"I'm in love with cities I've never been to
and people I've never met."
"That ain't right!" Mr. Sheldon bangs his fists on the table as everyone looks at Lace who is calmly watercoloring the outline, hoping no one would hear her tapping on the shoes. Lace just told them the whole backstory of what happened with Bee.
"Are you going to take revenge?" Melanie as the paintbrush in Lace's hand drops.
"That's the thing, Val's parents are very high up in the police system so trying to get him in trouble using the police is impossible." Lace explains, starting to pack up. The inmates look at each other and they grab a small roll of parchment and write something on it. Mr. Sheldon hands it to the small girl in a handshake and pulls her close,
"Open it when you exit the gates. This might help with getting revenge. Good luck girly."
Lace waves at the inmates and exits the hallway quickly finding her way back to her mother's office. She pulls to a random section of the textbook as soon as Daliah walks in. Her heels quickly fly off as she massages the balls of her heels.
"What chapter are you on?" Daliah asks. Lace quickly replies,
"Schizophrenia and PTSD." It becomes like a rhythm for Lace, chanting the same chapter title and Daliah never being the wiser.
"Let's go." Daliah throws her 700-pound heels into the cabinet, probably breaking a heel or two, and walks out the door with Lace following her. The car speeds into the parking lot with Daliah thanking the driver and Lace slipping into the seat, giddy with the chance to finally get revenge. As soon as the car leaves the gates Lace unfolds the paper and her eyes widen. She smiles and pulls the paper to her chest, she had a plan.
Val gets off the bus and pulls his hair in frustration. Lace was nowhere to be found in Burgess and their house was empty, where were they? He opens the door to the mansion and screams his father's name,
"Max!"
"Yes, Val?" He replies while waiting for his coffee to brew.
"Do you know where the Reigns went? I was looking for Lace on the bus and in school and she wasn't there." He throws off his blazer and grabs his diary, flipping to one of Lace's drawings that he stole.
"Oh yes, they went to France. Daliah got called over for a case there" Max says as Val frowns. Why wouldn't his sugar doll ask him before she went?
YOU ARE READING
Running with Revenge
Mystery / Thriller"ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ, ᴏɴʟʏ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴏɴᴇʏʙᴇᴀʀ" or The one where a lonely mute girl brings together her whole world in order to sew her best friend's life shut.
