chapter 29: The real beginning
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Joe made his way through the crowd to the bar where he sat down.
'Hi, have we met before?' Joe asked the pretty girl sitting beside him.
-'I'm not sure, have we?' the girl asked in the same flirting tone as Joe.
He wasn't sure weather she really couldn't remember him or if she was playing with him or perhaps just too drunk to remember anything.
They smiled at each other. The music was very loud in there, in the most popular nightclub in Bayport: the Nightlife fan club.
'Tony! A drink here, please!' Joe shouted at his friend who was working there.
Tony Prito came to him and they gave each other a meaningful gaze. 'Well, well. You got over Vanessa so soon? The same..?'
'..As usually and my friend here wants...?' Joe turned to the black-haired, long legged girl.
'Just the same as you, thanks' she said.
Tony poured a drink from a bottle into two glasses. 'There you go'.
'Friend of yours?' the girl asked. Joe nodded. ' Yeah. We haven't been introduced yet' he said.
'I know who you are' she said, 'You're Joe Hardy, right?' Joe nodded again. Ok, she wasn't completely drunk as a lord.
'You know, you kinda remind me of my last girlfriend' he said and looked down on her body. She did have similar shape as Vanessa had but that was it.
The girl laughed 'Oh, that's attractive' So she wasn't offended.
-'Was that a wrong thing to say?'
-'Sort of, yeah'
-'I'm sorry, we just broke up, it hurts' Joe bit his tounge, why was he telling her that, 'But not much' he added.
The girl smiled and moved closer to him 'Maybe I can comfort you in some way...'
Joe grinned. 'Well, that worked' he thought. She was quite easily bought.
Tony passed a key over the table. Joe took it and shoved the girl before him upstairs. They started a wild make out by the door. Suddenly it opened and an arm grasped the girl and pulled her into the room. She screamed but Joe silenced her by putting a hand over her mouth. Another hand took over and Joe locked the door.
'Well, then, Sarah, I hope you had fun tonight' he said to the angry and terrified girl.
'So do I, 'cause it was your last fun' Julia whispered into her ear.
Joe pulled Sarah into a 'hug' and held her arms firmly together.
She growled and tried to kick him and scratch, bite and punch.
No...no! Leave me alone! Stop!'
'I-think...not' Julia said and clenched her hands around her neck.
Joe turned her around so he wouldn't have to face the dying teenage girl. She gave a guttural sound, her eyes spun and finally closed.
Julia let go. They both took deep breaths.
The door opened from outside. Joe turned around to see Tony standing there looking nervously at the body. 'Is...is it over?'
'Oh, nope. We're just beginning' Julia said with withering voice.
'Ok, let's get her out of here' Joe said.
'How?' Tony asked.
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Randy Cline sipped his bear and popped his head to the beat of the song. His sister was nowhere to be seen and he was getting a little restless. He saw her friend close by.
'Hey, have you seen Sarah?'
The guy turned around, he was hardly standing, having a great problem of speaking and his eyes were cloudy.
'She...' he said and gestured with his bottle to the stairs. 'She went there with some guy...'
Randy felt a bit of jealousy swell up.
He stood up and saw a woman and two men come with his sister down stairs. The blond headed man was carrying Sarah. He followed them to the ladies toilets and waited outside until the three came back out without Sarah. Randy avoided looking at them. When Sarah didn't exit after ten minutes Randy went inside. What a mess. There were two girls in there and they looked surprised at him but didn't say anything. He looked into one of the toilet booths and saw the back of some girl when she moved away he saw his sister sitting there with closed eyes, leaning abnormally to the wall.
'What's wrong with her?' he asked the girl who had been with her.
'Oh, she probably passed out' she said.
Randy stroke his sisters cheek. Something wasn't right. He took her face in his palms. His fingers gently caressed her neck and he noticed a red mark on it...there was no pulse. How could that be? He tried her wrist. Nothing. Randy became frightened. 'Why isn't she breathing?' the thought resounded in hi s head. 'Sarah!?' He shook her desperately but when he let go she just collapsed to the floor.
'Oh, my god, oh my god, this can't be happening, can't be happening...' At last he came to senses and pulled up his cell phone and called the police and an ambulance.
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'No, I didn't kill anyone, not...exactly' Joe answered.
Frank took a deep breathe of relieve.
'But that doesn't make me any better' his brother continued. 'I'm just as guilty as them, killers or not killers...still, me and Tony are the only one who are being protected. Julia and our gang are not as lucky as we are, they're going to have to save themselves...' Joe thought this outloud.
'Well, that's how it goes. Not everyone can have a caring family' Frank said.
-'I guess not.'
-'Well, I should go back down, are you coming?'
Joe shook his head. 'No, thanks. I'm just gonna stay here and chill.'
Frank nodded and opened the door and went out of the room.
'A little secret' he mumbled. For now, at least, he thought.
