I'm back again! I can't believe how my story had caught on! Who did Drew shoot? Find out in this explosive chapter!
Date: November 20, 2005
Previously on Chapter Nine:
"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...
Here's Chapter Ten.
Alicia opened her eyes and saw Drew being tackled to the floor by Hunter, Dave and Vince. She checked herself and breathed a sigh of relief that she didn't get hurt. She looked around and saw the crowd gathered around each other, hugging and comforting each other.
"Someone get an ambulance! Someone's been shot!" one person yelled.
Alicia broke away from Trish's embrace and came across the exhausted crowd. She pushed some people out of the way and saw someone lying in the pool of her blood. Tears fell from her eyes when she came across...
"Mommy? Mommy, wake up!" Alicia cried as she kneeled down beside her.
Amy was knocked out from the bullet wound Drew administered. Her face, once full of life, was now a crimson mask. Her lip was busted open and her shoulder was separated in two places.
Alicia cried as she took her mother's hand into hers. She closed her eyes and started praying for a miracle.
"Please, God. Don't take Mommy away from me. I already lost one mother in my life. Don't let me lose another," Alicia said silently.
She remained by Amy's side until the ambulance came to her rescue.
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"Angela, is Mommy gonna be all right?" Alicia asked as soon as she got to the hospital.
Doctor Angela Taylor took her in her arms. "Don't worry, sweetheart. If I know one thing, Amy will not go down without a fight."
It's been a whirlwind of emotions for Alicia over the last several hours. Drew was arrested and taken to jail, not before he vowed to make Alicia pay for breaking his heart. Hunter wasted no time in pressing attempted murder charges against Drew in Amy's honor.
So, now Alicia's spending the remainder of her birthday in the emergency room. She and Hunter sat by Amy's bed and saw her condition. Hunter couldn't let go of her hand and he couldn't stop crying. He wanted to marry her.
"Oh, Amy. I'm so sorry. I should've been there when you needed me," Hunter said, squeezing her hand.
"This is all my fault, Daddy. If I just went home with him, none of this would've happened," Alicia admitted.
He took her in his arms and held her close to him. "Baby, don't blame yourself. Drew is sick and twisted. He just wanted back what he lost. All of this is not your fault."
"I know. It's just that I saw the image of my mother in Amy and I saw what happened 4 years ago. Seeing my mother bleed right before my eyes haunted me for years after that," Alicia said. She then laid her head against Hunter's shoulder.
"No wonder you've been hurt for so long, honey. Can I ask you a serious question?" Hunter lifted her chin with his finger.
"You wanna know how my father decided to rape me?" Alicia answered.
"How did it happen?"
"Well, it happened exactly one year after my mother died..."
Flashback
Rocking back and forth on her rocking chair, eight-year-old Alicia silently cried her eyes out. It's been a year since Lisa died in her arms and the effects were crucial. Drew became so vindictive around her, it was ridiculous.
She wanted her mother back, no doubt about it. Lisa was her only salvation in her life and when she suddenly died, all that seemed to be lost.
"Alicia?" Drew called out to her.
"I'm in here, Daddy," she called back.
He walked inside her room, holding a teddy bear in his hand. Alicia refused to look at the man who took her mother's life so she held her head down.
"Alicia, we need to talk," Drew said as he sat down on her bed.
"What's there to talk about? You killed my mother and then you made me lie right in front of the police that she committed suicide! I don't know who you are anymore!" Alicia ranted.
"Alicia, your bitterness is not helping matters. You need to calm down," Drew said calmly.
"Calm down? After what you did to me? I have every right to be upset with you, Daddy! You had nothing but contempt for my mother!" she yelled.
Drew bolted up and slapped her across her face, causing her to fall back on her rocking chair. With fresh tears falling from her eyes, she looked up and saw the rage in his eyes.
"Don't you ever talk to me like that again, you little bitch! I'm your father so show me some respect!" he yelled in her face.
"Did you ever show some respect to my mother?" Alicia berated.
"That's it! Now you're gonna get it!" he yanked her up off the rocking chair and threw her on the bed.
Alicia tried to get away but Drew proved to be too strong. He grabbed her ankles and dragged her back to him, pinning her down on the firm mattress. She struggled to get away but he reached over and slapped her over and over again.
"Daddy, please don't do this!" Alicia pleaded.
"You shut your mouth! You're gonna give me what I want and you're gonna do it with a smile." Drew began ripping her clothes off.
"Stop it, Daddy! You can't do this to me!" Alicia pleaded but it fell to deaf ears. Suddenly, she lost all the will to fight when Drew had his way with her all night long...
End Flashback
"...and for the first time in my life, I truly felt vulnerable. From then on, up until Amy rescued me, I had lost all will to fight him. So, whenever he wanted it, I just gave it to him so he wouldn't beat me later on," Alicia explained.
Stupid son-of-a bitch! A voice in Hunter's head said. He held Alicia tighter and stroked her hair gently.
"I'm so sorry, baby. I should've been there," he said softly.
"You didn't know what I was going through. Now, I'm praying for Mommy. I don't wanna lose her," Alicia cried. She buried her face against his chest.
I don't wanna lose her, either, Alicia. I love her so much.
Will Amy survive the shooting? What will happen to Drew? You'll just have to find out in the next chapter!