Toxic Hearts

CHAPTER SEVEN

Chapter seven

On the seventh day, I heard Grace and her two other friends' quarrelling again. I wasn't the only one inside the room with them. I was on my bed and I pretended as if I was sleeping. I heard the arguing about some money they had stolen from Eddy's pocket. Grace was supposed to share the money between her friends but she kept it for herself. "We'll reveal all your secret if you don't give us our share", they exclaimed. I faced their side to watch was going to happen first. Grace went straight to her box and brought out a silent pistol and shot it at Jennifer and Laura. She knew we were watching. She threatened us to remain silent or she would shoot bullets into our brains. We all brought out their dead bodies. She lied that they killed themselves. Me. Norman was really angry. He said that by the next day, we should pack our loads; we would start leaving because a lot of people are dying. We all agreed.

To our greatest surprise, in the morning, Mr. Norman could find the lorry's key. He decided to use a nail to start the lorry, when we got to where the lorry was, all the four tires were gone. Someone had pinched a nail inside the tires and burst them in the midnight. Veronica, Joyce, Wendy, Amanda, Grace, Jennifer and I went back to the lodge in sadness. We didn't go for the hunt that day except Gregory, Philip and Jeremy. Fortunately, Jeremy came back with the Silver cup and handed it over to me. I was so glad. Mr. Norman promised he was going to fix the tires the next day and leave the next day. I couldn't hold my joy; we both went deep into the forest to have some fun. He kissed me, making my stomach fill with butterflies like it always does under his expert kiss and we went back because it was getting dark. Philip and Gregory were outside calling their parents about their arrival tomorrow. I followed Jeremy to his bedroom and we got some food and some other goodies. We lay in bed watching movie after movie while curling up together and making out. We started to outsource each other as he was staring at me sexually. He slowly started to kiss me, passionate, getting his hand inside my pajamas. I moaned through our kisses and had a nice time together.

In the morning, I excitedly woke up and packed my belongings with the silver cup. Wendy and Amanda were prepared too waiting for the lorry. The boys were still in their room while Mr. Norman was repairing the tires. I wanted to say hello to Mr. Norman, unfortunately, I saw Grace piecing a knife into his back penetrating to his belly. He turned back to see who was it, he sighted Grace. She pushed him to the ground with the dagger still inside him. She picked up an object from the floor and smashed him on his head. Blood gushed out from his head. After the incidence, she was coming closer to me with the same dagger she used to kill Mr. Norman. I ran inside the room and locked out the door. The other girls asked why I did it and I explained. Grace came banging the door and screaming she wanted to kill us like she did to others. I was so worried about Jeremy and the rest at the other room because they left their room unlocked. Jeremy saw her while she was approaching their room. She saw her holding a dagger and much blood running down from her hands. He went straight to stop her from entering the room. She pierced the knife into him. It was so deep that he lost so much blood. He laid helpless on the floor. She went ahead to lock Philip and Gregory in the room and set the room on fire. The smoke filled everywhere. I was still in the other room with Veronica, Joyce, Wendy and Amanda. We perceived the smoke through the window, because we left the window opened. I was so scared that Grace might set the girls room on fire too. I opened the door but I couldn't see because of the smoke. I used my palm to cover my nostrils. I walked straight to the guys' room. I found Jeremy on the floor in a pool of blood. I was really scared. I sat on the floor and laid his head on my laps. I was really crying when I saw him losing more blood. He raised his left palm and reached out for my cheek. He told me to stop crying and that he won't lose me. He told him; even if he dies, we wouldt still get married in the other world. Everything he was saying was really hurting me. The room was still burning; I didn't bother to help the other guys because I cared so much about Jeremy. Tears were really falling from my eyes forming an ocean on the floor. "I love you, and I willalways love you" that was the last words of Jeremy and he died. I was so much pained. I stopped crying because I knew I can't bring him back to life. I stood up in anger and I sighted Grace in a distance with the dagger. She came closer and we began a combat. I poured out my anger on her. I smashed her head on every single chair in the sitting room. I didn't want to kill her instantly but I wanted her suffer like what she did to Jeremy and others. When I noticed she was weak, I collected the dagger from her and tied her on a chair. I opened the room door and the girls came out to see Grace. I went to the burnt room and quenched the fire with some water. Philip and Gregory were burnt into ashes. I was still angry when I saw Jeremy's body. I forced grace to drink out of Jeremy's blood. I made her to eat sand. I used the same dagger to pierce her body but it wasn't deep. I only wanted her to be in pain. I went to my box and brought out an iron. I plugged the iron and made sure it was really hot beyond normal. Then I placed it on her wounds. She was crying and screaming. I did that for 30 minutes then I started flogging her. She began to beg me but I didn't listen. She killed the person I have always lived for. I flogged her in anger and I used her hair to drag her to the wall, I was still crying. I started smashing her head on the wall until she stopped breathing. I made sure I killed her. It was really painful losing someone you loved. The other girls persuaded me to stopped crying. The smoke of the room alerted one pilot that was passing with his helicopter. He landed and approached the lodge. He sighted Mr. Norman's dead body beside the lorry. I came outside with the other girls and explained what had happened to him. He ordered us to bring our luggage and he we enter his helicopter and went back home with the cup. I was given an award for the cup but Jeremy's death is still letting me go crazy.