Paralysed By Choices ✔️

Chapter twenty six: Looks Like I Touched A Nerve.

Darkness was all that filled my eyes. Darkness was exactly what I felt. I heard the car's engine, probably stopping at a stop sign. My eyes had stopped shedding tears and they had finally dried up, I stared blankly at a dark bag that covered my face, I felt the handcuffs around my wrists and I didn't dare to move.

The car ride was silent. I didn't know who I was sitting next to or who was driving or where Norrie, my once best friend, was. My mind had gone blank. I didn't think of what the future would bring or why Norrie did what she did to me, to us. I didn't think of what was going to happen to me and I definitely didn't think of the one I've lost. I couldn't even say his name, he was gone now.

The car hit a bump in the road and it suddenly came to a halt. If I was the same person before this attack, I would use my snarky comments and fight my way out and make a run for it and kill everyone in sight. The old Alexis, the one after Jess died, would have already gotten loose by now and she would already be killing.

The new Alexis, the one after he died, sat in the seat of the car of the men who killed people just to get to me. She sat here, handcuffed and not giving a crap because she had nothing to live for. That was the person I was, the one I loved was gone. I was never going to hear his sarcastic comments ever again and I was not going to feel a shiver of excitement whenever he gave me his famous smirk. No, that Alexis had long gone and now she didn't care what happened to her because she was done fighting.

I felt the car make a small left and a small stop. I was guessing we had stopped on the side of the road and I could hear Joe cursing at the driver. "Seriously, Mike? You couldn't have chosen a car that actually works!"

I couldn't help but smile a little.

I heard a car door fling open and the sound of gravel underneath someone's shoes. The door from the passenger's side slammed shut and I could hear the hood pop up and somebody opening it. The old Alexis would use the bobby pin she found in the back of this seat to unlock her handcuffs while they were distracted. I heard the driver's side open and close and some muttering at the front of the car.

"William!" Lock screamed. "Get your ass out here and fix this piece of shit of a car!"

I felt movement next to me and a seatbelt unbuckle. "What about the girl?" He screamed, hurting my eardrums but I didn't flinch.

"She ain't going anywhere," he snickered, "and besides, Norrie will keep an eye on her." Once that was said, the car door opened and slammed shut, leaving the sound to linger.

I could feel somebody else's presence move next to me. I felt nothing. My mouth wasn't moving and my voice wasn't saying some sarcastic comment towards her. We weren't laughing or joking around like we did back in high school, we weren't blushing over how hot Channing Tatum was and we weren't crying over a broken heart while eating chocolate ice cream. Those memories flashed through my mind and I stopped pushing replay and I destroyed the tape because those days were well over.

I could feel her eyes burning into the bag that covered my entire face and she let out a small giggle. "You're wondering why I betrayed you like that, right?" When I didn't reply, she continued. "The look on your face when I shot your boyfriend was priceless!" I stared blankly at the darkness that covered me, not saying anything.

Sure, anger was boiling inside of me and I wanted to slap her right across the face and wipe that smug look away with the back of my hand because I knew she was enjoying this. She was enjoying the pain I once gave to her.

"He's probably still lying on the ground, dead and lifeless," she giggled, "isn't it a lovely feeling, Lexie? To feel that pain of losing someone so close, to feel the loss of a person with knowing that they will never walk back into your life again?"