this ismyfirst attempt at a story please excuse the mistakes, they will be many..
so come walk with me along the rural dirt road as i search for the meeting place
with my rival, and my destiny,it is still very much a story in progress ,
and even i don't know how it will end,i would be open to suggestions from other members along the way
soooooooooo here we go
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Thursday evening finally home after a difficult day at work,at least i will be off on friday,a long 3 day weekend {yea],nervous anticipation as friday is the day me and angela agreed to meet and and to settle what had been a long argument,dropping my purse besides the sofa and tossing my keys on top of the entertainment center i turn on the tv, in time for the local news,
I walk to the phone to check messages only 3 today, same old things except for the last one blood from SOMETHINGher nose running down angies facE
That is part of it mam, we 've known each other a long time we've been friends,rivals, off and on,just alot of small things that has become a big thing
" way down yonder in the paw-paw patch ain't no running,ain't nooo going back when we meet in the middle of the paw-paw patch". what? i replayed it a couple of times i did not recognize the voice, probabaly kids playing a prank .
the weather man was on the tv friday was supposed to be a beautiful day,terrific i though a nice day to be off work.i turn my computer on to check my e-mails same as usual, junk!,one from angela.
So bitch our meeting is almost here did you get my message? i can't wait to kick you snotty ass.
I type my answer yes bitch i received your message, i'm not at all surprised you would send something that stupid ,,i can't wait to see you tomorrow to pull out your shitty hair ,i pause a moment before hitting the send button , then done .
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The rest of the night passed same as usual, made some soup,and a sandwich, feed my little cat, then settled in to watch some tv a.m.c. was running a stephen king marathon "the shining' was playing searched the internet chatted on messenger with some friends before going to bed and reading falling asleep.
I awoke early friday morning looking at the clock 6:20 am for a moment i begin to think about getting ready for work then remembered that i was off, for the day,closing my eyes i dozed again,only to be awaken by my cat pistachio meowing, pawing at me to get up i opened my eyes to see her furry face right in front of me, purring loudly get up,i'm starving she seemed to say.
Getting up and begin my regular routine feeding my cat some stretches and exercises and then a shower, and dressing an old tank top and jean shorts seemed appropriate,, then a light breakfast of cereal and some juice, listening to the early news the day was still going to be beautiful i clicked on my computer to check any messages another one from angela,"your not going to think i'm so stupid when i'm beating your ass slut"
sending a reply i'll be leaving within 30 minutes bitch can't wait rolled my dry lips with my tongue thinking about it which surprised me some.
Then i send an e-mail to gary,hi babe hope you have a great day wish we could spend it together if anything happens i'm going on a little road trip to oakapo county to visit a friend if anything chat with you later kisses.
gathering my bag i walk out the door, a little past 10:00am
inside the answering machine plays "way down yonder in the paw-paw patch ain't no running, ain't no going back".
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Walking down the steps across the yard to my car the morning sun beats down on me it's going to be a nice dayi put my car and gear and pull out,oakapo county is about an hour drive north of birmingham,a terrific day for a drive.
Finally getting through the early morning traffic and getting on i-65 north,listening to tunes on the radio , never thought in a million years i would be doing something like this going to meet some one and fight with them, me the girl who's only other fight consisted of a little shoving match in high school,.
i had some comfort to think that angela had never been in a fight either, at least she had never mentioned one, and we are both about the same size i'm a little taller, she is a little heavies not by much and we both had the same build,except i am much hotter, i think that was part of the reason, she had always been jealous,although she will never admit that.
The reasons i don't really know the reasons why this day has come,we had known each other since junior high school,always seemed to be competing for the same things boys' head cheerleader class presidents we were rivals but friendly rivals she got what she wanted sometimes,and so did i.
One reason was i went to state university, she had to go to community college we both finished with honors and to my surprise , and to her credit we landed jobs at the same firm. we became friends again
we both worked very hard to quickly rise through the ranks,although angela grew resentful, she felt things at the firm came easily for me, and i guess they did.
The shit really hit the fan when i was chosen for the promotion over her,she accused me of sleeping with the boss, even sent letters to the partners and to the bosses wife accusing us, that is what lead to her termination and she blamed me ,she left the ham after that moving back to oakapo
To get any with me she tried to interfere with gary and me, even slept with him once, and now it leads to this she has it coming, and i know she feels the same about me.
We had come close to getting into it a couple times before in public and were separated,we decided to meet somewhere in a private and settle things once and for all to see who is better still i am a little un-easy about this her house ,her turf so to speak, we had agreed to meet alone just me and her.still im not so sure.
