The Evil That Was Done (Secrets of Redemption Book 3) by Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)

Author:Michele PW (Pariza Wacek) [PW (Pariza Wacek), Michele]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Love-Based Publishing
Published: 2019-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“Time for your medicine.”

I blinked, trying to focus, but the room was too dark. Was I back in the hospital? My nostrils were filled with that dank, mildewy odor.

There was a click, and a single lightbulb lit the room. Nurse Ellen was there, her nursing outfit wrinkled and stained with blood and dirt. Her hair was also matted with blood, and it ran down the side of her face. She leaned against the concrete wall, leering at me, and holding up a huge, sharp needle.

I tried to take a step back and smacked into something behind me. Ellen’s smirk widened. “It’s worse if you struggle.”

“I don’t want any medicine,” I said.

“Then how do you expect to get better?” she asked, waving her arms and hitting the exposed lightbulb so it swung widely on its chain. We were surrounded by stacks of boxes, everywhere. It felt familiar to me, somehow. Where were we?

“Why do you even bother, Ellen?” a new voice asked. “She clearly doesn’t want to get better.”

The lightbulb swung to the right, revealing Gwyn leaning against the wall as well. Unlike Ellen, she was perfectly together, her white-blonde hair styled in her usual spiky, asymmetrical style, and her makeup carefully applied. She was examining something in her hands, but I couldn’t see what it was.

“What are you doing here?” I asked Gwyn.

She glanced up, eyes narrowing, lips peeled back in a sneer. “What do you think? I’m here because of you.”

“What are you talking about?”

“This is all your fault,” Gwyn snarled. “Why couldn’t you have stayed in New York where you belonged?”

“Not just you,” Ellen added. “Your whole family.”

“All you’ve done is bring misery to this town,” Gwyn said. “Why don’t you do everyone a favor and leave?”

“After you take your medicine, of course,” Ellen growled, her smile twisting.

I tried to back up again, but whatever was behind me prevented me from moving.

“Oh, stop being such a baby,” Ellen said, stepping toward me. “This won’t hurt a bit.”

“That’s because it will hurt a lot,” Gwyn added, and they both broke into manic laughter.

I tried to swallow, but my throat was dry. “I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. Especially not to either of you,” I said, trying to look at both of them at once.

“Doesn’t matter what you meant,” Ellen said. “All that matters is the evil that was done.”

A cold shadow fell over us. Gwyn shifted, her expression uneasy as she eyed Ellen. “I think we should go,” she said.

Ellen took another step toward me. “Not until she takes her medicine.”

A cold draft of air blew through the room, smelling of death and decay and rot, causing the lightbulb to dance crazily on the end of its chain. Gwyn pressed herself against the wall, dropping whatever was in her hand. I noticed a flash of green flame before hearing the sharp crack of it hitting the floor. “Ellen,” Gwyn said, her voice more urgent. “We need to go.”

Ellen stuck her tongue out at me and waggled it.

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