BARGAINING WITH THE BAD BOY

An accident

Chapter seven.

Subtitle: An accident

*Freda*

The tears just kept coming and wouldn’t cease. “ oh God!” I cried.

“ what have I done?”

What have I done in my hurry to leave this place. I’ve done something soo horrendous, soo bad I don’t even know how to react. I tapped on her body and tried to find a pulse spot or anywhere she could be bleeding from but couldn’t find any, I could not find any trace of blood except for a large and long cut on her forehead, she was bleeding on her head but it wasn’t much. But the down side was she seemed lifeless. What will I do? How do I get out of this? Oh god. I’m only but an Orphan living off my aunts grace and now… now this. This is more than my worst nightmare. How could all this happen in one night, under thirty minutes, my life is ruined, ruined beyond repair. Oh god! Jeremy. I could never face my cousin again, he would hate me, he would hate me for being the one who took his girlfriend from him. What will everyone in school think? What will they say? They will probably lock me up for the rest of my miserable life.

My mind was all over the place, I was crying and sobbing so hard anyone outside could hear me but I didn’t care, I knelt there besides Abbeys body and sobbed uncontrollably for more than ten minutes before I could calm down and think of what to do next.

‘ no, I can’t ruin my life like this. I cannot face anyone with this grave sin I’ve just committed. I’ll leave, I’ll leave and go far away, so far away no one will know where I am and I wouldn’t have to face anyone and account for this huge sin and mistake.’ I muttered in my head. I knew it was a very selfish thing to think and want to do but how am I supposed to survive all of this? How and I suppose to live with everything. “ Tyrone… that bastard!” I cussed as I staggered to my feet and swept my eyes eyes around the vicinity to see if anyone was there. I couldn’t see a single soul. I sighed, cleaned my tears again and picked up Abbey by putting both of my hands under her armpit to support her weight and dragging her up. I dragged her lifeless body towards the back of the school, right back to where the trees were, where I had seen Tyrone commit his abominable act. I prayed in my heart to not run into him. Most of the cameras installed in our school are on the interior of the school and only one was at the entrance of the school. The accident happened at the packing lot and there’s a 50 percent chance the camera might have captured my actions in the dark but at the moment I didn’t care. I just want to drop Abbey somewhere far away from Cindy’s car, I do not want Cindy to be connected to my crimes in anyway and since there wasn’t much blood at the scene or demage done to th car I could only pray in my heart that it doesn’t get discovered and tied to Cindy. I will leave this dreadful town as soon as I can and never step foot here again. I found a good location under a tree and dropped Abbey’s body right besides the tree. I don’t know how I was able to gather the strength to carry her this far but I was able to. I dropped her gently and starred at her lifeless body for a minute, the tears I had managed to hold back came running down again. I am so sorry…” I cried out before staggering back to the packing lot. I entered Cindy’s car and backed up, parking the car right where it was before leaping out and closing the door. I didn’t leave the key I took it with me so no one would assumed I actually used the car, especially Cindy. I don’t want her to be dragged into all of this. With tears and shaky legs I took a good look at the car in the dark, I used my dress to clean every little scruff that wasn’t even visible on the car. Hopefully no one notices anything. I also cleaned the floor where Abbey had bled slightly with my dress. I cleaned and cleaned for a while but then the blood had already sipped into the grass and mix with the soil, I was able to clean the little that was left on the grass surface. Once I was done I staggered out of the school premises and towards the gate like a shaken chicken. This town is such a safe and small town that nothing bad ever goes on in it. We have but one securtiyy guard in our school and he always has the night off to go sleep at home since there was no need to be present after locking up. But tonight, since there is a ball happening he simply left the gate wide open so everyone can easily go in and out.

This incident will definitely shake up the whole town. Two students dead on the same night…. Oh God! My entire body was no longer hot, cold wash all over me as all the sweat had caused me to feel so chilled. I staggered out of the school in the dark and started walking my way home. I walked and walked for about five minutes, not thinking straight. What will I tell my aunt when I get home? How do I get my things and exit the house? How do I convey myself out of this town? What do I do? I don’t even stop to think of all of this before dragging Abbeys lifeless body to its hiding place. Now I’m here, walking down the cold lonely road, exhausted, confused and tired with no escape plan after committing a crime. I sobbed, then I cried out loud like a baby and stopped. Should I just go back to the school and into the hall? Should I just go back and tell them what happened? Should I just confess? I mean they will probably believe me when I say I killed abbey but who will believe me when I tell them Tyrone isn’t who he is? That he is not a normal being like all of us? That he is a blood sucking demon that has killed my friend Clement? They will probably pin Clement’s dead on me as well since I’m the only witness and if I just confessed to killing Abbey they will most likely pin Clement’s murder on my head, after all no one saw Tyrone do it. Oh God! I slapped myself so hard to try and wake up from this nightmare. Everything had just happened so fast and I felt like I would go crazy at any moment.

“ Tyrone… you bastard! It’s all your fault. It’s all your fault!” I cried. Then my knees gave up and I collapsed into the cold tarred floor. I lay there and cried, sobbing uncontrollably for about ten minutes until my body started to grow numb with the chilling cold sliced through my bones life a sharp knife cutting butter. Soon I couldn’t keep my mind or eyes awake anymore, I felt myself slip into nothingness and in that moment I wished and prayed I would just go, I prayed I would just sleep and never wake up.

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I groaned and tossed on the soft bed. “ Mnnnnnnn..” I muttered and licked my dry chapped lips. My entire body felt strange, and unusually painful as if I’ve just been beaten by ten strong men. I groaned again and opened my eyes , the first thing that welcomed me is the familiar ceiling of my cramped little room in my aunts house. My head felt heavy as if I’ve just hit it against a hard surface. I groaned and sat up on the bed, holding my head as theheadache hit me hard as I sat up.

“ what happened?” I asked no one in particular as I looked around the room in confusion.

Memories of what had happened came rushing into my head. I groaned in pain as a tear slipped down my cheek. But why am I at home? And why am I on my bed? Was it all a dream? Was it all just a bad nightmare? Maybe none of this really happened. Maybe Tyrone isn’t a blood sucking monster as my nightmares painted him, maybe Abbey and Clement hadn’t died and they are still alive and safe. Relief washed all over me. I sighed and tried to get out of bed but then the door flung open and my aunt Hilda walked into the room with a small bowl of water in her hand. The moment she saw me sitting up she dropped the bow on th fooor and rushed to my side, worry and relief written all all over her face at the same time. “ oh my poor Freda… thank goodness you are awake. Are you alright? Do you feel any pain?” She asked as she hugged me tight. I was confused but I hugged her back.

“ yes aunty. I am fine… what happened? Why are you so worried? Where is everybody?”

I asked, a little confused. Although it was all a nightmare I couldn’t help but worry because of my aunts reaction to seeing me awake.

“ oh child! I almost lost you! The twins have Gone to Be with Abbey at the hospital. She is unconscious and in a coma but thank goodness you are awake!”

My aunt explained. I get a loud bang in my head in an instant.