The message on the answering machine was not her, i was sure of it, so she has told someone, and probably others a feeling that i'm being set up griped me if so i would think of an excuse to leave and not go through with it and incase something happened i left the message for gary just passed oakapo county line the exit for washburn was three miles up, my stomach begin to churn .
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Taking the exit off the interstate headed east to washburn,a small town of about 2.000 i had grown up in the next town over about 20 miles to the north , like most small towns especially small southern towns washburn had seen better days a couple of new gas stations off the interstate driving into the town itself along the rough two lane road,a mixture of older homes and mobil homes and large cotton fields dotted the landscape almost like stepping back in time , nothing much had changed in the 20 years since my family moved from the area a new strip mall with a general dollar store, a piggly wiggly a kfc, and a barbeque joint the downtown pratically a ghost town most of the stores were closed a few specialty shops and a couple thrift stores now , most of the people drove to work in the larger cities, birmingham, tuscaloosa, even as faraway as huntsville.to work
Driving around looking for hackleberry lane,getting a bit frustrated as i can't find it, going through the town and then back again, twice getting caught up in some kind of parade ohh nice i thought circling trough the town again getting annoyed never expected it would be so hard to find,so i pull into a small gs station it looked like something from the andy griffith show making the left turn and pulling into the parking space turning off the ignition of my dodge challenger, i step out happy for a chance to stretch my legs.
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I walk into the small store surprised as it was more modern inside that outside, an older lady probably in her 50's behind the counter, a younger woman probably in her 30's with a young boy are at the counter paying for something and chatting, i walk to the coolers for a bottled water taking out a dasani, walking past a couple of tables infront of the store windows an older guy maybe in his 70's drinking coffee hi i smile and say as he nods at me,walking up to the counter the two ladies are still chatting seeing me the younger collects her change bye mama she says as her and the small boy walk out.
Hi, how are u she ask, fine thank you and you? can't complain she answers is this all you need, yes mam, she rings it up and i pay her, thank you as she hands me back the change.
Mam can you tell me where hackleberry lane is?...iv'e been through town twice and haven't found it
why i sure can as she moves around the counter and points out the front widow it;s that small dirt road, right across the street , the sign was knocked down and no one bothered to put it back up.
May i ask who you are looking for? Angela thompson she is a friend of mine. ohhh o.k yes angela she lives with her aunt miss.rosemary. so you must be Lexi/ looking a little stunned, why,yes i am, how did you know,. Angela told me you were coming she has been expecting you as she walks back behind the counter
. Didi she say anything else? N o dear why should she? no reasons, thank you for the showing me, as i begin to fish out my car keys. ohh no hon you can't drive down that road it's to rough you'll have to walk, it's not far about a 1/3 mile to miss,rosemary you can't miss it white house on the right, right besides the paw-paw patch ,
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Are you a mexican girl? the old man at the table ask? no sir i'm not..., you look like a mexican girl, i'm half latina my mom was from brazil, my dad was from here, i was born and raised here not to far from here actually in pikesville.. well i'll be you look mexican though.
Do you want me to walk with you to your friend's?, nu,no sir i'll be fine but thank you , don't fool yourself girl that road isn't safe... what do you mean? It's the woods they are haunted..
Haunted, a little smile looking doubtful,yes girl the legends of those woods goes back centuries
some very bad things have happened in those woods, evil things
ohh like what?a cherokee indian legend tells of a devil that lived in those woods the indians advoided them,many people have walked in to those woods and never been seen again
in the 1930's a witches coven lived in those woods, but people live there now don't they angela,miss rosemary others? yes but they are protected because they have made a pact with the evil in the woods the old man say's, but i know angela she's not evil a bitch maybe not evil. you miss understand me child the people are not evil but protected by the evil.
HENRY ,stop your scaring her the lady behind the counter says, the people that live down that road a re simple good christian god fearing people those are just old wise tells.
