She walked to see Sebastian standing opposite a group of 5 people. Their eyes fell on her the moment she entered the warehouse. A man told her, “You came to the wrong place, girly.” He tried to make an advance on her, but she quickly took the gun behind her and put a bullet into his head. He dropped dead in an instant. The tensions were running high, “Alexis Green, is the person running the mafia?” asked a man in dismay. She replied casually, “You may know me by a different name. Does Dominique Guerra ring a bell? “Impossible, she died in the house fire.” Replied another man. “Well, I didn’t die technically. I just staged my death.” She said clarifying their doubts. “It’s getting boring now.” She said faking a yawn. She swiftly put a bullet into Sebastian’s head, it wasn’t Sebastian. It was a lackey she had hired to be Sebastian; she runs out of Sebastians constantly because they aren’t smart enough to evade suspicion. The four men were afraid now, they were standing face to face with a Guerra, the only reason people fear the Guerra’s is their unpredictability and their ruthlessness. She dropped all of them dead but she spared one." **************************************************************** A couple of disclaimers and trigger warnings; Violence Abuse Drug abuse Mental health struggles Explicit sexual content Sexual assault Rape Gore Suicide attempts They will not be mentioned prior to the chapter, you have been warned :)

I blame TikTok for this. Everything started because I did this TikTok trend; truth be told it was my fault but it’s better to blame it on something else than blame it on myself because Lord knows how much I blame shit that happened to me; without me instigating anything; or when I was helpless; or without any my control. I should’ve never done this, it wouldn’t have ruined my friendship with him, the friendship I need to survive, the friendship that pulled me through every bad, horrid thing that would happen to me, the friendship that stopped me from ending my life many, many times… he doesn’t even know because I’ve never told him that. It was because of the stigma around mental health; because I thought that my mental health would be a burden and would make me unlovable.

She asked in a pissed-off tone, “Did sperm donor buy this for you?” She replied slowly, “yes.” She turned away looking at the passing buildings and said, “unbelievable.” Her mom fired back, “you are being very naive. You have to know how hard it is to bring up a child here. I am all alone with no help. I am sorry that I violated your stupid principles to give you a good life with no shortcomings. “ She started, “I can’t believe you. What else have you lied about? Are you even my mum?” Her mum was hurt by this and said, “how dare you?” She said with all the fury she could muster, “I HATE YOU.” Immediately after these inauspicious words, their car was hit by a large truck. The driver was clearly drunk. Due to the speed of the truck, it immediately threw the car far away. It was a huge impact on the car. The car went on rolling. The car landed off the road which hit a tree which stopped the car’s motion since the tree fell onto the car due to the impact. The driver of the truck was scared and immediately drove off. It was a hit and run. The inmates in the car were unconscious. After about ten minutes another car passed by this area to find this wreckage. The people in that car immediately parked the car and got off it. A person dialed 911 and the others were trying to rescue Aria and her mum but there couldn’t because the car was severely damaged and the fallen tree was an impediment. After about 5 minutes the scene was flooded with cops and the fire department. After a prolonged process, they were able to retrieve her mum since her case was more severe than Aria's. After an even more prolonged process, they were able to get the motionless body of Aria from the wreckage. The first ambulance contained her mom and was immediately sent to the hospital. After that, the second ambulance contained Aria. There were taken to the general hospital in Rosewood. I told you once before, Rosewood was a small town. This news spread like wildfire. The gang immediately rushed to the hospital but they weren’t granted access to meet them. Both of them were in the intensive care unit. Both of them were in a battle between life and death. Both of them were transferred to a teaching hospital since they were critically ill and the Rosewood General Hospital didn’t have the necessary tools to treat them. The gang was notified about this transfer. At this sort of time, people are reminded about god. They went to the hospital that they were transferred to but they couldn’t go in to meet them. The gang was praying like hell. They were constantly worried. They needed to know about their conditions. The doctor emerged from tending them. He went into the waiting room to be ambushed by a horde of teenagers. “How are they?” “will they survive?” “doctor, what should we do?” The doctor was questioned like a celebrity attending a movie premiere getting ambushed by a horde of reporters. The doctor replied in a calm tone, “First of all, you all need to calm down.” He continued, “Their conditions are critical, I am not being pessimistic but I am not 100% sure that they will make it through. The mother’s condition is more severe than the daughter’s condition.” ............................................. He said in a serious tone, “I need to tell you something.” She replied, “What is it?” He said holding her hand, “Your mum passed away about a month ago.” These words hit her hard. She was speechless. It hurt so badly that she was unable to react. Chris asked concernedly, “Are you okay?” She smiled with a fake smile, “I am alright.” Chris was genuinely surprised by her answer and reaction. He didn’t want to press about it too much. She faked a yawn and told him, “I am sleepy. I am gonna sleep.” She turned to face the window which had beautiful scenery. Chris was by her side texting everybody that she woke up. He instantly got a reply from Jason. He is an insomniac like Aria. The others didn’t reply. It was obvious that they were sleeping. Tears started to stream from Aria’s eyes. The last words she told her mom were “I hate you.” ........................................ "Mum, I miss you and I love you"