ghost // fillie

034

034

the penultimate chapter

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"you what?!"

"millie, calm down," sadie said, as she parted the curtains to stare out the window. sadie's heart was pounding. she was paranoid.

millie was anything but calm. her heart was pounding in her chest. she was tense and she felt like she couldn't move a muscle. she was frozen, left staring at the ground. her eyebrows were drawn together in worry.

"why would you do that?" millie asked.

her brother was going to jail.

her brother was going to jail.

sadie closed the curtains, looking towards millie.

sadie bit her lip and approached millie, "i thought that i was doing the right thing but i-i was wrong,"

millie drew her eyebrows together, "what happened?"

sadie ran a hand through her hair, "i- he told me why he dealt drugs. modine was forcing him. it wasn't his fault,"

"how was he forcing him?"

sadie sucked in a breath, "he....threatened to kill you if he didn't deal drugs. and he stopped. and modine followed through,"

millie felt her heart fall to the bottom of her stomach, "what?"

sadie tried to continue talking. she needed to figure out what to do, "but i need your help, the police are going to ask me questions. and probably will ask finn-"

sadie paused suddenly. her eyes widened as she ran back to the window and dramatically pulled the curtains back.

"what?" millie asked.

"finn is here," sadie said, her eye finding a rusty old red pick-up truck parked along the curb.

sadie's head snapped towards the door. sadie ran towards millie's bedroom door, pulling it open.

there finn stood.

he took a small step back upon the door opening, startled. sadie stood there, her eyebrows drawn together. she looked him in the eye and firmly said, "you need to leave. right now,"

finn returned her look with a soft stare. he looked almost....sad. he crossed his arms over his chest, picking at his jacket sleeve, "who were you talking to?"

sadie shook her head, and started to close the door, "it's none of you damn business-"

"was it millie?"

sadie froze, then sarcastically laughed, staring him in the eye, "millie is dead. she's dead. okay?"

from behind sadie, millie peered over to see finn's eyes getting glassy. finn blinked, trying to get the tears from stopping. finn spoke again, "were you talking to millie?"

sadie sighed, and shook her head sadly, "finn-"

suddenly, finn got more firm, "you were talking to her- okay? i know- i just know you were okay?! you had to have been. she's been here- somehow- this whole time and you never told me!"

sadie glanced towards the window before looking back at finn, "listen, finn, now's not a good time-"

"give me the ring,"

sadie stepped back, "what? no. you gave this to me-"

finn stepped into the room, leaving the door open, "it's mine and i want it back. give it to me,"