Old wise tells , i guess it was just an old wise tell when they found these two teens slaughtered there, or just an old wise tell that the county sheriffs found a pentagram while searching for the victims ,that was just 3 years ago and i;ll never forget what jake barner told me one fall about this time of year he was in those woods hunting, says he came to a clearing and about 20 feet in front of him sat a big bob
a bob? lexi ask,, bobcat hon anyways ole jake said that bobcat didn't move just sat there,and bobcats are night creatures mostly rare to see one in day time, anyway jake says the bob just sat there twitching his stub of a tail and the thing had glowing red eyes,
pffffft sound s like old jake had a snoot full if u ask me the lady say's,i don't care what you think, henry answers, evil comes in all forms and it's best that you don't walk that road alone young lady.Does mr.barner still live here?No, he was killed four years ago in the tornado.I'm sorry to know that, thank you i still miss him henry replies. stay on the road, and don't go in the woods girl, i'll be o.k mr.henry, it's not far the middle of the day bright sunlight nothing would bother me now? right?
exactly the lady says ole henry is just filling your head with halloween stories,there's nothing evil in those woods
Taking a deep breath ok, nice to meet ya'll then, i' ohh is it ok if i leave my car here,i'll be back pretty soon, ohh yes dear that will be fine just be sure it's locked though.walking out the door clicking the automatic door locks, i turn and walk to the paved road across from the dirt road, stopping and staring across, looks harmless as i begin to cross over
inside the store the old man walks over to the window looking out, and mumbles ohh god please watch over this girl, bring her out safely
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Crossing the paved road stepping on to the dirt road the chert rocks crunching under my feet, bright warm sun, the smell of fresh pine in the air, i quickly forgot about the spook tales mr,henry told me and begin to think of th e reason i come here for, so that me and angela could finally settle things between us the thought of me and her fighting both exhilerated me and scared me a little i had seen two other girl fights one was brutal and bloody, the other while rough was a bit more erotic the two girls tore and ripped at each other until almost nude fighting on the ground, , i can imagine me and angela fighting like that, i licked my dry lips with my tongue thinking about it my heart racing, won't be long now as i tried to quicken my pace
The lady at the store was right the road was very rough the recent rains had caused deep rivets in the ground and causing some rather large rocks to be uncovered keeping my eyes on the ground watching my steps i wondered why the town or county didn't keep it grated better than this, probably not enough money maybe a 4x4 or something like that could get through certainly not my car, i would have ben stuck, or worse busted a tire or axel.
Some off the tree limbs and growth stretched out over the road making a canopy over some areas bright sunlight at times and deep shadows in other places along the way the road dipped and swooped and curved, stopping in a bright warm area i stop to take a couple gulps of water,, how far did she say it was ? a third of a mile ,seems like iv'e already walked that far and had seen nothing except woods, looking around appreciating the serenity of it,as i bring the bottle to my lips the silence is shattered by a loud aargh cough the sound came from the left side of the road causing me to jump my eyes are glued into the dense woods and can see nothing then a sound like a large sneeze, hello is anyone there as i inch towards the growth my head bent looking around my foot on some of the under brush,, i hear mr.henry's voice don't go into the woods, my heart beats harder as i step back then another loud agruff from behind me on the other side aiii jumping back i look around, o.k lexi just start walking move feet as i begin to walk faster the sounds become louder closer i start to run as the sounds become louder closer still, get away from me i scream running a little faster i getting tired i drop to my knees tears rolling down my face , i fumble for the cross around my neck pulling it out pressing it to my lips
Breathing hard trying to catch my breath i close my eyes "our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name,thy kingdom come thy will be don as in heaven as in earth give us this day and our daily bread and forgive us our sins, as for we have forgave everyone indebted to us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil forever and ever amen please help me i whisper, my body shaking in fear.
The sounds stop i rise to my feet don;t look back lexi, don't want to see what's behind me irl keep going forward slowly one foot in front of the other, whispering as many prayers to myself as i can remember i front of me a small wooden bridge crossing a small branch as i come closer some moves in the dirt my eyes widen in horror omg.a large snake, i stop it's big 3 feet maybe as it slithers slowly across the road black maybe a copperhead? , i trip finding a dirt clod throwing it at the snake missing badly, the clod shatters and dust pelts the snakes body, it stops moving lifting it's head towards me, ohhhh nooo as i take a step back it's forked tongue flicking out head moving back and forth, no snake go shooo that way waving my hands to the side of road go that way stomping my foot shoo, shoo, the snake lowers its head and slithers across the road to the under brush, closing my eyes taking a deep breath i move slowly to the bridge stopping to look down where he snake disappeared the under brush rustles i jump scurrying across the bridge.
