**Chapter Twenty Four**
Corrin screamed in pain as Mackenzie picked her up off the ground and tried to drag her up the hill. "What's the matter Corrin? Hurt a bit?" he turned and kicked her right in the middle of her sore leg. She screamed again as she fell to the ground.
"Fuck you!" she spat out as she held her leg.
He shook his head and landed a boot in her gut. She rolled over, almost off the cliff. "I think we need to work on our communication skills, don't you?" He picked her up, yet again only this time by her hair, and pulled her along. Her tears mixed with the dirt from the ground blinded her as they scrambled up the hill. "If only you hadn't have been so ungrateful when I picked you up that night, maybe we could have had a chance." He dragged her onto the road as they reached the top and threw her on the gravel.
She tried to hold herself, to get the better of him, but it hurt so much. "I'm sorry, but I'm not one to hang out with psycho's like you." She wiped the blood from her mouth and managed a smile.
The smile on his face faded as her words sunk in. "IM NOT PSYCHO!" he screamed, heaving her up by her top and throwing her against the concrete wall. She landed with a thud on the concrete, not moving. Not making a sound. "Corrin?" he whispered, as he got closer. The sea breeze blew through the hole in the wall where her car had gone through. "Wake up Corrin?"
Just as he was inches from her face she gathered all her strength and stabbed him in the neck with a piece of steel lying beneath her.
He clutched at his neck in shock as he pulled it out. He tried to talk but kept gurgling. "You little bitch." He managed to say as he stumbled back a few steps. With her arms she pushed herself away from him. She knew he wasn't gonna let that one slide. In the distance she could feel the low rumble of Dom's car. 'Please hurry.' She heard herself say as she continued to crawl. She neared the edge where her car had gone off and welcomed the cool breeze that seemed to calm the burning heat in her leg.
"CORRIN!" he called out. She continued to crawl, wanting to get further and further away. "CORRIN!" Mack called again. "LOOK WHAT YOU"VE DONE TO ME!" he said almost in disbelief. He picked up a panel from the barriers she had crashed through and held it menacingly in his hand.
She cried out in pain as her leg dragged along after her. In a fit of exhaustion she rolled over, breaking out into a cold sweat. Mackenzie was standing a few feet from her, pale as a ghost, blood trickling from his neck. Above his head he held the steel framing. "You left me no choice." He said, smiling as his arm moved to bring the steel piece down on her.
Dom saw Mackenzie standing over her and could only thing of one thing to do. He slammed on the brakes and turned his wheel as the car spun and slid in the gravel.
Corrin closed her eyes as she watched the red paint from Dom's car come screaming toward them.
Mackenzie looked over his shoulder, still holding the piece of steel. His eyes grew wide with shock as the car batted him off the cliff and down the hill.
The car came to a halt inches from Corrin's quivering body. "Corrin?" he called out as he jumped out of the drivers seat. "Shit, baby!" he said as he knelt down beside her.
She looked up and offered a smile. "I'm so glad you're here." She managed to say before breaking down crying in his arms.
"I'm here baby, I'm here." He calmed her down as he picked her up and carried her back to the car. Before he took her back to the car they leant over the ledge and below to where Mackenzie's body laid twisted above the jagged rocks. Those cold blue eyes staring back at them. That stupid grin plastered across his face.
In the distance sirens could be heard approaching fast. What a night it had been! The red RX-7 roared to life as it turned in the night and headed back toward town.
**Two Weeks Later**
She leaned in the doorway, arms folded across her chest and smiled as she watched him pack his clothes. He hardly noticed her standing there. The light from the sun flooded through the open windows illuminating everything in light. She looked at his features, noticed the constant smile on his face. His hair looked good straight and spiky. He was packing so quickly; glad to be finally out of there.
"Woah, slow down tiger! Don't wanna burst any stitches!" Corrin said as she walked into Brian's hospital room.
