The Life Changing Vacation

~Chapter 159~

Kristina's POV
The next day, I woke up and went to school. It was not that easy to go to school without my phone. Anthony asked me why I didn't answer his calls. I told him it was because I failed my test, and Joanna took my phone away from me.

"Sad to hear that, are you okay?", he asked me.

"I'm not sure.. there's something I need to tell you", I started.

"What?", he asked.

"Alex and Joanna are not really my parents", I explained.

"Oh, you're adopted?", he asked.

"I wish it was that easy.. I was kidnapped, in July 2020", I told him.

"Are you serious?", he asked.

"Yes, I'm serious", I answered.

"How?", he asked me.

"Dory and I were two internet friends on a vacation together in the United States, we met Joanna in a McDonald's and she told us that she kidnapped my parents and that we had to find a specific guy for her if I wanted them alive. We denied. She hit us, and we passed out. And that was the start of a life full of violence, pain and sorrows. They told us that they killed my parents. I just found out they were still alive, and then they killed them right in front of my eyes. Awe also found out Dory was Joanna's biological child, she had sex with her therapist and then she got pregnant. She gave away the child", I explained.

"That is.. a horrible story", he told me.

"Why didn't you call the police?", he asked.

"We did.. they've gotten arrested more than one time, but they're always being released.. and I don't even know if I hate them anymore, they're like a family to me now", I said.

"It's called manipulation", he explained.

"I thought that too, but you should have seen them.. that doesn't look like manipulation anymore", I told him.

That week, I got really close to Anthony. One day, Joanna asked me if I wanted to invite him for dinner.

"You got to be kidding me, every guy I invite for dinner end up dead", I explained.

"Then surprise me this time.. show me this guy is worth it", she said.

"Fine", I said.

I begged Joanna for my phone back. She told me that she could give me my phone back, but then I had to promise I would do better in school. I agreed.

I invited Anthony for dinner, and we ate deep fried scampi, chicken and finger food. We ate vanilla gelato with strawberries for dessert. It looked like Anthony impressed Alex and Joanna. I thought he tried hard because he was afraid. After we ate, Anthony and I went up to my bedroom.

"What kind of men perfume do you wear?", I asked.

"What?", he asked.

"You smell good", I flirted.

He laughed. 1 million", he told me.

We locked eyes. Suddenly, I looked away.

"Do you really wanna be with someone's who lives with psychopaths? Murderers?", I asked.

"I don't care about who you live with, I care about you", he explained.

"Well then", I said as I looked at his lips. We both leaned forward, and we made out. He took off my shirt, and I took of his. We got laid. Suddenly, we heard someone knock on the door.

"Kristina! We're gonna play cards, you guys wanna join?", Dory yelled from the other side of the door.

"We'll be down soon", I yelled back.

We quickly got our clothes on, and then we went downstairs. We met Alex, Joanna and Dory in the living room. Dory looked at us.

"You breathed pretty heavily when you answered me", she winked.

"Dory!", Joanna said.

"So are we gonna play or what?", Alex switched subject.

"Ha! I won again", he said after round number three.

When Anthony was gonna go back home, he picked up a gun and shot Joanna in the chest. She fell, got dizzy and passed out.

"You killed my girlfriend's parents", he said and ran away.

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

"Someone, call 911", I said.

Alex called 911, and we went to the hospital with Joanna. She survived the shot. When we got back from the hospital with Joanna the next day, she was determined that she was gonna get Anthony.

"Wait.. you told him?", she asked me.

"I'm sorry.. we got close", I explained.

"Well, then I can't let you become close with other people anymore! Do we really need to go back to the time you never got to go out of the house? Not alone? Everyone you get close to ends up knowing, and then they end up dead", She said as she put her gun in her purse.

"Joanna please, he tried to protect me", I explained.

"He shot me! That was a bad move, honey", she said as she went to get her car keys.

Author's note
Peeps, Lucas helped me plan the chapter. Credits to him for the dinner idea haha.

-Kristina Leonora