I keep moving forwards still no sign of a house paw-paw patch nothing just woods and dirt road, somehow i had got myself lost no longer any sound s behind me but still had the feeling i was being watched from the woods, remembering the old mans words the woods are haunted by devils and witches getting very tired i find a small clearing beside the road and stop to set down i have the feeling that its getting late,don't want to be here at dark and again i hear the old man s voice people have walked into those woods and never to be seen again, a cold shudder flows trough my body, then i feel the pressure of my phone in my pocket reaching in taking it out ohh yess i smile, i try calling no service shit ill try to text angela hi im on hackleberry lane just a little ways cross the bridge how much further ...send
I sit with my arms across my knees and my head resting on my arms the only sounds were a few birds in the trees,i had made up my mind to keep going forward, i didn't want to go back to the bridge of snakes or to where i heard the noises, all roads lead somewhere right? of course, , to a few houses , some one must live here, why is there a road?, or to a main highway or a town or something i wipe my eyes rising to my feet,i take a step forward ,a sound someone singing faint at first but getting closer, l'm smiling .. great finally someone else,looking around i see no one just the voice, i call out, it sounds like a childs voice becoming closer and louder now, i recognize the song , a church hymnal,i still don't see anyone ohh god , i know the song as i can hear it clearly " some glad morning when this life is over ,i;ll fly away, to the home on god's celesterial shore i'll fly away, it was my grannie's favorite i remembered her singing it alot,tears in my eyes again,please go away coming closer as i step into the brush try to hide behind a couple of pine trees, breathing harder a ,, a young girl appears at the top of the hill coming closer she looks no older than 9,or 10 she is singing the song pulling dragging a branch along behind her in the dust wearing a printed sun dress ,her blonde hair tied in a pony tail, she stops almost right in front of me,
I step out from behind d the trees, hi, the little girls jumps with a sigh taking a step back, hey i'm sorry to have scared you, i'm lexi, what is your name? she has a pretty face with big blue eyes. she smiles at me. Do you live around here? she sods her head still smiling, do you know angela ,and miss,rosemary uh-huh is there house much further ? she shakes her head no,and points with her branch down the road, you know that song? she nods her head it was my grannnie's favorite you sing it very well, she smiles and begins to walk past me dragging the branch in the dust and singing i'lll fly away ohh glory and when i die in the sweet bye,and bye i'll fly away, my phone makes a loud ding, causing me to jump, a message from angela,we are here bitch your close , down the hill and around the curve hurry your ass up....
The singing stops, i look back down the road and no longer see the l she probably walked into the thee woods she lives around here so she probably will be alright, i have an odd feeling that have seen her some where,taking a deep breath i begin walking down the hill and around the curve in front of me and to the right setting back off the road a bit is an old white farm house, and to it's right and slightly behind it are what has to be the paw-paw patch .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The house is an old white frame farm house single story surrounded by a large well kept yard the out side looked as if it had not been painted in at least 30 years,the front porch was large and looked comfortable with a swing hanging from one end there were an older model car in the probably a 70's model parked half way in the long drive way and a garage a little further down the drive to the left of the drive way was an out side clothes line and on the other side of that was orchard trees m paw-paws , i bet ,it was a large one filling the remainder of the left side of the yard all the way to where the woods begin again and curved slightly behind the house at least 100 maybe more, the frnt yard had several flowering bushes and a large magnolia tree along the right side was a flower bed a walk way that lead to a small garden in the back with what looked like corn stalks and maybe okra plants were i the midst of seeing their last days for the year.
Walking up to and across the drive way to the large front porch, i knocked on the door twice , three times,an older lady opened the door,maybe in her 60's a pleasant round face graying hair and dark brown eyes, a little plump she was wearing a printed flower blouse with matching skirt....
hello can i help you, she asked,, yes mam, i'm looking for miss.rosemary and angela , i hope this is the right house, why yes it is, and you must be lexi? come in dear we have been waiting as she steps aside i walk into a small foyer area, miss rosemary closes the door, there is a chair and an old love seat against the walls and pictures of family , i guess hanging on the walls, this way dear , angela is just watching some tv,we walk down a step in to what is a large living room a fireplace against the wall, the couch on the right angela was laying across flipping through the channels of a large flat screen tv.
Angie, lexi is here, she half turns and looks up at me , hi,,,, hi angie, i was starting to think you had changed your mind,, chickened out she said with a smirk, no,just took a little longer than expected.
Lexi have a seat in the chair behind you dear would u like anything to drink, would you like something to drink? yes, a glass of ice water will be fine mam,angie would u like anything, no aunt rosie i'm fine thanks miss, rosemary leaves i hear her footsteps as she walks down the hallway to the kitchen i presume,, angie sets up on the couch as we glare at each other not talking she's wearing a whit t-shirt with gulf shores and a printed beach scene across the front, with a pair of cut- off jean shorts and socks we are almost identical in size,im 5'5 120, angie probably about 5;4 maybe a few pounds heavier with dirt blonde hair and green eyes.