He looked up and had that big silly grin on his face. "I'm just happy to be outta here." He said as he jammed his clothes into his suitcase. He nodded toward her leg and asked, "How's it healing?"
Corrin looked down and knocked on the big white plaster cast. "Doctors think I should have it off in a few weeks. Thank God! Do you know how awkward it is to bathe with one leg hanging over the edge." They laughed then an awkward silence fell upon them.
"What time do you leave?" he asked solemnly, not looking up as he said it.
Corrin walked across the room and looked out at the view of the city. "My plane flies in two hours. Gotta be there for checkin's and all that other bullshit." She looked down feeling guilty about leaving.
Brian turned and stood beside her. "You don't have to go you know. Nobody blames you for anything." he rubbed her shoulders and she nodded.
She shook her head and laughed slightly at herself. "Classic tale. I want my mum!" they laughed. "I'll be back. I just have things to sort out back at home. I promise it won't be long." She pulled him in for a hug, tears of goodbyes being shed. "Anyway, I gotta go. My taxi's waiting downstairs."
"Dom still angry with you for not telling him the whole story?" Brian asked as they parted from their hug.
Corrin shrugged her shoulders and looked down. "My own stupid fault. After I told him everything I knew from his expressions that I had made a mistake of not telling him in the first place. From then I knew he wouldn't forgive me."
"That's not the reason why you're leaving is it?"
Corrin smiled. "I'd be lying if I said it wasn't. But hey! Life goes on. Life's too short and all that other positive thinking bullshit. I stopped by the garage on my way here and said goodbye to Letty and Mia and the boys."
"And Dom?" he asked watching how Corrin was taking Dom's cold shoulder.
She shook her head and squinted as she looked out into the bright day. "Wouldn't come out of his office." The silence fell upon them, both thinking of stalling her flight somehow. "I better go." She hugged him again and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I love you big brother. Take care."
He let go and smiled at her. "Be good little sis. Don't forget, I know where you live." He watched her walk out the door and wondered if she was making the right decisions. Yeah, it had crossed his mind she was running away from her fears instead of facing them. He shook his head; he knew she'd be back.
"This is the final call for American Airlines Flight 84195 from Los Angeles, California to Auckland, New Zealand. Please make your way to Gate 32." The voice announced over the speaker.
Corrin watched hundreds of people walking around the terminal. She looked out for faces she could recognise but no one appeared. Funny, it had taken four boarding calls for her to realise he wasn't coming. 'You stupid fool.' She picked her carry on bag up and began making her way to the gate. She felt relieved to be heading home but the adventure, action even romance she had experienced in the past four weeks was unbelievable. Not even she could comprehend it all. It was like she had been in the centre of a movie!
He ran through the terminal furiously scanning the crowded faces he was confronted with. He heard the speaker announce the final call and frantically scanned signs pointing to Gate 32.
As he found it finally and ran into the viewing room he saw her hand her ticket to the agent. "CORRIN!" he shouted over the voices of departing families and friends. "CORRIN WAIT!"
"Thank you." Corrin said as she handed the ticket to the attendant. She turned around, swearing she heard her name being called out. But she couldn't see anyone. 'Hearing things again Corrin.' She picked up her bag and hung it on her shoulders as she made her way down towards the plane.
"CORRIN!" Dominic shouted as he pushed past people and tripped over luggage. It was too late. She was already walking down the passage toward the plane and could not see him even if she had x-ray vision. He sat down and watched the door close on the plane. He felt the urge to chase the plane down the runway if he knew it would give him a chance to say sorry to her for being an ass. His heart sunk as the plane took off and disappeared into the sky. He didn't want to leave.
He turned around and looked over toward the gate where he had watched her disappear. He hoped it would all end like the movies and she'd be standing there laughing at him. But she wasn't. He got up and walked slowly back toward his car. 'You'll get over her Dom. There'll be others. She was just another notch.' He said to himself as he disappeared into his car and sped off into the sun.
