Chapter 04 The night

All through the night, Carly appointed herself the one to get me juice and assist me in consuming it, after about the third drink I started feeling a little off like someone who is tipsy which comes as a shock to me as I didn't partake of any alcohol but the feeling is so familiar I started to panic. It reminded me of the time Mrs. Brown; my grandma told me to address her this way as she is in no way related to her daughter-in-law's killer; had games night with the other elders in the scheme and they were drinking and laughing. I always ensure to stay out her and my brother's way as it did not bode well for me. On one such game night they were drunk and as I try to make my way to the kitchen without them knowing, that night my luck had run out.

"What are you doing here slut?!" I heard Mrs. Brown yelled with her bloodshot eyes that are so red that is scary and fits her facial expression of disgust as she sees me. I trembled when I saw her praying that she is drunk enough to let me off but sadly it wasn't meant to be "I…I w..wanted some w..water "I stuttered afraid of her reaction. "Water? Water? She wants water! Why don't you have some shame? You killed my daughter-in-law? You made my son leave? You killed my husband? What more do you want? I even have to keep you until your eighteen. Can't you just keep out of my sight!" she screamed. She has a smile on her face that I didn't trust "you're thirsty?" to which she poured some rum into a glass and said "drink, it'll quench your thirst" as she held out the glass to me while her cronies held each of my arms.

"Drink, drink it, drink it" they cheered constantly. I felt so scared and so cornered I could not speak and dared not move. My brother came in then and I screamed for help, I cried and I begged him to help me hoping to be the hope that he would remember that I am his sister and that we are twins who promised mom to always be together but he just look at me with disgust in his eyes, I finally believed then that he truly hated me.

"What are you doing with that, grandma?" he asked, "she's thirsty but refuses to drink" she answered, to which he smirked and said, "maybe she needs some help?". They looked at each other and smirked while I trembled in fear knowing that whatever happens, I might not survive.

They dragged me to a chair and tied me to it. My head was held back and a cloth pleased on my face, they then proceeded to throw alcohol on my face again and again while they laughed. I felt like I was drowning and cried but I couldn't say anything, I couldn't breathe and was panicking telling myself to live please live until I saw black.

When I woke up I was on the floor of my bedroom with a vet looking after me, the is the husband to one of the cronies. My eyes opened and I started panicking again as my throat was swollen and I couldn't speak. I heard him saying that I had a severe allergic reaction to the alcohol and could have died. I don't remember what was said after as I had fainted again. From that day I succeeded in being invisible and have no contact with any form of alcohol.

Because of this experience, I knew that something is wrong and asked Carly if she gave me a chaser as I feel my breathing becoming shallow. "It was just to loosen you up, you're so uptight. Chill. Relax. People want to talk and dance to you and you're sitting here looking at the door continuously. We want to enjoy ourselves too but we're stuck babysitting, so let us help you." Help me how I kept thinking and then she grabbed my face, told the girls to hold my hands and poured her glass into my mouth sufficed to say persons approached me to talk and the girls would 'give us space'. One of those people was the host himself.

I felt out of it like I was seeing through the eyes of someone else and not my body. He came and sat beside me talking but I heard nothing. He held my shoulders and carried me into a room but I was frozen in fear and panicking I couldn't move. He lay me on the bed and I hoped beyond hope that he would leave but no, he stayed and lay on me. He started kissing me and his hands traveled my body and it creeped me out. He took off my shirt and squeezed my breast, it hurts, and he licked my nipples then I felt his hands caressing me down to my skirt. I did not feel safe, my mouth felt heavy, my breathing got more erratic than it was before. I was crying saying stop I couldn't even hear myself, then I felt his hands reaching towards my skirt I screamed; the music was too loud; I screamed louder, I felt something hit me across my face repeatedly and a hand covered my nose and mouth. A strength I didn't know I had caused me to thrash wildly as I felt his hand under my skirt becoming aggressive as he tore my underwear. His body pressed down on me so I couldn't move and I felt the tip of something starting to enter me and I thought 'this is it I can't go on no more' my body started to convulse. In the back of my mind, I heard a door pushed with a force that it slammed against the wall and the weight that was on me lifted. I was free.

A hand touched me and I flinched before realizing that this hand is comfort, it's safety, it's love. I started to calm down my breathing after I was given a shot. I closed my eyes thinking I am free, I am safe and I didn't want to face anyone as yet.

The Girls POV

Sasha

When I saw Carly giving Dria the chasers I thought at least she'll relax now. I don't know everything about her past but I know that she doesn't talk to or about her brother. They are twins but the hate is felt. I know she's closer to the twins, but I like her brother and the party was the perfect opportunity to get close to him. I left to find him thinking her safe as they would not harm her. When I heard her scream and ran to her I felt like a failure as I didn't protect her. I immediately called the twins as I knew she would need them. I tried to take Demetri off her but he was too strong, I got pushed back and my head hit the door and my sight blackened.

Karla

Sasha left to find her man when Carly was giving Dria chasers, I was there when she poured the alcohol in her mouth as I was the one to hold her hands thinking to be free so I can't party. I don't want to babysit. I mean I like her and everything but I want to party I have my life too. I like Jared, a friend of Alex, and due to the relationship between them, I don't have a chance to be with him. I just wanted to be free with him without a third wheel that I must babysit.

Jared and I were kissing and it started to get heated when I lay on the bed still kissing and he followed and pressed his body on mine when I heard Dria's scream, I didn't want to stop so when his hands caressed me I dismissed her until I heard Sasha's scream. Thinking something is wrong I ran and saw the twins flying up the stairs with a murderous expression, and reach the room to see Sasha flying across the room and hitting her head and fainting. The state Dria was in frightened me as I see that she couldn't help herself and turned to pray because of the drink she had. All that we running through my mind was ' I failed, I hurt her and caused her to be hurt, this is my fault.'

Carly

I have liked Demetri since we were children. When he saw me and gave me the invitation to the party he said to bring my group I was so happy. I braved it and told him to save me a dance I was elated when he said ok. The night of the party he said that he'll make my dreams come through, he'll take us as we don't know the way, he said tonight was my night I just had to free myself from my baby. That's why I gave Dria the alcohol.

So I'm here now in his room that he said to wait on him I'm nervous yet excited. Thoughts running through my head wondering what it would be like, then I heard a sound because of the music it sounds muffled, the sound I heard was much clearer and sounded like Sasha. I ran out screaming her name but the scene I saw left me frozen as the guy I liked was trying to rape my friend. I am now enlightened that the reason he invited me and told me to do all those things to Dria was to lower her inhibitions so that he can get with her and end the night with me. We, she, me meant nothing to him. I betrayed my friend for what?