Chapter 17

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I didn't realize it but I had fallen asleep watching the movie. I sat up inspecting my surroundings, the blanket sliding off of me. It was dark but I wasn't in the living room anymore, I turned to my side and seen William sound asleep.

His hair has grown a bit and was covering his face, his arms pulled into his chest as if he was cold. I pulled the blanket above his shoulder, leaning down to plant a kiss on his head before quietly getting out of bed.

I left the bedroom and walked down the steps into the kitchen. I grabbed a bottle of water and started drinking from it. Feeling refreshed, I took the bottle away from lips and looked over at the clock on the stove.

2:00 am

Not wanting to go back to bed just yet I started my way to the back door, I opened the door and felt a slight breeze as I stepped out. I didn't bother closing the door, the only other person home was William.

I found a chair and sat down in it, taking a deep breath in as I tilted my head back to look at the sky. I see the same sky every night but still amazed with it whenever I look at it. My thoughts had started to wander.

I thought back to when I first met William, how much has changed. How I've changed, and now I'm getting married to the man I once thought was broken beyond repair. I laughed a little as I thought about the vows.

"Until death do us part"

Guess that will have to be taken literally for him, I haven't given him any answer on what he asked me. I haven't even had time to think about it, but I do now.

"Reminiscing?" A voice said from the other side of the yard called out to me

"One moment. One fucking moment of peace is all I ask" I thought as I turned my head towards the voice

"If you're gonna come out of the shadows at least make it cool" I said as I brought the water bottle to my lips and took a drink, completely done with what hasn't even started yet

"Thought you lost your sense of humor when you got with William" The person stepped out from the shadows and there stood rosy, I rolled my eyes at her statement

"I thought I said to make your grand entrance cool, that was shit" I looked over in her direction, now closer I can see her stance has quite the attitude to it

"I'm surprised you can even be out here given what you and toddler murderer did to me" rosy looked around the yard, her eyes stopping when she found the spot she was stabbed in all those years back

"Yeah? I stopped caring about it when I seen it didn't work" I stood up from my chair, as I did someone came up behind me, trying to restrain me

"What the fuck?" I said as I struggled to get my freedom back

"Shhhh...don't struggle too much" another feminine voice said from behind me, their grip getting tighter around my arms

"Eve...long time no see" I said with a smile, I knew I was in no position to be how cocky I am now but come on, it's eve and rosy

"The less the struggle, the less this'll hurt" Rosy said, I snapped my head in her direction, she was twirling a knife around, the moon shining off if it every now and then

"Ah so it's mine turn now? Too pussy to do it yourself so you gotta get eve on it too?" I raised my voice a bit, hoping for someone to hear me

Rosy rushed over and put her hand over my mouth, her eyes made contact with mine, she slowly moved her hand away from my mouth, our eyes breaking contact as she looked down towards my lips.

Rosy's lips connected with mine, at the same time eve let go of me. Without thinking I attempted to push Rosy off of me. I was too slow.

As I pushed, her arm went forward, driving the knife right into my stomach. I fell back into the chair I was sitting in, looking down at my stomach, expecting to still see the knife all I seen was a blood soaked shirt. I looked back where rosy and eve were. They were gone.

With my breathing still heavy, I looked back up at the sky, my face was getting wet but I couldn't tell if it was from tears or blood, either way it was too late to even start caring. My eyes connecting with the moon, as everything in my peripheral vision had started fading to black.

I was almost gone when someone started to aggressively shake me, I could hear yelling but couldn't make out what it was. Everything was fuzzy, almost like a white noise. I turned my head towards whoever was shaking me.

William.

His once icy blue eyes now melting down to water on his face, he stopped shaking me for a moment and just stared into my eyes. I tried to pull a smile onto my face, William gave a sad smile to me before frantically looking away and digging in his pocket.

That was the last I seen before everything went to black.

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Holy shit. Once again, I went (almost) a month without updating. I'm so sorry.

I graduated high school, life got so stressful after that but things are finally calming down now, can't promise quicker updates but i'll try <3

I also started a new antidepressant and I was letting that do it's thing until I got used to it. It's working and i'm definitely doing better mentally!

I'm hopeful and happy that life is going in a better direction for me! So yeah, I just needed some time for me!

I really hope my readers are enjoying the book <3 I love and appreciate all of you!

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