The Bitten One

Chapter 5

Rachel’s POV

I glared at the caset in front of me as we sat down waiting for my family to show up. My grandparents were the first ones to show up. I started crying as if I missed them. I got up, but my grandmother slapped me hard.

“Don’t act like you care for your parents and brother.” She hissed.

“I do care grandma. I wish it was me that was killed instead of them, but it’s not.” I whispered.

“You and those girls should have died instead! I will make sure you die!” She yelled.

Grandpa took her away as people started to show up. I sat back down and kept crying which was too much for me. The girls were also crying after seeing what happened to me. I sighed and hugged them the best I could.

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They are now buried and away from us. Right now we are at a restaurant that I am paying for since I had some money left over from my parents and brother’s savings account.

I also put all their money together to be in my account so I could buy the girls things for them.

“Xander, can we talk?” I asked.

“About what?” He asked me as his friends walked over to us.

“I am leaving and taking the girls away from here. I was hoping to live with you, but as you’ve made it clear we cannot stay with you by the way you act I’m going somewhere safe that I only know. I wanted to let you know as we are leaving right now.” I told him.

“Wait no! You can’t leave!” He yelled.

“There’s nothing left for me here. I am finally free to do as I please with the girls. We do not need to worry about anything anymore. I will get a job once I am safe and I will call you.” I told him.

“No, please. I’ve just been trying to stall because I don’t have a house here. I live with Jackson and Ryder and their families. I wanted to get us a place where we can be free. Please do not leave me again.” He whispered.

I was going to speak, but I heard yelling. I walked over to where the yelling was and saw my aunts and uncles yelling at my sisters’. They were on the floor crying. As soon as they saw us they ran to Xander who picked them up.

“You all have some nerve coming here and yelling at us! We’ve been nothing but good to you! I was going to pay for everyone here, but now I’m not! You can pay for it on your own as me and the girls didn’t eat or drink anything. You all knew what kind of hellhole we were living in, but still treat us like the ones who hurt the family. Whoever killed my parents and brother did us a favor. I will always love and care for them, but they are gone. You will not need to worry about us as we are leaving and will never be back here.” I told everyone.

I could tell the women heard everything while the men looked at me in disgust. I didn’t care as I turned to my brother.

“Two weeks. If we do not like it where you live then we are leaving.” I told him.

He nodded his head and sighed. We left in our own cars and went to my parents home which was already packed up and in moving trucks.

Everything that I needed at least was in my truck. Jackson will be driving it to their place as I would be driving my car. I saw the tarp over something that made me smile.

“Is it-” I cut Maddy off.

“Yes.” I told her.

I stepped out and told the girls to wait in the car. I walked to the side of the house and saw the paint on it.

I walked to the back and nodded. I walked back and went to open the door, but as soon as it opened I was thrown back as fire went around the house.

“CALL 9-1-1!” I yelled, coughing.

After a few minutes of me laying on the floor I heard firetrucks coming. Once they got here they quickly helped me control my breathing then worked to get the fire out.

The girls were still in the car crying and yelling for me. I slowly walked over to them and told them to calm down. I had this evil glint in my eyes and I knew it.

“What caused the fire?” I asked the firemen.

“We do not know. You probably left something on.” He told me.

“Damn it! I had cookies baked for the kids and forgot to turn it off before we left!” I muttered.

“It happens.” He told me.

“Not to me when I just lost half of my family!” I yelled.

“We’re sorry for your loss. We hope you had gotten everything you needed before the fire.” He told me.

“I don’t care about these things. This was the last thing I had of my family to remember them by.” I told him.

“I’m sorry ma’am.” He muttered.

They left after that which made me smile.

“Let’s go. I need to rest.” I told the boys who looked shocked.

I just got into my car and followed them off to their place.

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We pulled up to a place that looked to be a mansion. I smiled as the girls looked to be in a daze. We all got down and went into the house.

I liked how it was far from people, but at the same time close. I’ve seen houses on the way up here. I liked this place already.

I wanted to get to know Xander’s other family, but was scared they wouldn’t like me. They showed us to our rooms which allowed us to fall asleep.

Dream state:

I woke up after being beaten last night because the girls were crying all night. They are only two months old and I have to take care of them.

I wished I had my oldest brother, but he ran after hearing what he had to do to me and any other girls we had in the family.

I quickly fed the girls and got up to cook food, but the second I reached the door it opened and my brother was there glaring at me.

“I-I’m s-sorry. I-I will c-cook y-you y-your food.” I told him.

I was eleven taking care of my sister’s while my brother was living his life. He’s a year younger than my oldest brother so that makes him fourteen. He knew what my parents did to us, but he didn’t care.

“Hurry up!” He hissed at me.

I quickly walked into the kitchen and started cooking them their food. When I was done I put it on their plates and ran back downstairs to hide from them.

I was living in the basement as they said I didn’t need any kind of warmth. I had to go to school so I had to take cold showers and take the twins to daycare as my parents didn’t want to take care of them and only gave me money to put them in a daycare so they wouldn’t have to worry about them.

I took a quick cold shower and put on my school clothes then got ready to leave with the girls. I had to wait until I heard the car turn on and leave before I could leve.

Sometimes I’m not so lucky and don’t even get to go to school. I wasn’t allowed to eat or do anything fun like my brother did, but I didn’t care because the girls are now my responsibility.

“Okay, time to go girls. Don’t make a sound.” I told the twins.

My mother hated working so she would stay home and my father would go to work, but my father doesn’t know that she is a prostitute.

I found out one day when I had to stay home with the girls because my father didn’t want me out of the house that day. She looked shocked to see me there, but made sure to threaten the girls' lives.

“LEAVE ALREADY!” I heard my mother yell.

I quickly put the girls in their carseats in the strollers and left. I saw a car pull up as a couple guys got out.

“Yo girl!” An older man yelled.

“Yes sir?” I asked.

“Where’s your older brother?” He asked.

“Jr is at school.” I told him.

“Not that one the other one. We need to talk to him.” He told me.

“He’s not here. He ran away a couple months ago. Whatever you need from him you can get from me.” I told him.

“Let’s take a ride.” He told me.

He put the twins in the car and had one of his goons put the strollers in the car. I got in after the twins.

We dropped the twins off at the daycare while I went driving with them, but that means they took me to a warehouse and beat the hell out of me. They wanted to kill my brother, but I didn’t give them any information which they liked and asked me to join them.

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“COME HERE YOU STUPID b***h!” I heard my father yell.

It’s been four months since I’ve joined the gang and I’m watching my six months old twin sisters who now know how to roll over, crawl, make sounds, and they know how to stand while holding onto something. Right now they are sleeping since it is late and they didn’t take a nap today.

“YOU b***h! WHY WOULD YOU JOIN A GANG! YOU’RE JUST LIKE YOUR BROTHER!” My father yelled once he saw me.

He kicked me and ended up beating me. He decided since I wasn’t making any sounds he would strip me. I fought him so many times, but he got me naked. I kicked him in the balls.

“If you try to touch me or the girls I will go to the police and show them all the bruises you’ve given me and run with the girls! Do not test me! I will not allow you to r**e me!” I yelled.

He quickly left, letting me put my clothes on. I grabbed the girls and hid behind the freezer as mom and my brother will be coming down soon. I ended up falling asleep back here with the girls.

End of dream.