The End
Corrin screamed in pain as Mackenzie picked her up off the ground and tried to drag her up the hill. "What's the matter Corrin? Hurt a bit?" he turned and kicked her right in the middle of her sore leg. She screamed again as she fell to the ground.
"Fuck you!" she spat out as she held her leg.
He shook his head and landed a boot in her gut. She rolled over, almost off the cliff. "I think we need to work on our communication skills, don't you?" He picked her up, yet again only this time by her hair, and pulled her along. Her tears mixed with the dirt from the ground blinded her as they scrambled up the hill. "If only you hadn't have been so ungrateful when I picked you up that night, maybe we could have had a chance." He dragged her onto the road as they reached the top and threw her on the gravel.
She tried to hold herself, to get the better of him, but it hurt so much. "I'm sorry, but I'm not one to hang out with psycho's like you." She wiped the blood from her mouth and managed a smile.
The smile on his face faded as her words sunk in. "IM NOT PSYCHO!" he screamed, heaving her up by her top and throwing her against the concrete wall. She landed with a thud on the concrete, not moving. Not making a sound. "Corrin?" he whispered, as he got closer. The sea breeze blew through the hole in the wall where her car had gone through. "Wake up Corrin?"
Just as he was inches from her face she gathered all her strength and stabbed him in the neck with a piece of steel lying beneath her.
He clutched at his neck in shock as he pulled it out. He tried to talk but kept gurgling. "You little bitch." He managed to say as he stumbled back a few steps. With her arms she pushed herself away from him. She knew he wasn't gonna let that one slide. In the distance she could feel the low rumble of Dom's car. 'Please hurry.' She heard herself say as she continued to crawl. She neared the edge where her car had gone off and welcomed the cool breeze that seemed to calm the burning heat in her leg.
"CORRIN!" he called out. She continued to crawl, wanting to get further and further away. "CORRIN!" Mack called again. "LOOK WHAT YOU"VE DONE TO ME!" he said almost in disbelief. He picked up a panel from the barriers she had crashed through and held it menacingly in his hand.
She cried out in pain as her leg dragged along after her. In a fit of exhaustion she rolled over, breaking out into a cold sweat. Mackenzie was standing a few feet from her, pale as a ghost, blood trickling from his neck. Above his head he held the steel framing. "You left me no choice." He said, smiling as his arm moved to bring the steel piece down on her.
Dom saw Mackenzie standing over her and could only thing of one thing to do. He slammed on the brakes and turned his wheel as the car spun and slid in the gravel.
Corrin closed her eyes as she watched the red paint from Dom's car come screaming toward them.
Mackenzie looked over his shoulder, still holding the piece of steel. His eyes grew wide with shock as the car batted him off the cliff and down the hill.
The car came to a halt inches from Corrin's quivering body. "Corrin?" he called out as he jumped out of the drivers seat. "Shit, baby!" he said as he knelt down beside her.
She looked up and offered a smile. "I'm so glad you're here." She managed to say before breaking down crying in his arms.
"I'm here baby, I'm here." He calmed her down as he picked her up and carried her back to the car. Before he took her back to the car they leant over the ledge and below to where Mackenzie's body laid twisted above the jagged rocks. Those cold blue eyes staring back at them. That stupid grin plastered across his face.
In the distance sirens could be heard approaching fast. What a night it had been! The red RX-7 roared to life as it turned in the night and headed back toward town.
**Two Weeks Later**
She leaned in the doorway, arms folded across her chest and smiled as she watched him pack his clothes. He hardly noticed her standing there. The light from the sun flooded through the open windows illuminating everything in light. She looked at his features, noticed the constant smile on his face. His hair looked good straight and spiky. He was packing so quickly; glad to be finally out of there.
"Woah, slow down tiger! Don't wanna burst any stitches!" Corrin said as she walked into Brian's hospital room.
