Marley [Slowly Updating]

Marley~Chapter 3

Marley!

Chapter 3; Flashbacks

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"Stay here, Marley," Caleb says running in the direction of his house.

I grab his arm and pull him back to me before saying, "No. I'm not letting you go in there let alone by yourself."

"Marley, my parents are in there and I'm not letting you get hurt." he says sternly pushing me away.

I watch as he runs into the house alone. It's silent for a few minutes before another gunshot rings through the air. I begin to freak out and run into the house. What I see scares the life out of me. The pale bodies of Elibeth and her husband laying in a pool of blood. I begin to let my tears fall. I don't make a sound, scared that the killer could still be in the house. I step over the lifeless bodies and run down the hall. When I pass the bathroom a hand goes over my mouth and the other around my waist pulling me to the chest of the body.

"I told you not to follow me in." Thank the Lord it's Caleb.

"I'm sorry. I heard another gunshot and I panicked." I whisper back.

We then hear glass shattering and a man yell, "I know you're here CJ. Meet me at the safe zone. You have 24 hours and I won't hesitate to take that pretty little lady of yours." the front door opens and slams shut. We don't dare to breathe.

Dead silence.

Caleb shushed me by putting his index finger to his lips and walks out of the bathroom while sticking to the wall. That's when I notice the gun in his hand. He disappears down the hallway and into the living room. About 5 minutes later I hear Caleb call me out. I meet him in the living room.

"I checked the upstairs and downstairs. He's gone."

"Marley? Marley, are you ok?"

I look up into the eyes of Junior and my breath hitches. Why is he so close to me? And why do I keep spacing out in front of him.

"I think I should take you home , you don't look very well." Junior tells me.

'No, I'm fine. I really need to turn my work application in.' I write

"You're going home. I'll turn the application in for you."

I give in and hand him the application from my dashboard.

"Great, now where do you live?"

I write down the adress to my grandma's house. When we pull up to my destination I just sit there staring straight ahead of me.

"Are you sure you're ok?"

I look at Junior and and then wrote down 'You can take the car to drop off my application just be back before dark.' I get out of the car and slam the door shut.

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"Caleb, why was that man here and why do you owe him money?" I say trying to stay calm. I see his eyes fill with tears.

"Ok, Baby Doll, before you freak let me explain." I nod once.

He looks at the bodies of his parents and squeezes his eyes shut. I see tears fall down his face. I want to comfort him but I have a feeling what he's going to tell me is not good and I don't want to lash out on him in the middle of a hug and seem bipolar.

"A few months before we started dating I was going through... a depressing state. My grandparents and my little sister all died in a car accident." He's never told me this before. "I started getting into drugs and alcohol and even though I promised myself I wouldn't go overboard, it got slightly out of hand. My grades went down tremendously, I slept way to much, and when I was awake I was out at parties drinking until I couldn't see clearly." He pauses and looks at me with the saddest of eyes.