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Last Updated : 2020-10-04
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Two girlsTwo lives apartTwo girlsBoth traumatized. Adrianne Perez was once a girl who had everything a girl could ever ask for. Perfect life and perfect parents. Until her life turned around one night and she believes it's all her fault.Rebecca Jones has never known peace. A psychotic maniac has been on her tail since she was fourteen. She has lost everything. Innocence, trust, peace and her father. After being kidnapped by him, she barely escapes and her captor is never found and her story slowly fades away. Now, just when she thinks she's free from him, things start going wrong and soon, the lives of all she holds dear are in danger. Her best guess is that her captor is after her, but what if he isn't?An unlikely friendship blossoms between the two girls and together they unravel a dark, evil secret buried in the bowels of their little town. Becca's stalker is after her and only Adrianne can save her.
Chapter 1
Chapter one
The cool afternoon breeze swept my curly hair into my face. A group of seniors were playing football nearby. I sat alone, headphones on my ears, staring at the face I had sketched in my sketchbook five years ago. A face I liked to stare at to fuel my anger and hatred for people.
Closing the book, I twisted a strand of grass between my fingers. Five years ago, I lost my father in a burglary at our house. It was a well planned event and was carried out efficiently. Two days before the incident, I had drawn a face I had seen flashes of in my mind. I hadn't been concerned because it was just one amongst others.
I laughed drily remembering how those sketches had helped greatly in my father's murder investigation and other cold cases, when the police finally believed me and stopped thinking I wasn't crazy.
Standing up, I arranged my bag and walked past the footballers. One muttered "freak", under his breath. I didn't reply or even spare him a glance. I was used to it.
I knew it wouldn't change or stop. No matter how many schools I attended, how many times we moved or how many times I tried to justify myself. Life would never change.
Just my first week at my new school, Harrington's high school, a bully had decided to make me her point of interest. This morning, my mother had said to me, "don't worry Ann". She tried for a smile, but failed woefully. "Things will be different." I just nodded.
I never said much, taking solace in my books, music and my sketching. No matter how much I detested it.
I never bothered staring at a newspaper, knowing my name would be a headline. Murderess, freak, evil child and so many other names I'd been called, both openly and quietly. Someone even told my mum to get rid of me and adopt a cat!
I glanced at my watch, it was 4:30pm and I still hadn't seen my mum. I bit my lip, scrolling down my playlist and selecting a song I'd fallen in love with. The sweet sad lyrics of 'down like silver-broken coastline' normally brought tears to my eyes. Today, my eyes were dry, hollow in their sockets.
A sleek black Volvo stopped in front of me. My mother, in the drivers seat, held two smoothies in her hands. I opened the door, sat down and took the smoothie, muttering a half hearted "thank you."
My mother paused, she hesitantly turned in her seat, saying "Adrianne, please look at me." I had been staring at the seatbelt that was digging at her breast.
I raised my eyes to meet her green gaze. Her eyes were pleading, pained. " I know our relationship is rocky, I haven't been the best mum these last five years and I'm sorry." She sighed. " it's just that... " , she whispered, " your dad's death was so unexpected. I didn't know what to do. And your gift.. " she turned her gaze towards me again. " I'm glad you're my daughter. I don't regret that, not even a bit. You are a proud Perez and Perez's do what they do best."
Despite this heart warming speech that might have melted another normal child's heart, my frosty heart refused to thaw. I said nothing.
She turned, started the car and drove of while I loosed my tie, my face expressionless.
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Sometimes, only sarcasm gets your joke. Notice the pun? Hmm.. Even I don't. I think I might have detention. Victim's povHe was dragging me by my hair, dragging me out of my prison. I had lost count of days and my face no longer throbbed. I longed to breathe in fresh air and smell the grass. I wondered what was outside my prison.His face was contorted with fury and his movements were rough and aggressive. I saw a tunnel few feet ahead. He wasn't going to make me run, right? I wasn't sure I could even run and I rubbed feeling into my numb arms. He dropped a bag and brought out a wicked sharp blade. The one he used to cut me. A whimper escaped my throat. He cocked the gun, then faced me."Run", he said giving me an emotionless stare. "Please, don't do this." I begged. Why didn't he just kill me and end all this? Instead, he injected me with morphine and let me pas
Last Updated : 2020-10-04Dark Horse Chapter eleven
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Jiang Sese was in utter disbelief after hearing all of that.
She was already hurt after losing her child. Now that she had learned the truth, she felt such mental torment that she was about to go mad. Even her emotions were going haywire, so much so that she was becoming hysterical English
