down at us, tears gathering in
his eyes. Then he is kneeling next to Josie, I think he mouthed the
words goodbye, but I am never too sure. Next he is lays himself
beside me, over Josie, as he shoots himself. I know it is over
quickly, but sometimes, when I remember, it is as though it happened
in slow motion, Frame by frame, before darkness took me.
Josie
died lying next to me on a cold schoolroom floor, while Danny died
holding on to her. On that day, a part of me died too. I had thought
that by returning to Comfort Springs, my life would return to normal,
I see it happening again. Everything I wanted, taken. Their blood,
intermingling, first Josie, then Danny’s and now Inferno’s.
s I am no longer sure whose blood is whose.
My
hands are clammy, my stomach is cramping as I vault for the bathroom,
reaching the toilet as I vomit all the contents out of my stomach.
Everything is spinning and Inferno has left me when I could do with
him.
This
is Inferno ’ s life and it is not for
me. As soon as I can I ’ m going home,
away from the MC, I need to think. Again I vomit, there is nothing
left, my stomach goes through the motions and hurts from the muscles
contracting on air.
Chapter
7
The
phone call arrived shortly after 3.30 pm. Trax and Crabby had found
the scumbags who had fired at us this morning and are on their way
back to the compound. The basement has being prepared, the necessary
tools set up, as we need information before disposing of them.
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Valentina Heart
Lanette Curington
Nat Burns
Jacqueline Druga
Leah Cutter
JL Paul
Nalini Singh
Leighann Dobbs
Agatha Christie