Page 12 of Deadly Web

“How the hell do you know about Savannah?” He stands, walking over to me and getting in my face. “That night was supposed to be kept secret by just the ones there. As for Tripp, he never deserved her. He was her step-brother for crying out loud. I made her happy, she was mine!” He gets right in my face and yells, spittle landing all over my cheek.

“Well, guess what.” I finish my water, setting the empty cup on the end table before pushing him back so I can stand up. “She didn’t choose you. No one chooses you but mom. And guess what? She’s dead,” I yell in his face, jabbing my finger into his chest.

“Excuse me?” He quirks a brow and steps back into my space.

“You heard me,” I slur. I’m not sure what’s happening but everything is starting to feel fuzzy. “I killed her. She was a monster, just like you. You raped your girlfriend; not even justyou, the team,” I snap back, trying to push him out of my space, but I stumble, catching myself before falling. “She told me everything. Not like you care, you didn’t love her, and you don’t love me,” I say as a tear falls down my cheek. Saying that out loud hurts more than I expected it to.

“I loved her at one point, but I did love Savannah more,” he says, watching me stumble around as a grin forms on his lips. “Charlee, my Sky, she is mine. She won’t ever get to hear you tell her the truth either, because you, my devil child, will be dead right along with your mother soon enough. I can’t trust you to keep my secret about Sky or about my past.” His grin turns sinister, and that’s when it all clicks. My water, that’s why I feel funny.

I’m trying to walk to the stairs but he throws his leg out and trips me.Sick fuck.I know if I can make it to Sadie or Kai they will help. Pushing myself to my hands and knees, I begin to crawl towards the stairs. Whatever he put in my water is beginning to take full effect.

I can literally hear my heartbeat in my ears and it’s slowing down. I make it a few inches, and he starts chuckling loudly, like an insane person. Looking back at him, he picks his foot up and kicks me right in my ribs, sending me flying into the coffee table. My vision goes black for a few seconds and I try to blink it away.

“That’s it, crawl. That’s what your whore of a mother was good at doing too,” he spits, sending his foot into my stomach.

Come on, Quinn, you got this. Pull your weight to the stairs. Sadie and Kai will help you,I repeat over and over again. Slowly, I pull myself a little closer to the stairs, a little closer to the ones who might save me.

Almost there, I catch a glimpse of my deadly little spider making his way across the floor. Before I know it, my feet are yanked and I’m quickly pulled back, my dad hovering over me.Laying here everything starts to spin again, I go in and out of darkness.

“I want to watch the life drain from your eyes. If your mother is gone, and you will be to soon, I’ll be able to live freely.” He spits on the floor close to my face and looks down, noticing the spider crawling towards me and stomps down on him.Noooo, Kai.

“F-fuck y-you. W-worthless,” I stutter out as a tear falls down my cheek. I’m not even able to finish because my chest feels like it’s caving in and I can’t breathe. Not to mention my monster of a father just killed the only spider I’ll ever like.

“Sadie. Wherever you are, take care of Charlee. Tell her the truth,”I say in my head, hoping they can hear me. No matter what happens, or even if she makes it to me, I know it’ll be too late.This is it.

I’ll be the girl who has monsters for parents that no one loves. The one who was bullied because I was never pretty enough or didn’t play follow the leader. I’ll be the girl who had one best friend and a doll who became her best friend too, who fell in love with a deadly spider that turned out to be a demon.

I take one more deep inhale as I hear commotion happening. I’m not sure if my mind is playing tricks or what. My body is numb, and when I try to open my eyes, they feel sewn shut. Letting my mind rest, I stop thinking and just let go. The darkness takes over completely and I feel… Free…