THE RETRIBUTION (The Enigma of Kenzie Williams)

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

"Those guests are animals." Annie was applying some foundation to her face four weeks later. I sat in her room watching her get ready for her party with baby Jake in my lap.

"Is this party really necessary?" I asked.

"Of course it is"

"But don't you think....."

"Babe, do you know what happened to Carla McGee when she got pregnant before she finished school?"

"Who's Carla McGee?"

"Exactly, she died." She squealed, swishing the concealer this way and that.

"Oh my God. What about the baby?"

"Don't you get it? She never had the baby."

"Jesus!"

"Exactly. Now shouldn't I be happy that I and my baby are alive?"

"Hi, guys." We heard some say from behind us. We turned and saw Kiara holding several shopping bags.

"Kiki didn't know you were coming," I said adjusting the baby's head.

"Didn't know I was coming either but I was at the mall so, I decided to buy some stuff for baby Jake."

"Awwww thank you, girl." Annie admired.
"Those guests downstairs are animals." Kiara gasped.

"Tell me about it." Annie agreed.

"Let's go downstairs before you start classifying the type of animals they are."

We had barely gone down the stairs when Annie's mum came and grabbed the baby from me. Wait! I thought she was dead. Maybe, it wasn't her mum.

"Who is she?" I whispered in Annie's ear.

"My mum." I wasn't wrong after all. Chase was a stinking liar.

"Who's ready to party?" Annie announced and the crowd went wild.

A waiter dressed in a black tuxedo rushed toward me and spilled coconut milk all over my dress. He kept repeating the words "sorry ma'am." I ran towards the guest bathroom and bent my head towards the sink. I cupped my hand and sprinkled water over my face. I sighed and looked at the mirror. Just then, I caught a glimpse of a dark figure under the bathroom door.

"Who is it?" I said walking towards the door. I got no reply. I started to shake vigorously as I placed my eye gently on the keyhole. I could still see the figure and it had its back turned towards me. Almost immediately, it spun around really fast and faced me. I couldn't see its face.

"Who are you?" I yelled, pulling on the door handle but, it was stuck. I continued pulling till a horrible odor hit my nose. The stench was overwhelming. My lungs were contracting so much that they burned. Then, my vision became blurry and all I could see was bright darkness.

*****

"Kenzie" someone kept saying. I opened my eyes a little and saw myself surrounded by two things. I closed my eyes and opened them again quickly. I soon realized where I was. I was still at Annie's party and those two objects weren't things. They were Randy and Kiara.

"What happened and where am I?" I asked blinking rapidly.

"You passed out," Kiara replied quickly.
"Yeah, and you're in Annie's house," Randy added.

"Baby girl, what happened? Randy was on his way to the bathroom when he heard you coughing." Kiara explained.

"Yeah, a waiter spilled milk all over me and I came to the bathroom to clean myself up. Then I saw a person while washing and I decided to check it out that's all I could remember."

"Who was it?" Randy asked.

"I don't know but......" I said and paused, I shot up from the ground and yelled "Annie!"

I ran out of the room and ran down the stairs. I pulled through the crowd and started yelling Annie's name. I flagged Annie's cousin down and asked him.

"Boston, have you seen Annie? I can't find her."
"She went down that way to the family bathroom." He said describing.

"Thank you," I said and ran down the curve to the next flight of stairs. I felt my heart pounding against my chest as I took the steps two at a time. I had my heart in my mouth as I opened the door. I swear I'm not making this up. I saw Annie on the floor with her guts pouring out. Someone had cut and mutilated her. Her torso had been severed.

"Kenzie" I turned and saw Randy and Kiara standing there staring at me.

"She's gone," I said and hugged Randy. I grabbed onto his shirt and started crying.
"I'm so sorry." He comforted.

I sniffled and looked over his shoulder. I started hiccuping as I stared at the message written with Annie's blood. It was boldly written on the wall:

"TAKE CARE OF JAKE"

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