Bloody Hands

Bloody Hands

The next morning, when I woke up I saw Kevin sitting next to me and looking at me.

"What are you doing?!" I said.

"I already prepared breakfast" he said.

What is he doing? Why is he here? I just looked at him. He stood up and then left. What's that? Since when was he there? I have to get out of here. I sat in front of him.

"Are you okay?" Kevin asked.

"What is this?" I asked.

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean"

"A breakfast"

"I'm not joking"

"What do you want to hear?"

I got up and was about to leave, but he pulled me.

"Don't touch me" I said.

"Listen to me" he said.

"For what? I've had enough, I'm tired"

I walk away.

"I never want to lie to you" he said.

I turned around.

"So what you did?" I asked.

"I can't tell the truth" he said.

"So you lie"

"I know the problem between you and my father, I didn't want to make things worse so I lied"

"I don't care what you have to say, I don't care. I'm sick of this, I don't want to hear it anymore"

I returned to the room, suddenly Kevin came and closed the door.

"Stop thinking you're the only one getting hurt here, stop thinking you're the only one receiving the pain. I know how it feels to be lied to, I know how it feels to be crushed, I know everything" he said.

"You know and you share it with others" I said.

"Can you hear me, just once?"

"I've heard enough of you"

"No, you never listen. You keep talking and screaming, you never listen"

"Enough"

"You didn't listen when I tried to explain the truth"

"I'm tired of you"

"I'm not trying to kill you"

"You shout me!"

"To save you! I shout you to save you. I tried to tell you at the cafe, but you screamed and left. I have no other choice but to shoot you with real bullets and fake your death"

What? What did I hear? Wait, really? He could be lying, but it all made sense.

"I won't, I can't hurt you" he said.

"I can't trust you" I said.

"Why?"

"Cause you make me can't believe you"

Suddenly his cell phone rings and then he hangs up.

"We'll talk later" he said.

He left. Shoot me to save me? How could it be. Some things made sense, but I couldn't believe it after all that. He made me look like an i***t. The words kept replaying in my head. Soon he returned.

"The police just arrived, Gwen reported you missing. She's accusing me, but there's no proof" he said.

I'm just silent, I can't say anything else. He looked into my eyes and I averted my gaze. He take my hand and look into my eyes, I pulled my hand.

"Okay. Sorry for everything, you have every right to be angry and hate me, I know it hurts. Sorry I did all that without telling you. I hope you will forgive me" he said.

I never hated him, never. I'm just disappointed, there's pain more painful than a gunshot wound, and that's how I feel. I feel like an egoist who only wants to be heard without listening to anyone else.

"I, I need to be alone now" I said.

"Okay, you know where I am" he said.

He left. I ran in the middle of the forest, he was standing there holding a gun. I said don't, but he pointed the gun at me and pulled the trigger. The bullet came out and pierced my body, I fell and looked at him before everything turned dark.

I remember it all too well. But now I'm stuck between my mind and my heart. I want to believe it, but I don't either.

After dinner I felt very sleepy and I fell asleep. The next morning, I woke up and looked out the window.

I know what I have to do, I know the only thing I have to do. I'm sorry, but I can't just sit here doing nothing. I have to face this mess. I can't hide, not anymore.

I came out and saw Kevin was sitting playing his cell phone. I walked to the back door, there was no one. I slipped out and left. He shouldn't have noticed it for the next few minutes. I walked down the street, there was no one. Where am I? I've been walking so long, there's not a single car. I'm so exhausted, I don't know how much more I can walk. I found a house and an old man was sitting in front of the house alone. I approached him. I asked where it was and borrowed a cell phone. I called Charlie and asked him to pick me up. The man was very nice, he lived with his wife in that house. Their children are married and live with their families.

After a while of waiting, a car came. Kevin got out of the car, I was about to run but Kevin pulled me.

"Get in the car" he said.

"I won't" I said.

"Sharon"

"Let me go"

Kevin picked me up and took me into the car, I screamed for help but when the man got out Kevin had already taken me away.

"Stop it!" I said.

"I won't let you go" he said.

"You can't hold me down, let me go!"

I tried to open the door but couldn't.

"We don't need to do this" I said.

"I don't care" he said.

Suddenly a car overtook us and stopped right in front of us. Charlie, and several men got out of the car. Kevin suddenly stopped.

"You call Charlie" he said.

"You can't hold me down" I said.

Kevin backed away and turned around, then he sped off really fast. Charlie got back in the car and chased us.

"Kevin, stop!" I screamed.

He's getting faster.

"Kevin, please stop. This is wrong. You can't kept me. Stop, now!" I said.

