Chapter 8:

Dean slowly parked his car in a deserted cave, he looked over at Chloe and watched as she turned her head to look outside, but it was dark so she couldn't see anything. Lightly placing his hand on the little girls knee he waited until she looked at him, so innocent, so unaware of what was going to happen next.

"Where are we?" Chloe curiously asked.

"Nowhere that you will remember, you'll just remember the darkness. You know what the say, bad things happen to good people." He got out of the car, slammed the door shut and moved to the trunk, and took out a handheld gun.

"Where are we?" Chloe continued, starting to tear up, he didn't answer her question and he was scared. "I want to see my mommy!" The little blonde demanded angrily through her tears.

"Sorry sugar, it's not going to happen." He opened up the passenger side, hiding the gun from the little girl. "But it will happen if you stay in your passenger seat like a good girl, close your eyes and don't move."

"Really? Okay." Chloe nodded as she closed her eyes, she didn't move an inch because she knew any slight move could prevent her from seeing her mom, being held by her mom and getting hugs and kisses from her.

Dean slowly pulled out the gun from behind him, he looked at it for a second admiring his reflection and then pointed the gun at Chloe's head. This will teach you Paige, you will never ever see your pride and joy again. Closing his eyes he pulled the trigger and with a loud bang everything was over.

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A day later someone who was on a walk was walking down a path that lead to nowhere when she noticed tire tracks leading to a cave, biting her lip in worry she followed the tracks and noticed the trunk was open along with the passengers door.

"Hello? Is someone there?" She called out as she stepped closer towards the car, once she got closer she noticed blood, her slow steps soon turned into runs as she looked into the passengers seat and took a few steps back as her hand covered her mouth. "Oh my god, oh my god." Grabbing her cell phone from her pocket she dialed '911'

"Hello? I'm in a cave that's located in the Hitchery forest the far east end and there is a dead little girl, she looks like that girl that was on the news. Chloe Michalchuk...Alright, okay I will."

20 minutes later everything was taped off, and policemen were everywhere in the cave, they interviewed the hiker, found a second body that was Dean's who committed suicide after he killed his own daughter.

"I'll go tell the news to the Ms. Michalchuk and her family." The sheriff nodded his head, and left the scene since there were already enough of them there, as he made his way towards the house he signed to himself, no one liked giving such sad news.

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The doorbell rang, Paige Michalchuk, her mom, Alex and her brother were sitting in the living room watching a movie, Paige stood up and walked towards the door as her eyes stared at the sheriff in front of her.

"Guys the police are here again." Paige called out weakly, everyone slowly walked over and looked at him waiting for some type of good news. "So, what's the news have you found Chloe? Dean?" her eyes were filled with hope, but she saw none in the officers.

"We found Chloe and Dean, but..."

"But what?" Paige's voice began to falter, biting her lip she glanced at him. Hoping that her worst fears were not in fact becoming a reality.

"We're sorry, but they're dead. Dean molested and killed Chloe by a gunshot in the head. Then he took his own life, we're getting a complete autopsy done that you can look at if you want." The officer held his hat to his chest and nodded slowly.

"...No..." Paige shook her head from side to side refusing to believe it though all signs pointed to it being true. "No... no...no.." Her voice broke out in sobs as she looked at everyone around her, everything was falling apart. Her world the one thing that she raised that she gave birth to was ripped away from her, and the guy that did it won't even get the proper justice.

"NO!" Paige screamed loudly once more as she fell to the ground her body shaking wildly, as her hands covered the back of her head. "My baby can't be dead, she can't be! What kind of world is this huh? What did she do to deserve this, eighteen hours of labor, everything I went through everything." She wailed as it became harder to breath she started to hypervenilate. "Why didn't he just kill me."

"Paige darling.." Mrs. Michalchuk sympatheticly moved towards her daughter only to get screamed at as she got closer by Paige who was now proceeding to hit her head against the floor. "Stop it, you're going to hurt yourself."

"Go away, make it just go away." Paige continued to wail, everyone who even attempted to comfort her was pushed away even her girlfriend. They all gave up after the first try, but Alex didn't.

"Paige, baby, please." Alex begged holding back her own tears, it tore her apart to see her girlfriend who she loved to be so broken. It also hurt that Chloe was dead. Lightly grabbing the blonde she pulled her into a tight hug, and rubbed her back in a comforting motion.

"She's...dead, she's not coming back. It hurts Alex it hurts all over." Paige choked as she clung to her girlfriend for the life of her because right now she was her only source of oxygen, her only source of strength.

"She's in a better place now." Dylan quietly stated hoping that it wouldn't offend his baby sister. "She's not with Dean, though she should have been with you in the first place. He'll get his justice, just not the one we want. I'll arrange the funeral."

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A gravestone laid in the middle of the graveyard in the shape of a heart, and it read:

Chloe Michalchuck.
A beautiful loving daughter, an angel.
Mommy misses you.
2002-2005

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The END.