BullsEye

Chapter Fourteen

Alexa's P . O . V

Why are my eyes so heavy? How long have I been asleep? I wondered to myself as I struggled to drag my eyelids open.

After a long frown playing away on my face, I finally flicked my eyes open.

I wasn't greeted by the pink walls of my room nor the giant stuffed unicorn I got as a present from Dad on my seventh birthday that stood across my bed. Rather, I found myself in a strange room that held plain white Walls and sky blue curtains.

I tilted my head up as I squinted my eyes and studied my environment and then I realized from the bed I laid on, equipments in the room and tiny posters on the wall that I was in a hospital.

I peeped down at myself slightly lifting the covers, I wore a strange shirt but still had my pants on, then I drew my brows together in confusion.

"Mom! Look she's awake" a very familiar voice announced pulling me away from my questioning thoughts as I turned towards the direction of the voice.

"Jake? What is he........" I wondered but was cut short by Aunt Audry's invasion.

She literally flew across me and touched my face as I gazed strangely upon her.

She looked like she had been crying for days, with her sad swollen eyes and Jake didn't either wear his usual Jovial face.

What the hell is going on? I thought to myself as I studied them both.

I dragged my eyes away from them and scanned the room once more waiting to be greeted by my sister's face but she wasn't there.

"Where's Brie?" I managed to say which caused me to tense up as mentioning her name brought a flash of memories.

I began to feel hot from the inside as I retraced my memory.

We were on a business trip yes, we went out for icecream yes, we left, she forgot her purse and we went to get it together, I went to get us coffee, WAIT!........... Those men!...... She got shot!

"Where is my sister?" I demanded as I sprang up to a sitting position fully tensed. I could feel blood rushing through my veins to every part of my body.

Aunt Audry didn't say a word but burst out crying as she sat beside me on the bed hugging me tightly and crying into my shoulders.

I glanced up at Jake and he immediately shifted his gaze from me looking elsewhere but my face as he gulped down heavily

And then realization hit me as it dawned on me that there was something they weren't telling me.

I brought my Aunt's face close to mine as I held firmly unto her jaw with both hands and looked directly into her eyes.

She didn't say a word but sadly shook her head at me swallowing hard.

"We lost her" she whispered minutes later burying her face in her palms sobbing.

Lost? Lost who?

This most definitely be some sort of Joke!

No, No, it can't be I thought to myself shaking off the thoughts running through my mind as I looked back up at Jake and his expression passed the same information across to me.

This is definitely some sort of expensive joke I mentally confirmed to myself as I jumped out of the bed.

Brie is definitely at home waiting for me.

"Allie....." Jake spoke in a low voice as I breezed past him.

"Allie!!" He repeated louder running after me as I snatched his keys from the top shelf and ran out of the ward.

My head was aching, it felt like I had crash landed on some kind of rock.

I brushed away all negative thoughts as I ran out of the building in determination ignoring the nurses who spoke to me on my way out, also paying no attention to Jake who screamed my name as he followed after me down the hospital's hallway and out into the parking lot.

"Where are you running off to?" Jake asked grabbing my arm and pulling me to face him as he eventually caught up with me.

"Home" I replied coldly doing all I could to keep my gaze from meeting his because they only held a message I was never going to believe.

"I'll drive" He stated calmly and took the keys from my hands.

He climbed into the driver's seat without so much as another word and patiently waited for me to climb in.

He pulled out of the driveway and drove out of the hospital's premises. The journey continued in silence and it was exactly all I needed to ease my frightened mind as I closed my eyes and hoped that all my thoughts and Auntie's words were nothing but deception.

We eventually arrived at my home, the building I now so eagerly waited to behold despite my growing up in it all my life.

I stepped out of the vehicle even before he could turn off the engine of the car and strangely, the environment was unusually quiet.

There were no traces of the maids that usually rushed over to welcome us nor where any present in the garden, no one was trimming the flowers and most importantly, Brie didn't come out to welcome me and scold me for looking the way I am right now.

