Chapter 5
Rosemary was sitting on her couch in her living room with bandages on her hand. The doorbell began to ring.
"Come in," Rosemary said.
Chuck came into the house and walked over to Rosemary.
"Chuck," Rosemary said.
"Beth's been arrested," Chuck said.
"I'm glad," Rosemary said. "She's dangerous Chuck."
"The police are also blaming me for knowing about her violent tendencies and not saying anything," Chuck said. "Rosemary, I could go to jail too. My children may even be taken away from me!"
"That's what you get for leaving me," Rosemary said. "I set this whole thing up out of revenge. I burned myself with the flat iron to make you pay! My plan has been successful!"
Chuck took his phone out of his pocket and revealed that he was recording the conversation. He then stopped the recording and smiled.
"You're busted Rosemary," Chuck said.
Chuck played back part of the recording.
"I set this whole thing up out of revenge," the recording played. "I burned myself with the flat iron to make you pay! My plan has been successful!"
Rosemary nervously gulped.
"What are you going to do?" Rosemary asked nervously.
"I'm going to take this recording to the police," Chuck said. "You need to pay for what you've done. Actions have consequences."
"Chuck!" Rosemary pleaded. "Please don't!"
"Goodbye Rosemary," Chuck said.
"If you take the police that recording, I will kill myself," Rosemary said.
"Don't be stupid," Chuck said before walking out of the house.
After Chuck left, Rosemary walked to her kitchen and grabbed a glass. She then filled it with water from the sink. Opening the medicine cabinet, Rosemary took a bottle of Benadryl, poured the pills into her coffee grinder, and grinded them. She then took the grinded medicine and poured it into the glass of water.
"Okay," Rosemary said. "One short thing."
Rosemary went into the living room, took out a pad and paper, and wrote down a note. As she wrote the note, tears fell from her eyes. After she finished, she went into the kitchen were her drugged drink was sitting on the counter.
Rosemary took the glass of drugged water in her hand. For a moment, she thought about when she first met Chuck in college.
Chuck sat crying on a bench outside one of the halls at Tree Hill State University. Rosemary walked over to him.
"Excuse me?" Rosemary asked. "Are you okay?"
"Not really," Chuck sobbed. "My girlfriend left me and moved to California."
"I'm so sorry," Rosemary said. "What's your name?"
"Chuck," Chuck sobbed. "Chuck Scolnik."
"I'm Rosemary," Rosemary said. "Rosemary Lissing."
After remembering this moment, Rosemary smiled and drank the drugged water in just three gulps. She then walked upstairs to her bedroom, lied down on her bed, and closed her eyes, never to wake up again.