Are you sure you want to go through with this ? she ask i would not have come this far or gone through so much if i wasn't to late to change my mind now, are you sure?, angie smiles, her face changes a bit as she smiles, aint,no running, ain;t no going back, right lexi?,i guess not.
So how is gary?, last time i saw him, he was very pleased, umm that's when i left him in bed,, ohh he's good finally beginning to get over that std he caught from you, your the one with all the diseases whore, fuck you bitch, ohh i'm going to fuck you up so bad you always did like to talk angie, we'll see if you can back that shit up, ohh i can back it up we;ll see, yeah you will getting to her feet your such a weak bitch i should have kicked your ass years ago, you always been such a stuck up snotty little whore, getting to my feet, ohh really?! , i wish you would have tried years ago slut, you may have learned a lesson and grown up enough to stop blaming others for your flaws.
My flaws bitch as we step towards each other, then ms. rosemarys voice, HEY..stop it both of you, they will be no fighting in this house, i had hoped you two could talk and settle things with reason, if not take it outside,
Y es auntie rose, both breathing hard as we keep eye contact here is your water lexi, thank you as my hand shakes a bit and take a sip of water, are you wearing that angie ask? i may have some thing different you can wear, this is ok, i;m going to change clothes, i;ll be ready in a few ,as she leaves walking d she bumps into me as we can here her walking down the hall to her room
MISS.ROSE SETS ON THE COUCH AS I SET BACK DOWN IN CHAIR SIPPING THE WATER, SO LEXI WHY ARE YOU AND ANGIE WANTING TO FIGHT SO BAD, i mean she's a nice girl never been in any real trouble far as i know never been in a fight, and you seem sweet so what's between you two a man?
That is part of the reason, i don't really know, we have known each other since junior high, have been friends ,rivals, friends, rivals,when we worked together things just seemed to escalate, just a bunch of small things most that don't make a difference that has grown into this as i take a deep breath still nervous.
I see, have you ever been i a fight lexi?, no mam not really,hmmmm interesting, so ain't no running,ain't no going back ? huh, that voice the one on my answering machine, as i look up miss, rosies face seems to have darkened more angry looking, no, i.. i guess not.
So how was your trip,it was ok, got a little spooked, a couple of times walking down the dirt road, ohh why is that? thought i heard some noises felt kind of like i was being watched just a little spooky, it can happen on that road especially at night with all the stories and stuff, but it.s just all in the mind dear,, i guess so... i saw a big snake at the little bridge ,, ohh yes those things are still out what kind was it do u know? no mam,no idea, hmm could have been a moccasin, they are all over that little creek and the woods watch where you step around that bridge on your way home,, yes mam, it gave me the willie.
ohh i know i hate them to, we killed one just a few weeks ago out by the garden big copperhead, loped it's head off with an axe,,chop ha ha, yes mam
And i sawa little girl just before i came here , kind of add she was singing a song, and dragging a branch along behind her,ohh,miss rosies face darkened again darkened again, what was her name,i don't know she did;ent say,do you know her?, does she live around here? i don;t know her , iv'e seen her around they are a few families that live a little further down the road.
Yall are pretty isolated here, do you ever get scared any one ever bother you,,?lol gosh no child what is there to be afraid of? I lived in gadsden for years my husband worked at goodyear there, we were robbed 3 times, i hate living in cities even smaller ones like gadsden, no one bothers us here, it's not far to clydetown, closer to washburn, and of course birmingham is just a little more than an hour away.
An d we have mabel, people are afraid of mabel?, is mabel a dog. ? lol. gosh no dear,, mabel come here mabel,then th e largest cat iv'e ever saw walks into the living area,bob tailed brownish color, jumps on the couch with miss rosie, and starts rubbing her hed against miss rosies shoulder, laying with its head in rosies lap, she's my baby,... she is beautiful, what kind of kitty is she? lol, mabel is'ent a domestic cat,she is a bobcat full grown, ohh wow smiling as mabel starts trying to paw licking miss.rosie on the chin, we found her as a cub about 10 years ago, some sorry ass red neck with a gun killed its mother,this baby was alone almost starved when we found her, she's nothing but a pet now, awww so sweet,, may i pet her? sure sweetie,,setting my glass on the table i walk over leaning down to pet her head my cross dangles from around my neck,as i reach out my hand.. hisssssssssssssssssssssss, i jerk my hand back will she bite,no, never,mabel cringes away grrrrrwllll, hisss, i pull my hand away ,it;s ok dear she just is'ent use to you,that's a pretty cross where did you get it,?thank you, it was a gift from my grannie years ago, i wear it almost all the time, hmmmmmmmm if you fight with angie you may want to take it off, so it. won't get broken or lost her face dark angry looking, mabel back against the arm of the couch ears flat eyes slanted a deep grrowlllllllll,,anglea walks into the room, well bitch are you ready? and i see you have meet mabel, she says with a wicked smile...
