Ms. Masochist

VIII

She held the gun to her head, the cold barrel felt soothing on her temple. Her hand was shaking so badly that the gun fell to the bathroom floor. She couldn't go through with it. No matter what her parents put her through she had to suffer through it to be there for Solange and Sade. So she put the gun in it's hiding place which was a hollowed out book.

Beyonce walked out of her bedroom and hurried down the stairs and out of the house. Her range rover was in it's usual spot but she opted to walk. If she walked then her parents wouldn't here her leave and she could probably stay out as long as she needed. The hospital was less than a mile from her house so she jogged to get there quickly.

Solange and Sade shared a big hospital room since they both shared such similar symptoms. No one knew exactly what was going on with them. One doctor thought that it may be cancer, another thought it was some form of poisoning. Beyonce knew exactly what was wrong with them but couldn't say or she would face the same fate. So she quietly walked in their hospital room and sat down in a chair in the very far corner. They were asleep, all they did lately was sleep. The doctor said they didn't have enough energy or strength to do much else. It was a struggle for them to even speak.

Beyonce watched them, Solange lightly snored but Sade only breathed heavily. Beyonce just stared at them, watching them sleep. Hoping their misery would come to an end soon. When she finally got up from out the seat she kissed them both on their foreheads. Solo stayed asleep but Sade woke up. Her eyes fluttered open and she managed to put a smile on her face.

"Hey Bey," she said, sounding so weak and tired.

"Don't waste your energy talking to me," I told her and she shook her head.

"Your mother did this to me bey, you know it,"

"I don't know anything auntie," she said, knowing that she was lying.

"She made the family's secret elixir, the same thing our mom used to kill our dad,"

"But why?"

Sade took a deep breath and pointed to a bottle of water that was sitting on a stand next to her bed. Beyonce passed it to her and she quickly gulped down the whole bottle.

"She's always been jealous of me. Mostly because our father doted on me, while he hated her evil ways. She was just like our mother. When my dad died they made my life hell. Then Tina began to steal everything from me, even my children,"

"Who are your children?" Beyonce asked her.

"Take a nice long look in the mirror Beyonce,"

She froze up, was she really Sade's child. The news actually relieved her but then again, her real mother is in a hospital dying right before her.

"What about Solo?"

"She's mine too. Your father was my fiance, but she seduced him. She slipped some drugs into his drink one night and had sex with him. She took pictures and all, to make me think he willingly did it but I knew better. She black mailed him and before you knew it he was sucked into her world,"

Everything made sense to her now, how Sade was more of a mother to her than Tina. Sade basically raised them while Tina took all the credit.

"Then why did she just give you and Solo the elixir? What is the elixir anyway?"

She took another deep breath and coughed a bit.

"The elixir is just a deadly mixture that's been in our family for generations. She gave it to Solo and I because Solo found out the secret and threatened to expose Tina for who she really is. So I need you to act clueless. Do whatever Tina says, just please stay alive,"