Venomous Love

Chapter 24

I wake up the next morning and I get up. I take a quick shower, straighten hair, and do my makeup (tan eyeshadow, black mascara, no eyeliner, and pink lipgloss.) I brush my teeth and use mouthwash. I change into a gray tank top with wide straps, plain blue jeans with a cute design on the back pockets, and gray boots with no heels. I go downstairs and see Lana coming in. "Morning Lana", I smile.

"Morning Jess. You're up early", Lana smiles.

"Yeah. I didn't get much sleep last night", I reply sighing. I tie my apron around me and she looks at me.

"What do you mean", Lana asks.

"I just kept having a nightmare. Every time I went back to sleep I kept having the same nightmare", I reply.

"Oh do you want to talk about it", Lana asks as she puts muffins in the display case.

"Not really. Maybe another time", I sigh.

"Okay", Lana finally says. I take the chairs off the tables and wipe them off. I hear the door open so I look up to see Lex walking in looking exhausted. I avoid eye contact and hope he doesn't see me. But he stops right in front of me. I walk past him but he grabs my arm.

"Get your hands off me", I exclaim smacking his hand off my arm.

"Look I know what I did last night was uncalled for. And I'm sorry. I was drunk and I didn't know what I was doing. I would never hurt you if I knew what exactly I was doing", Lex says. I ignore him and continue doing my job. But he stops me and makes me look at him. "I'm so sorry", Lex says.

"Lex I can't do this anymore! Day after day you say you want to be friends. Than you turn around and kiss me. And you think I would actually keep something as big as a wedding from you. I would never lie to you. But the thing is you didn't believe me. If you were sorry you never would have done it. Now I have to go. I have a job to attend to. Not that you would know anything about that", I growl. I pull out of his grip and walk behind the counter. I glance at Lex and a tear rolls down his cheek. He looks truly upset but he did this to himself. He leaves and I sigh.

"You okay", Lana asks.

"Uh yeah... Just had to take care of some business. Now it's over with and I won't have to worry about it again", I reply.

*After class*

I close down The Talon and Lana goes home. I go upstairs completely exhausted. I shower and put on a tank top and shorts. I put my hair into a high ponytail and take my makeup off. I hear a noise come from downstairs. I get up keeping a knife close to me. I walk down the stairs slowly. "Hello", I call. No answer. I feel a push forwards and I feel my body stumble down the stairs. I touch my head which is now bleeding. I get up and I don't see anyone. "Who the hell is here", I yell. I see a dark figure come out of the shadows. When he comes into the light I see it's Adam. He has a butcher knife and I back away. "No please... Please", I yell. He wraps an arm around my neck and puts the knife to my throat.

"You did this to yourself", Adam growls. He removes the knife from my throat and I feel him play with it for a second. Before I feel the knife make its way into my stomach. Adam let's go of me and I fall backwards. I pull the knife out slowly and hold my fresh stab wound. "Go to hell", Adam says. He leaves and I actually feel like I'm going to die. I try and get up but I'm too weak. I've lost too much blood.

"CLARK", I scream. "Clark", I yell. "Clark", I say. "Clark", I whisper my voice getting weaker and softer. I see Clark bending over me. I feel his strong arms pick me up.

"NO! No no no no", Clark repeats. Everything gets darker and I feel him move swiftly.

*Clark's Pov*

I stare at Jess's almost lifeless body. I pick her up tears stinging my eyes. I run to the hospital and set her on a metal table. "I need a doctor", I yell. A doctor runs over to me and immidiately checks her pulse.

"Her pulse is weak.. NURSE", the doctor yells. They bring her into another room and I have to stay back.
"What happened", one of the doctors ask.

"I... I don't know. I just found her and she had been stabbed in the stomach", I explain. She nods and runs in the room. I hear a gasp come from someone. I turn around to see Mom and Dad horror filling there eyes. They run over to me and immidiately hug me.

"What happened", Dad asks.

"I didn't save her. I didn't hear her cries of pain. Or her calls of help. I didn't protect her like I promised I would", I reply fighting back the tears.

"Oh sweetie. There's no way you could've known this would happen", Mom says. A doctor escorts us to the waiting room and I hear Mom start crying. Dad comforts her and I see Oliver run in looking mortified.

"How is she", Oliver asks.

"We don't know yet", I reply.

"Explain to me why I found a bloody knife and a pool of blood in The Talon", Oliver exclaims sounding extremely upset and worried.

"I heard her scream my name. So I ran to The Talon and found her on the floor. She had been stabbed. But once I figure out by who they are going to wish they were already dead", I explain.

"I can help you with that", Oliver says.