WU
TWO MONTHS LATER
"Has the jury reached a verdict?" The judge asked as he turned to the segregated stands from which a suited woman stood, before handing him few papers.
"Yes, your honor-" She said with a quiet nod before taking her seat while the judge scanned the papers he held in his hands and then he turned. "Please stand-"
He nodded to the defendant. Paul-
-who stood so closely to his lawyer whilst awaiting the ultimate judgment with shaky palms.
Yet somehow it didn't feel like the justice we wanted, because as crazy as it sounded, Albert didn't deserve an easy way out. He deserved to suffer-
-like he made her to. Shoving a knife into her and tossing her over a balcony to land on cold concrete.
Watching her take her last painful breath. He deserved worse. He deserved to rot in prison and to spend the rest of hi
DELEI pulled over my car away from the pub and the restricted area barred by yellow tapes that marked the deadliest of scenes.Abandoning the car key in the ignition, i jumped out, my feet dropping to the heated grounds.The wildfire blazed in my eyes as they fought back with water through different hoses and that was when i halted, turning to one of them. The firefighters."You can't be here. Sir, please step away-" His arm dodged me from going any further as the approaching sirens of the trucks that drew closer overshadowed his voice."Is anyone still in there?" I asked, just before someone was carried through the doors of the structurally damaged building and we were both left on edge.There wasn't anyone that wasn't there. The FBI agents that walked past the swat team to the person they just wheeled out of the burnin
MARIA"Oh God" Aal whispered as i dropped her hands to my shoulders. "Is she dead?" She softly asked."Wu's strong. She's a fighter. And this. She's a hero-" I admit, sniffling as I wiped my tears."I want to believe it. So badly that she's okay. Please let her be okay" Jacqueline laid on the ground."She'll be" I nodded as i dropped to the floor too."So who's going to come for us now?" Aaliyah whispered as we all just sat on the ground, waiting.****DELEI pulled over my car away from the pub and the restricted area barred by yellow tapes that marked the deadliest of scenes.Abandoning the car key in the ignition, i jumped out, my feet dropping to the heated grounds.The wildfire blazed in my eyes as they fought back with water through different hoses and that
THREE MONTHS LATER.For most of her recovery days in the hospital, Wu had Mabel, a little more of a grandmother figure to watch her while she recovered. Maria was there too.But halfly because she avoided Marc, preventing the inevitable farewell conversation.But as happy as she was that she finally went through rehabilitation with a clear mind and a slight less likely chance to relapse, she was even happier she was out.WUMy bags clinged to my sweaty palms as i stepped out of that door, knowing my life would finally change.The atmosphere was humid with a brisk breeze whistling past every minute, with the strength to sway my lengthy hair slightly to the right.But none of that mattered, i was finally able to take in a deep breath, not of heroine or any drug but of the air that blew past, beaming with so much possibilities-
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Someone once asked me, how will you know when you’re close to the end? Will there be a sign? Or something that will tell you that it’s time to go.He meant death. I thought something deeper -the time to let go. And it brought thinking, we can’t know, and there’s no sign but if alas-
WU03Life.
AALIYAHBEFORE THE CALLMy hands curled around the grip of sheets as i stood on my knees. My back arching whil
JACQUELINERuby always talked about her happy ending. Having it. Seizing it and choosing it, choosing that particular thing that make