A Killer Loves Me

Chapter Fifteen

I walk over and sit on her bed. I pull her over and cradle her in my arms.

"It'll be ok mom." I say as I rub her back. "But she's gone. My little girl. My oldest daughter. One of the only three people I love on this planet. And now she was taken away from me, by some monster." She says as she looks at me.

"I know but we'll get through this." I tell her as I start to cry. "I just miss her so much. She was my first girl. After I had your brother Conner I didn't think I'd have anymore kids. She was a miracle for me. So were you, but she happened 2 years after Connor. And you happened 2 years after her, so I wasn't as surprised about you." She tells me.

"I know mom. I know. I miss her too. I miss how she would tease me whenever I liked someone, and how she taught me everything I know, and how she would give me makes overs while we talked all night long. I miss everything about her, but I can't change what's happened. I can't get my sister back, no matter how much I wish I could, I just can't. And that destroys me inside, it makes me feel like I'm falling apart. I wish every minute that it was me in her place, because she was happy with college and her boyfriend. She had a good life going for her. Way better than mine. Why couldn't it have been me out there in the woods? Why can't she still be alive?" I ask as I break down into tears and my grip on my mom tightens.

"Oh honey, don't think like that. I want her back but there's nothing we can do. If it were you out there I don't know what I'd do. You're my baby girl an I've had you your whole life, while Jasmine's father had her until she was 8. I just wish I could have my little girl back. But I would never want to swap you two because I'd be in the same exact situation. Why is god punishing me? What did I do to lose my daughter?" My mom asks as she buries her head in my shoulder again.

"This isn't your fault mom. This is no one but the killers fault. They will pay for what they've done. I swear to it." I tell her.

I sit there holding her for 2 hours until she finally falls asleep. So I tuck her in and sit on the couch in the living room.

My mind is swirling with thoughts.

Who killed her?

How will I find them?

Will I ever find them?

But I know one thing for sure. If I find them I will make them pay for what they did. I will have them begging for mercy at my feet, that they will not get.

These are the last things that run through my mind before I drift off to sleep.

I'm woken up to a banging on the front door. I check the time and see that it's 3 in the morning. So I nervously walk over to the door and open it. When I do I find Christian(Scarlett's half brother) standing there.

"Christian? What are you doing here? I thought you were away at college." I say sleepily. "I came back after Maggie was found. Scarlett sent me here to get you." He tells me.

"Why?" I ask. "I don't know. She just said it was urgent." He tells me.

I rush out the door and jump into his car with him. He speeds off to wherever Scarlett is. He stops the car at the old junkyard.

"What's Scarlett doing here?" I ask. "I don't know. She just told me to bring you here." He says.

I hop and head inside but I notice that Christian didn't get out.

"Aren't you coming?" I ask. "No, Scarlett said it was only allowed to be you." He tells me. "Oh ok." I say as I go inside.

I walk in but it's pitch black. I just keep walking as I say Scarlett's name. I come out into a big empty room. In the center I see a chair with someone in it. I can't tell who, but I don't get the chance to see.

Because just as I'm about to go look, someone grabs me from behind and puts a cloth over my mouth. I try to hold my breath but eventually I breath, and when I do I get woozy.

Seconds later I slip into utter darkness.