Chapter 31: Chapter 31

I for one was not a big fan of guns for various reasons so it stood to reason I was shaking like a leaf when I saw the death weapon pointed at my sister.

"Diana easy," I slowly said, swallowing my fear down with my hands raised in surrender as I realised this wasn't a joke and lives were at stake.

"Oh dear you have no idea how long I've been longing for this," she sighed wistfully

"What did we do to you?" I asked carefully, trying to think of a way to get out of this situation without that gun going off on anyone.

"What did you do?" She asked outrageously, great she was angry that meant she was reckless and might point the gun at me giving Haley a chance to jump her but then again that barely worked in the movies so it was honestly a fifty-fifty toss-up.

"You killed my sister, you psychopath and not only that but you blamed an innocent person, who does that?" She angrily yelled the gun shaking in her hand, she was distressed and angry which was reasonable but she didn't know the full story so she just came guns blazing without the other side of the story she didn't care who she hurt as long as she got back at me tenfold hurting those I love just to see me suffer.

"Look I'm sorry but it wasn't supposed to go down like that she tried to push me down the stairs and I just moved out of the way, I'm sorry she died ok but I didn't kill her," I explained hoping to concede to her emotional side so she could put the gun down or stop pointing it at my terrified sister who looks like she was about to pee her pants.

"Then why the hell didn't you go to the cops?" She yelled

"I freaked out ok," I yelled back tired of everyone asking me that if only I could've called the cops non of this would be happening, stupid why was I so stupid.

"Then what the hell did you do with her body?" She asked, lowering her voice through gritted teeth as tears streamed down her face.

"I burned it," I said cringing at her outraged face

"You fucking bitch," she screamed pointing the gun directly at me with her shaking hands

"Wow take it easy please if you have to hurt anyone it has to be just me ok," I slowly said maintaining eye contact but at the corner of my eye I could see Haley slowly trying to grab her ceramic tumbler toothbrush holder, I knew where she was going with this but it wasn't going to work it would only merely hurt like hell not render her unconscious.

"Oh don't worry about that you're going to get your turn real soon," she said slowly, I slowly shook my head with a glance behind Diana hoping Haley would get the message to not do what she was about to do but she didn't listen to me as she slowly crept towards Diana before she noticed her.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked with a raised voice hoping to keep Diana distracted long enough for Haley to knock her out.

"I'm avenging my fucking sister you moron," she shrieked making me cringe

"But I hear she hates your existence so why go through all this trouble?" I asked

"You of all people should know that right?" She questioned knowing more about me than I would've liked her to know.

"What are you talking about?" I asked angrily hoping to get an answer but didn't get a reply as Haley quickly jumped Diana hitting her hard on the head with the ceramic tumbler cup.

"You fucking psycho," Haley yelled hitting Diana over the head again as I rushed to get the gun but it was too late the wretched weapon went off releasing an ear splattering noise that chilled me to the core. Diana had taken the upper hand overpowering Haley pushing her away and shot her.

I watched in slow motion as my sister's limp body fell to the side, blood pouring out of the wound on her head. From that point on I saw nothing but red. I was filled with a seizing hot rage that I acted without conscious thought. While a second window of opportunity showed itself when Diana was breathing hard from wrestling with my sister I jumped her, ripping the gun from her hands with much more difficulty than I thought it would be, she didn't let go of the gun holding it tightly trying to turn it to point at me but I fought back hard.

"Fuck you," I yelled gritting my teeth as I used all my strength trying to turn the gun against her. Who knew she was stronger than she looked as she overtook my strength succeeding in turning the gun to point directly between my eyes,

"Right back at you," she slowly said, pulling the trigger, I merely pushed the gun to the side before it went off, the bullet going through my ear.

"Ah," I screamed as my body went into shock at the tremendous pain I was feeling. Diana took this as an opportunity to overtake me by hitting me in the stomach with the back of the gun knocking me off balance.

"You thought you could get rid of me that easily," she laughed maliciously standing up and pointing the gun directly at me with both hands, blood dripped down her neck from the wound Haley gave her but what gave me a little bit of hope was how weak she looked when she stumbled a bit after standing up. I held my bleeding ear, gritting my teeth as I wondered how I was going to get myself out of this mess, but for once luck was on my side as I heard shuffling from the shower gaining both of our attention.

I took that chance to grab the gun kicking her in the face, she stumbled backwards letting go of the gun. She cursed before looking up as I pointed the gun at her head with so much fury swimming in my eyes I was a miracle I didn't release an ocular blast on her face.

