7: I’m done with you

KATHY

"Katherine" Iris said, "you look tired"

"Iris" I said keeping my voice flat, devoid of any emotions. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to visit Nana. Is that suddenly a crime?" She asked sweetly, tilting her head. "Although judging by the state of you, I would say you're the one who's been up to something interesting"

And the picture Daniel showed me that morning flashed in my head and it hit me.

My stomach dropped.

Iris had been the one who drugged me and took that photo of me and Viktor at the 11:11 club.

I still didn't know where Nana was because she didn't come out at the sound of voices.

"I heard about your boyfriend... Daniel was it?" She said, a cunning smile appearing on her lips. "Such a shame though isn't it. Men can't just leave their dicks in their pants"

I knew exactly what she was doing. But I wasn't going to let her get in my head, not today.

"Although I heard you've already moved on so quickly" she continued, her smile widening.

"And how would you know anything about me moving on?" I asked.

"Oh Kathy"

"Don't call me that"

"You don't have to tell me anything Kathy" she continued ignoring what I had just said. "It's interesting to know that today you're crying over Daniel and tomorrow you're in another man's arms. Daniel looked so heartbroken when he saw the picture" she laughed so maniacally that it bothered me.

"So you poisoned me?"

"I wouldn't say "poisoned" sweetheart. Just a little birthday gift to take the edge off" she said sweetly.

Ugh God.

She was already irritating me and I wanted her out of the house.

"I just love how everything always comes easy for you Kathy. Nana's favourite. Good grades. The boyfriends who actually treated you well. A nice job and a nice car" she tilted her head slightly, "must be so nice"

"Don't"

"Don't what? Point out the obvious?"

I froze for a few seconds. Still shocked that she was still doing this.

We were adults already, yet here she was acting like an immature child. But if she wanted to be petty, I would give her exactly that.

"You want to talk about easy?" I said."Let's talk about the truth first Iris. Let's talk about Marcus"

Her face faltered for just a second.

"I was 16 and you were 18, we were best friends" I said. "I was finally able to come out of my shell and be with someone new when you basically did that every week. I was spending less time with you and more with him and what did you do Iris?"

She scoffed folding her hands together.

"You slept with my boyfriend, on purpose. After lying to him that my parents died because of me" I answered for her. "You just couldn't stand me being happy"

"That was years ago" she tried defending herself.

"And years later you're still that jealous kid who couldn't do much for her life and blames other people for it"

Iris's jaw tightened. The sweetness in her voice dropped completely.

"You don't know what it's like" she snapped. "Growing up in an orphanage. Growing up without a father and the only time anyone even bothered to look for me was when he had died. Nana looked after you like you were made of glass. You were the golden child while I got whatever was left over"

"None of that is my fault" I yelled.

"Nothing is ever your fault Katherine. Funny how that always works out for you" she smiled bitterly.

"I'm done with you Iris" I said, and I meant every word. "I'm done feeling sorry for you. I'm done making excuses for you. For the things you did because you had it harder. But just so you know Iris, I suffered too, we both suffered, just in different ways and instead of dealing with it together like we always would, you decided to spend 16 years tormenting my life for things I had no control of"

"Control?" She laughed, "your parents are dead because of you"

And that was the last straw. The last restraint I had left in me.

Before she could say anything else, I struck her accross her face.

I heard footsteps behind me, probably Nana but I was too blinded by anger to look back. Iris held onto my shirt like she was about to fight me.

"Iris" Nana called out sternly but none of us listened to her.

Suddenly Iris was on the floor and I was above her, hitting and striking her while she tried to grab my hair.

I was physically stronger than her because of the nature of my job. She tried severally to land blows but none of them touched me.

Nana was in the background yelling out both of our names and begging us to stop. I tried to stop severally but Iris kept bringing me down. She was clearly asking for it.

I didn't like petty fights like this. In fact I hated fighting except it was with a criminal. And the last time I got into a fight like this was 8 years ago when she had accused me of killing my parents.

She just had a way of getting under my skin and I preferred to ignore her but not today. She was in the house she was banned from by Nana.

She had no right coming in here and accusing me of things like that.

All I've been doing was looking for my parent's killers so she had no right.

"GIRLS" Nana's voice cracked and we both stopped for a moment to catch our breaths but something felt off.

I looked back only to see Nana holding her chest with one hand, her face red.

My heart stopped.

I stood up from Iris immediately and ran towards her.

Her face twisted in pain and her phone dropped to the ground. She swayed. Then collapsed.

I ran faster, barely catching her before her body hit he ground.

"Call 911" I yelled.