He looked up and had that big silly grin on his face. "I'm just happy to be outta here." He said as he jammed his clothes into his suitcase. He nodded toward her leg and asked, "How's it healing?"
Corrin looked down and knocked on the big white plaster cast. "Doctors think I should have it off in a few weeks. Thank God! Do you know how awkward it is to bathe with one leg hanging over the edge." They laughed then an awkward silence fell upon them.
"What time do you leave?" he asked solemnly, not looking up as he said it.
Corrin walked across the room and looked out at the view of the city. "My plane flies in two hours. Gotta be there for checkin's and all that other bullshit." She looked down feeling guilty about leaving.
Brian turned and stood beside her. "You don't have to go you know. Nobody blames you for anything." he rubbed her shoulders and she nodded.
She shook her head and laughed slightly at herself. "Classic tale. I want my mum!" they laughed. "I'll be back. I just have things to sort out back at home. I promise it won't be long." She pulled him in for a hug, tears of goodbyes being shed. "Anyway, I gotta go. My taxi's waiting downstairs."
"Dom still angry with you for not telling him the whole story?" Brian asked as they parted from their hug.
Corrin shrugged her shoulders and looked down. "My own stupid fault. After I told him everything I knew from his expressions that I had made a mistake of not telling him in the first place. From then I knew he wouldn't forgive me."
"That's not the reason why you're leaving is it?"
Corrin smiled. "I'd be lying if I said it wasn't. But hey! Life goes on. Life's too short and all that other positive thinking bullshit. I stopped by the garage on my way here and said goodbye to Letty and Mia and the boys."
"And Dom?" he asked watching how Corrin was taking Dom's cold shoulder.
She shook her head and squinted as she looked out into the bright day. "Wouldn't come out of his office." The silence fell upon them, both thinking of stalling her flight somehow. "I better go." She hugged him again and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I love you big brother. Take care."
He let go and smiled at her. "Be good little sis. Don't forget, I know where you live." He watched her walk out the door and wondered if she was making the right decisions. Yeah, it had crossed his mind she was running away from her fears instead of facing them. He shook his head; he knew she'd be back.
"This is the final call for American Airlines Flight 84195 from Los Angeles, California to Auckland, New Zealand. Please make your way to Gate 32." The voice announced over the speaker.
Corrin watched hundreds of people walking around the terminal. She looked out for faces she could recognise but no one appeared. Funny, it had taken four boarding calls for her to realise he wasn't coming. 'You stupid fool.' She picked her carry on bag up and began making her way to the gate. She felt relieved to be heading home but the adventure, action even romance she had experienced in the past four weeks was unbelievable. Not even she could comprehend it all. It was like she had been in the centre of a movie!
He ran through the terminal furiously scanning the crowded faces he was confronted with. He heard the speaker announce the final call and frantically scanned signs pointing to Gate 32.
As he found it finally and ran into the viewing room he saw her hand her ticket to the agent. "CORRIN!" he shouted over the voices of departing families and friends. "CORRIN WAIT!"
"Thank you." Corrin said as she handed the ticket to the attendant. She turned around, swearing she heard her name being called out. But she couldn't see anyone. 'Hearing things again Corrin.' She picked up her bag and hung it on her shoulders as she made her way down towards the plane.
"CORRIN!" Dominic shouted as he pushed past people and tripped over luggage. It was too late. She was already walking down the passage toward the plane and could not see him even if she had x-ray vision. He sat down and watched the door close on the plane. He felt the urge to chase the plane down the runway if he knew it would give him a chance to say sorry to her for being an ass. His heart sunk as the plane took off and disappeared into the sky. He didn't want to leave.
He turned around and looked over toward the gate where he had watched her disappear. He hoped it would all end like the movies and she'd be standing there laughing at him. But she wasn't. He got up and walked slowly back toward his car. 'You'll get over her Dom. There'll be others. She was just another notch.' He said to himself as he disappeared into his car and sped off into the sun.
The End