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She is a beautiful cat as i reach trying to pet her,,,hissssssssssssgrwllllllllllllllllll mabel tries to back away further, as i draw my hand back,,. Ha ,ha ,ha, looks like she knows a bitch when she see's one angela smirks.
Well it's obvious that she doesn't know what a tramp is, or you would get the same treatment, as i smirk back, our eyes lock together the tension building,Angela shifts her weight standing ,as she has changed into a tight black t-shirt and a pair of black gym shorts.Shut up,you fucking cow , you shut the fuck up you pig, you were never nothing more than a half breed whore lexi, look at the pot calling the kettle black,at least i neve r slept with someone's boyfriend, oh please everyone knows you slept with mr.tait to get that promotion over me, bitch. FUCK YOU, your just not mentally strong enough to accept some one is better than you.
Girls, rosie begins,,bitch your not better than me at anything,im better than you at everything and always was, that's what you cant stand, you better at being a whore angela answers, look at the pot calling the kettle black SHUT UP, YOU SHUT UP, we lunge for each other at the same time i catch a slap at the side of my neck i swing a slap catching angela on side of her head using our hands to grab each others shirts.
GIRLS, HEARING MISS ROSIE YELL, BREAK IT UP, FELLING HER HAND ON MY ARM AND NECK,TRYING TO SEPARATE US, STOP IT,, DAMN IT,I SAID STOP IT feeling myself being pull backwards and shoved hard i stumble and fall ath the leg s of the chair,, ROSIE shoving angela away a step, i said no fighting inside if you want to fight take it outside,,
Looking across at me her mask a mask of anger her face seems twisted distorted , youuuuuuuu, you fucking tramp, coming to our home trying to start shit, isn't it enough you stole angie's promotion, caused her to lose her job?I welcome you into my house and you do this?,advances on me her right hand grabbing my arm, her left hand in my hair as she begins dragging me across the room, owww let gooo i try to scream, catch a hard kick from angela, as im dragged past,her and pulled over the steps and across the small foyer to the door, let goo i wail,, shut up rosie screams banging my head on the door before opening it, kicking my legs ,i see angela, coming smiling , her face seems different as well,, rosie opens he door and storm door dragging me out across the porch to the they both kick me, then each grabs my arms dragging me from the porch towards the paw-paw trees, the ground scratching my bare legs, and tearing at my shorts,pleaseeeeeez let me gooo i'll leave,feeling myself being dropped roughly on the ground, sobbing i bring my hands to my face ill stop a just let me GO.
Angela straddles me pulling my hands from y face, shut up you weak whore, better than me huh, your better then me at nothing and never was, as she slaps my face left,and right my head rocks side to side as angela spits on me, angela grips my thought , realizing that i have to fight back or i may not survive this,i grab angela's hair with my right hand trying to pull her over making a fist with my left fist as i punch her twice hard as i can in side of her face, bucking my hips and twisting my body as i cause angela to lose he r balance falling off, my right hand grabbing catching her shirt at the side ,as angela kicks out her lft leg catching me in my thigh, pain sears down my leg, as i swing a left punch feeling my fist smush her nose
Yiii, angela wails cupping her face with her hands rolling to her stomach,, i quickly scramble over her back my breast smashing in to back of her shoulders, trying to tangle my legs with hers as she rocks under me, as i swing another left at her temple, oww she squeaks out, my hand throbs from the contact, getting both of my hands in her hair i try banging her head in the ground rubbing her face in the grass, eat dirt bitch !!
