Cursed [Jai Brooks]

Birthday Surprise- Chapter 16

The sight before me takes my breath away, I want to scream but I have the inability to speak, I try and tear my eyes away from the horrific sight, praying that it’s just some sick image of my imagination but no matter how many times I try to blink the image away, my little sister’s body still hangs before me.

People scream around me and run around the club frantically, some dig their cell phones from the small purses and snap pictures that they’ll most likely post on Instagram later with the hash tag, sick night at the club, the thought makes my blood boil and if I could even form a sentence or even a sound right now I’m sure I’d give them an ear full.

There’s chaos surrounding me as people panic, the frustration of urgency is driving me crazy, but all I can do is stare at the lifeless body of my brutally murdered little sister hanging in replacement of the disco ball.

I want to scream and cry I want to fall to the floor and die but nothing happens, it’s like I’m paralyzed, I'm in shock. The shock and fear of realization has taken over all of my senses, all of my simple abilities such as to move or talk, to sniff, to cough, and to blink. Nothing’s happening

"I'm going to call the ambulance" there’s a voice calling from behind me that I recognise to be Luke’s but I don't react

His voice is laced with shock and concern as I hear him punching the numbers onto the screen. The sound fills my ears almost making me want to scream. I knew deep down that the call couldn’t possibly help her, she’s already gone and there’s nothing they can do, the way her body hangs so freely from the ceiling makes my stomach turn, she oddly looks in piece as she sways back and forth slightly almost as if she’d been rocked to sleep.

My little sister, Ruby is hanging above me, blood and UV-paint dripping down to floor. It's like the nightmare. It's exactly like the nightmare I had; It was Ruby. Ruby was the voice I heard screaming in my dream and I didn't recognise it, maybe if I did I could’ve somehow stopped it?

Don’t be so fucking stupid Hope there is nothing you could’ve done, this psycho is so unpredictable My subconscious reminds me

"They are on their way, Hope" Luke grabs my hand and tries to pull me away, but I pull back

I can't go. I can’t leave her here, as sick as it sounds I want to pull her down and hold her in my arms; I want to hold my baby sister in my arms and never let her go.

"Come here, we can't be that close" Luke down at me, the sympathy in his eyes is evident

I want to let him hold me, I want to be in the comfort of his big strong arms but I can’t move, I can’t speak, I can’t do anything except stare up.

"N-no" I whisper and shake my head

Now I can feel the tears falling down my cheeks, it was bound to happen I just didn’t expect to feel this numb. The reality of the situation is finally taking its toll, what will happen when my parents find out? This will break them.

"Do you know her?" I am finally able to tear my eyes away from the body long enough to look at him

His expression is fearful and confused, I want to tell him, tell him that this is my little sister but I’m afraid that as soon as the words come out of my mouth I’ll have to face this situation and I mean really face it, I’ll have to deal with realisation that my little sister is gone, my parent’s youngest child is gone and this is my fault. If I’d never got involved with Jai this would’ve never happened...wait Jai did this. I’m going to kill that son of a bitch.

Haven't I told Luke about my sister? Of course I haven't, we agreed not to talk about our fucked up families. I haven't visited at home for days and to be honest last time I saw my sister was when she slapped me across the face, the day after she fucked Jai. My little sister hated me so much that she slept with him and then he...he killed her.