Broken Into Darkness

Raymond! Chapter 21

Bella is dead I know it, I can feel it. It is all my fault, I should have told her to come with me to my rehearsal. Instead I went without her, I should have never let her come here with Bonnie/Shelly. What have I done to her?

"You need to calm down Raymond, this is Bella i'm sure she is fine and we will find her." Simon said.

I turned to look at him, I can see he doesn't believe it himself. "You don't know that. You seen the video, she was drugged. You don't believe she is fine. I can see it in your face Simon."

"We will find her Raymond." Ethan said, touching my shoulder.

I shook my head, "No we won't, this is our fault for bringing Bonnie/Shelly here."

They sighed, I know something happened to her. That creature killed her, it did not look human. How can I be so stupid to not see that, it wasn't human. Julie needs to hurry up, I am getting anxious waiting for her to call me back. I know she is really mad with me for what is going on with her bestfriend. I am sure she will never trust me again or even talk to me anymore after today. Not that I can blame her. It is my fault she is missing. Did she see the psychic yet? Does she know what happened to Bella? Is Bella alive? Is she dead? I sat down next to Ethan, shaking my legs waiting for the phone call back. Ethan layed his head on my shoulder, he does that when he don't know what to do, it is his way to comfort me.

Simon looked over at Catlin, "How well do you know Bella?"

"Well, I don't know her like Julie but we became close after I started working with her. I don't think she knew what was happening to her. As we can see Bonnie is some kind of monster."

"Oh okay, do you think she would have fought to get away from Bonnie/Shelly?"

"Yeah I do." Catlin said.

"I wonder if she got to put up a fight or was she drugged before she even knew what was happening to her." Ethan stated

Just then my phone started to ring, I jumped off the sofa, answering.

"Hello?"

"Raymond! It is me." Julie said

"Did you talk to that psychic? Do you know what happened to Bella?"

"Yes! Are you sitting down?"

"Fuck sitting down, what happened to Bella, Julie?"

Julie got really quiet, I knew it. I just did not want to believe it. I did not want to hear those words come out of her mouth.

"Julie, please tell me. Is Bella okay?"

"No! She, she is dead. Bonnie killed her."

I dropped my phone, falling to my knees. I did not hear the rest of the words she was saying. I knew what she was going to say, but I still had hope that she would be alive hiding. This can not be happening, we did not have enough time together. I wanted to know more about her, I knew we would be there to help each other out of our depression and anxiety. Thinking about yesterday night having sex with her and just laying naked beside her, I could see being with her forever. I was thinking about marrying her even though I know it would be hard for her to say yes after what she went through with her last marriage. Though I knew she knew I would do anything to make her happy, she had told me she loved me which scared her. I loved her too and that growing old together was our happy ending. Now that was taken away from us, she is dead.

"Raymond!"

I was aware that Simon was calling me, standing in front of me looking worried. Ethan was kneeling next to me, his hand on my shoulder. He was looking worried. Neither one of them knew what I just found out, they don't know Bella is dead. Simon picked up my phone, he started talking to Julie. I just sat there staring at nothing, she is gone. She was the one who was going to bring me back to life and I was going to marry her. She is gone.