I hear Ms.Rosie GET OFF HER WHORE!, then feel her stomp my back,. oww iiiiiiiiiiiiiii, i grimace my right hand going to middle of my back my eyes closed tight as i try and roll away. . we both get to our knees, hurt winded and tired,blood from her nose running down her face angela gets to her feet and i push up to my feet my back screams in pain,
We wade into each other slapping and punching our squeals of pain fill the air , scratching and pulling at each others hair and faces as our legs tangle, and we fall to the ground our bodies locked together we roll over,and over in the grass under the paw-paw trees.Angela rolls back on top as we scratch and rip,
i get my left knee up to her tummy my left hand at her shoulder pushing up breaking our grips enought to land a right connecting with her right tit,, owwwwwwww angela howls grabbing her tit falling backwards, getting to her feet massaging her tit, FUCKING WHORE SHE YELLS, rushing me i swing out my feet as she trips falling awkwardly to the ground, i hear a sickening thump as she grunts uugh her head smashing on a rock, as she stops moving,
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I kick at her with my left foot, and she doesn't move,, Angela? crawling over to her, my hands on her shoulders, Angela shaking her,, god no, get up shakin her, OHH GOD PLEASE WAKE UP, MISS.ROSIE ANGELA I S HURT PLEASE DO SOMETHING, what happened? SHE RUSHED AT ME TRIPPED OVER MY LEGS FALLING HITTING HER HEAD ON THE ROCK TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY FACE i fall slide backwards on my ass hands brushing at my hair,CALL 911 do something i plead, rosie bent over angela, checking her pulse i guess, mabel rubbing her nose in her hair, bending its head washing her face ,, miss, rosie ,please call 911 or something...
Miss.Rosie stands looking smiling at me her face looking older and hard,it's alright dear no need for that fuss,<W hat? she's hurt, she,needs help please do something, miss.rosie smiles, l then looks down at angela,, Angie she says in a hiss like whisper, stop playing show lexi that your ok,,Angela's body stirs as she rolls over her eyes pop open BOOOOO,, smiling as she gets to her feet,her face a mask of wickednessm y mouth falls open my eyes bulge aaagh as i try to scooot backwards on my ass,Angela and miss.rosie standing together smiling down at me Mabel rubbing against their legs oohh ,look AUNTIE ROSE, she looks scared, ,miss,rosie shaking her head, she looks confused, both saying in unison pooooorrrr baby ha ha ha ha,, my eyes wide ,face white in fear, ohh,my god ,.... you use that word alot bitch, there is no god, just "IS",pushing to my feet i try to run as much as my hurting body will allow,, angela says,"ain't no running,, miss,rosie adding ain't no going back then both voices in unison, run lexiiiiiiii we will find youuuuuuuu.
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My body throbs in pain as i run across the large yard to the dirt road, my mind racing at what i had just witnessed, trying to comprehend how i have found myself in a real life horror story {back at the paw-paw patch angela, and rosie stand and watch as i run across the yard and up the road, their faces becoming twisted with hate,and rage, no longer resembling any thing human, if they were ever human at all, mabel rubs against their legs purring her eyes a deep burning glowing red,, smiling rosie looks down at her ,go and catch our fleeing little mouse, with a deep growl the cat springs across the yard, the chase is on}
Racing around the curve, knowing that i'm running for my life,perhaps m y soul, that thought sends a cold shudder through me, my mind racing i hear my daddy's voice" when you are afraid and feeling alone, remember your lord, he is always there for you,,i begin, ' THE LORD IS MY SHEPARD...] i see the top of the hill the place i had stopped to rest earlier each step i take it seems further away.As i come closer to the top of the hill i slow my run becomes a hard walk, finally reaching the top, i look back down the road, , falling to my knees exhausted, tears begin rolling down my face ,as i begin to have doubts that i can do this, pulling my cross from under my top kissing it please help me, i don't want to die .
My eyes closed tight as i say the lords prayer, then i hear a low growlll, standing looking around , my body shaking in fear, the bobcat leaps from the woods almost at the crest of the hill., just a little below me,,growling and hissing it's ears flat against it's head, it moved left, and right crouching, shaking badly i hold the cross up and in front of me, sta.., stay away from me, as i shift with each move the cat made trying to keep the cross in front of it backing up slowly ,repeating the lord's prayer silently, my eyes bulging,, stay away from me i shriek,as the cat comes a little close growling hissing, for a moment i thought of making a run for it, then realize i had no chance, for a moment i imagined a news story " a girl's body found,mauled apparently from an animal attack", if they even found my body, people walk into those woods and are never seen again as i hear the old man;s words,.
I keep backing slowly down the road, as the cat slowly advances keep away, mable stop go away, hisssssss she crouches and begins leap, the boom is loud and deafening i cringe at the sound dropping to my knees, mabel makes a loud scream, then nothing, i stand looking the cat is laying besides the road, it;s legs moving weakly a low growl then it stops, moving, turning to look behind me i see an older man standing behind me.
He looks to be in his 60's at dressed in a plaid shirt and a pair of overalls a pair of hiking boots on his feet,with a green john deere cap perched on his head , his face weathered but friendly , the shot gun pointed down at his feet the stock clutched under his arm, smiling as i approach him, thank you so very much, i;'m so glad to see you, to see anyone else.
