Short stories collection

All you need is focus.

"All you need is focus. Focus on the target and boom it would be gone." Quote by me
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"All you need is focus. Focus on the target and boom it would be gone" Coach Allen advised as he walked to Mariana's back.

"I must do it, I can do it. All I need is focus. With focus, my target would be gone" Mariana said to herself as she dried the bead of sweat that rolled down her face.
She released the last bullet from her pistol as it finally hit the bottle, causing a loud shattering sound.

"You've done well Mari" Coach Allen commended as he took a step towards her.
"Focus is all you need and your target would be gone. Now we can call it a close. You are gradually learning how to defend yourself" Coach Allen said as he spat, the saliva slapping hard on the grass.
Mariana looked on in disgust but decided to keep mute.

"Thanks Coach" She replied as she wore her jacket. "It wouldn't have been possible without you" she replied as she smiled.

"Bye Mari"

"Bye Coach" Mariana said as she opened her car, driving off at the highest speed, causing pedestrian to be covered in dust.

"Bitch" she heard a pedestrian mutter but she didn't care. She had a mission to complete and she must do it.

"I'm so happy. We are finally married" Anna said as she jumped on her husband-Jake.

"Oh baby I'm so happy. Finally, I can have all of you" Jake smiled as he hurriedly remove his jacket, causing a cufflink to fall off.

"Didn't you have all of me before? We have been practically staying together before we got married" Anna pouted, her hands akimbo.

"Nay I didn't have all of you. We couldn't have sex without protection, you are always taking contraceptive. But now, we don't need any of that. We can have sex without any fear of unwanted pregnancy." Jake explained as he carried Anna and gently dropped her on the bed.

"Jakey calm down. I haven't unzipped my gown" Anna said as she tried to unzip her gown.

"No need. I'm tearing it off. You ain't gonna have need of this again" Jake replied as he tore off her gown and shut her up with a kiss when she tried to ask why.

"Did you hear that sound?" Anna asked.

"Who the hell is knocking on the door?" Jake shouted angrily.

"Room service" a soft voice replied.

"We don't need any service" Jake shouted as he got back to kissing his wife.

"No Jake. We need tissues. I'm coming" Anna replied as she jumped off the bed to open the door, covering herself with the bed sheet.

"Jesus Christ!" Anna gasped in shock and she ran to Jake.

"Mari?" Jake said as he pulled Anna closer to him.

"Surprised huh? Did I interrupt something nice?" Mariana asked with a smirk as she pointed the gun at Jake.

"Mariana please don't do this. Please I beg of you" Jake begged while Anna cried loudly in fear.

"Shut your big mouth up bitch" Mariana said as she slapped Anna hard, causing Anna to be momentarily blind.

"I'm sorry" Anna replied as she covered her mouth with her palm.

"Mariana we can settle this amicably. You don't need a gun for this please" Jake begged as he took a step towards Mariana who hit his face with the gun causing his forehead to bleed.

"Don't you dare attempt to come close to me again. If you do, I'm gonna blow off that head of yours" Mariana threatened as she glared at Jake.

"Oh my God. You're bleeding so badly" Anna cried as she used her palm to cover his head in a bid to stop his bleeding.

"I'm here to end your lives." Mariana said as she loaded the gun.

"Wait please. Don't do this to us" Anna pleaded as tears gushed out of her eyes.

"You can kill me but don't hurt Anna" Jake pleaded weakly.

"Oh so he loves her more than himself. This is more reason why I'd kill her" Mariana said as she pointed the loaded pistol on Anna's head.

"No please for the love we once shared, don't shoot her" Jake begged as a tear and another and another fell off  his eyes.

"You're damn funny. The love we once shared? We didn't share anything Jake. All you did was to hurt me, use me and dump me" Mariana said as she let out a bitter laugh.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I abused you while we were in a relationship. I'm sorry for the many times I hit you. I'm sorry for calling you a weakling. I'm sorry" Jake begged.

"Well guess what? I'm no longer a weakling. I'm no longer a fool. I'm not longer that lady who felt ashamed of her freckles. Thanks for your taunts and insult, I have become brave. I can now shoot a gun. I've been taking self defense classes for 2 months now and last week, I started learning to shoot a gun and today I finally shot my target.
Oh I remember that you said that I was daft and unfocused. Well great news Jake, I've learnt. I'm now a focused lady, just the way you like it. I'm no longer dumb. I can remember whatever I learnt today. I'm no longer the dyslexic lady you knew. Today Coach Allen taught me to be focused and my target would be gone. I shot a bottle today. So I decided that why don't I see how much I've learnt.
So you and her are the best people to die" Mariana said as she placed her hand on the trigger.

"Please Mariana. Don't hurt me. I'm sorry I snatched Jake from you. You were my friend. I shouldn't have done so. I fell in love and I'm sorry. Please don't shoot me" Anna begged.

"Jake, Anna, give me a reason why I shouldn't pull the trigger. You have 1 minute" Mariana said as she glanced at her watch.

"For the sake of the good times we shared" Jake replied as he held his head in pain.

"Good times? Huh? I don't know what you are saying"Mariana replied.

"We had some good times didn't we?" Jake's asked with a sad smile.

Mariana looked at Anna and Jake as tears rolled out of her eyes for the first time. Inasmuch as she was hurt and insulted by Jake, they had some good times together.

This wasn't her. She wouldn't shoot a gun. She couldn't shoot a gun.
"I'm sorry" Mariana said as she lowered the gun.

"Thank you" Jake and Anna said as they let out a breathe.

"I'm sorry but it's too late." Mariana said as she released a bullet on Jake's head.

"Jesus!" Anna screamed in shock as she held Jake's dead body.

Mariana released the second bullet which fell into Anna's mouth causing her stomach to burst.

"All you need is just focus. Focus on the target and boom, it'd be gone."

   The end.