CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"May, what is going on?" Brittany asked.
"Yeah, what?" Melissa asked. May stood before them, breathing hard. She dropped the pan and tears welled in her eyes.
"May? May!" Brittany rushed over to her sister and put her arm around her. Melissa just stood there, staring silently.
"What happened to you?" Brittany asked.
"I don't know," May hiccupped. "I-I..."
"You tried to kill me!" Brittany finished. May nodded.
"CALLIE, NO!" Melissa screamed as Brittany and May blacked out. Callie stood behind them, a smile on her face. She turned to Melissa.
"Now it's your turn," Callie told her quietly. Melissa stammered, "Callie, what's happening? First you tried to kill us, then May, then you."
"I can explain that," Callie told her, picking up the knife. She turned it over in her palm and gazed at it as she spoke.
"May and Brittany haven't been getting along," Callie told Melissa. Callie looked at her sister. Tears dripped down her cheeks as she continued.
"It was May!" Callie continued. "May stabbed me! She stabbed Brittany! She told me to lie to you or else she'd kill me. I didn't have a choice, Melissa."
"But your brain-"
"An act," Callie sobbed. "I told you-it was an act!"
"But you said that when you were-um-trying to kill us. And just now you made May and Brittany black out."
"May's the culprit, not me," Callie protested.
"Then why did you make Brittany black out as well?" Melissa demanded.
"I needed to talk to you alone," Callie answered. "She'll recover, Melissa. I promise. But May...She did all of it! She's the one who killed Erica, Josie, and Rachel. She tried to kill me a couple of times. And then..."
"Then what?"
"She made me pretend that it was me!" Callie said. "After she stabbed me, she made me promise. And tonight...tonight she came to kill you and Brittany because you were witnesses. She didn't want any witnesses, Melissa. The gash in my head wasn't deep enough for memory loss. I acted like that. And when I got out of the hospital, she made sure that there were no witnesses. Mom, Dad-I didn't kill them. May did this!"
"So," Melissa said slowly, "What you're saying is that May stabbed you and Brittany, and she threatened you to pretend you suffered memory loss? You expect me to believe that May did this?"
"Yes!" Callie sobbed, gazing at Melissa. "Please, sis. You believe me, don't you?"
"Of course I do," Melissa told her. Suddenly, a groan filled the air. Brittany was awake.
"What happened?" Brittany asked. When she saw Callie, she stepped back. Callie quickly dropped the knife.
"It's okay," Melissa told Brittany.
"You sure?" Brittany asked.
"No," A voice rasped. Brittany whirled around and stepped back.
May stood in front of the three girls, the pan raised, ready to attack.