26 December 2022

It was midnight, almost the entire city was asleep. 

The only sound that could be heard was the heavy breathing of a young girl in her early twenties. 

"How did I get myself into this mess?" She asked herself as she struggled to get the knife in her abdomen away from her. 

She let out a few painful groans as she slowly plucked the knife out. 

"Olivia? Where are you?" A cold, husky voice asked, followed by the sound of metal clanking. Hearing this, Olivia knew she had to get out of there and fast. 

She used what remaining strength was left in her body and got up, she went into her bedroom and crawled under the bed. It wasn't the ideal hiding spot, but where else could you go when a killer was blocking the entrance?

The sound of footsteps grew closer, Olivia tried not to draw too much attention. From her hiding spot, she could see a pair of black wellington boots go right past her room. Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the footsteps came back and entered the room. 

"Oh no, she found me!" Olivia thought as she began panicking, but knew she couldn't do anything. 

A strong force pushed the bed back, revealing Olivia. 

"You didn't think you could escape me, did you?" The hooded figure spoke. 

"Please, don't do this. I-I'm your friend" Olivia stuttered trying to talk her way out of this.

"You were my friend," She said before lifting her arm up. She had an axe in her hand and was ready to strike. 

"Ahhhhh"

Present time

"Remove your mask" I demanded, not letting go of my gun. 

"You already know who I am, but fine," She said before removing her mask. 

I couldn't believe my eyes, I mean I had guessed it a long time before, but a part of me hoped I was wrong about this. 

"Why aren't you dead?" I asked finally dropping my gun. 

"I thought you'd be happier to see me," She said. 

"You pretended to be dead, made me believe I'd lost my whole family, only to be alive the whole time, terrorizing a city" I spat in anger. 

"I'll explain everything," She said. 

"Why did you fake your death?" I asked not caring about what else she had to say. 

"When mom and dad found out I was part of a gang, they were furious, I wanted to make it up to them, I tried everything but they wouldn't forgive me," She said looking sad.

"What did you expect?" I asked rolling my eyes. 

"I knew that deep down they didn't hate me, I just needed for them to say it," She said a tear escaping her eye. "But they died before they could do so"

"Doesn't explain anything you've been doing," I said getting frustrated. 

"I wanted to feel less guilty for what I'd done, so I thought I'd do the one thing they always wanted me to do - continue our family's legacy" 

"If you care so much about redeeming yourself, why are you still part of this gang?" I asked, not convinced. 

"Daniel, the previous gang leader was arrested, when I went to visit him in prison he told me I had to keep the gang going or he'd reveal that we were his accomplices and get us all arrested" 

I felt kind of bad, I mean she was my sister, but how could I forgive her for secretly being a serial killer? And lying to me?

"I didn't want you to live with the shame of having a sister like me, so I thought I'd disappear from your life," She said giving me a weak smile.

"You thought that's what I would've wanted?" I asked in disbelief. "I thought that we'd be there for each other, throughout anything"

"You would've never forgiven me, or loved me the same way if you knew," She said not making eye contact. 

"I would've done anything for you," I said with a shaky voice. "I knew what shady business you were doing throughout high school, but never let anyone know that I knew because I didn't want anything to change between us"

This took her by surprise and she turned around to face me, with a shocked expression. 

"Y-You knew?" She asked in disbelief. 

"Yeah, and I forgave you for it. But I cannot forgive, this" I said referring to all the horrors she'd done. 

"You don't know how hard it was for me!" She roared. 

"Maybe, but what I do know is that you had a choice, to not do the things you did. I know I'm not a saint or anything, but at least I can own up to my actions instead of making excuses" I said not happy with her explanation. 

"Look I know you're angry-" She started but I cut her off immediately. 

"I'm well past angry, I'm raging" I growled. 

"I've told you all you needed to know, and if this is about me making excuses, then I'm sorry!" She said raising her voice. 

"Not everything," I said coldly. 

"Huh?" She asked not understanding what I meant. 

"You didn't tell me everything I needed to know" I repeated making myself clearer.

"What else do you want to know?" She asked raising her eyebrow.

"Why did you pretend to be Kaylee?" I asked folding my arms. 

"Uh, right, that," She said not looking too comfortable talking about it. 

"I found out that someone was trying to find me, so I sent my minions to spy on them, they brought back some pictures and I saw you in many of them. I felt kinda queasy seeing you, and I thought pretending to be someone who's there to help you guys would help out in many ways" fake Kaylee said. 

"What ways?" I asked.

"I could know what you were planning, and weasel my way back into your life," She said. 

"Y-You betrayed me, and Arya," I said not believing anything I had just heard.

"I never meant for you to get involved in this," She said with a sigh.

"I believe you," I said sarcastically. 

The room stayed silent for a few minutes, I grabbed myself a glass of wine, after finishing my drink I decided to break the silence.

"Would it be stupid of me to assume you didn't call me here for a favour?" I asked. "Because last I checked, you didn't need any help murdering anyone"

"Well, now that you mention it," She said "There is something I need" 

"How big?" I asked.

"Veeery big"

Author's note: Hey guys! I revealed almost everything in this chapter, what'd you think of it? There weren't any fights, but I'd say it was pretty intense! There was a flashback and everything. What'd you think? Did you guess it? Did you see the hints I gave throughout the book? Hehe, I hope you did, I put effort into making them subtle, they're for true fans only. Anyway, who's P.O.V are you enjoying so far? I know there are only two Taylor p.o.v's but still. Anyway, see ya next time! Byeeee