Ten minutes later Melinda ordered Stella to stop in front of a liquor store. They have been driving all over town in a different car that Melinda probably stole after ditching Kate's car at the side of the road near the old train station. They even passed a squad of police cars and fire trucks all driving in the same direction with their sirens on. Its amazing nobody noticed the women in the car but then again people in Mystique lake tend to mind their own business and everyone was too caught up with the big explosion that happened to noticed anything out of the ordinary.

"Stella will you do us the honours to go in there and get us a good ole bottle of the towns finest whiskey." Melinda said cheery.

"I don't have any money on me how am I supposed to pay for that." Stella said wide eye.

"Oh, how can I forget take this with you." Melinda said. Stella's eyes grew wide when Melinda took out another handgun that was strapped to her leg under her jeans.

"I, I can't go in there with that." Stella said shocked.

"Why not? You are so used to just take things why is this situation any different. This town belongs to you right?"

"I'm not the boss of this town. In what reality do you live in because in mine you use money to pay for stuff." Stella said. Melinda was quick to put the gun under Stella's chin. "You are getting on my last nerve Stella Wiccomb and believe me you don't want me to show you what I'm really capable of." Melinda hissed in Stella's face.

"Let me do it Melinda." Bonnie said quickly. "Give me the gun I will go in there."

"Do you always want to play the hero Mrs Salvatore always come to the rescue of your friends. I asked Stella Wiccomb not you." Melinda said in a cold mocking voice.

"She can't do it. She can barely stop shaking." Bonnie said.

"That's why I'm sending her in. I think your girl Stella is tough so be a good friend Mrs Salvatore and give her more credit." Melinda said. She leaned over Stella and open Stella's door for her. "Out you go Stella go rob that store for us and you better not come back empty handed or try any tricks in there take the phone and do not switch it off we want to hear everything in there."

"You monster." Caroline said in disgust.

"We are all monsters Caroline Salvatore I just choose not to hide mine, unlike you." Melinda said coolly.

"You can do this Stella." Caroline said as tears welled up in her eyes.

Kate squeezed Stella's shoulder too broken to utter a word. Bonnie was glaring a whole in Melinda's face.

"That's the team spirit ladies! You see Stella Wiccomb your friends are behind you one hundred and ten percent. Now do them proud." Melinda said mockingly.

With the gun and phone shaking in her hand Stella managed to get out of the car and walked to the entrance of the store on wobbly legs. Before walking through the doors Stella first put the phone in her back-jean pocket. The gun she tucked in at her back hidden under her shirt.

"Do you really think you will get away with this Melinda? Even if you kill us, they will find you and you will wish you died in that hole." Bonnie said, eyes blazing with anger.

Melinda leaned back in her seat with a cool smile on her face. "During world war two Nazi soldiers had this nifty little trick to avoid being tortured if they were captured by the enemy. They hid cyanide capsules in their mouths. Now to answer your question Mrs Salvatore. I am well aware that I won't make it out alive. I don't care I got nothing to lose can you say the same Mrs Salvatore?" Melinda said and looked back at Bonnie, pure evil in her eyes. "That's what I thought." Melinda said.

When Stella walked into the store it was just Lida the owner behind the counter there were no other customers. Stella decided to walk around a bit pretending to look for something but when Lida saw Stella she called out to her.

"What a pleasant surprise Stella." Lida said with a big friendly smile. "Wow I never thought you would come down here and shop at my little store but it's really good to see you in here. I heard what happened to that beautiful expensive wedding dress of yours Stella only a jealous monster will do such an ugly thing and this town are drenched with jealous girls. But you know what? A friend of mine said that there's this upscale wedding boutique in New York with the most beautiful wedding gowns I'm sure you will find your perfect wedding dress in there. I will call her later and find out the name of the boutique." Lida babbled.

Lida loud mouth. Lida fast mouth. Lida rubber tongue. All the names Stella and the other girls use to make fun of Lida. Dirt poor Lida one of the white girls like Stella who grew up in Silver Lake fighting to get out of their circumstances. Stella felt like dropping to the floor rolling around while laughing herself into a stupor.

"Hey did you hear about the bomb explosion?" Lida continued on. "People are saying it's the work of terrorists, can you imagine terrorists hiding in plain sight all this time in our town. I'm telling you this is big news. I'm closing my shop early who knows where they planted the other bombs."

It will be easy to shoot Lida just to shut her annoying mouth rumbling on and on Stella thought to herself.

"I banned my sister and her no good husband from my store. She's running her mouth all over town telling people my business is going down the drain because I drink up my own stock. It's not my fault she is stuck in a one-bedroom apartment with a loser for a husband. She's not like us. You and me we made it Stella. We made it big time."

Stella walked to the counter and counted slowly to ten.

"You alright Stella? You look a little pale?" Lida asked with a curious look on her face.

"Can you do me a favour Lida?" Stella said.

"Yes, anything for you Stella." Lida said eagerly.

"Can you shut up and hand me a bottle of jack." Stella said with a stiff nervous smile.

" sure" Lida stumbled out. Her face turning red from embarrassment. "It will be twenty-four dollars." Lida said.

"Give me the bottle Lida." Stella said and glanced nervously at the door.

"S s sure let me put it in a bag for you first." Lida said and placed the bottle carefully in a bag before giving it the Stella.

"I'm going to walk out of here and you are not going to stop me Lida. I know nothing of this makes sense but you just have to let me take this bottle and leave."

"Did my sister and her no good husband put you up to this. I know you like my sister more than you like me but this Stella is taking things too far. You have millions in the bank you can buy your own store why do you want to rob mine when there are so many stores out there. Buy your own damn store and rob it." Lida said with an attitude.

"Shut up! just please can you shut up Lida loud mouth! When do you ever give that big mouth of yours a break? Never mind, look, I'm taking this bottle and that's it." Stella said and quickly grab the bottle from a surprise Lida.

"Over my dead body Stella, I'm running a business here not a charity." Lida said with her hand on her hip.

Stella turned her back on Lida and walked to the door ignoring Lida calling her back.

She was almost at the car when the phone beeped in her back pocket. It was a message from Melinda that said.

Go back and shoot that woman in the head if you don't do it pregnant Kate Henderson will get a bullet in the head

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