"I just want to save you!" he said.

"You didn't save me! Stop it, please!"

Charlie got closer and hit the car. I knew this wasn't going to end well. Suddenly I heard gunshots and one of the tires burst. The car lost control, at the same time a truck passed and hit us.

I slowly opened my eyes, my whole body ached so much. I think it's the hospital. It wasn't long before Gwen arrived, she looked very worried.

"Sharon, you wake up" Gwen said.

I tried to sit down, but I can't.

"Don't move, you have a broken bone. Your condition is very bad, your hands and feet are broken, and your neck is injured" Gwen said.

"How about Kevin?" I asked.

"Kevin?"

"He was with me when it happened"

"He was with you?"

"Yes"

"Charlie said you were alone at the accident"

"What?"

"He wasn't there"

"Where is Charlie?"

"I don't know"

"He shot one of the tires and then the car lost control and a truck appeared and we hit the truck"

"You mean he was in that car with you too?"

"Yes"

"I don't know, I'm sorry, I don't understand"

"Did he kill him?"

"I don't know"

"Call Charlie"

"Why do you care? He kidn*pped you"

"It not him"

"What?"

"It his father"

"What's the different?"

"You don't understand"

"Tell me what happened"

"Call Charlie"

"I won't"

"Why?"

"If Charlie is going to kill him then let him, he deserves it"

"What?"

"Let him die"

"No. Kevin!"

I woke up, I was still in that house. Kevin came in and walked over to me. I think it's all true, the run, the accident, and Gwen.

"What happened? Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm just, it just nightmare. I'm fine" I said.

"You're not okay when you squeeze my hand like this"

I unconsciously squeezed his hand, I let go of his hand.

"I'm sorry" I said.

"It's okay" he said.

That was horrific, I mean if he really died.

"You're not okay" he said.

"What?" I said.

"I can stay here, if you want"

"No"

"I don't need you here"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes"

"You just shouted my name in your sleep"

"In my nightmare"

"All right, go to sleep. I'll be here, if you need me"

He left. That looks so real. In the morning I heard noises, as if someone was fighting.

"What more do you want?! I already killed her, I did something I couldn't do, is that still not enough?" Kevin said.

"I know you not kill her" he said.

"I killed her, I killed someone I didn't want to hurt, because you"

"Where is her body?"

"I don't know"

"I know, you know"

"I got no idea where is her body! She's already died, why you care?!"

"You are my son, and I trust you. But I also know when you lie"

"You don't know me. Can you go, now?"

Slowly the sound began to disappear, I came out of the room and at the same time Kevin came.

"Good morning" he said.

"Good morning" I said.

"Did I wake you up?"

"No. Who is that?"

"You already now"

"I, I have something to tell you"

"What is that?"

"Thank you, and sorry for everything. I should listen to you, but I didn't do. You saved me when you should have killed me, I mistook you"

What I say? I feel like an i***t.

"Wow, it's not something I thought you would say and I forgive you before you even apologize" he said.

It's awkward, it's like in high school when you had a fight with a boy and he just confessed his feelings. I shower and have breakfast. At least I can start to stop thinking he's going to kill me when I let my guard down, because as far as I know he went against his father and lied to him. But that doesn't mean I will calm down, I can't calm down until I know the problem is solved.

I sat and thought about what Gwen had done, I mean she couldn't possibly be doing nothing while I was gone. I know Gwen went to the police, but I know she didn't just do that.

I wanna go, but I can't. Cause I know there's bunch of men out there, and I don't know where Kevin is. He left this morning.

By 11pm, I knew he was still not back. I'm very sleepy and going to sleep. I was just getting out of the bathroom when someone came in.

"Who are you?" I asked.

He walks towards me, he takes the knife out of his pocket. I could tell from his face that he was about to do something bad. As he got closer I hit him with a vase and then ran outside. But he grabbed me, I screamed and he covered my mouth. I banged my head on him, it hurt so much. I ran as fast as I could. I tried to open the door but it's locked, why isn't there anyone out there? When I turned around the man was behind me. I was about to run to the back door, but he grabbed me and threw me on the couch. He choked me, I kicked him and he fell, the knife almost hit me. I tried to open the back door, but couldn't. The man drew closer.

"Stop, or you gonna regret this" I said.

Stupid me, wishing he would stop. Now, I'm really scared. I can't run. Just as he was about to stab me, Kevin appeared out of nowhere and knocked him unconscious.

"Sharon, are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine, I'm fine" I said.

He hugs me. I thought this was the end, but it looks like it's not over yet. I sat down and watched him pace back and forth trying to make the call.