"Oh I'm going to enjoy this," I said breathing heavily as my pulse pounded in my ears throwing me a bit off course with my vision blurry for a bit.

"Is that so, cause you're not getting out of here alive," she smiled sinisterly

"Then I'm taking you down with me," I growled, noticing her hands inching towards her pocket, I walked closer towards her as a warning.

"Putting them up," she said putting her hands in the air, "But are you sure you wanna do this with the kid watching?" She asked smoothly, turning her stair to the shower. I stupidly followed her gaze, losing concentration. She ripped the gun out of my hand, throwing it far away from us.

"You want something done, do it yourself," she said, punching me in the face then my stomach, "Look at you so pathetic," she growled and kicked me on the side of my head, I lost vision for a couple of seconds before I came to staring at her feet.

"And you know the most fun I've had? It was watching you suffer after killing Harvey then Alice but I had the most fun with Randall quite a fighter he was," she snickered menacingly

I grabbed her legs pulling her down angrily, she hit her head hard on the tile floors rendering her still for a couple of seconds. I rolled on top of her grabbing her head, I was furious beyond a measure of doubt.

"This is for my sister you witch," I growled slamming her head hard on the tiles, she dug her nails into my face drawing blood but I struggled through the pain as I slammed her head over and over until she went limb blood pouring out of her cracked skull. I breathed heavily getting off her as I rushed to the shower turning it off and untying the boys before checking on my sister because as stubborn as she was, she wanted her family to be taken care of first before herself.

She was limb and cold, when I felt her pulse I felt nothing. That one shot killed her straight away and now she lay unmoving eyes staring into nothingness as I held her crying my heart out, Kyle and Tyler were moving slowly because of the burns coming to cry over Haley.

"Mummy," the poor little kid cried, shaking her over and over but she didn't move no matter how much he shook her.

"Hey shh," Tyler coed gently hugging him pulling him away from his mother. I on the other hand couldn't get over the fact that this would've all been avoided had I just gone to the cops in the first place now because of my stupid I got my sister killed and got her son and boyfriend in harm's way. I stood up angrily feeling like I wasn't in control of my body as I walked towards Diana who hadn't moved an inch, I stomped my foot over her head repeatedly until she was barely recognizable.

"Harley!"I heard Tyler call over my rage-fuelled stomping, when I turned around he was covering Kyle's eyes with a terrified expression on his face. I sobered up and realized what I had just done. I covered my mouth with my hands, absolutely mortified by the scene before me. I didn't know I was capable of such actions.

"Tyler I'm so sorry," I cried feeling terrible for what I did and put them through, he didn't say anything and just backed away while staring at Diana.

"Guys!...wow," Cole came running in out of breath with blood dripping down the side of his head, he scanned the room before his eyes locked on mine. I already knew what he was going to say without even saying it but all I needed from him was a long hug.

"Fuck," I cried embracing him

"I know," he said, hugging me back tightly.

Turns out Cole and Lila were having a battle of their downstairs with Michi, but instead of a gun he had a knife and did a number on Lila slicing the side of her leg open but other than that with just a few bruises they were fine and the cops and ambulance were on their way. I knew I was going to jail after everything I did. There was no doubt about that after all I caused all of this when it could've all been avoided by just one simple phone call, why didn't I make that call?

The simplest answer is because I was stupid, naive and scared of the outcomes. If only I had made that phone call now I'll regret it for the rest of my life. Just one call would have spared two lives, one of those being my sister now I've robbed her son of growing up having a mother and robbing her of living and having another child. The bottom line was it was all my fault and I don't know how I could live with myself knowing that I killed my sister, I killed my mother, I killed my brother and I killed a girl who just wanted peace for her sister that she never got because I was still alive and she wasn't.

By the time the cops and ambulance arrived I had shut down all emotions I was just a vessel doing what I was told answered when I was asked something but I felt numb completely and utterly dumb to the core. Poor Kyle was going to be scarred for the rest of his life, Tyler just lost possibly the love of his life and the chance of being a father and Lila was going to be using crutches for the next couple of weeks all because of me and my stupidity.

