A Mindless Murder

Chapter 14 (continued...)

Carlen's POV

I popped two pain pills in my mouth hoping that the pain in my shoulder would go away. I also tried not to remember how angry I made Ray earlier. I thought that if I went back to sleep and woke up again I could act like it was a dream. It wasn't. I was really stupid for thinking that he'd be crazy enough to hurt me. In all honesty, he's the sweetest one in the group, and I just made an ass of myself attempting to prove a point.

I thought about what he said during his rant, about how he sat up all night thinking about how he wanted to kiss me, and do other explicit things to my body. I can't lie that caught me by surprise, I had no idea he was attracted to me in that way. I mean, there was nothing really special about me.

I squeeze my eyes shut in complete embarrassment; "Dammit Carlen." I whisper to myself. "-get your shit together."

I close the bottle to my painkillers and slam the bottle on the sink and walk out.  As soon as I opened the door I caught a whiff of pancakes and sausage cooking downstairs. The smell made me homesick, just the thought of us not making it back home made me tear up. Nobody could tell us how long we'd be here in this warehouse , and nobody could tell us if we'll even make it back home alive. With Cameron on our tails, and after discovering Cassie and Prod were part of this whole thing made the chances of us getting home alive even slimmer.

A sound coming from the kitchen snapped me out of my thoughts; "YOU BITCH!"

I hear the sound of glass breaking. "STOP!"

That sounded like Roc.

I rush downstairs to see what the hell was going on. I see Janice rushing to the stove to make sure the pancakes weren't burning, then I see Blake pulling Roc off of Cassie.

What the hell?

As soon as Blake pulled Roc off of Cassie I see Prod, way at the bottom of the commotion, holding his head which was dripping blood.

"That's it Prod I'm done! Fuck  you!" Cassie screams and brushes past me to run up the stairs.

Ray and Prince picked up some chairs that had been knocked over, after that they assist Prod to the kitchen sink.

"Oh hell naw!" Janice snapped, "I don't need blood in my food."

"Not now okay?" Prod says. He actually spoke to her kindly. What the hell was happening?

"y'all?" I ask.

All heads snap toward me,

"Hey Carlen. How you feeling?" Ray beems. He acted as if he wasn't mad not too long ago.

"I'm fine..." I start, "But what's going on?"

The room grew silent after I asked my simple question. It was like they couldn't tell me what was going on. I mean, I know I was hurt, But shit it's not like I was brain dead. I need to know.

"Am I speaking fuckin Japanese?!" I shout.

Everyone snapped their heads back at me.

"Yo Chica chill." Janice says sympathetically.

"Aint no chill!" I scream. "You guys have NO idea how tired I am of these secrets. Someone tell me what's going on."

The room fell silent again.

"It was just typical Prod and Cassie drama." Prince says; "Cassie found out Prod was keeping in contact with his ex and she went nuts."

I was confused. Why couldn't they tell me that from the beginning?

"hm." I reply. "And what was so hard about that?"

"Nothing." Blake says;  "Just didn't wana worry you with more drama."