The Halfway Group (book 1)

Chapter 39: The War of Hatred

Haley's POV:

"Jimmy, come here."  I yell as Jimmy makes a mad dash into my room.

"What? What's wrong?"  I show him a picture of the dress I want from this website and he rolls his eyes.  "Haley, only yell like that if you really need something, dammit."

"But, it's my birthday soon.  You could get me a dress as a present." I give him the pouty eyes and then laugh.

"Haley, you aren't getting it." He closes the door and I sigh.  "Chloe, we need jobs."
"What do you mean 'we' come work at the diner with me and mom.  It'll be fun....  just you and me, especially on mom's off days..  we can torture Jimmy when he comes in."  She winks and smirks that devious smirk that turns me on so much. 

"Chloe Elizabeth Price leave my brother alone." 

"Haley Nicole Carswell, or what?"  I hate my full name being used.  I hate it so much.

"You're so dead when I get out of this bed." I try getting up but my medicine makes me weak.  "Chloe Price." I sort of growl her name "don't laugh at me. I'll kick your ass when I get better." 

"Chloe, come here."  Jimmys voice echoes from.the living room. 

"What could he want?"  Chloe leaves the room and meets Jimmy in the hall, his face looks pissed.  She nods and comes back in with a painful smile.  I hear the front door slam and shortly after hear him.speed away. 

"Chloe, what's going on?  Where did Jimmy go?" 

"He's going to meet Nathan.  He needs Nathans help with something."  My heart drops.  If Jimmy is going to Nathan for help it's serious.

"Chloe, did he even mention why?" 

"No.... I'm sorry but I can't say.  Please don't make me tell you."

"Chloe, what is it."  I ask slowly trying to get out of bed.  "Jimmy is in trouble isn't he.  He would never go to Nathan for help with anything."

"Haley I swore on your life and My own that I wouldn't tell you what's going on just yet." 

"Chloe Elizabeth Price.  If you do not tell me, so help me god I will cancel our tickets to go see Firewalk in a few months." 

"You are a serious bitch sometimes you know that? But trust me, you are better off not knowing Haley."  Chloe looks down and now I know it's something serious.  "Jimmy isn't in trouble is he?  Please don't tell me he's in trouble." 

"Haley I can't say."   I promised.

"Jimmy is gonna die for making you promise like this, I want to know things im just as nosey as Max, don't tell her I said that please." 

"Don't worry it's safe with me."  Chloe says looking up. 

"Chloe you are actually worrying me now."

Jimmys POV:

"Rachel  call Nathan and tell him im on the way, we need to deal with this now, and we need to deal with it fast."

"Okay, I'll get on it."  Im going well over 120 on the interstate, this is beyond the breaking point.  "Tell him if he doesn't help, I'll help him.with anything he needs.  We NEED his help this time."

"We got this baby, it's nothing to freak out about.  You have me and we won't let anything happen to Chloe or Haley." 

"I love you, please let him be there."  I pull up to a drive up theater that's been out of commission for a while.  "Prescott you here?" 

"Yeah Carswell, I'm here.  Sorry to hear about your sister dude, nobody needs to go through that.  Let's get down to business, I have information you want and you have a knife I want." 

I hand over a pure black obsidian sacrificial dagger my dad had for the longest time I stole before I left for Blackwell.  Worth a few thousand dollars alone.  He hands back a bag and a letter.  "Sorry about that again man, no hard feelings?"

"Yeah bro, just like the old days of running with Frank, take it easy dude." I get in the car with Rachel and she looks at me and asks the burning question.  "What's in the bag?...." 

"I don't know, let's find out."  I open the letter first snd read it silently to myself.  I look up and straight into the movie screen as Rachel grabs it from me and reads it.  "Oh no....." a tear forms on her face and my rage slowly starts building....

"Rachel please, please don't tell me I read what I think I just read."  She grabs my hand and holds it tight.  "Baby keep calm.  Please keep calm don't have a meltdown."

I start crying as I grab my face and try scratching my skin off.  "Jimmy stop that, it won't help anything we need to hurry and get back." 

"No, we need to see what's in the bag first."  I open the bag and pour the contents in my hand and start crying harder.... not this.... please no not this.

"Jimmy, baby, let's head home.  You get over here and let me drive you need sleep, you haven't slept in almost a week snd a half now." I reluctantly cave and let her take the wheel.  This is the second time I've let someone drive my car and it is hard, my heart was still mending from Haley saying she hated me and now this.... I'll never ever forgive myself.  For anything or any of this....  I just need to rid the world of this miserable sack of shit.