FEVERED OBSESSION

Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

After about an hour, Isaac and Brie made their way down. Brie had showered and changed and Isaac was putting his shirt on as he made his way down. The look on Brie's face was a that of a satisfied woman. Kayla had just finished dinner and she placed the food on the dinner table. She chose to cook roasted vegetables and had defrosted some frozen crumbed fish and baked them. It wasn't a five star meal, still it was edible.

"Kayla this is beautiful, thank you." Brie complimented her sister. Why didn't they ever say thank you to her? Aliyah went to get some Ketchup to add to her fish.

"Where do you think you're going?" Isaac asked her. He didn't look too amused with her.

"To get some sauce..." He gave her a look that indicated she had fucked up. "May I go get some sauce?" Was that what he was waiting for? Like seriously it was awkward the way he just looked at her.

"That's better. Yes you may." Doing her best, she refrained from rolling her eyes at him. When she returned, Isaac's phone rang again. "Yes... What? Fuck me, did you get him? Put him on." Isaac got up and stood behind Aliyah, she felt her heart beat dramatically. "Travis, remember what we said would happen?" He grabbed Aliyah around the neck and squeezed her hard. She felt the airways leave her face. Isaac put the phone onto her ears. "Talk to him..." He ordered as he loosened his grip slightly.

"Travis?" Her voice sounded weak, he took the phone and put it on speaker.

"Talk to him Ali and tell him what I'm doing." Isaac pulled out his gun.

"Travis, he's got his gun aimed at Kayla..." Aliyah was crying hoping he wasn't going to kill anybody.

"Hey, hey I'll do what you want, don't hurt her." Travis sounded scared.

"Don't you fuck with me Travis. I swear I'll fuck your life up for good." That said Isaac pulled the trigger, Aliyah closed her eyes and screamed as the gunshot hit. She opened her eyes and realized he had shot the wall behind Kayla. Both Brie and Kayla looked white from fear. Aliyah was frozen and Isaac was still behind her with his hands on her shoulder. The gun in one of his hands. She was too afraid to breathe. "Let this be a warning, if I find out that anyone of you are trying to plan something, I will not hesitate to shoot. I will aim for a leg or something until it's time to kill you. If Travis fucks up one of you will be shot." He was rubbing the gun against her neck, up and down, she was going to faint from fear.

Jonas said something in Hebrew to Isaac and to Aliyah's relief he let her go. She took numerous deep breathes to calm herself down. Kayla looked like she was in shock. Brie didn't look any better. Isaac resumed his seat and continued to eat. Everybody followed his lead, except for Aliyah who was unable to move, she was so afraid that her body wouldn't function.

Aliyah was frozen with fear. "Eat your fucking food!" Isaac banged on the table making her jump. Her tears fell freely, she picked up her fork and ate something. Her hands were shaking uncontrollably, she didn't know how to stop it. She didn't stop eating in fear of his wrath.

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Brie was ordered to wash up and Aliyah was grateful it wasn't her, she would probably break every plate she touched. Kayla and Aliyah were ordered to sit outside with Luke and Jonas. Isaac was on the phone inside. Aliyah couldn't stop shaking, "What's your prob? I was the one that nearly got shot." Aliyah couldn't believe how Kayla could continue to be so hostile toward her. If she was afraid of anything it was the fact that she almost witnessed Kayla's death.

"Hey try breathing slowly, inhale for ten and exhale for ten." Jonas was trying to calm her down now. She did as he instructed. She continued to count her breathing until she felt like she had a little more control over her body. Her shakes continued and she could not stop them. "Hey Blondie, maybe you should put your arm around your sister, help her calm her shakes." Jonas spoke to Kayla.