A Wife for Christmas (completed) ✔️

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I pull the car into my Ex's family's cabin in the woods. I pull out a Swiss Army knife and jimmy the lock with it.

The door clicks open and I enter the house. I search the cupboard for food and pull out a tin of baked beans. I grab a fork and eat the stuff.

After some food I look around the cabin. I hear a car pull up in front of the cabin and I move toward the window. I see Cole and his girlfriend exit the car.

The girl points to the car. "Are you expecting anyone?"

He shakes his head.  "No, the last time I had someone up here was two years ago and the girl was my fiancé."

She looks at him. "What happened to her?"

Cole looks at the house. "She drowned in a boat accident. But, the weird thing is they didn't find her body. I've been hoping that Jaycee was still alive."

I hear the door open and I hide behind the lounge.

The light flips on and I come face to face with Cole.

His mouth opens. "How are you still alive?"

I push some of hair behind my ear. "That's a long story, Cole. I need somewhere to hide out for a couple of days and I knew this place would keep me safe."

Cole pulls me into his arms. "I've missed you, Jaycee."

I look at the girl he brought with him. "I'm pregnant and getting married."

The girl smiles and she mouths. "Thank you."

I nod.

I pull away from him. "I know you wanted to have a future with me, Cole. I was never good enough for you. I'm glad you found a woman that would erase me."

Cole and his girlfriend sit on the lounge. "Jaycee, I want you to meet my fiancé, Candice."

I wave at her. "It's nice to meet."

She smiles. "You, too. Cole has told be a lot about you. I felt sorry for him when he told me you were dead. I'm glad that's not the case. Oh, congratulations on getting married and having a baby." She looks at the door. "Why are you here? How did you get inside?"

I sigh. "Someone is after me and I had to fake my death to make the person believe I was dead." I show her the Swiss army knife. "You can't leave home without one of these."

She shakes her head. "You're the only person I've met that carries one."

Cole looks out the window. "Whose car is that?"

I walk over to the window and look at the detective's car. "I stole it from a cop."

"Shit," Candice says. "Are you out of your mind? The cop will be able to trace his car here." she turns to Cole. "We need to get out of here."

Cole pulls the girl into his arms.

A girl enters the house and she has a gun aimed at me. "No, you don't" she fires the weapon at Cole and Candice.

I feel something hit the back of my head and everything goes black

***

I wake sometime later with a headache and I am tied to a chair. I shift around in the chair and I try to look around the dark room. "Where the hell are you, you crazy bitch?"

The lights turn on and my twin sister steps out from behind a beam. She smiles. "It's been a long time sister. I've missed you. Have you missed me?"

I shake my head. "Never, you were the one behind the boat."

She laughs. "That was me. I'm glad you remembered that, Jaycee."

I glare at her. "Did you have to shoot them?"

"Yes, I can't have witnesses around for what I'm going to do to you. This should have ended five years ago. As the saying goes 'it's better now than later' or some shit like that."

I snort. "You don't know the saying. Maybe, all the drugs the institution gave you made you dumber."

She slaps my face and it starts to sting. "You're not smart either sister. I don't know why you would provoke me, Jaycee. I know you're pregnant. I've been hanging around the hospital trying to hear gossip. The one about you being alive made me happy." She moves closer to me. "My favourite would have be how you gave the detective some chloroform. You are more like me than you think." She reaches for my phone. "I wonder what your fiancé would say when I call him pretending to be you."

I shake my head. "He knows my phone went missing. SHIT! It didn't go missing you stole it from me."

She laughs. "I did. I knew this way I could get Zeke's attention. I want his to hear you scream when I kill."

I'm not going to let Zeke hear me scream.

I move my hand to my back pocket and I feel my knife dig into my butt. I pull the knife out of the pocket and I start cutting away at the rope.

My sister goes through my phone. She stops at a picture of Zeke and I at the park. "Aw, this so cute. I'm going to erase this picture when I take over your life. But, how am I going to explain that I'm not pregnant?" She shakes her head. "That's a minor detail I can lie about when the time comes."

She looks at me. "I'm going to get him to come here and pick me up. When he gets here he's going to find..." she trails off.

I hear Zeke's voice. "Hello?"

I pull the ropes off. "I'm going to kill you."

She drops the phone and runs to the table close to the door. She picks up the gun. Before she can aim it at me I'm already charging her like a bull.

I grab the hand that has the gun and I pull it away from her. I hear a bang and then my hands are covered in something red and sticky.

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