The Secrets We Keep: A Choni Story

Chapter 47

Previously on The Secrets We Keep:
"Why..." was all I managed to get out before everything went black.

Toni's POV
I awoke bound to my bed in my old bedroom. When I looked up and I saw all my friends staring at me.

"What the hell did you do to me?!" I screamed at them.

"We knocked you out, our way. But babes, I need you to calm down for me, okay?" Erica said calmly.

"No, Erica!" I yelled at her.

"This is also why the spell prevents you from moving, T, because when you're angry you can get out of control really quickly," Benny explained.

"Oh, you spelled me, how nice of you all," I chuckled while rolling my eyes.

"It was Benny," Rory blurted out.

"Like I didn't know that," I sighed sarcastically.

"No, Benny is the reason we pretended to be dead," he replied.

"You what Ben?!" I gasped.

"Well, Jesse approached me and said that if I didn't make it seem like we died he would kill you and I didn't want that to happen," Benny explained.

"So that whole fight, that traumatised me, the one that I still have nightmares about to this day?! That was all fake?!" I screamed.

"Toni, calm down," Ethan said.

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down! None of you have got the slightest clue of what I've been through," I told them, "Instead, you all left, you-you deserted me when I needed you most,"

"Would you have preferred if Benny didn't do it and Jesse had killed you?" Erica asked me.

"Yes! It would have prevented a lot of things. I think I've always known that I die or Jesse dies and fighting him alone isn't something I can do, he's way older than me. I came up with a plan but it would only work with y'all but you were 'dead'. Since you're not, we might be able to take him down," I divulged.

"So are we gonna go fight Jesse now?!" Rory asked excitedly.

"No, Ror." I chuckle, "But that fight might come quicker than I expected," I trailed off.

"T, what are you talking about?" Erica asked.

"My Mom kidnapped me as you know-" I started.

"Toni, why were you holding a gun to your head when we came in?" Benny interrupted me.

"Well, I wasn't holding it to my head when you came in thanks to you, but if you must know it as to prove to her that the gun she was going to shoot me with wasn't loaded. Speaking of, give me the gun Ben, or since you've hindered my limbs useless check if it's loaded," I ordered.

Benny pulled the gun out of the waistband of his pants and flicked out the cylinder and I saw the gun was fully loaded. I was immediately overwhelmed by a feeling of nausea and felt the urge to throw up.

"Oh my god," I whispered.

"Rory, get a bucket," Erica ordered.

"Why do you need a buck-" he started.

"Get a damn bucket, Ror," she said sternly.

He ran out of the room and I zoned out again just thinking about how calmly my Mom gave me a fully knowing I had the intention of pulling the trigger. I was brought back to reality when the urge to vomit struck again.

I hunched over and vomited and to my surprise, there was a bucket in my lap. When I finished Erica cleaned me up and wiped my mouth off with a towel.