LUCY: The Complete Lucy Kendall Series with Bonus Content (The Lucy Kendall Series Book 5) by Stacy Green

Author:Stacy Green [Green, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Twisted Minds Press
Published: 2016-04-10T04:00:00+00:00

2

My windows rattled with a fresh blast of winter wind. I pulled the blanket to my chin and tried not to see the dying face of Riley. How much life had I stolen from her? Was it her destiny to die young anyway, or had I interrupted the cosmos’s great plan and snuffed her out well before her time?

Or maybe there was no plan for any of us.

My happiness at Justin’s chance for a new life had evaporated with each passing hour of the night, replaced by what had now become a ritual: visions of Riley’s final moments haunted me with the power of demons sent straight from hell. The way her eyes widened and then flickered around the garage as she realized what would happen. The fear that painted her skin gray, and worst of all, the satisfaction I took from her death. In the days that followed, I wondered if that was the moment I purchased my ticket to hell. Riley wasn’t all evil. In the right circumstances, with someone fighting for her, she could have been saved. But I couldn’t trust her to keep my secret.

Self-preservation, after all.

Maybe I should have gone willingly to Mother Mary and taken my chances with whatever she’d planned. I could have killed her and then escaped to a brand new life. Or I could have allowed her to use me up and throw me out. If people knew the real truth about me, most of them would probably say my actions merited punishment.

But there’s no escaping the path I’ve laid out. It was all of my own choosing. My only choice was to move forward.

Then my sister took over my head the last few days. Sometimes I felt like my thoughts belonged more to her than me. I used to think she must have been crazy to end her own life, but now I realized she truly saw no other option. Victimized and accused of lying, Lily must have stood in that bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror and thought, “This is your life. It will never change. Even if you escape these circumstances, you’ll always be this dirty person.”

I know that’s what she thought because it was how I felt right now.

Because I could almost hear her saying those exact words to me.

What would Lily think of what I’ve done? She was the one who said to take care of myself first. Surely she would understand my desire to right the wrongs committed by so many. Then again, how could I know? Lily died with the underdeveloped mind of a traumatized teenager. Just like Riley.

Because of me–both of them, really. If I’d fought for Lily, maybe she would have had the strength to live another day.

I didn’t know any of the answers, but the conversation went round and round in my head until I just wanted the voices to shut up. Yesterday wasn’t that day because I still had a mission to complete. But Justin no longer needed me.

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