The Life Changing Vacation

~Chapter 132~

Joanna's POV
The next morning, I woke up to Alex yelling me in the face.

"Joanna, wake up!", he yelled.

"What the hell? what the matter?", I asked.

"William is still alive!", he told me.

"What? But you burned his body", I said.

"No, I didn't! I just put it in the woods, he must have survived", Alex explained.

"Why in the world would you put his body in the woods!? He could still be alive, he wouldn't if you burned him", I said.

"I'm sorry", he said.

"Well, he better not tell on us", I said.

That day, I was downtown buying some clothes at the mall. I caught William telling a cop something about Alex and me. He must have told everything about what had happened. I called Alex.

"Alex! His snitching!!", I whispered loud.

"Who's snitching?", he asked.

"I found William at the mall! He's talking to a cop", I told him.

"Well, kidnap him then. Make him regret it", Alex said.

"Damn it! They're leaving", I said.

"Follow them", he said.

I tracked down William and I knocked him out.

William's POV
I woke up in a basement I have never seen before. I was tied tight to a chair. Suddenly, the basement door opened and a woman came downstairs. It was Joanna Murphy.

"What the hell are you doing?", I asked.

"I thought you'd already known that you shouldn't mess with the Murphy couple", Joanna said.

"You killed my entire family", I told her.

"Your fault", she said.

"What are you gonna do? Torture me until I'm dead? Imagine having that little empathy", I said.

"You told the police, didn't you? Well, snitches get stitches", she said.

"What a bad saying", I said.

She took up a sewing needle.

"Oh.. you meant literally", I said.

"That's right", she said as she stabbed me in the leg with the needle.

I almost couldn't breathe.

"If you don't stop being such a baby, then I will give you something to really cry about", she said.

"Please, I'll do anything", I said.

"Begging won't help, it only makes it worse.. now tell me, what did you tell the police?", she asked me.

"Just that you're as innocent as you can be", I lied.

"You're lying", she said and hit me.

"Please!! I will do anything", I said.

"Hmm.. anything?", she asked.

"Yes", I said.

"Well, then I need you to prove it before I tell you what I want you to do after that", she said.

"How?", I asked.

"Just a few tests I want you to go through", she said and went upstairs.

She came back with a pocketknife, some dog food, and a saucepan filled with boiling water. She untied me.

"At first, I want you to take this pocketknife and cut a deep cut on your hand", she told me.

"Wait, what? Are you trying to kill me?", I asked.

"Stop being so dramatic and listen to what I have to say. Now do it", she said.

I did it, and it hurt so much.

"Good, now eat one peace of the dog food", she said.

"Um.. I don't think so", I said.

"Do you want me to force it into your mouth?", she asked.

"Fine", I said as I ate it. I almost threw up.

"And the last thing I want you to do, is to put your hands in the boiling water for ten seconds", she said.

"What? But-", I started.

"Now", she interrupted me.

I did it, but I couldn't hold them there longer than about 5 seconds.

Joanna's POV
"Awe, scared of some hot water.. pathetic", I said as I stabbed him. I ended him, and then I went out into the forest to burn his body.

Author's note
Lucas helped me planning the chapter.

-Kristina Leonora