I took each step one after the other lost in my own dark world as I lifted my now shaky hands and firmly held the door knob.

I swallowed hard and bravely threw the door open.

I was greeted by numerous pairs of eyes looking in my direction. Eyes that all looked sorry when they glanced at my direction.

I looked round at some of the familiar faces of the maids who have served under me since I was a little child during my growing up days and their expressions looked confused contemplating whether or not to speak.

They weren't dressed in their usual pleated pink gown and cotton blue apron but they all wore a shade of black that seemed too similar to what they all put on several months ago when I lost both parents.

"Alexa" A voice called out to me and I immediately drew my suddenly pale eyes to the person who sat down by the table surrounded by a handful of maids and saw Mrs. Cruz gazing upon me with an expression that didn't need to say anything that her cry sunken eyes hasn't.

I remained rooted in my spot as I felt my heart drop down to my belly. Jake strolled into the house after me as Mrs. Cruz ran over to me and pulled me into an embrace that was meant to bring comfort but surprisingly didn't as it only made certain of what I didn't want to accept.

I broke out of her embrace and headed for the stairs with determination as she and Jake followed carefully behind me giving me enough distance perhaps they could feel the flames I felt coming out through the pores of my suddenly pale skin.

Is this a dream?

Did Auntie mean what she said to me?

Did Brie actually leave me alone in this world?

Is she actually gone?

Is this some sort of a joke?

These questions kept on playing in my mind as I fought back the tears forming in my eyes.

My legs began to shake as I struggled to move up the stairs and came to an instant halt directly in front of Brie's room door. It wasn't properly closed so I didn't have to turn the nub before I pulled out my foot and carefully pushed the door open.

The creaking sound of the door opening played along with my anxiety as I anticipated seeing her face but alas the door was wide open and she wasn't in there.

I took two slow steps and walked into the room. Her room was as neat as it always have been and her neatly laid bed begged for someone's attention as it looked like it hasn't been used in several days.

My knees crashed down hardly to the floor on their own accord as I began to weep loudly.

The sound of my own crying made me shiver.

She left me.

She's gone.

The realization tore my heart in pieces as I screamed at the top of my voice and slammed both fists furiously on the ground like a wild animal.

Jake rushed over to where I was and brought himself down to a kneeling position at my level and pulled me into his arms, silently taking all of my hits as he held onto me tightly.

I got weak and cried into his chest as he never released his grip on me.

"I'm sorry" he whispered into my hair as he buried his face into my unkempt blonde curls.

"I'm so so sorry, we flew down immediately the cops called us that night and........." Jake continued

"Jake" A voice called out interrupting his explanation and with a slight nod I felt on my head, he released me and stepped back while Aunt Audry took over his position.

She knelt beside me and scooted over so she could hold my face in one hand and looked upon me with heavy eyes.

I remember Jake and I abandoning her back at the hospital, how she got here so soon wasn't something I could wonder as my mind was clouded with grave sorrow as I dropped down my head and rested my face in both my palms.

She placed a soft kiss at the center of my head and whispered "I'll leave you some moments alone" before she stood up and left taking Jake away with her and softly closed the door behind them.

I opened my eyes at the sound of the door closing and sank my full weight down sitting uncomfortably in a kneeling position but I was too busy scanning the silent room to notice my discomfort.

I recalled Brie's face as she crashed down into my arms, I remembered how she smiled up at me when she apologized to me that being the last thing she said to me.

My blood boiled within my veins when my memory fell upon the murderers, I remember his cold blooded eyes when he looked down at me pointing his gun at me.

I remember .

I remember it all now .

He killed her.

He took her away from me.

I reached for my pocket and clenched my teeth when I felt the card still down there in my pocket.

I clenched it through my pants in a death grip as it's edges dug into my palm.

I will find you! I muttered to myself,

I will.