Chapter 42

A Chapter by Dr.Who.LOVER

Chapter 42 of "Silent."

“Hailey!!!!!!!” The gunshot seemed to wake Travis up from wherever he was.

“Paige are you okay?” he asked. But I ignored him.

“Hailey…Hailey are you…?” Her shoulder was bleeding badly.

“Paige it hurts!!!”

“I know you’re gonna be okay.” I turned my attention back to Victor, “YOU B*****D!!!!!!!”

“Maybe NOW she’ll shut the f**k up.” Victor laughed as he dragged Lisa’s body through the back door. As soon as he was gone Hailey started whimpering. Travis was smashing his shoulder trying to get out.

“TRAVIS!”

“WHAT THE F**K IS IT?” I had never seen Travis so angry. I was scared. But as soon as he locked eyes with me the animal disappeared.

“It has a lock you can’t get out.”

“I don’t care!” He yelled as he continued to bash against the cage. I turned my attention back to Hailey. I stuck my hand out and grabbed hers.

“You’re gonna be okay just hold on. Okay?” I was trying to be strong but…staring at my sister who was dying with every second…made it hard. I didn’t want to lose my sister…my best friend. I would hang onto her with everything I had.

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I woke up on curled in a ball. Sleep was impossible for me. One of my arms was through to my sisters and I was holding her hand. It was so…quiet. The only sound I heard was Hailey whimpering and Travis shaking his cage violently. No crickets no breeze…nothing. I had to stay awake. I was afraid if I fell asleep…Hailey would slip away. I felt Hailey shaking from the cold. I could see my breathe in the dark. The small dress I still had on did nothing to protect me and the cold metal cage around me only made it worse. The cold penetrated through the cage and hit all three of us hard.

I could see through the windows on the back of the house the glow from a TV coming from inside the house. I tried not to think about how much warmer it would be in there. Instead I kept myself busy with focusing on my sister’s breathing. What I would do if she stopped…was another thing I tried not to think about.

I was happy when the birds starting chirping and the sky starting turning blue. Then I realized I was STARVING. I hadn’t eaten anything since the day of the dance and who knew how long it had been since then.

“Morning my pets.” Said Victor coming out eating a plate of sunny side up eggs. My stomach growled as the aroma reached my nose.

“Sup you pathetic low life worm.” growled Travis who was huddled in the corner with his knees to his chest and his head down.

“Hey,” with one hand Victor pulled out his pistol and stuck it through the cage, “don’t piss me off kid.”

“Bite me.” Victor moved away and stepped in front of my cage. I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the piping hot plate of food in his hand. And of course Victor noticed it.

“Oh are you hungry?” he waved the food closer to my face so the smell of eggs became even stronger. I nodded still looking at the eggs. Victor smiled wide and moved the plate away from me. He laughed and picked up the plastic fork that rested on the pated and shoveled a forkful right in front of me making my stomach growl even louder. I glared at his back as he walked back into the house. I was so focused on my stomach I hadn’t realized Hailey had stopped whimpering.

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