Partners In Crime

4

Leilas POV:
The guards drug me into another room. I didn't know who was visiting me until I entered the visiting room. It was Chris, my brother... I don't even know what to say to him, all those questions from earlier popped back in my head, my mind was going crazy.

"Leila..."

"H-hi Chris, it's been awhile hasn't it?"

"Yeah..."

"So umm...how've you been little bro? You still beating your friends att Fortnite? I bet you are, aren't you? That's what I'm talking about-"

"Leila, you can't just ignore what happened, what you and Lily did!"

"Bub, what I did, what we did, was for you."

"You both killed someone!"

"Because I love you! I did it for you!"

"Do you not feel bad? Like not even a little bit?" I saw him look at me with a small amount of hope in his eyes that some part of me regretted it, trying to find that last bit of sanity that I still had. So I thought about it for a minute before answering,

"No, I don't. He had it coming." I saw all the hope he had drain from his eyes. I thought about saying that I did regret it, but I couldn't lie to him.

"Then I have nothing else to say to you." He told me with sorrow in his voice.

"Bub, please! I did it for you, I love you!"

"You're insane Leila, and a sociopath. And sociopaths are incapable of loving. You only care about you and your survival."

"That's not true! I care about you, Lily, Mom, and Dad-"

"If That were true then why did you drag Lily into this? If you truly cared about her you would've left her out of it, now look where she's at, rotting in Arkham with you."

"I didn't drag her into anything! She was upset like I was and she wanted to help me! You know as well as I do, when Lily has her mind set on something no one, not even me, can change her mind."

"Whatever, it's no use trying to reason with someone who's insane. Goodbye Leila, I hope you get cured."

"No! Chris, wait!"

"I have nothing left to say to you. Talk to me when you're sane again." I tried to grab his hand but he flinched away from me.

"You don't need to be scared of me! I would never hurt you, I promise!" He ignored me and walked out the door, disappearing from my view, possibly forever. "I will see you again, if it's the last thing I do, I'll make you understand that what I did was for you. I will not be ignored!" I shouted that last part as the guard came in a took me back to the recreational room.

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"Leila! You're back! Wait, what happened, you look upset?" Lily exclaimed, running towards me, Jerome and Lewis following behind her.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about it." The three of them all raised an eyebrow.

"Leila, I love you, but you're full of shit. Stop lying to me, what happened?"

"Fine, But can we talk about it alone, like somewhere else?" She nodded in response before facing the guys.

"You heard her guys. Go on, Jerome don't give me that look, give us 15 minutes and I'll be back. That goes for you too Luis."

"Yes ma'am!" Jerome told Lily sarcastically while saluting her. "But you better not be long, I get bored when I don't have you to talk to."

"Yeah yeah, no seriously go." Lily dragged out the word 'go' and the boys put their hands up in defense and walked off. Lily drug me to a table in the back where no one was sitting and we sat down.

Lilys POV:
"Ok, now, spill the tea sis." I told her with a little laugh, trying to cheer her up a bit. She smiled a little but then went back to the same sad expression.

"My brother, he was the one who visited me."

"See! I told you that he'd appreciate-"

"Ah ah ah, let me finish, it's not what you think."

"Oh, ok..."

"I was just casually talking to him and trying to start a conversation then he had a huge outburst, he told me that I can't ignore what we did. He continued to call me insane and a sociopath, and then he went on about how I don't care about him, my parents, or you. Then he said that I drug you into it and now you're rotting in here because of me..."

"Whoa whoa whoa, that's not true. You didn't drag me into anything. And you do care about us all, otherwise you wouldn't have done what you did for him."

"I know, I know, but it's not that that bothers me."

"Then what is it?"

"He's never going to visit me again, and he's terrified of me. But what really bothers me the most is that he doesn't appreciate what we did for him! And I swear he will appreciate what we did for him, I will not be seen as the bad guy of this story, and neither will you." I shivered at her words, for all the time I've known her I've never heard her talk so darkly, she sounded like a different person. But more importantly, what did she have planned for her brother?

"What exactly do you plan on doing to him?" She grinned at my question.

"You'll see." She said, the evil smirk never leaving her face.

"Sounds interesting!" Luis said plopping down next to Leila. Before I knew it I got picked up and swung around.

"Yeah, sounds like fun, I want in!" Jerome said still holding me.

"Put me down, now!" I told him with a laugh. "And how long were you guys eavesdropping?"

"Long enough to know we want in on the plan, whatever it is." Luis told us.

"That's up to Leila." I said as Jerome finally put me back down. The guys both stared at her with big puppy dog eyes and a pouty lip. She thought for a moment before responding.

"Alright fine! Just stop with the pouty faces! I could use your guys's help anyways, for ya know, heavy lifting." This really made me question what she was planning.

"Ms.Wirth! It's time for your therapy session!" A nurse called out, her name is Lee Tompkins. For the most part she's pretty chill, other than the fact that she's completely oblivious to what's actually going on here. I wonder what she'd do if she found out that my so called 'therapy' is actually me getting my brain fried.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow, I gotta go get my brains fried now." I tried to laugh it off but it was really hell, it hurts more than anything you could ever imagine.

I took one last look at my friends before going with Lee, they all gave me a sentimental look and I walked out.