-Chapter 4-
I settle in for my sleep and think about how the day went. Since I feigned being tired after getting back from Wal-mart, I didn't have to work for the rest of the day. Which was nice. So, I relaxed into a bath and washed my hair thoroughly. It was about 9:30 p.m. when I heard the sirens. I figured they were just sirens that would pass us by and be a false alarm, as always, so I didn't get up. None of us ever bother with things like that anymore. But when Rico barges through the door, fists swinging, I know something is really wrong. They're heading for us. How Rico knew, I'll never know, all I knew was that I was bruising all over again and I could feel all the recently healed ones blooming all over again.
The sirens stop and we hear people barge into the doors. Rico doesn't notice. He's just thinking about beating me. He's well on his way to killing me. He smashes my face to the floor, blood splattering across the room. There are feet stomping up the stairs and I try to tell them not to come in. I want Rico to kill me. I want to be done.
I want to be dead….