Sweet influence

Chapter 32: My dream came true

✿Maybellen✿
Zachary turns his head and see's me. His eyes widen and he loses focus, making his father push him.

"Maybellen what are you doing here," Zachary asks me, out of breath.

"I- Theodore called me to come. D-do w-we have to kill your dad t-too?" I stuttered.

He slowly nodded his head and his dad walks over to me. His face is bloody and he's scanning my body. I reach for my pocket to pull out my gun.

I pointed it at him, "Back up,"

He smirks and takes a step back.

"Maybellen, no," Zach told me, getting back up.

His shirt is off and his shoulder is cut, the side of his stomach is cut also.

"I never really inspected her, but she is indeed pretty. I see why everyone wants her," he mumbled, looking over at Zach.

Zachary scoffs, "I don't like talking to rap-"

Before Zachary can finish his sentence, his dad punched his stomach. He fell to the floor and his dad grabbed a knife.

Without giving it a second thought, I pulled the trigger and shot his dad's back.

"Maybellen! Y-you didn't have to do that, what if you get caught?" he panicked, getting back up again.

He slightly limped over to me and put my shirt up. He touched my cut stomach and took his shirt, wrapping it around my stomach.

He kisses my forehead and pulls me into a hug.

"I'm so sorry that you have to go through this," he apologized, placing his hands on the back of my head.

My body is shaking, and my hands and body are filled with blood.

"Z-Zachary, I killed 2 p-people, I'm a m-murder,"

My entire body shivered when I said that. I would've never imagined I would kill someone.

"You did it to protect yourself, you did nothing wrong," he whispered.

He lets go of my body and takes the cleaning products away from my hand.

He lifts my shirt and unties the shirt around my stomach. He opens the hydrogen peroxide and put it on his shirt.

"That's going to burn," I mumbled, moving away.

"Stop, do you want it to get infected? Your 17, it's not going to hurt that bad," he responded.

He dabbed on my cut and applied cream to it. He put the large bandage on my cut and kissed it.

"See, it didn't hurt," he muttered.

"L-let me clean your cut before we go," I stammered, pouring the hydrogen on the cloth I brought.

"I have one on my leg too," he mentioned.

Taking his arm, I gently dabbed the cloth on his cut, cleaning the wound. After cleaning it, I applied the cream and placed a bandage on the wound. I kissed it.

I did the same thing with his stomach and leg.

"Do not leave my side at all, understand?" he demanded me.

I nodded my head.

He grabs my hand and we race upstairs. We saw Emily and Theo at the end of the hallway. We ran all the way down and we were all together.

"Are your guns loaded?" Emily ask.

"Yeah," We all responded.

Zachary and Theodore went in front of us and started running. We sprinted all the way to the main room, where the exit was. We stopped and looked around.

"Where's the lighter and gasoline?" Theo questioned Emily.

She opens the book bag and handed it to him.

Zachary took the gasoline and started spreading it everywhere until there was no more left.

"We have to be quick, I'll throw the lighter, we watch the building burn, and leave immediately," Zach told us.

Zachary passed the lighter to Theo, and Theodore gave it to me.

"Most people here hurt you the most, you deserve to throw the lighter," Theo stated.

With shaky hands, I grab the lighter and stare at the place.

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I flick the lighter and threw it. With a deep breath, I watched the fire spread and engulf the building. I could still feel the pain of all the hurtful memories, but I also felt a sense of closure.

Everyone was getting out of the building except me. I stood there and watched the fire spread.

Diego is going to die in here, Xavier, Henry, Mary, and all the horrible people who were in this building.

But my mother. Even though she did just as much damage to me as my dad, she doesn't deserve this much pain.

She was just as weak and stuck as me.

The smoke alarm started ringing, and everyone in the building started popping up.

I was torn between wanting to save her and wanting to leave her. I wanted her to be punished for all she had done, but I also wanted her to be safe.

I felt a chill of fear go down my spine as I watched the fire grow and spread.

I see Diego coming down the stairs and his face is mortified. His eyes widen and he glares at me.

He takes his gun out of his pocket and points it at me.

All I did was stare, I didn't flinch, or get scared.

"Maybellen, let's go," Zachary calls me.

The smoke starts increasing in the building and everyone starts screaming.

"Fuck you Maybellen!" Diego yells at me, across the room.

"You're the one who's going to burn in here for what you have done to me. You fucking piece of shit!" I shouted.

I turn around and walked out of the building with my boyfriend and friends.

I look at the building one more time.

This is where I killed my dad, this is where I fought Diego, this is where I was kidnapped, this is where I was sexually assaulted.

I don't have to suffer anymore. Because now I know all the people who caused me pain are dead.

My major dream came true.

To be free.

And now I finally watched this building burn.

I get inside the car and Zachary quickly got as far as he could away from the building.

I close my eyes.

I'm fucking free.

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