surgeries? You’re twenty-five going on plastic. It’s fucking gross.”
“So, now that I’ve got you all around, there was something you didn’t know. Grandma had six months to live. She had an aggressive cancer. She was going to die anyway, you idiots, I really hope you enjoy prison.” I smirked, loving each look of disbelief and fear that crept on their faces.
“Um, what the hell was that supposed to mean?”
“A duh, Aunt. She was going to die. There was no need to plot her murder with some poison.”
“Oh shit.” One of my cousin’s said in a low whisper.
“That’s bullshit. She would have told us,” Nick denied.
“Well, as she put it, she didn’t want your vulture asses circling her bed.”
“Damn, well she was old and dying from cancer. They’d never know she didn’t die from that.”
“Really, are you all that fucking stupid? Don’t you think they will do a toxicology test on her?” I asked, feigning like I didn’t know the truth already. They all looked around at each other, and the asshole, Nick couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
He stood up and got in my face giving me a menacing glare that if I didn’t know what a big pussy he was I might have been intimidated by. He whispered with a grin, “Now that she’s gone, you can leave and never return. They’ve got nothing. They wouldn’t do a toxicology on a woman dying of cancer. Some things you really need to learn. The bleeding heart is finally out of our lives and we have it all. I enjoyed helping her drink her tea every night, waiting for the sweet poison to take effect.”
I couldn’t take another disgusting word out of his mouth. My hand came up against his jaw sending him across the room and onto the coffee table. Just then the police bust through the doors, arresting every single one of those bitches.
“Thanks for giving me everything we needed, Mr. Russell.” I saved the voice recording and sent it to them in an email and left the house feeling at least like I got revenge for my grandmother. Looking up at the sky, I hoped that her mind was at ease now.
10
Vanessa
The past few months really sucked without Tim. I was lonely every day and it made it hard to eat. The weight kept just falling off me. He and I spoke on the phone regularly, but it didn’t ease the ache. When he didn’t come back for my birthday, I had to be strong. It wasn’t his fault; his life fell apart all around him.
I promised to behave until we could see each other again, but things got crazy a week ago. It was so stressful that Cam was taking time away from his busy schedule to check on me.
He showed up at my dorm in the middle of the day and was waiting for me when I got out of class. I ran into my brother’s arms, really glad he was here.
“So, you’re failing a class?” I didn’t know how he knew that, but I was happy either way.
“Well, hello to you, too,” I said with a smile. He looked at me strangely.
“By the way, I thought college kids gained the freshman fifteen? You look like you lost at least fifteen.”
“I’ve been trying not to gain weight. I swim a lot.”
“Well, don’t keep it up or you’re going to disappear.”
“Haha, not likely,” I laughed then added, “So, what are you doing here?”
“I thought you needed to talk to someone. You’ve struggled, but I’ve never known you to fail, so what’s going on?”
“Do you promise not to tell anyone?”
“Nope.”
“Then I can’t tell you.”
“Why not?” he asked incredulously.
“Because I’m embarrassed and I don’t need everyone to know.” I sure as hell didn’t want Tim to know. He was stressed out as it was with everything going on with his family. This would send him spinning, and I worried that the Marine in him would come out and end the professor.
“Fine, but if it’s about some guy, I might knock him out for making you cry.”
“Cam. It’s about a guy, but not what you think. My professor was being nice
“So, now that I’ve got you all around, there was something you didn’t know. Grandma had six months to live. She had an aggressive cancer. She was going to die anyway, you idiots, I really hope you enjoy prison.” I smirked, loving each look of disbelief and fear that crept on their faces.
“Um, what the hell was that supposed to mean?”
“A duh, Aunt. She was going to die. There was no need to plot her murder with some poison.”
“Oh shit.” One of my cousin’s said in a low whisper.
“That’s bullshit. She would have told us,” Nick denied.
“Well, as she put it, she didn’t want your vulture asses circling her bed.”
“Damn, well she was old and dying from cancer. They’d never know she didn’t die from that.”
“Really, are you all that fucking stupid? Don’t you think they will do a toxicology test on her?” I asked, feigning like I didn’t know the truth already. They all looked around at each other, and the asshole, Nick couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
He stood up and got in my face giving me a menacing glare that if I didn’t know what a big pussy he was I might have been intimidated by. He whispered with a grin, “Now that she’s gone, you can leave and never return. They’ve got nothing. They wouldn’t do a toxicology on a woman dying of cancer. Some things you really need to learn. The bleeding heart is finally out of our lives and we have it all. I enjoyed helping her drink her tea every night, waiting for the sweet poison to take effect.”
I couldn’t take another disgusting word out of his mouth. My hand came up against his jaw sending him across the room and onto the coffee table. Just then the police bust through the doors, arresting every single one of those bitches.
“Thanks for giving me everything we needed, Mr. Russell.” I saved the voice recording and sent it to them in an email and left the house feeling at least like I got revenge for my grandmother. Looking up at the sky, I hoped that her mind was at ease now.
10
Vanessa
The past few months really sucked without Tim. I was lonely every day and it made it hard to eat. The weight kept just falling off me. He and I spoke on the phone regularly, but it didn’t ease the ache. When he didn’t come back for my birthday, I had to be strong. It wasn’t his fault; his life fell apart all around him.
I promised to behave until we could see each other again, but things got crazy a week ago. It was so stressful that Cam was taking time away from his busy schedule to check on me.
He showed up at my dorm in the middle of the day and was waiting for me when I got out of class. I ran into my brother’s arms, really glad he was here.
“So, you’re failing a class?” I didn’t know how he knew that, but I was happy either way.
“Well, hello to you, too,” I said with a smile. He looked at me strangely.
“By the way, I thought college kids gained the freshman fifteen? You look like you lost at least fifteen.”
“I’ve been trying not to gain weight. I swim a lot.”
“Well, don’t keep it up or you’re going to disappear.”
“Haha, not likely,” I laughed then added, “So, what are you doing here?”
“I thought you needed to talk to someone. You’ve struggled, but I’ve never known you to fail, so what’s going on?”
“Do you promise not to tell anyone?”
“Nope.”
“Then I can’t tell you.”
“Why not?” he asked incredulously.
“Because I’m embarrassed and I don’t need everyone to know.” I sure as hell didn’t want Tim to know. He was stressed out as it was with everything going on with his family. This would send him spinning, and I worried that the Marine in him would come out and end the professor.
“Fine, but if it’s about some guy, I might knock him out for making you cry.”
“Cam. It’s about a guy, but not what you think. My professor was being nice
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