Welcome back! The suspense keeps building and the truth will come out in this chapter on how Alicia's mother actually died!

Date: November 20, 2005

Previously on Chapter Eight:

"You're coming back home with me, Alicia! You don't want me to kill Amy, now would you?" he leered at her.

"Even if I did end up going home with you, Mommy would still end up dead. Just like my real mother ended up dead! Don't you remember that, Daddy?" Alicia said, glaring at him.

"W-what are you talking about?" Drew was starting to get nervous.

"I'll yell it out for you: YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!"

Here's Chapter nine.

"You killed my mother, Daddy. You took her away from me," Alicia cried.

Everyone in the room gasped of what Alicia said. Drew just stood there, his jaw wide open and tears falling from his eyes. She couldn't possibly remember what happened, could she?

"No! She's lying! I would never do that to her mother. I loved her," he pleaded.

"Really, Dad? I can remember it like it was yesterday..."

Flashback

Seven-year-old Alicia could hear her father's screaming down the hallway. It had become a ritual for her. Ever since he lost his job six weeks ago, Drew had become bitter and menacing towards Alicia and her mother.

"Now I told you, I have a lot on my mind and here you come undermining me again. I should choke your ass out!" Drew yelled.

"Please leave me alone, Drew. I can't take it anymore! I want out!" Lisa Denton ranted.

Alicia heard a vase crashing against the wall and Lisa crying her eyes out. She hid under the covers in the bed and tried to block her tears falling from her eyes.

"You want out? You want out? How do you think I feel, Lisa? I had to fight every tooth and nail just to drag you and Alicia back in this house! You're not taking my daughter away from me again! I'll kill you first!" Drew yelled before he slapped her.

"Leave me alone! I don't love you anymore! Just leave me alone!" Lisa said before she managed to stumble out of the room.

"Come back here, you little bitch! I'm not done with your ass! Get your ass back here right now!" Drew yelled.

Alicia heard Lisa come into her room and closed the door behind her. She sat up on the bed and saw the bruises on her mother's face.

"Mommy, what's going on?" Alicia cried.

"Honey, go and get your things together and get dressed. We're leaving here," Lisa said as she place the chair against the door.

Alicia hopped out of bed and grabbed her book bag. "Where are we going, Mommy?"

"Away from here, baby. Your father and I have some issues and for some reason, he don't wanna work them out with me," Lisa explained, which was the partial truth.

Just then, Alicia screamed when Drew shot holes through the door. Lisa held her daughter against her as he kicked the door open in a rage.

"What the hell are you thinking, Lisa? Why are you doing this to me?" Drew asked. He then raised the gun directly at Lisa.

Tears started falling from her eyes. "Drew, don't do this. Please don't do this. Don't do this right in front of our child!"

"I'm sorry, baby. You leave me no choice." he pulled the trigger slowly.

With tears falling from her eyes and her teddy bear in her arms, Alicia saw her own mother murdered right before her very eyes...

End Flashback

"You killed my mother, Daddy. I'll never forgive you for taking her life," Alicia said through her tears.

"She's lying! I didn't kill Lisa!" Drew yelled.

"How could you call an 11-year-old a liar, Drew? Lisa didn't do anything to you. Alicia saw everything," Amy said, gagging.

"How could you do this to her? Why couldn't you just leave her alone?" Trish said, holding Alicia close.

Drew looked at his daughter with rage in his eyes. How dare she embarrass him like that? That was supposed to be kept in secret.

Without a second to lose, he pushed Amy down the stairs and pulled out the gun. Everyone in the room gasped in horror while he pointed the gun directly at Alicia.

"Let's go, Alicia. I'll kill everyone in this room right now if you don't leave with me," Drew warned.

"For the last time, I'm not leaving with you! You had hurt me long enough and I want you to leave me alone!" Alicia yelled.

With his eyes closed, he slowly began to pull the trigger. Everyone in the room gasped in horror when the gun fired...

Who did Drew shoot? You'll have to wait and see in the next chapter!