But his eyes. His eyes sent shivers down my spine, they were sadist, mocking me.
You know how in fairy tales there's always a monster? His worse far worse than the villain who poisoned snow white, or locked Cinderella up.
He haunted my dreams, chas...
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"I'm taking responsibility, I'm owning up to my choices. I'm doing what is right. So why do it feel so hopeless? Why does it feel like I'm surrendering, giving up the fight?"
Valerie Hernandez,
There was six to five motorbikes chasing me, trying to lead me. Like when a horse is panicked and running, and people run besides it trying to reign it in. This is what it reminded me of. But I kept pushing, I pushed the bike past 150, speeding up at each bend of the mountain. I was slowly loosing them. I looked back to see how many are chasing me. But that was such a mistake.
I felt the bike under me shift. I no longer felt the ground, I couldn't look down, my body stilled. It felt slow, and then everything went by fast, I let go of the bike handles, rolling down the mountain, body rolled over, scratches made all over my body, my head hit some sort of rock.
I could see the world turning and turning. Is this what death felt like? I could feel some warm fluid trickle down my face, as tree branches scratched me, rubble and smaller rocks dug into my arms making all sorts of ugly cuts.
Nothing broke my fall, I just kept rolling and rolling. Honestly I was scared to stop. I was getting dizzy as something hit my head again. I saw that Beth was okay. Sal was with her, I know his fine. Ace was escorted out by a small army of hundred men along with mama. Everyone was fine. And safe. I knew they moved on to a new mansion that we owned somewhere near the south.
Just breathe Val.
Everyone is fine.
They are all safe.
You can rest now.
I felt something hard hit my back, the air knocked out of me, but it broke my fall. I just laid there, looking up the beautiful clear sky. The sun was there shining warmth down on everyone.
I heard an explosion not to far away. That was my bike. I heard my breathing in my ears.
It was an eerie silence.
Close your eyes.
It will all be over soon.
I closed my eyes.
I fucked up this time.
If I lived to survive out of here, I know what to do.
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I don't know how long its been. If its been hours, or mere seconds. The sun moved. Or I don't know if it was me who moved. I didn't want to move. I wanted out. I wanted out of this world, just like Beth. Beth who spoke Spanish.
Was she a spy? Did I give up my life for a spy? Would it have made a different Val? Spy or not, you would have killed the man either way. It was a long time coming. I wanted to see Arabella.
I imagined her beautiful face, her full lips, and the dimples she gets when she smiles, or when her poison green eyes turn venomous when she is mad. The way her perfectly arched brows twitch when I'm getting on her nerves. Each of her beautiful features each unique to her. She didn't know it yet. But I want to spend the rest of my life with her.
