In our darkest days (Urban)

Part 11 | The beginning to the end

Alisha sat in the darknest of her room with her mind going a mile a minute.

If thinking about what her brother was going to do wasn't enough, she didn't know what she was going to tell her mother about not coming home or why she didn't go get the kids. She still didn't even know how they had gotten home.

She finally had dosed off but she was awaken by someone screaming and baming at the door. She jumped up out of her slept and crept in the living room. It was 1 in the morning and whoever it was had no business being there. She peeped through the living room window where she saw Sean and 2 other boys standing.

She opened the door and before she could ask where Corey was, Sean had shouted "Corey just got shot!". Alisha screamed and panicked, she immediately ran to her mothers room and opened the door. "MA! MA! Get up! Corey just got shot!" She yelled. Her mother got up. "How?! Where is he?!" She asked. "I don't know, Sean just came and told me." Alisha said.

Her mother began getting dressed. Alisha ran back out to the front where Sean was. "What happened? Is he alright" she asked. "We don't know, we pulled up to the hotel and we seen Kevin gettin' in his car. Corey jumped out of the car and they were yelling back and forth. Kevin pulled out a gun from out of nowhere and shot, bang, bang, bang, Corey fell and we sped off."

Alisha pushed Sean, "And you left my fuckin' brother, all the shit he's done for yo' ass" she said as she pushed him again. "Aye keep your damn hands of me" Sean demanded.

Ms. Kathy came running from inside the house crying. "Is my baby ok?! Where he at?! Did y'all call the police?!" She asked. "We was too scared, we came straight here once it happened" said Sean.

"Take me to my baby now!" She yelled to Sean. "Alisha go get the kids now and let's go." She said as she got in the passanger seat of Sean's car.

Alisha brought out the kids and put them in the car. The other two guys began to walk down the street.

They arrived at the hotel where most of the parking lot was blocked off by police and caution tape. Sean parked as close as they could get to where Corey was.

"My baby, my baby!" Ms Kathy screamed as she got out of the car. "Ma'am I'm going to need you to step back please" an officer said as he pushed her back.

"Get your god damn hands off me, where is my baby?!" She yelled. "Ma'am just please calm down so we can ask you some questions" he said.

As the officer questioned Ms. Kathy, Alisha was able to run pass the caution tape. She saw her brother laying in a pool of blood, motionless. At this moment she didn't know if he was dead or alive. She ran over to him wrapping her body around his.

"Corey please! I'm sorry, get up!" She yelled. An officer grabbed her from behind, she struggled and kicked but he got the best of her. He brought her over to where Ms. Kathy was.

"Listen, we could only imagine how you guys are feeling right now but I'm sorry to inform you that your son has passed." One of the officers said.

"Why?...why would someone do this to my baby? He didn't bother nobody." Ms. Kathy yelled in agony.

"You can take my card ma'am, we're going to conduct a full investigation and we'll let you know anything we come across and if you have any questions please feel free to give me a call" he said as he walked away.

The two woman embraced each other as they shedded tears. They stayed and watched as Corey's lifeless body was carried away under a white sheet.

They rode back with Sean quietly, Alisha had so many questions to ask Sean but she was afraid to ask them in front of her mother. She already felt as though her mother hated her, she didn't need her to feel like she was also responsible for the death of her son.

Sean dropped them off at their apartment. Ms. Kathy got out with the kids and took them inside but Alisha stayed in the car.

"I didn't know all this was gone happen" She said. "I wish I would have just listened to him." She added.
"All he kept saying was nobody gone fuck with my sister on our way there. All he wanted to do was look out for you, I thought we were just goin' to fuck Kevin up but it all went another way. I'm sorry Red but I am gone go down to the police station and tell them what I know" Sean expressed with his head down.

Alisha exited the car without saying anything. She wasn't crying because she didn't know how to feel, there was nothing but a mixture of sorrow, hurt, and regret.

She walked passed her mothers room where she had the kids, she seen her mother balled up on the side of the bed. As much as she wanted to comfort her, the guilt wouldn't let her.

Alisha walked into her empty room where she'd usually see her brother sleeping. She walked over towards his bed and sat on it, all she could do was stare at the wall which could barley seen in the dark.

She heard a vibration then saw a light on the floor, it was her phone. She picked it up and saw a text message from Kevin.

"I'm sorry it all had to end like this, I love you." The text read.

Alisha launched the phone at the wall and began to break down. She stretched out across her brothers bed and soaked his pillows with her tears eventually crying herself to sleep.

2 days later

The house was quiet and no one barley spoke. Alisha nor Ms. Kathy really had the chance to talk about what happened and they didn't want to. Explaining to Sage and Kayla the night after the shooting, what happened was the last time Corey was talked about.

Ms. Kathy was in her room folding clothes and Alisha was in the kitchen washing dishes when they heard they heard a news segment.

"The killer in Monday night's shooting has been captured. 18 year old, Kevin Mirrell is facing murder, gun and drug charges in the death of 18 year old, Corey Thornton. Mirrell was ambushed by police in his home earlier today. Thornton was shot in the head, stomach and chest and was pronounced dead on the scene. Eye witnesses have pointed Mirrell to the crime. More news on this story at 5." Said the reporter.

Alisha and her mother had been standing at the tv as the cast went on. Ms. Kathy exited the living room and went into her room and closed the door.

Alisha walked into her bedroom with her eyes full of tears. She grabbed a pen and piece of paper and began writing.

"Corey, I don't hate you. All you were doing was just trying to look out for me, I just wish you would have given me a reason why. I became selfish and forgot who I was because I loved this boy but he hurt me in the worst way. I wish I could turn back the hands of time and bring you back my angel. You only tried to protect me but this is how I repaid you. My last memory of you was me holding your cold body and I'm sorry, I love you Corey, you know you're my favorite." She folded the note, kissed it.

She wanted to hate Kevin so much but she knew deep down inside she really couldn't. All their memories and conversations passed through her mind.

She remembered the day he mad her his girlfriend and gave her his jacket.

The jacket! She remembered. She looked under her bed and there it still was. She stared at it before putting it on. She slipped the note she had just written into her pocket and layed across Corey's bed before slipping into yet again, one of her crying combas.

                     To be continued...