Chapter 4

Author: ok so I know the last chapter might have been boring...sorry but I needed to get Thanksgiving out of the way for the good stuff. Now some things might be from the movie and others might not be. I wont get all the quotes right because I dont like using the F word a lot or GD period! Towards the part when a certain someone dies there will be a lot of the F word but not right now! Haha! Ok maybe a little! But I hope everyone likes it!

That afternoon Brianna sat up in her room thinking about what happened at the dinner table. She could have sworn she saw her mom but she wasnt sure she was going crazy, but Jack...Jack looked all weird and then smiled. Maybe he saw her too.

Flashback

"Let's eat!" Bobby exclaimed coming into the dining room. The table was covered with food that Ma use to make. Jack did a great job making everything just the same. Maybe it was too much of the same. It just wouldnt be the same without her there. Everyone knew it but decided to ignore it and have a good dinner together.

" Close your mouth Jeremiah. What were you born in a barn?" Evelyn told him. Jermiah just looked at her and then smiled. He looked over at Angel who was devouring his food. " Close your mouth Angel. What you think you a cow or something?" Jeremiah told his younger brother. Quickly Angel closed his mouth.

"What more tattoos Angel?" Evelyn asked. Angel quickly covered his tattoos up " You dont have to cover them up. Look at mine!" she told him with a wink that made him smile " But get your elbows off the table"

Jack looked so disfigured when his mother appeared to him. " Jackie...i know that bad things happened to you...hey look at me" she told him that made him look at her with tears in his eyes " but your safe now" he just wanted to break down right there but knew that it would be queer if he did

Brianna was watching Jack before Evelyn startled her. " Bri!" Brianna breathed in and held her breath. It was like she was scared to even breathe. " You and Jackie back together! Just like old times. Dont be afraid Bri. Everything is going to be ok. You need to have faith! Believe!"

" Alright screw this shit! Lets go play some hockey!" Bobby exclaimed scaring Brianna out of her trance. When she looked up Jack was staring straight at her. She just smiled before taking her plate into the kitchen

End Flashback

Tears ran down her cheek and she walked into the bathroom. She put cold water over her face. Her mom was right she was scared to death. Scared of what happened to her dad would happen to her brothers. Everything seemed to be cursed when it came to Brianna Mercer. She lost her father in a shootout and her mother blamed her. Everything was her faught and she would pay for it every night when her mother would come home from some bar. She watched as men dragged her daddy out into the street and beat him until he was unnoticeable and then shot him. She would have nightmares of that night over and over again. She knew her brothers would go and find out who killed their mother. They might even die trying. Thats what scared her the most. They were all she had left and she couldnt lose them. She didnt think she would survive. Jack...Jack was always there for her. She looked up in the mirror and saw the dark circles under her eyes. She hadnt had any sleep since the murder. Thats all she kept thinking about was what if it was different. What if the boys were home and they went to the store. Suddenly Brianna was startled out of her daze when someone was banging on the door. She opened the door to see Angel standing there " You take a long time in the bathroom!"

She tried to smile but walked past him " Hey you ok?" he asked grabbing her arm

" Yeah!" she told him " Just tired!"

" Yeah you look tired. Maybe you should go get some rest!"

" Yeah I will."

" Bri...everything is going to be ok!"

" I know!" she told him with a half smile. She walked downstairs to find everyone putting on their coats " Where is everyone going?"

" We are going to find out what happened!" Bobby told her " I have to know who killed ma!"

" Bobby!" Brianna yelled after him. He turned around. There was no use arguing " Can I come?"

He smiled "yeah!" She followed them out to the car. She sat quietly as everyone piled into Bobbys car. Jack wrapped his arm around his sisters shoulder. She felt protected and tired. Before she could even close her eyes on her brothers shoulder they pulled up to the grocery store " Why are we here?" she asked

" We thought maybe someone might have seen something." Bobby told her " Everything is going to be fine" he reassured her. He saw the fear in her eyes. Jack continued to hold on to her knowing that any minute she might freak out. She remembered everything about this place. Even in the daylight. Just then Jeremiahs car pulled up " Alright im here!" he said walking up to them. Just then a mideastern man walks up to the store to unlock it " Can I help you?"

" Yeah we are trying to find out who killed our mother. You might have known her. Evelyn Mercer. She was killed here last week along with your cashier." Bobby told the man

" Oh yes...she good woman..always nice" the man told them " here come inside..i show you something" He opened the door and let them all inside. He walked over to the counter and there was a tv. Brianna knew what was in that. She would have to relive the event again. They stood and watched the gunmen come into the store. First they shot the cashier then went to the back where their mom was. Brianna closed her eyes not wanting to watch anymore but her eyes wouldnt do as they were told. They stayed fixed on the tv. Just then one of the gunmen pointed the gun right at her and pulled the trigger! "AHHH!" Brianna yelled. She bent over like she was about to throw up. Jack had walked away not wanting to watch anymore. " WHY?" Brianna yelled " WHY?" Just then she hit the ground out cold. She had passed out from not getting enough sleep. Angel held her in his arms as they sat on the floor in the grocery store. Brianna started to come around when they placed ice on her head. She just stared at them " Bri have you not been sleeping?" Angel asked

" No...i just cant. I keep having this nightmare of the night mom was killed." she told him. Then she began to cry " The nightmare of someone being ripped away from me again and again. I never win. She was so helpless and they shot her. They didnt even care" Angel hugged his baby sister as she cried into his arms. " You need to go get some rest!"

" I want to know who killed ma!" she told him

" We all do but we cant have you dieing on us either"

" Please promise me that if you find something that you will come and get me?"

" Yes of course but promise me that you will go to sleep?"

" I promise." Angel kissed the top of her head before helping her up.

Brianna heard Bobby talking to the cashier " So the cops said that there were witnesses. Do you know anything about that?"

" Well the cops interviewed one guy more than the others. He come in here often from the courts. He wear sweats all the time but no jacket even in rain or snow. He has what you call a big hair"the cashier tried to explain. Angel walked up knowing exactly what he was talking about

" And afro?" Angel asked " You know like Ben Wallace?"

" Oh yes Ben Wallace."

" Where?" Bobby asked

" Right across the street at the gym"

" Thanks!" Bobby said leaving the store " That wasnt no robbery that was an execution."

" What are you talking about?" Brianna asked trying to keep up

" They set ma up! They set her up!" Bobby exclaimed. " Brianna go home! Get some sleep!"

She nodded and watched them take off towards the gym. " Please God bring them home!"

Author: Ok so tell me what you think? I am trying to think of what all happened in the movie but from now on Im going to start making up somethings too to make it really interesting. Please tell me what you think. Be nice but tell me what I need to do:)