The next day Monty day was hell in a hand basket. Hoyt had found some new meat and lots of it. He had brought them back in his new cruiser while Monty towed their wrecked car back to the car lot. The car was parked next to Stephanie's still broken car. Something told her that her car would never be fixed anytime soon or perhaps ever.
He strung up the two boys in the barn outside and tied the poor young girl to the legs of the table. He had Thomas carry the dead biker down stairs to the basement to carve her up for dinner. It made Stephanie sick. There was no getting away from it not even in her mind. Every thought she had came back to the past dinners and who would be the next ones. Those poor souls, may heaven help them.
"It's been so hot out," Henrietta said. She had come over that day unaware of what had transpired the night before. The three women were sat at the same table where the young blonde woman was tied up. "Its important to drink you liquids,the body needs to hydrate." her voice most of the time was barely above a whisper.
Luda Mae nodded intently before taking a sip of her tea. Stephanie smiled politely trying to ignore the girl crying under the table. It was times like this that Stephanie regretted her choice to drive rather than fly out to California.
"How are you and Thomas doing together?" That question snapped her out of her trance.
"I'm sorry what?" she asked. "I couldn't hear you," she lied.
"She asked how you and my boy are?" Luda Mae repeated for her.
"We're fine, just friends is all. He's a very sweet boy," when he isn't cutting up people that is. She kept that last part to herself.
"I can't wait for the day you two are finally together. You'd make a wonderful addition to the family,"Luda Mae said placing her hand on Stephanie's.
Just then a brick crashed through the window and onto the wood floor. This was followed by a young man in his twenties with dark hair bursting through the door. Luda Mae called for Hoyt and Henrietta screamed until the man pointed knife at her.
"You are you with them?" he yelled at Steph. She fervently shook her head no. He grabbed her hand after untying his friend and they all ran outside. The girl ran for the truck and the man went to help the other boy with them. Stephanie just stood there not knowing what to do in all the commotion. That was until she saw Tommy come out the front door. He didn't look like the Tommy she knew.
"Tommy," she whispered to herself. She started to walk towards him picking up speed. Her safe haven blazed right past her and went after the girl in the truck. "Tommy no, don't do that." she pleaded to no one but herself. He hit the girl with a hook and pulled her out of the car dragging her back to the house.
As he walked past Stephanie he saw her look at him with hurt and sadness. He didn't like that look from her, but he didn't know what he had done wrong. All he was doing is what Hoyt told him to do.