Look's as if you found yourself a mess of trouble young lady,, yes i did, i'm lexi, nice to meet you miss.. jake barner is the name, jake barner where have i heard that name before? jake barner was hunting in the woods saw a bobcat with glaring red eyes, he was killed in the tornado four years ago, gasping i take a step back.I have been hunting that cat in these woods for a long time, even an animal doesn't deserve the kind of torture it was in , the quiet is broken by a loud shriek ,from further down the road, jake barner turns looking at me with friendly eyes, you best be going miss, they coming, thank you i mumble again as i turn and begin to run down the road
Running as fast as i can moving from side to side of the road hoping to avoid the ruts and loose rocks,, the wind blowing through the trees feeling as if someone ,or something is just on the other side, i begin thinking of my ife, it's not perfect, but; it is good, i think of my friends and family, of gary, of my little cat , laying on the back of my recliner at home waiting for me ,, i imagine opening the door, she will jump from chair running to me, i smile at the thought, as i approach the small bridge, i slowly, scan the ground ahead and around looking for any movements. probably a moccasin, they live all around that creek and the woods, i notice no movements i hurry across as i step off , feeling something grab my ankle something sharp biting deep i trip and fall,, looking down i see a snake its head and mouth still biting , uuugh shaking my leg violently kicking with my other leg the snake lets go slithering away,,
My ankle already swelling and throbbing, i fall to my back crying,wishing i had told people how much i loved them, hope they knew, i hear a rustling in the woods terrified, i try to lay silent, looking over i see a man come from the woods, middle aged with long hair and a beard,wearing a long robe, how odd i think, he bends near me, you must go, he says, i can nt the snake bit me,, he reaches rubing his hands down my leg to my ankle his eyes closed,his lips move in a prayer,, smiling as he looks at me, the poison is gone rise, run my child, run and don't look back and always remember that i am here for you
I move away slowly as he smiles at me , he turns and faces down the road, turning i begin to run again fighting the urge to look back as i near the road, i hear another shriek from rosie, not like before this one was different i stop smiling , looking back a bit, turning i can see the paved road maybe 30 feet ahead i turn and begin walking as angela walks from the woods, her yes dark and brooding her face a mask of evil,. going some where lexiiiii, we have unfinished business bitch as she slaps me knocking me down and back wards landing hard on my back, looking up, i thought i did, i kicked your ass, , not hardly as she kicks me hard in the leg
W e both hear the song, "i'll fly away, some glad morning when this life is over i'll fly away, the lttle girl walks from the woods draging her branch only it's not a branch ,it,s a whip, she smiles at me and stands between me and angela, ,,i suggest that you let this child pass and bother her no more, the little girl says..The angela thing's eyes flutter as it takes a step back, then an evil smile crosses it;s lips fuck you, a s it, steps foward, the little girl brings tyhe whip up quickly bringing it down on angela, the whip wraping it self around her, shrieking angelsa drops to its kness as the whip tightens a round her, then just as suddenly as she appeared she was gone .
The little girl comes to me smiling dropng on her knees. are you alright babey? My mouth falls open my eyes widen that voice, grannie? as tears form in my eyes. no child , i'm not your grannie, i am only a messanger . Butyou can talk to her through me. grannie , i miss you so much and mommie and daddy. shhh child we know. Arethey with you now? yes child thay are watching. i want to see them again so much. ohhh baby that's not possible. Please take me with you, i want to be with ya'll again.
Shhhhhh baby, you will see us again, it's not your time babey.Turning my wrist over she kisses the scars on my wrist.You never let the demons do this to you again babey..You have a long life to live, so many things to see and do.So many people to love you babey,you just have to look for the. when it is your time we will be here waiting for you., always remeber we are with you hereher hand touching my chest, and here touching my head. wiping tears from my yeyes yes maw-maw, i must go the little girl says rising, you are free and safe , and can leave.
May i ask a question , certainly baby? W hy did angela become that thing? T hat thing was not angela, nor was it rosie or the bobcat, but evil things that took theirr forms,, angela, rosie and the bobcat are all safe with us, i must go now baby we love you and the little girl dissappears back into the woods,
Getting to my feet i crosss the road walking across the parking lot to my car, mr. henry is standing on the out side, hi i say, hello he answers, are you ok young lady? you look a mess,.Opening my car door and sliding in, yes i'm fine i'm better than i have been in a long time,, i saw your friend mr.barner, he says that he misses you, mr.henry smiles, as i start my car and pull away for the drive home ....
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