Dead end

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

I watch the breath rise and fall from Jared's lungs. He doesn't stir, he's muttering something in his sleep,

"Staceyyy," I take a step back, maybe he is awake. But he's not. I clamber off the table and out of the office. I scamper accross the hallways into the new girl's room (Persephone). She sits, crouched over, against the wall.

"Hi," I wave at her. She waves back. "I'm Stacey,"

"Persephone," She mumbles.

"So what did you do?" I sit next to her thin frame.

"Its cause I'm black,"

"Oh, but weren't you in Benin?"

"Yeah, but I was meant to have a court trial because I wittnessed a murder, but I didn't do anything. But cause I'm black BANG look where I am,"

"I'm sorry," She looks over at me,

"Your the one who has to kill me right?"

"Yeah, me or Jared,"

"Do you have that soul thingy?"

"Yeah." I don't want to talk about it,

"So your the evil-british-glam-girl my brother talks about,"

"They know about me there?"

"My brother was the one who decided to send me here,"

"But he must be-"

"No he's my step brother, he's white, it was a white prison."

"I'm so sorry," I tell her as I put my arm round her. She flinches at contact and then eventually lies weakly against me and sobs.

"I didn't do anything to deserve this, yet you and your blood thursty possie are going to rip me up, or rip my soul out. All cause I'm black."

"There is another option," I remind her. She looks startled, like I'm going to let her go out and free. "You can join us,"

"No, what you do-"

"You get used to it and its for someone whose done something bad,"

"Never." She shakes her head, "You are so evil,mean, cruel, strong,"

"Too many words, I never got an education,"

"Why?"

"I was er kidnapped to here by Jared, he was five, I was four,"

"Are you guys together?"

"I don't know," And its true, Jared has never actually asked me out, but where would we go? I can hear Jared stumbeling out of his room swearing. "How old are you?" I ask her quickly,

"Twelve, its my birthday today," A tear crawls out of my eye.

"Happy birthday," And I'm gone. "JARED!" I yell out for him.

"Hey Stace,"

"I can't believe you made us take in Persephone!" I lash out at him.

"I DON'T UNDERSTAND! GET OFF ME STACE!"

"SHE'S TWELVE! SHE CAME FROM A RACIST PLACE AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING! YOU FOOL! YOU TWIT-"

"Stop hitting me Stace! And I knew it WAS A RACIST PRISON! WE'VE KILLED YOUNGER!"

"I HAVEN'T!"

"DON'T KILL HER THEN! I WILL!"

"ITS HER BIRTHDAY JARED!"

"I DON'T CARE STACE YOUR LOOSING YOUR TOUCH! MAYBE I SHOULD LET YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PARENTS! MAYBE I SHOULD MAKE THEM SEND YOU HERE TO DIE!" I step back starteled,

"Is that all I ever was to you? A tool?!" Tears stream down my face, I keep on stepping back until my head cracks against the wall. I hear a scream of trimuph and then everything is lost....