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Chapter Eleven- Luckenbach, Texas
"Stay with me
I'll take you into another world
I'll bring your heart into another world
The secret belong to a part of me
Increase my anger and my pain
Just close my eyes and live your life
Your tears are so sweet for me"
Lacuna Coil- "The Secret…."
Charlie Swan's police cruiser was pulled from the mud, and not a second later Charlie was inside. He and two other cruisers speeding down the road to find the escaped Leah Clearwater, and her innocent hostage, Alice Brandon.
Charlie flipped on his sirens and turned onto the dirt road where the truck was parked. Charlie got out and yelled, "Leah Clearwater, release the hostage and get out of the truck with your hands up." He had his gun aimed at the truck. His two deputies were standing next to their cars in a similar position to him.
Inside the truck, Leah broke the girls' kiss. She removed her hands from Alice's waist and reached up. She unsnapped the necklace around her neck and put it around Alice's. Leah traced the carving of the small bird one last time.
Alice reached up and looked at the necklace, wondering what it was. She turned it over in her hands. Leah said, "I love you, too, Alice." She swallowed. "That's why I can't allow you to go with me." She shoved Alice out of the truck as hard as she could. She moved over to the driver's seat. She put the truck in drive, turned the wheel to the left and sped off as fast as she could across the field next to the dirt road. The officers behind her started to shoot.
Alice hit the ground hard from Leah's shove. She stood up, with Leah's bag over her shoulder. She was glad that she was able to hang on to it when Leah pushed her out. She saw the truck speeding off. Leah was hauling ass across the field. Alice yelled at the cops to stop shooting at her, but they didn't listen until Charlie told them to stop.
Charlie pulled out his rifle from the passenger seat and aimed it at the truck.
Alice screamed. "NO!"
Charlie fired at the truck, just once. That was all it took, though. The back window shattered and the truck immediately slowed.
Alice screamed again and fell to her knees sobbing. Suddenly, she couldn't see anymore. Alice didn't see the field, the cops, or the truck with her beloved Leah dead inside.
Alice saw Leah in the blue dress coming down the stairs. She saw Leah staring at her, memorizing her face. She saw Leah's brown eyes gazing into hers from between Alice's legs. She saw Leah lying across the bed, sleeping, sunlight spilling onto her face. She saw the pride in Leah's eyes when she took the necklace from her neck and put it around Alice's. She saw the love in Leah's eyes when she looked at Alice just before she shoved Alice out of the truck.
Her vision blurred by tears and memories, Alice stood up and spun around. She ran into the woods next to her and ran.
Her feet were tired long ago, her tears had refused to fall anymore. The sadness made her heart shrink into her chest. Alice stumbled out of the woods, numb, sore and dirty. She came to the side of the road and held her thumb out.
A brown truck pulled up next to her. A man was driving and a smiling woman sat next to him.
The smiling woman spoke, "Can we give you a lift anywhere?"
"Wherever you're going." Alice said in a dead voice. She walked around and climbed onto the back of the truck. She sat with her head against the window, trying to will away the pain in her heart.
She opened up Leah's bag and took out the wooden box. She opened it. Inside she found pictures of Leah and her father, Leah and her brother, Leah and a younger man. Alice turned that picture over to find the words, 'Me and Sam' in Leah's handwriting.
Leah found a few pictures of Leah by herself. She ran her fingers over Leah's face and kissed the picture. Her sore tear ducts finally allowed her to cry again. She pressed the picture to her chest over her heart. Her dead eyes looked up at the road that was rapidly passing under the truck. In a soft, dead voice, Alice started to sing, "Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin' got us feuding
like the Hatfield and McCoy's
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Newberry's train songs
and blue eyes cryin' in the rain, out in Luckenbach Texas
ain't nobody feelin' no pain."
She closed her eyes again, imagining Leah's hands on her again. Imagining dancing with her again. After about twenty minutes, the truck stopped. The doors opened and the woman spoke to Alice again. "Come on, sweetie." Alice looked at her and finally realized she was speaking to her. The woman waited patiently for Alice to get off the truck.
The man handed Alice a twenty-dollar bill. "Go get yourself something to eat." He nodded to his right. Alice looked where he had nodded, there was a Burger King. Alice nodded and thanked them, then she crossed the road. She wasn't hungry. Even if she was, she wasn't sure if she could keep it down.
Maybe if she ate, she would throw up. Then she could puke her heart out, she thought. She walked until she found the bus station. She opened the door and went inside. She went over to the counter.
"Where are you headed, dear?" The woman asked, looking her over.
If the song were true, she hoped this was the right choice. Alice looked up at her. "Luckenbach, Texas."
The End….of Part One! Part Two will be posted tomorrow!
A/N: Quick thanks to everyone who has read this so far, I promise the sequel will keep you interested, just please stick with me. Happy Birthday to one of my lovely ladies, LucyClearwaterMeraz- TODAY (Jan. 19) is her 19th birthday!
Also, happy birthday to CullenGurlsDoItBetter, her birthday is TOMORROW! Happy 19th birthday to you as well! Love you girls!!! Thanks to LCM, CGDIB, NYX826 and Tifa. Loveless for being so supportive of my story. And to O. N. Labbit for harrassing me about posting. ;) MinePlusYoursEqualsHarmony and WhiteTiger18, who have been with me since the beginning, THANKS! –Loveless-
