Drop dead

Chapter 9. Forgive me, for I have sinned

Elizabella

I stand on the opposite side of the street to the house on fire. A satisfied smile is on Miles' face, like his childhood dream has finally come true. 

God knows mine didn't and never will. My wish is locked away forever and there's no way to prove his innocence. 

People can't just come back from the dead, obviously. 

"Come on dreamer, we should get going" I say, nudging him. The firetrucks have arrived. It won't be long before they work out it wasn't an accident. He nods silently. There's hurt in his eyes, and a burning anger that I'm oh so familiar with. 

At least I've got one of them on my side. Though, it shouldn't be hard to convince Paige. She's a mess that will be easy to manipulate. She's a pretty girl with a big wallet. I feel sorry for her. There's only one person on this planet who deserves to be that miserable. 

"I hope they were in there" Miles says, a mesmerised look on his face. 

"I thought you were meant to be the nice one" I say, I'm oddly comfortable with him and I don't like it. I don't like anybody. 

"Well, even the nicest of people are allowed to want people dead" he says, that's true. 

"But not many actually do something about those desires"

"Maybe I'm not as nice as you think. Besides, I like justice"

He could just be so traumatised that his sense of kindness and justice has been warped. Just like me. At least, he's still the cute one. 

"Whatever. Let's hope the other two haven't burnt the house down while we're gone" 

"Val's smarter than that" he says in Valentina's defence

"They're useless idiots" Who could be useful for something, but one's too drunk and the other is too righteous. "Why do you always defend her even though she hates you?" 

"She didn't always hate me and, it is my belief that deep down, she still loves me" 

"She's also fifty years older than you" 

"It doesn't count if you die and how do you know that?"

"I found your birth certificates. You were born in 1998. Valentina was born in 1948. I was born in the sixties, in South Australia." 

"I have always lived in New South Wales" Miles supplies, I didn't really care about that but I guess he doesn't care I was born in South Australia. 

"Boring. You also lived in Heaven for a while, remember?" 

"What makes you think I didn't got to Hell?" He laughs 

"Your too cute for that"

Finally, we're here. I had a strict no friends policy. 

Now, I just have to get them to agree to my plan, do it and then dump them. 

The house is still standing. I'm not surprised. Valentina has got to be the most boring person ever born. Probably what drove her Mum crazy.

 I feel like breaking something, setting fire to that house has left me wanting more. 

I can just see his face when I stab him over and over again.

The house seems normal and quiet, until we make it to the courtyard, where Valentina has lost her head and taken Paige prisoner and is mutilating her.

"Are trying to make her look like a crazy ugly villain from a Disney movie?" I ask Valentina who rolls her eyes. 

"I'm doing what she asked me to do"