Curse Of The City

I failed her

30 mins later
"This scene is so sad, Kelly. Right?" Cleo said as she dabbed her eyes with a tissue and looked at the bean bag where Kelly sat but she wasn't there. She hadn't come back from the kitchen yet? Something was wrong.

"You guys I'm going to check on Kelly, she seemed a little quiet and off" Cleo said as she got up from the sofa and made her way to the kitchen. She tried opening the door. Strange, it's stuff.

With a little more effort Cleo opened the door, the kitchen was dark. "Kelly? Are you in here?" Cleo called out to Kelly as she took a step into the kitchen, there was the sound of something dripping. Was it the faucet? Cleo was curious and she decided to go into the kitchen to find out what was going on.

When she did, she felt her feet get wet in a strange liquid and a smell knew too well hit her; it was blood. If she wasn't really worried about Kelly before, now she was definitely worried.

Her hand instinctively groped the wall as she reached for the light switch, she seriously wanted to know what happened? When the lights came on, she screamed.

The friends heard Cleo's scream and rushed to the kitchen. They found Kelly but she wasn't alive anymore. Her body hung upside down, her nose had been cut off and she had deep cuts on her forehead and mid section.

Cleo covered her mouth and sobbed, the liquid she had stepped in was Kelly's blood. In fact, puddles of blood; Kelly's blood was on the kitchen floor, a bit of her blood was on the kitchen counter. The scene was brutal.

Liam was the first one to break the silence, "I.. I failed her" He said as he pulled on his hair. "N..no, we all failed her. I.." Cleo sobbed as she choked on the rest of her sentence.

"We have to call the medics to take her body away, I don't think I can live in this house anymore" Charles said as he shut his eyes and rested his forehead on the wall. "Where do we go?" Josh asked. "I don't know, anywhere away from here is.. ok" Charles said as he rushed out of the kitchen with head hung low like he was ashamed.

The thoughts of Kelly's final moments replayed in Cleo's head as she took a shower, why didn't she check on her sooner? Why didn't she follow her to the kitchen? Why? Cleo was deeply hurt by Kelly's death. Yes, most times Kelly was a bitch but Cleo loved her like a sister. She loved her a lot.

She shut her eyes as she leaned on the bathroom wall recalling the first time she met Kelly.

*Flashback*
3 years ago
"Are you going to move or what?" An angry lady said as she shoved Cleo so hard that she fell to the floor. "Hey! You didn't have to push her that hard. It's not her fault that the line isn't moving" Kelly said as she walked to where Cleo was and extended her hand to help her up.

"Are you okay?" Kelly asked, "I'm fine. Thanks" Cleo replied as she brushed herself. "Well, I don't know what you're in line for but I was about to go to back stage to meet Dyler. Wanna come?" Kelly asked as she looked at Cleo.

"Dyler, you mean the one that we're standing in line to get tickets to his show?! I'd love to-" the lady that pushed Cleo said as she was cut off by Kelly. "I wasn't asking you dirt bag. I'm asking... What's your name?" Kelly said as she looked at Cleo, "I'm Cleo and I'd love to go" Cleo said as she smiled. "Ouuu, I love that name. We're definitely going to best friends one day. C'mon let's go" Kelly said as she held hands with Cleo as they glared at the lady and walked through the heavily guarded back entrance together.

*End of flashback*

"Oh, Kelly. Your death hurts me a lot but that makes me even more determined to dissolve this once and for all" Cleo mumbled to herself as she wrapped a towel around herself and wore a bath robe.