Chapter 6

Hearing a car pull up, he walks over to the window and notices it. Alex was dressed in a red tie and black shirt with a pair of torn black jeans. Tiffany approaches Alex and hugs him with her sculpted figure, which is twine-thin.

Her waist was tapered, and she had a burnished complexion. A pair of arched eyebrows looked down on sweeping eyelashes with a red dress as she broke into a smile; her beguiling, oyster-white teeth lit up the room. It could jolt you like an electric current when that megawatt smile gave you her full attention.

Filed to perfection, her Venus-red fingernails ran through her black hair. Climbing into the car and went for lunch.

Joshua decided not to sit at home and overthink things; as he showered and got dressed, he got into his car and drove off to a lodge far from home; he then called up a few friends for a party, and they all met up at the lodge.

Driving up to the lodge, he pulls over, has two straws of cocaine with a beer, plays his music, and then arrives to meet his other friends and ex-girlfriend, Casey.

Casey had a comely figure which was stem-thin as she wore ripped black jeans and a pair of sneakers with her longish black hair and red nail and red lipstick with a white jacket. Walking up to Casey, he held her tightly, hugged her, and kissed her on the cheek.

“It's been a while, handsome,” he smiles, looking down at her; “yes, it has. You are looking beautiful as always,” he says as he runs his fingers through her hair. “Thank you for coming” walking up to the rest of his friends, they greet him, and they head off to the pool; opening up the alcohol,

“Won't your neighbors complain over the noise?”

“Are we allowed to party here?”

“Of course we are; let's get this party started?”

Casey looks good in her swimwear. They were a couple back then; he took his bear and went to stand next to her.

“Do you remember when I promised you I won't ever let anyone lay their hands on you?”

“Then nick came into our lives, and you started dating him, and he would beat you up?”

“Yes, I do, Joshua; the only reason I went to him is that you lost control of who you were, and you promised    me you would never be like your Dad.”

“Why are you talking about this? Nick died in the hospital; he was ill.”

“Sorry for bringing that up.”

“Joshua, what are you getting at? Why would you bring that up.”

“Well, do you remember his dad blamed me for his death after we got in that fight and said I was why he got sick?”

“Yes, I remember it was quite a big deal between the family, and not to mention, while his parents were grieving, your dad destroyed his dad, making him lose his job and his wife?”

“That's the past, Joshua. I am sure everything is fine.”

Joshua took a sip of his beer. “What happened to his dad? We never saw or heard of him again?” Joshua questioned.

“The last time I heard, his dad got locked up for Exporting drugs from other countries.”

“Do you know if he is still in prison?” Casey shrugs her shoulder; he moves closer to her as she moves away,

“Joshua, what are you doing?”

“I am looking for stability.”

“We both know you stopped loving me. I wish you did love me, but we were just each other's shoulder to cry on.”

Joshua agrees as he holds her tight. ”Let's stay friends; you're right; let's not complicate things.”

She stares at him, wondering if he still loves her cause the way he can stare at her makes her feel he wants to be with her and makes her feel loved. “So, how's your mom doing?”

“She asked about you.”

“Oh really? Does she remember me?” He asks if she has amnesia.

“Yes, she does,”

Casey lets out a faint smile staring into his.

“Joshua? Why did you ask all these questions about Nick? Is that the reason you invited us here? What's the motive, Joshua?”

“Well, something strange happened last night. I think I saw the dad.”

“No way, he's in prison doing time.”

“I won't forget the day he said he would get his revenge; he was furious.”

“We are here to enjoy ourselves; I got something to show you?”

“Let me guess, you got that ring you promised me ages ago?” she jokingly says as they both laugh. He takes her by the hand and leads her to the room where he pulls out a letter in a small brown box with a detailed gold rose on top, reaches out to her neck, removes the chain off her neck with a minor key on that she thought was a pendant, but it turns out to be a key that can unlock the box.

Surprised, she says to him, “you gave me this three years ago when we were dating, and you never mentioned it was to unlock a box; what if I threw it away?” She laughs, removing his chain; he smiles at her. “This is the backup key.”

As they both lie down on the carpet, opening the box, Casey curiously looks at what is in it. He then takes out a letter.“I saved this for you till the right moment.” He then hands the letter to her; she opens it. It’s a map of her backyard.

“What is this?”

“That map provides sufficient money for you to start over and take care of all the medical bills.”

“I am speechless, and I do not know if I should kiss or hug you?”

“A hug would be fine,” he smiles.

Laying down on the carpet, they remind each other of the remarkable things they did together.

Lifting her from the ground, "shall we join the others?”

“Sure,” she smiles as they walk out of the room together. He holds her hand, and they go back downstairs, joining the others. “Welcome back, lovebird,” his friend says as they go to the pool.

Sitting by the window, he stares out, rolling a blunt using the light Of the moon for light in the room as he then smokes his weed staring over at Casey lying with his leg above the sheet.

He went over to the bag and put out his cocaine drawing himself two lines and pulling it up to his nose,

He mixed the cocaine with the weed and smoked it.

He then lays beside Casey, facing her, drifting off to sleep,

There is a tall, dark shadow approaching him moving in closer and closer his eyes are like flame red; as Joshua tries to scream

He sees Nick’s father in front of him, laughing.

Joshua wakes up sweating as he climbs out of bed; it's 5 am as he looks over at Casey.

He leaves the lodge, climbs into the car, takes a beer a driving 60km; suddenly, he bumps into something as the car swerves the windows; he bumps his forehead; feeling light-headed, he climbs out of the car and sees a body in a pool of blood.

He is sitting on his knees, head in his hands, screaming, “why?” As he realizes the consequences of this accident, he will never tell winter he loves her; he will never see the light of day again. I need to dispose of the body as he drags the body into the lake, ensuring nothing leads him to this scene.

He, however, does not see his car's number plate; he probably left it behind as he drives off. This is messed up. He thinks about what he will tell the others because he thought this person was still at the party.

It's Misty; as he realizes the number plate is off and turns around back at the scene, he cannot find the number plate as he searches and searches, getting lighter. I need to go home and find myself an alibi.

Joshua parks his car in the garage, fixes the bumper as he gets under a shower, closes his eyes, and washes the blood off his hand.