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Joel planned to kill Cody with a simple injection. He didn't want to deal with the mess. He went down in the basement to check on Cody to find that he was fast asleep. Bruises from the beating he had taken were becoming visible on his skin. Joel almost felt bad for the kid, but then he remembered what the kid knew about his past. The murder. Or at least one of them anyway. He needed to get rid of the kid. No questions asked about that. Then the sound of a door bell was heard.
"Hey Joel! Some chick's here to see you," Simon yelled from upstairs. Simon's yell and the door bell were enough to wakeCody upand he began to stir on his bed. Joel had already gone upstairs though, forgeting about Cody for the moment. Cody had to go to the bathroom so he was glad when he saw the door was now open. He quickly climbed the stairs.
"Who are you?" Joel asked crudely.
"Carey," she smiled. It took every ounce of her not to lash out at Joel. She wanted her son back and she wanted him right now. "Can I come in?"
Joel didn't say anything, he just opened the door a little wider and let her in. "Are you going to tell me why you're gracing me with your presence, hot stuff?"
Carey smiled a little. "Yeah. I was looking for my son. You've probably seen him. Blonde hair, blue-green eyes, kind of short for his age? I wouldn't suppose that means anything to you?"
"Nope. I'm sorry. Doesn't ring a bell," Joel slyly remarked.
"I think differently."
"Why would you think that?"
"Because he's standing right behind you." Joel turned around so fast he almost fell over in the process. Cody was peeking out from behind the wall.
"What are you doing up here!" yelled Joel.
"I had to go to the bathroom." Carey was suprised at how calm Cody was acting. She took a few steps closer to Cody while Joel wasn't looking.
"Cody! Come here!" beckoned Carey.
Cody made no move to go to this woman that looked so familiar. Joel only smiled to himself. "Dad? Who is she? She looks like that boy's mom that we met at the hotel." Cody said.
Carey's jaw about dropped to the floor. Her son had called the man that had tried to kill him "dad"! "This is a bad lady. She wants to take you away from me," Joel replied to Cody's question. That's when Cody came out from behind the wall. Carey saw all the bruises running up and down his body.
"What did you do to him! Why does he act like he doesn't know me!" yelled Carey.
"He was being a bad boy. I had to teach him a lesson. Right, Cody?"
Cody nodded his head. "I ask too many questions."
"Cody, honey. Don't you know who I am?"
"No."
"I'm your mom. Do you remember your brother?"
"You're not my mom. My mom's dead. And I don't have any siblings."
Hearing those words come from Cody's mouth made Carey break down. Carey didn't know what else to do so she started rambling off memories that Cody had shared with Zack and her. She started with first moving to Boston, then went on to the beauty pagent, and the dance competition. She didn't stop when she got to the murder he had witnessed or how he had lied to her about everyting. When she was done. She looked into Cody's eyes. His expression showed nothing but confusion.. He didn't know who to believe. He wanted to believe his dad, but everything the woman, Carey, had said was so much more detailed. Cody closed his eyes. Everything came flooding back to him. The move to Boston, the beauty pagent, and the dance competition. Everything came back to him, but he wasn't going to show it just yet. If he was going to get out, he knew he needed to act like he was on Joel's side. He looked at his mother and gave her a smile of recognition before he said, "What are you talking about? You're just a girl I met at a hotel."
At first, Carey was confused. She had thought the smile ment that Cody knew who she was, but then he had denied everything. Then it occured to Carey what Cody was doing. She started to cry even harder, though she secretly was jumping for joy inside. Then Carey saw Joel motioning at something behind her. She realized too late that it was Simon coming to grab hold of her. Joel needed to kill her, too.
Simon tied Carey to a chair that Joel grabbed from the living room. "Why are you tying her up, dad?" asked Cody. He knew very well, what he was going to do. He saw the syringe sticking out of Joel's pocket.
"Do I need to teach you another lesson about not asking to many questions?" yelled Joel. Cody had no choice but to shut his mouth.
Then Joel brought out the syringe. As he walked over to Carey,a smile was put on his face. "Dad! What are you doing! You can't kill her. She didn't do anything!" Cody ran forward, trying to push Joel away from his mother, but Simon was quicker and stood in front of Joel. He picked up Cody who was screaming and thrashing around.
"Shut him up. I can't do this with all the screaming," Joel said. Carey watched in horror as her son was thrown like a rag doll into the wall. He landed with a big thud, and didn't move after that. The only sound he made was that of his shallow breathing.
"Please don't do this!" Carey cried. "Cody didn't do anything! He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Look, I gave Cody his chance. He promised me he would never tell anyone about what I did. I know he told Zack, who I can see told you."
While Carey was pleading for Joel not to kill her, she secretly called Zack. The police would be there any minute. She just needed to buy a little more time. "Please, Joel. I need to take care of my sons. They need me!"
"Don't worry about them. You'll be with them again. You just won't be in this world," Joel laughed crudely.
It was then that Carey heard the sirens. Joel heard them, too and somehow knew they were coming to get him. Before Carey could react, he stuck the syringe into Carey's arm. She screamed for Joel to stop as the liquid started to seep through her veins. Now it was Cody's turn. His eyes had fluttered open when he heard his mom scream. When he saw Joel coming over to him he tried to get up, but he wasn't fast enough. Joel had stuck the syringe into his arm, too. Then Joel and Simon ran off somewhere. Cody didn't bother finding out. He needed to get to his mother.
Cody stood up. He wanted to see his mom one last time before the drug took him away. The drug was working fast though, and he stumbled over to the chair. Carey was barely hanging on. She looked up at Cody, tears shone in her eyes. "I'm sorry, mom," Cody forced out.
"Don't be. It's not your fault," she paused for a deep breath, that happened to be getting shallower by the second. "I love you."
"I love you, too." It was like Carey had been waiting for Cody to say those words one last time before she died because the next thing Cody knew, his mom's eyes closed, and she didn't move again.
Everything was becoming fuzzy for him. He was standing next the his mother, not wanting to leave her side. He didn't know where Joel and Simon went. And he didn't care. He had failed his mom and brother. Then Cody heard loud banging and voices. He was too far gone to understand their meaning or where it was coming from. He slowly sank to the floor. The last thing he saw were a bunch of men breaking down the door. He heard their voices hovering over him. Then darkness overcame him, and he was gone.
A/N: First of all, I want you to know this is not the end of the story. I have one more chapter to sum everything up. Second of all, I know you guys are going to be really mad at me with the way this story went. Third of all, you're going to be even madder (I don't think madder is a word) when I tell I'm leaving very early in the morning for camp and I won't be back until Friday night. I was going to be nice and leave the chapter not so tence, but when I was writing it I kinda got carried away. lol. You probably noticed. I actually almost cried as I was writing it, too. lol. Well, you'll probably see an update late Friday night or on Saturday some time. I'm really sorry about the way things are going, but I have something in my head that I want to happen. Just bare with me. Okay. Now please review. Even if you are really mad at me. I don't care. I love to hear your thoughts and opinions.