Adam was having a go at trying to get something more out of me, physically I was there but psychologically I was in the stars hoping I would get struck down by lightning but that didn't happen. Cole and Lila lied to the cops about what happened trying to protect me even though I didn't deserve it. Tyler went along with the story just to convince the cops, I said the same thing even though it felt like I was eating acid every time I lied. I wasn't quite sure what Adam asked me but I was too occupied by the sight of the paramedics placing my sister in a body bag zipping it up and doing the same to Diana, the sight of the way they carelessly carried my sister boiled my blood as I abruptly stood up frightening Adam.

"Watch how you hold her you fucking idiots," I yelled at the workers who eyed me with pity

"Harley, they're just doing their jobs, don't take out your anger on them," Adam gently said standing in front of me blocking my view of my sister.

"Get out of the fucking way Adam," I warned him

"Or what?" He questions trying to make himself look bigger

"Depends, you see that balcony?" I said pointing to the balcony above us, he instinctively looked in that direction giving me enough time to snatch his gun from his holster and aim it at his chest.

"Now do I need to ask you again to move?" I question holding the weapon tightly

"Wow take it easy Harley no one else needs to get hurt," he said putting his hand up, the other officers pointed their weapons at me shouting for me to put the gun down.

"STOP!" Cole came rushing to my aid standing on my side blocking me from the other officers

I had caused quite a commotion with everyone turning their attention on us when all I wanted to do was be with my sister.

"JUST LEAVE HER ALONE," I yelled to the workers holding the body of my sister

"Harley you have to let them do their job you'll see her again," Adam gently said moving a bit closer towards me.

"Stay back Adam I don't wanna hurt you," I pleaded for him to step back, in anyone's eyes I might've looked like a crazy woman but my actions were justifiable I just wanted them to leave my sister alone I knew what they were going to do if I let them take her away and I didn't want that. Why couldn't they just take Diana away no one was going to care if she's taken away or dead for that matter it was one less problem for the world and her family.

"Harley put the damn gun down if you know what's good for you," Cole ordered angrily gritting his teeth at all the guns pointed at him.

"But-" I began

"Don't fucking but me, put the damn gun down," he yelled not even giving me a chance to say my part.

"Fine," I grumbled, throwing the deadly weapon on the ground where Adam picked it up and clipped it in his holster.

"Well that was something," Adam sighed in relief when the rest of the cops put their weapons away.

"Well tell your coworkers to do their jobs properly next time so something like this never happens again," I said through gritted teeth glaring daggers at the medical examiners

"Harley, they did nothing wrong, you just overreacted like aways," Cole growled, flicking me on the forehead.

"Ow," I cried rubbing my forehead

"What the hell were you thinking you, idiot," Cole yelled at me like I was a child

"Oh cool your jets I wasn't going to kill anyone," I grumbled

"That's not the point," he angrily said

"Ok, I'm sorry I won't ever do that again I was just acting on instinct," I said through gritted teeth

"No, you weren't you would act on instinct when you're in danger, you weren't even thinking," Cole said

"Ok now you're starting to annoy me I said I was sorry so get over it," I yelled

"Oh I'll get over it when you stop acting like a child and start realising everything you do has consequences," he yelled back, that stung a bit but I deserved it

"Fuck off," I spat not having anything else to say and stormed into the house, I didn't come out even when the paramedics asked if I was going to tag along in the back with Lila. I watched through the balcony one by one as the cars left the driveway, taking my sister with them even if I was against it. I couldn't stand the suffocating feeling I felt as my memories went over what went down not a mere hour ago it just kept playing on repeat in my mind, Haley getting shot over and over with no chance of me saving her. I felt pathetic I felt useless because I couldn't save her and most of all I felt drained like I just want the ground to swallow me whole to never see the light again because that's what I deserved, I was a murderer, an idiot and a good for nothing friend who deserved the wrath of the gods.

With Tyler taking Kyle to the hospital I was all alone in the massive house staring into the void on the balcony. The breeze flowed through my hair and nipped at my exposed skin, I welcomed it with open arms, people who had come out of their houses to see what the commotion was about headed back to their own business and those who stuck around were staring at me before they went on their merry way wherever that may be. I envied them to have a simple life with nothing to worry about and if trouble did occur they would just solve it with money because they were rich and seemed to have an endless amount of money with the type of houses they had. I don't know how long I stood on that freezing balcony as I ended up watching the sunrise as a new morning began, just another day for a chance to start over or so people say but I couldn't get behind that theory you could never erase your past no matter how hard you try it's what made you, well you.

As the sun rose I wondered if I could ever start again, get my life back on course or would this overwhelming pain and agony win the fight.