"I'm tired of seeing you like that" I said.

"I tried to call him" he said.

"You think he will answer and say yes I sent someone there"

"He will"

He kept pacing.

"Stop it, okay? He won't answer you" I said.

He sit next to me.

"I better go" I said.

"What?" he said.

"He will not stop, maybe tomorrow he will send someone else and succeed. Besides you said that Gwen made a police report and she's accusing you, it would be better if I went back. I can fix everything"

"No, you can't"

"Why?"

"You can't, you can't go, not now. I will find other place for you"

"Stop, you don't need to do this, I will go"

"You know he could have made it"

"I know, I know, and I can't stay here"

"Sharon, please"

"Enough, I can't run again. I will go no matter you want or not"

I stood up and was about to leave.

"You can't go to anywhere" he said.

"I can" I said.

Suddenly he covered my mouth with a cloth.

"Kevin! Kevin!" I screamed.

"You won't go to anywhere" he said.

I was unconscious. I woke up, I was in the room and Kevin came in.

"Morning" he said.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I don't get it"

"Don't pretend you don't know. I don't know what you gonna do, but I will go"

I was about to leave, but he pulled me over and grabbed my hand. I pushed him.

"Don't be silly" I said.

"Get ready, in 2 hours we will leave" he said.

"Where?"

"You will love it"

"I'm not going anywhere but home"

"That's your new home"

"What?!"

He went, and closed the door, I tried to open the door but he locked it. I banged a few times.

"You can't lock me here and you can't bring me to anywhere you want! Kevin!" I said.

What the f**k is that, yesterday he became so nice, but now he became f*****g asshole. How did he change in just a few hours? He drive me crazy.

I'm going, nothing can hold me back. I just need to find a way out, maybe this will be like an escape room, but the difference is you not only have to use your brain to get out but also your strength. Everything's locked, where's Charlie? He should be looking for me now.

There's a way out, there's only one on my mind and that's what I'll do. Time to say goodbye.

When I heard the door open, I immediately went to the bathroom. He called my name, I asked him to come in. He came in and stood right behind me, I turned around.

"I'm sorry" I said.

"For what?" he asked.

I punched him in the face and ran outside and locked the door. At the front door there were some of his men so I ran to the back door and got out. I saw he managed to get out and was chasing me, I ran as fast as I could. When a car passed, I stopped it and asked her to take me away.

"Who's chasing you?" she asked.

"I don't know" I said.

I had to lie because if I told the truth maybe she wouldn't help me. After almost an hour I got home. There was no one and the door was locked. What happened? I went to a neighbor's house and borrowed the phone. I called Gwen, a few minutes later she arrived. Gwen immediately hugged me.

"Sharon, what happened with you?" Gwen asked.

"I'll tell you everything, but now do you have the keys to my house?" I asked.

"Why do I have your house keys?"

"Maybe"

"Zoe, she has the key"

"Call her, now"

"Okay"

After a few minutes Zoe came.

"Sharon, you're alive" Zoe said.

"You think I'm dead?" I asked.

"Most people think you're dead" Gwen said.

"You gotta be kidding me" I said.

"No" Gwen said.

Zoe opens the door and we come in, she has to leave because she still has a lot of work to do. I get some water and sit at the table with Gwen.

"Tell me what happened" Gwen said.

"I almost die" I said.

"What?!"

"Yes"

I showed the gunshot wound to Gwen.

"Oh my gosh" Gwen said.

"And someone almost stabbed me" I said.

"Are you joking?"

"I punched his face"

"Who?"

"Kevin"

"What the hell he did now?"

"He shot me, he saved me, he locked me"

"Wait, so all this time you were with him?"

"Yes"

"How"

"I don't know"

"I think you were"

"Die. I know"

"No, I mean yes. I was so panicked and called the police, looking for you everywhere, and Zoe was so panicked too and she fired Charlie"

"Wait, she fired Charlie?"

"Yes"

"That's why Charlie didn't show up. I thought, he couldn't find me"

"Zoe tries to find you, but it seems she can't"

"I'm not sure she's trying"

"Okay, forget about Zoe. Tell me the whole story"

I told her the whole story and Gwen just kept quiet and she didn't say anything that would help. Gwen stayed and accompanied me. The next day I just went home and rested, I didn't want to go out for a while.

That afternoon I watched a movie with Gwen.

"Have you ever thought what would happen if you didn't do what you did" Gwen said.

