Waiting for Superman ~ Part 3 (3rd & Final Book of Hero or Hellian Trilogy)

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I wake up in the car in front of the vet office not knowing how or why I came here and thankfully I don't have to ponder long because Tink comes out in fresh clothes and seems relieved to see me awake although it is then that I feel the seering pain in my back telling me that I was no dreaming.

Tink gets in and starts the car and we head off to a drive thru where she orders us both a bunch of junk food and then we find a place to park, eat and be silent for a while.

I finally ask, "What happened?"

She sighed and said, "I killed a dog. I killed the pitbull and I feel awful about it but it was killing Cian."

Tears fall down my cheeks and I find the courage to ask, "Is he?"

She shakes her head, "He is fine. I'm going back in an hour to pick him up because by then he will be coming out of anesthesia. He just has a ton of stitches but they made the comment that if he was bit one more time it would have been fatal. They could see his jugular vein in the wound.

I sigh in relief. No its not good that he is hurt but he is not dead!

Cameo barks in the back making me jump and ask in a paniced voice, "What about Merlin?"

Tink shivers and asks, "You don't remember?"

I shake my head and she swallows hard and I expect the worst. "He... He is no doubt dead... Jewels you emptied your bullets on him before you passed out. It was horrible and I don't want to talk about it."

I nod my understanding and then she hands me a newspaper with the headline, Serial Killerette Confirmed. I gag as I realize that they are looking for me. There is no name however it was confirmed that it was the same killer of a drug dealer in Lancaster, a Gypsy junkie in New York, and the latest victim who was found with cocaine also in Lancaster.

This baffles me for I never knew Tyson and Stefan were druggies but I am both comforted and horrified to find that Stefan actually died.

I look up at Tink and she asks with tears in her eyes, "What do we do? Where can we go?"

I don't know! I never thought I would put myself into this situation! I don't know! I don't know!

Wait! I do know.

I turn to her and say, "We are going south. I have cash that we will use to pay for all the pain meds and everything for Cian and then we just go south. I hope you don't mind being far away from the city."

She gives me a soft smile and replies, "I don't think I will ever want to be in a city again."

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