Finally just graduated high school and so very ready to explore you, your boyfriend Cody and a few friends take a road trip down to Texas making one of the biggest mistakes of their lives everyone except you
I fluttered open my eyes and looked around the room. I paused for a quick moment. When I realized there was an arm wrapped around my waist. I turned over and saw Tommy peacefully sleeping beside me, I felt my cheeks warm up "Did he- did he sleep with me last night?, why the hell did he not sleep in his own bed!?" Thoughts from through my mind Hastily, I heard a grumble come from Tommy. I tilted my head up and saw his eyes slowly open.
We both stared deeply into each other's eyes. It felt like time paused in that moment. "Um Tommy did-did you sleep with me last night?" I asked he made a grumble and nodded his head as he pulled me even closer towards him our lips were inches apart. We were so close I could feel his chest going up and down by every breath he took, I felt butterflies in my stomach at that moment I can't deny it I'm falling for him but how could I? What about Cody? I'm falling in love with my friend's killer and what if Cody's alive? I'm betraying everyone I care about but I just can't help it, no matter how hard I refuse to believe it, it's the truth.
*Knock*Knock*Knock*
"Darling it's Luda have you seen Tommy anywhere?" I sat up quickly and turned to Tommy he quickly sat up beside staring at the door "Um no, no I haven't!" I lied there was silence at the door for a moment "Oh... well ok then whenever your up and ready I need to have a talk with you about yesterday's outburst" Luda called through the door "Ah shit" I thought to myself I was doing good and had to fuck it all up "of course I'll be down in a minute!" I hollered I heard light footsteps turn and fade away.
Thomas quickly got up tied on his boot Threw over his apron and went to walk out "Hey Tommy!" I called h he stopped in his tracks and turned his head making eye contact with me "If you're mom doesn't kill me because of yesterday I thought that maybe we can hang out later" I asked he looked at me for a moment before nodding his head and walking out the room.
I smiled happily but soon felt my heart sink as I thought about the "talk" me and Luda would have I got up from the bed and shuffled through the clothes Luda had gave me a few days ago and found a very cute little dress it wasn't to revealing but wasn't super long either. I slide it over my body and admired myself in the mirror beside me, I grabbed the comb on the dresser and untangled my hair and finished the look by sliding on some old sandals.
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This is your dress
I made my way down the kitchen passing the living room only peeping in to see uncle Monty reading the newspaper and Hoyt smoking a cigar on the chair beside him, we made eye contact and Hoyt just glared at me I decided to ignore him and walked into the kitchen to see Luda scrubbing away at some dishes.
"Go ahead and sit down at the table" she said how did she even know I was there? I was completely silent walking in, I pulled up and chair and sat down waiting for the ridicule I would received she walked over and stopped to analyze my outfit "You look rather beautiful today" she said "Thank you Luda" I said back I looked down at the ground and I could feel her sure piercing Into me like a hot knife.
She came over and sat beside me " I think you already know what I need ta talk ta ya bout" she told me I remained silent and just nodded my head " now I don't know why you feel like it would be appropriate to speak up to him like that. I figured you'd be smart enough to know better, if it wasn't for me, stopping them, you'd be dead right now, and that would've broken Tommy's heart" I admit it kind of did make me resonate with myself. How could I be so stupid? "I know and I'm very very sorry, I just-I just" I muttered "I already know but you gotta understand you don't run things round here got it?, until you start picking your weight up round here you're considered useless in his eyes, so pick up the slack and put in in some work" she coldly remarked, I again didn't really know how to respond. I felt tears roll down my cheeks again I don't even know why I'm crying she was right. If it wasn't for her, I would've been long dead by now.
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Hours had passed, and I had been scrubbing away at the tiled floor. Luda has been making me do all types of chores all day. It was a kind of "punishment" as she put it due to my big mouth yesterday. doing the chores didn't really get on my nerves as much as Hoyt standing in the doorway, watching my every move Giving me a snarky smile as if he won that battle which in reality he kinda did. "Yer not scrubbin hard in'uff" he remarked I gave him a glare in return "watch it now don't wanna get in trouble again do ya?" He smiled sadistically. "Just ignore him girl he's only tryna mess with you" I told myself.
"put down the sponge and help me out with dinner over here. You've done enough cleaning for the day." Luda said I quickly put away all the cleaning supplies and made my way over to her she standing near the kitchen counter with a cutting board in front of her. I looked over and saw a human hand just sitting there. It was severed, dried blood was covering it all over. I felt I was going to puke at any minute.
I gagged at the smell and the horrible scene in front of me "relax, yer not gonna be messin with the meat yer gonna be chopping up a bunch of vegetables for me" with Luda, telling me that it made me feel a little bit better. At least I won't be cutting up body parts for us to eat. I began cutting away at carrots and onions and all types of different herbs and vegetables. My thoughts drowned out everything around me. I thought back to when I was a little girl remembering all the adventures me and my parents went on, the time I met Cody, our first date, our very first kiss, and I remember the day we left to go on the trip if only we knew it would be the worst decision of our lives.
Luda cleared her throat trying to get my attention. I turned my head and focused all my attention on her "what'er thinkin bout?" She questioned "oh um i'm just missing my parents that's all." Luna looked at me for a moment " I know it's hard losing yer parents sweetheart, you'll get over it eventually" I could tell she was tryna comfort me in a way, but she was failing miserably, telling me to just forget about them like they were nothing. We finally finished making supper and I set the table for the whole family. The only problem was whenever I went to reach over the table. I forgot my dress was a little short in the rear area I went back up and noticed something in the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw Hoyt again standing in the door frame. I knew he was looking at my ass. I felt disgusted one day he'll feel sorry for all the terrible and just God awful shit he's done to me.
Everyone else was in the kitchen getting in their chairs except for Tommy, he was still down in the basement, Luda turned to me and asked me to go and get'em for dinner. I stepped downstairs and analyzed the room, so many memories flooded back to me. The first time I even met Hoyt, seeing my friends dangle on the hooks like they were nothing and all of the tools covered in dried blood, " Tommy you down here? Dinner is ready if you're hungry!' I hollered out to only hear nothing I walked further into the room. I looked around and still couldn't see him. "Maybe he wasn't down here, maybe he's in the barn" I thought to myself I turned and went to walk back, but slammed into Tommy's chest. I stumbled back a bit rubbing my nose. "Ah, geez Tommy, you gotta tell me when your behind me like that" I said he tilted his head in a confused look "just forget it, dinners done if your hungry" I told him he noted his head and followed me upstairs. We both sat down next to each other at the dining table.
" it's a bout time yall came up'er had me starvin" uncle Monty said, the family said Grace and began to dig into the human flesh on the plate. I couldn't even look at it. How could they just eat human people like it nothing? I felt knots in my stomach.
" aren't ya gonna eat honey?" Luda Asked me the family looked up and saw that I was clearly sick "um yea i'm just not hungry that's all" that was a white lie If I ever heard one, but there's no way in hell I was gonna sit here and eat human like they're life didn't ever matter. Excuse myself from the table and walked upstairs to my room. I popped off my sandals and didn't even bother taking off my dress. I collapsed into my bed. I begin to weep into the pillow. I hate this, I hate all of this. I miss my family. I miss my friends I miss Cody. Why did it have to be me? I had to put through all of this.......
