Mindy smiled as she looked at the ring on her finger. She frowned as she raised her head to look at the house in front of her. Her house, where Mama, Jeremy and Francis lived. Mindy knew it was a bad idea, but she at least wanted her mother to know she was getting married. With any luck, maybe she'd want to come to the wedding. Mindy sighed and walked to the front door and knocked on it.
"Mama? Mama, it's me, Mindy."
She watched as the door opened. In front of her stood Jeremy.
"You?" he asked. "I thought you were gone for good? Did you come crawling back to mommy? Well guess what? She doesn't want you here."
"I came to speak with Mama", Mindy said. "Not you. Now where is she?"
"She's not here. She's out with her real daughter."
"I am her real daughter!"
"No, you're just a bastard with no father!" Jeremy said. "Francis is your mother's only daughter. She's important, not you. You're just a freak. Go back to those other freaks where you belong!"
Finally having enough of Jeremy's abuse, Mindy raised her hand and punched him across the face. Jeremy stared back at her. Without saying a word, he punched her across the mouth.
"Hey!" Mindy said. "You can't hit me, I'm a girl!"
"Are you? Because a real girl wouldn't be hanging around those freaks like you do."
He pushed her to the ground, out onto the front yard.
"You'd better leave before I whip the hide off you", Jeremy said.
"You lay a hand on me and I'll get Tommy to hurt you any worse he can!" Mindy yelled.
"What, you're going to call your guard dog? Not strong enough to fight your own battles?"
Mindy was seeing nothing but red now. She had it with Jeremy. She was used to him picking on her, but she was not going to take him picking on Thomas. Mindy looked next to her and saw a shovel. She picked it up and stood up in front of Jeremy.
"What are you going to do with that?" he smirked.
She took the shovel and bashed Jeremy across the head with it. Mindy watched as he fell to the ground. She took the shovel again and this time stuck it into his stomach. Jeremy coughed up blood as he glared at her.
"You little…bitch!" he spat. "They'll…get you…for this! You can count on that!"
"I wouldn't count on it", Mindy smirked.
She took the shovel and bashed him in the head with it again, this time killing him. Mindy smiled as she looked down at his dead body, but quickly frowned. She had just killed a person. She killed in cold blood…just like Luda Mae and Thomas. Mindy dropped the shovel and backed away from Jeremy's body. There was no way she could face her mother now. She just killed her husband. Mindy turned around and started running. She started down the road leading to the Hewitt house. She was scared if anyone had seen her. She could never show her face in town again.