Chapter 37:

November 7, 1988

Tiffany stood in the kitchen, carefully preparing the sweet gravy sauce which would accompany the main meal, which consisted of swedish meatballs and chips. Spinning around, she gleefully skipped across the kitchen and peeked into the oven, her cookies looked delicious. Glancing at the meatballs, she smiled with delight when she noticed them sizzling in the pan before Charles strolled into the room. "Fuck, Tiff. This shit smells nice" announced Charles, with a huge grin on his face

"Well, hopefully it won't taste like shit" giggled Tiffany as Charles crept behind her, then grabbed her hips from behind

"You aren't mad" he asked as he pecked at her neck

"About what, sweetie" answered Tiffany bewildered

"Sophia" replied Charles

"Oh" murmered Tiffany, before she questioned "have I, got anything to be mad about"

"Tiffany, what she said wa-"

"Was what, lies, the truth" stammered Tiffany as she picked up a knife

"I don't know" stuttered Charles nervously

"You don't know, what the fuck, don't lie" spat Tiffany angrily

"Yeah, it was true, so what. It was a one time thing"

"One time thing, huh" cackled Tiffany, before roaring "when was you gonna' leave me, hey, tell me"

"Never" quickly replied Charles as he apprehensively reached for the knife, that Tiffany was clutching

"Why'd you tell her, why" Tiffany screamed as she threw the knife into the sink

"I don't know, I just...wanted to fuck her"

"You bastard" Tiffany yelled, before grabbing the pan of food and lashing it at Charles. He leaped backwards and the pan crashed onto the floor, scolding hot gravy sauce splashed onto the floor and onto his leg, causing him to roar in pain. "Leave me, the fuck alone. You're worthless" Tiffany said calmly as she turned back and began prodding the meatballs with a fork

"You're fucking bi-polar" stated Charles, before hurrying out of the room

"You better kill that bitch" warned Tiffany, as she turned around and bent down to pick up the smashed pan, before looking up and yelling "and am the one, who has to clean up the mess. All the fucking time".

...Two Hours Later...

Leaning beside Sophia's dead body, Tiffany tangled her fingers in the corpses long, wavy red hair and gazed into the girls electric blue eyes. She may have been lying lifelessly beside Tiffany, but she was still pretty, her eyes were still sparkling with life. When Tiffany stood, Charles wrapped his arms around her, she felt his warm breath on the back of his neck. Tiffany's hands were shaking from the thrill of it, something about the crime gave her a buzz, a sense of amusement and adventure. Charles had strangled the girl, he'd felt the life drain from Sophia's body.

"I'm sorry" he whispered into Tiffany's ear, quickly reminded her of Charles's affair, causing her to shove him off her and stomp angrily out of the room. "I said am sorry" he yelled with despair, before hurrying behind her, not wanting to leave on a sour note. He was leaving for a job soon, he'd recieved a phone call from Eddie, who'd said that he had a job set-up. All Charles had to do, was kill some socialite, her name was Vivian Van Pelt and she was seriously rich. Eddie claimed he needed the money, the reason was to buy Sara's love. Charles was in no position to disagree, he quickly agreed to the plan, because money was money and he needed it to pay rent.

"Baby, I'm sorry" he said with a heart-warming smile, causing the stern Tiffany to have a glistening smile wipe across her face as he grabbed her and hugged her lovingly.

"I love you" she whispered, before she warned as she reached into his pants and grabbed his penis "but...if you ever, ever, look at another woman...I'm gonna tear this off"

"O-o-okay" he stammered nervously with a handsome grin, before she released him and he told her "I love you, too".

...Eddie and Sara's House...

He'd told her, he was going to earn the money, she had wondered what that meant. Was it a secret code, did it mean something else, maybe he was going to kill again. She didn't know. He wasn't Eddie anymore, he was a monster, a psychopathic, murderous creature who preyed on innocent children. It was as if he was out of a nightmare. Now, Sara stood outside her bedroom door, moaning with frustration and anger as she listened to Caroline screaming hysterically inside the room. Just moments before, she had informed Caroline that they were leaving New Jersey, Caroline didn't see it as a new start, instead she thought about all her friends at school.

"Mom, I don't want to leave" cried Caroline from inside

"Baby, I don't either, we just...have to" replied Sara calmly as she rubbed her temples gently, trying to ignore the throbbing headache

"Why'd we have to, it's not fair" babbled Caroline, before adding "I'll miss auntie Tiffany and uncle Charlie, what about Eddie"

"Maybe, maybe, they'll...erm, visit" answered Sara, before suggesting "why don't we, have a leaving party"

"No, I hate you" Caroline yelled, before repeatedly screaming "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you"

"Don't say that" begged Sara as her eyes welled up with tears, "I love you, it's for our own good". Caroline opened the door, then asked "why, what's so bad momma, what's so bad, we've got to go"

"Eddie, he's been a bad man, sweetie"

"Doesn't he love us" asked Caroline as a tear rolled down her cheek

"He loves us, very much, but...we can't be around him"

"I just, don't understand" tearfully said Caroline, before she questioned "don't, you love him"

"I love him, very much" confessed Sara, before adding "but, he's dangerous"

"Where's he now"

"Sweetie, he's just going to pick up some money, so we can afford a new life. It'll be great, we'll get a nice apartment, till I find a good job, you'll start a new school, make new friends" insisted Sara as she gently rubbed her daughters cheek

"Okay, momma" replied Caroline, before Sara bent down and hugged her daughter lovingly, while reassuringly stroking her hair.

Her bedroom had been emptied, her clothes had been stuffed into her suitcase, now Sara waited anxiously for Eddie's return. "Take the money, then leave" she told herself sternly, as Caroline wandered around the house, amusing herself. Grabbing a ciggarette, she placed it between her lips and lit it, her hands were shaking terribly as she did, before she heard the front-door open. "Eddie" she muttered as she stood up and hurried to the door, where she found Eddie clutching a sack. Eddie looked at her and smiled, she returned the smile, then asked "what's there"

"I don't know, I haven't counted" answered Eddie as Caroline came running down the hallway, towards him with a glistening smile on her face. She leaped into his arms and he swung her around, before laughing "Charles, he took all the jewellry and shit. I thought you couldn't be arsed selling the stuff, so I just took my cut of the money". Sara nodded her head agreeingly, before reaching into the sack and pulling out a bundle of cash which was drenched in blood. Letting out a startling scream, she jumped backwards and cried "take it away" before admitting "I don't want it, especially if it cost someone there life"

"Come on, you need it, just take it" insisted Eddie, before revealing "she was some snobby bitch, anyway"

"Oh, god, get away from Caroline" screamed Sara, before ragging Caroline of Eddie and running into the livingroom where she grabbed her suitcase. Breaking into a sprint, she ran through the house and yelled "don't talk to me, ever again. You're a monster". Eddie shook his head in disbelief, he'd lost everyone he loved, Lila, Sara and Caroline. Trembling with sadness, he collapsed onto the floor as tears streamed down his cheeks and he let out a scream of defeat.

Chapter 36 finished

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