by Keya Jay
Chapter fifteen: My Dearest Aaron
To: 050972
From: Unknown Recipient
Subject: 18 days
Dearest Aaron,
Only 18 more days, I know you’re excited. Your next sacrifice was scared at first, I guess after we beat him to submission and then the blood vessel that had popped making his tongue swell [well that was just pure luck] I guess he had nothing to fight for anymore.
A lot of people will make the sacrifice, didn’t I tell you that? No one gave up hope just like you shouldn’t. Your rebirth will be something the world has never seen. Soon, soon you’ll be as strong as ever. You just wait, that’s all there is left to do now.
Sincerely: your one && only
“Tonight there’s to be a party and we will attend,” the woman explained to him.
“How are we to be invited?”
“We don’t need an invite the owner knows me,” she said with a devious smile.
“And you are my guest so you’ll be permitted entrance.”
“Why are we attending this party?” he asked curiously.
“Because I have something that needs taken care of,” she said not intending to say anymore.
Skylar Royce
“You look nervous,” Ryder said as Skylar descended the stairs.
“I am nervous,” she admitted.
“There are so many fuckin people here and none of them even know my damn mother. I want to just kick them all the hell out,” she explained.
“So why the hell don’t you?” he asked.
“Because I know my mother and she’d be upset if I did.”
“Hey Skylar!” Brooke said as she entered the house with her friend Casper.
“Hey,” Skylar said not nearly as happy as she usually would be.
“Where’s the birthday girl?” Brooke asked.
“She’s in her room,” Skylar said as she walked away.
“Don’t push her she’s not in the mood,” Skylar could hear Ryder warn before he walked away as well.
“Hey,” Ryder said softly as Skylar sagged against the kitchen sink and fell to the floor.
“What’s the matter?” he asked as he sat down beside her.
Skylar shook her head because she didn’t know what the matter was. Her heart hurt, she’s sad, angry, annoyed, and tired; a lots the matter.
“Don’t shut me out Skylar,” he warned.
Her name on his mouth was weird she was so used to him calling her Bēlua.
“I don’t want to be here,” she whispered.
“You want to leave?” he asked confused.
Skylar shook her head, she did want to leave but what kind of daughter would she be if she left her mother on her own birthday?
“We could always celebrate when no one’s here,” Ryder said answering the question she never asked out loud.
Skylar looked at him hopefully.
“You wanna?” she whispered not feeling as bad anymore.
“Yea,” he said as he got to his feet and held out his hand toward her.
Skylar grabbed his hand and he hauled her to her feet.
“Let’s blow this fuckin party,” he whispered, as he led her to the door his grip tightening as they came face to face with Hank and a woman Skylar didn’t know.
“Oh hello kiddo,” Hank said.
“I thought I’d stop by and wish your mother a happy birthday,” he explained.
“My mother’s asleep in her room, she’s not up for a party but you’re welcome to stay,” she said as she eyed his guests.
“Oh and this is also a friend of your fathers,” he said motioning toward the fairly tall woman with blonde hair beside him.
“Tammie Wellington this is the woman I’ve been telling you about.”
“It’s nice to meet you Skylar,” Tammie said as she held out a tanned hand toward Skylar.
Skylar took her hand rather hesitantly as Ryder’s hand gripped her other one tighter.
Skylar could tell that Ryder didn’t trust the man or the woman, but with Ryder standing right beside her she knew the little duo wouldn’t hurt her.
“It’s nice to meet you too Tammie,” Skylar said politely.
“Please come in,” she said motioning toward the inside of her house.
The moment the duos were safely inside of the house Skylar dragged Ryder out of it.
“You’re going to leave those people—and by people he meant Hank and Tammie—in your house by themselves?” Ryder asked confused.
“There are about 25 other people inside besides they can take whatever the fuck they want I don’t care.”
My mom is safely locked into her room with a very eager guard dog, she thought to herself. So she knew her mother was safe and therefore nothing else mattered.
“Where are we going?” she asked as she walked toward his car and hoped into the passenger side.
“I haven’t thought of it yet,” he said as he entered the driver’s side.
“Well I want to go back to Mrs. Delarosa’s Diner,” she said as she seat belted up.
“Are you sure it’s smart to go back there so soon,” he said with a worried expression on his face.
“Why not?” Skylar asked confused.
“Well the last time we were there you turned Mrs. Delarosa’s Diner into Mrs. Delarosa’s Dance club.”
Skylar wanted to laugh at his exaggeration.
“It wasn’t all bad we had a lot of fun and so did a lot of other couples.”
“Alright,” he said on a sigh as he drove off.
When they walked into the Diner all eyes were on them.
Maybe Ryder was right and people were mad, she thought as she followed Ryder to their seats.
“Hey,” a lady said as she made her way toward them.
“Aren’t you the two who had started the whole dancing thing Sunday?”
“Yea,” Ryder answered, Skylar expected him to point his finger at her and tell the lady that it was all her fault.
“Well I just wanna thank you,” the lady said as she smiled from ear to ear.
“Thank us for what?” Skylar asked.
“Well thanks to you we are going to close for a week—”
“Is this some kind of joke,” Ryder said cutting the lady off.
“Let her finish,” Skylar said to Ryder.
“No sir it is not a joke. We will be closing for a week so that we may have a dance floor built in. Thanks to you two we’ve had more customers than ever,” just as she said it a man had brought a woman out to the floor and started to dance with her and Skylar couldn’t help but smile at the sight.
“We will be having a grand opening this 15th of April and we want you two to be the first ones here,” she said as she beamed her smile at the two of them.
“It was all her idea I was against the whole thing if I’m being honest, so you should really be thanking her,” Ryder said.
“Well your girlfriend didn’t dance all by herself now did she?”
“Uh I’m not—”
“No you’re right she didn’t,” Ryder said cutting Skylar off.
“Anyways I want you two to be here, the grand opening starts at 5.”
“I usually don’t take her out until 7.”
“Well then we’ll wait till then,” she said with a grateful smile.
“Oh no you don’t have to wait,” Skylar said shaking her head wildly.
“You’re right Mrs. Delarosa doesn’t have to do anything she doesn’t want to but trust me she wants to. So it’s settled,” she said turning on her heels and walking away.
“Ryder tell her she doesn’t have to wait!” Skylar argued.
“You heard her Mrs. Delarosa doesn’t do anything she doesn’t want to,” he said with a smug smile.
“Yea, but you can make her listen,” Skylar wined.
“I can’t make you listen now can I?” he said rising a brow.
Skylar huf
fed and sank deeper into her seat.
“Why don’t we take your mother out with us, it can be a late birthday celebration,” Ryder suggested.
Skylar’s heart stopped immediately at the mere mention of her mother and tears jumped to her eyes.
“She can’t she rarely gets out of bed or even opens her eyes. She’s not really talking to me either so there’s no way she’d listen to me,” Skylar found herself confessing.
Ryder grabbed her hand from across the table and kissed it lightly.
“It’s ok, I understand,” he whispered as he cleared a few of her run away tears.
“Let’s dance,” he suggested as he got to his feet.
