“Orman, no!” she screamed, but it was too late. She watched as Dylan collapsed on the floor unconscious.
“He shouldn’t have screamed at you like that. Didn’t he know you are my girl? No one talks to my girl that way. Now, I have to finish him,” Orman rambled with malice in his eyes, holding the broken bottle in his hands.
Brenna stared back at Orman, shaking. Her heart began to pump harder in her chest. Orman had hurt Dylan. Dylan... was her only love. He was the reason for everything. He was the reason she had to kill Morgan. She had to kill Marissa, because she knew about Morgan’s fling with Dylan. He was at the root of everything she had done, but she couldn’t bear a world without him.
The idea of losing him made her panic inwardly. Knowing better than to show emotion while Orman was watching, Brenna had to think quickly. But the answer came to her when Chelsea appeared to her.
She was standing in a corner, staring back at her. “This is your chance... to shift the blame.”
Brenna nodded back at her before she disappeared, realizing she could use this situation to her advantage.
“You’re mine, Brenna. Don’t you get that?” Orman asked her, appearing frustrated. “We can get revenge on everyone who wronged us. No one will stand a chance. They will never catch us. Not with my money. We can hide all over the world.”
Brenna calmly stood up and walked calmly towards Orman. She stood close, staring into his eyes. “Let me finish it,” she whispered, running her hand along his arm until she reached the bottle.
He nodded, handing Brenna the broken bottle.
She took the spout of the bottle in her hands as she caressed Orman’s face with her other hand. “Don’t worry, Orman,” she told him quietly. “This won’t hurt a bit.”
Without warning, she kicked him in the shin, causing him to lose balance. He landed on the floor with a hard thud as the air escaped his lungs in a single whoosh.
Brenna threw herself and landed on him, bringing down the broken bottle on his abdomen. In a frenzy, she stabbed him over and over with the jagged edges of the bottle. She watched as Orman lost consciousness.
When he breathed his last breath, Brenna was by his side, holding his hand. “I’m sorry, Orman,” she told him. “But you are going to save my life.”
Brenna looked back at Dylan as his eyes began to flutter. She ran to him and crouched down before him. “Dylan, wake up!” Brenna cried, feigning fear. “Dylan!”
His eyes fluttered open.
“What the hell happened?” Dylan asked angrily, sitting up and then regretting the decision when pain rattled his skull. “Where’s Orman?”
“Orman went crazy! He tried to kill you,” Brenna spat out without breathing, keeping Dylan’s eyes on her. “He was going to kill me, but I caught him off guard. I had to defend myself.”
Dylan grabbed Brenna, holding her tightly in his strong arms.
“Oh, God,” she cried, trying her best to appear frantic. “He killed Morgan, because she rejected him. He killed Marissa, too. She told me he got mad when she wouldn’t go out with him again. He was going to kill us all!”
Dylan’s body stiffened as he caught a glimpse of Orman’s lifeless body. “I am sorry, Brenna... I am sorry I ever doubted you,” he told her, sounding overwhelmed.
Brenna smiled, sinking her face into his chest. “It’s okay,” she reassured him, feeling safe from suspicion once more.
“No, it’s not,” he said, forcing her to face him. “I listened to other people for too long that I didn’t pay attention to what I was feeling. I love you, Bren.”
Brenna held Dylan’s face in her hands, feeling as if everything she did was worth this moment. “I do, too,” she told him, finally feeling as if they were on the same page. She embraced him, holding him close. With her head positioned in the crook of his shoulder, she smiled to herself, feeling whole once more. “Nothing can ever tear us apart again.”
THE END
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