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Joe made his way through the crowd to the bar where he sat down.
'Hi, have we met before?' Joe asked the pretty girl sitting beside him.
-'I'm not sure, have we?' the girl asked in the same flirting tone as Joe.
He wasn't sure weather she really couldn't remember him or if she was playing with him or perhaps just too drunk to remember anything.
They smiled at each other. The music was very loud in there, in the most popular nightclub in Bayport: the Nightlife fan club.
'Tony! A drink here, please!' Joe shouted at his friend who was working there.
Tony Prito came to him and they gave each other a meaningful gaze. 'Well, well. You got over Vanessa so soon? The same..?'
'..As usually and my friend here wants...?' Joe turned to the black-haired, long legged girl.
'Just the same as you, thanks' she said.
Tony poured a drink from a bottle into two glasses. 'There you go'.
'Friend of yours?' the girl asked. Joe nodded. ' Yeah. We haven't been introduced yet' he said.
'I know who you are' she said, 'You're Joe Hardy, right?' Joe nodded again. Ok, she wasn't completely drunk as a lord.
'You know, you kinda remind me of my last girlfriend' he said and looked down on her body. She did have similar shape as Vanessa had but that was it.
The girl laughed 'Oh, that's attractive' So she wasn't offended.
-'Was that a wrong thing to say?'
-'Sort of, yeah'
-'I'm sorry, we just broke up, it hurts' Joe bit his tounge, why was he telling her that, 'But not much' he added.
The girl smiled and moved closer to him 'Maybe I can comfort you in some way...'
Joe grinned. 'Well, that worked' he thought. She was quite easily bought.
Tony passed a key over the table. Joe took it and shoved the girl before him upstairs. They started a wild make out by the door. Suddenly it opened and an arm grasped the girl and pulled her into the room. She screamed but Joe silenced her by putting a hand over her mouth. Another hand took over and Joe locked the door.
'Well, then, Sarah, I hope you had fun tonight' he said to the angry and terrified girl.
'So do I, 'cause it was your last fun' Julia whispered into her ear.
Joe pulled Sarah into a 'hug' and held her arms firmly together.
She growled and tried to kick him and scratch, bite and punch.
No...no! Leave me alone! Stop!'
'I-think...not' Julia said and clenched her hands around her neck.
Joe turned her around so he wouldn't have to face the dying teenage girl. She gave a guttural sound, her eyes spun and finally closed.
Julia let go. They both took deep breaths.
The door opened from outside. Joe turned around to see Tony standing there looking nervously at the body. 'Is...is it over?'
'Oh, nope. We're just beginning' Julia said with withering voice.
'Ok, let's get her out of here' Joe said.
'How?' Tony asked.
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Randy Cline sipped his bear and popped his head to the beat of the song. His sister was nowhere to be seen and he was getting a little restless. He saw her friend close by.
'Hey, have you seen Sarah?'
The guy turned around, he was hardly standing, having a great problem of speaking and his eyes were cloudy.
'She...' he said and gestured with his bottle to the stairs. 'She went there with some guy...'
Randy felt a bit of jealousy swell up.
He stood up and saw a woman and two men come with his sister down stairs. The blond headed man was carrying Sarah. He followed them to the ladies toilets and waited outside until the three came back out without Sarah. Randy avoided looking at them. When Sarah didn't exit after ten minutes Randy went inside. What a mess. There were two girls in there and they looked surprised at him but didn't say anything. He looked into one of the toilet booths and saw the back of some girl when she moved away he saw his sister sitting there with closed eyes, leaning abnormally to the wall.
'What's wrong with her?' he asked the girl who had been with her.
'Oh, she probably passed out' she said.
Randy stroke his sisters cheek. Something wasn't right. He took her face in his palms. His fingers gently caressed her neck and he noticed a red mark on it...there was no pulse. How could that be? He tried her wrist. Nothing. Randy became frightened. 'Why isn't she breathing?' the thought resounded in hi s head. 'Sarah!?' He shook her desperately but when he let go she just collapsed to the floor.
'Oh, my god, oh my god, this can't be happening, can't be happening...' At last he came to senses and pulled up his cell phone and called the police and an ambulance.
--------------------------------------------- (end of flashback)
'No, I didn't kill anyone, not...exactly' Joe answered.
Frank took a deep breathe of relieve.
'But that doesn't make me any better' his brother continued. 'I'm just as guilty as them, killers or not killers...still, me and Tony are the only one who are being protected. Julia and our gang are not as lucky as we are, they're going to have to save themselves...' Joe thought this outloud.
'Well, that's how it goes. Not everyone can have a caring family' Frank said.
-'I guess not.'
-'Well, I should go back down, are you coming?'
Joe shook his head. 'No, thanks. I'm just gonna stay here and chill.'
Frank nodded and opened the door and went out of the room.
'A little secret' he mumbled. For now, at least, he thought.
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