"Yes, but no one can change the past. The only thing I want to change is the fact that my parents are gone"

"Well, death is not something that can be changed. Even if you have the time stone, you can't change it. You know what happened to Strange, whe he trying to stop Christine's death"

"I know, but I miss them"

"You can visit their graves, I mean maybe it will cure your longing for them a little"

"I can, but it's different. I want to talk to them, I want to hug them"

"You may lose your parents, your aunt, and your grandmother being far away from you. But I'm still here, maybe I can't give advice like them, but I will always be with you"

"I know. You know the worst thing that happened in my life was my mom died on my birthday, and since then I hate the day I was born because it was the day my life changed"

"I understand, but didn't you promise not to look into the past and leave them, how are you going to move on with your life if you continue like this? You miss them, of course. You want them back, almost everyone will feel that. But you can't change destiny, so stop doing all that"

Gwen was right, for a moment she said something very nice. I called my grandmother, I knew she was very worried after I disappeared without a word for a few days.

"Grandma" I said.

"Sharon, my dear. Where are you? I try to call you everyday" she said.

"Some things happened and my phone went missing"

"What happened?"

"There's a lot going on"

"Tell me everything"

"I almost die"

"What?!"

"Someone chased me and"

"There's more?"

"Yes"

I told her everything, every incident, and Grandma was shocked and angry. Grandma was angry that I hid all this and was shocked of course that all this happened to me. In the end granny decided to come back in 2 days and she didn't want to listen to any excuses.

"You know when you say it all your grandma will come back" Gwen said.

"I know, but it's better that way. I can't stand all these lies anymore" I said.

"You have 2 days to finish everything before your grandma comes and you won't be able to control everything"

"It won't be as easy as apologizing after you break someone's nose"

"So what would you do? You have to tell me everything, so if something happens I know what to do"

I called Maya Oswald.

"Who is this?" Maya asked.

"I'm Sharon, Sharon Johnson" I said.

"Sharon, I though you were die. Harry told him everything with great pride, but it seems he was wrong"

"It's a long story"

"I'm curious"

"I will tell you, but not now. It's complicated"

"You didn't call me to tell you you were still alive did you?"

"No, I thought, maybe I can help you get your revenge on Harry Oswald"

"What you gonna do?"

I told everything I thought and Maya agreed, she will do everything needed. Very surprising, but good, at least I don't have to do all this myself. So we will meet tomorrow in an apartment building and if all goes well, we will destroy our enemy.

"She is agree?" Gwen asked.

"Yes" I said.

"Really? I mean, how?"

"Her relationship with Harry was really bad after Harry cheated on her and started threatening her if she asked for a divorce"

"If he cheated on h, why did he don't want to divorce?"

"Reputation and prenuptial agreement"

"Do they have prenup?"

"Yes, they have. If they divorced, more than half of Harry's estate would go to Maya"

"How?"

"So Harry used Maya's money to start a business decades ago, or rather when they were about to get married. So Maya's parents asked them to make a prenup, that is, if they divorced Harry had to return the money he used twice what was given and their property would be divided in half. So by my calculations Harry will lose more than half of his fortune and maybe he will only get a quarter of the total"

"Are you kiding me?"

"And to prevent that Harry said if they divorced Maya wouldn't be able to see Kevin forever"

"And a mother doesn't want to be separated from her son"

"Yeah, so they make peace and pretend that nothing happened. It happened about 15 years ago, at that time Kevin was only 6 or 7 years old"

"How do you know about all this?"

"She told me"

"So you mean, wait. What if Maya doesn't help you and she sets you up instead?"

"No, she wouldn't do that, she hate him so much. For her if she can't get rid of him then she will kill him"

"You know what you are about to do will have a very bad impact on your life if you get caught"

"I know that's why I asked for her help, she has everything I need to save myself, so if something were happen to me and I get caught, she would help me out"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. If she doesn't help me, I will make her accept what I receive"

"You made a deal with the devil, and there's no guarantee it will work"

"If Maya tries to betray me, she will regret it. I won't allow that"

"I already warned you, not only me, your aunt, your grandmother also warned you. If you fail or Maya Oswald betrays you, you will be devastated, utterly devastated and perhaps you will not survive. My advice this time, don't push your luck"

"I had enough luck to save me when I fell from the Burj Khalifa"

"Sharon, I'm not kidding"

"Me too. You have to believe in what I can do, I will use everything I have to get this done. You remember, I only have 2 days before my grandma comes and I don't want her to get involved in any trouble"

Gwen sighed. Tomorrow, to be precise tomorrow night, I'm going to meet Maya Oswald and lure Harry Oswald over, and when everything is in place, Maya will do the rest.

There's a possibility that she'll betray me, so if she ever does that I'll attack her at his weakest point and show her that I can't be betrayed. I will make her regret for the rest of her life if she betrays me.