Chapter 26

This chapter is from Catherine's perspective. I'm not sure how many more chapters there will be after this one, a few more I'm sure. Enjoy.
Catherine cries as she hears her friend struggling in the other room. Still huddled on the floor, she sees Eddie getting ready to cook up some heroin for himself. He pulls out a small glass pipe and a bag of white powder from his pocket and walks over to Catherine. Kneeling down beside her he says, "Did you think I was going to party by myself? How could I forget your favorite? See I brought some special for you. You're gonna go first, then I'm gonna join you. Then we'll see what happens from there." Looking in the direction of Sara's bedroom, "Sounds like they're having a good ole time." Eddie rolls Catherine onto her back and straddles her stomach. She watches as he prepared the pipe. Lighting it, he takes a couple of tokes before offering it to Catherine.

"Go to hell Eddie. I'm never doing that shit again."

"Sure you are." Eddie says as he pins her arms to her sides. He proceeds to pinch her nose closed, forcing her to open her mouth. As soon as she does he sticks the pipe in and with his other hand forces her mouth shut. She lay there struggling at first, not wanting to breathe in the toxic drugs. "You're doing pretty good there Cath. I bet it's starting to burn though, the need for air in your lungs. Just take a deep breath Cath, go with the flow. The air you crave is just a breath away. Her body's will to survive overrides her will not to inhale and she inhales deeply. She starts to weep at what he has made her do. She tries her hardest to fight the warm feeling that is engulfing her body. The feeling of the drug taking hold of her mind and body entirely.

"Fight it all you want babe, it's not gonna make a difference. You were hooked after the first hit you took thirteen years ago. Remember that? You begged me for more when it wore off. I want to see you beg like that again."

Eddie went back to his spot on the couch, leaving Catherine on the floor, swimming in the emotions of everything. She could still hear Sara struggle in the background. Sounds of water splashing filled Catherine's ears. "What's going on?" Her mind tries to reason. It wasn't until the last time when everything went silent that she knew what was happening. She screams out. "Sara! Tony, stop. Eddie, please make him stop." Eddie laughs at her from the couch as he ties off his arm, prepping the vein for its treat.

The apartment goes silent for what seems like an eternity. Just as Catherine is about to be completely sucked under by the cocaine, she hears the gun shot.

Unable to move from the drugs, she hears herself screaming and crying, "Sara, no. Sara!"