The Point of No Return {sequel to The Arbitrary life of Avery Blake [teacher]}

The Point of No Return {sequel to The Arbitrary life of Avery Blake [teacher]}29

Chapter 29

Something Rather Courageous-‘Here’s what we’re going to do.’

Something cold and hard was pushing against my cheek, before I realised my face was placed uncomfortably on the ground. Each and every muscle in my body was tense and irritable and I had a strange feeling in my head. It was as though I had a big, dense cloud in my skull. If I moved an inch, the cloud would shift and a fog would appear in front of my eyes, momentarily bringing me back down. It was as though my lips were numb; I couldn’t tell if they were sealed shut or hanging open. My nose was frozen, it felt as though frostbite would come and snatch away my nose. My hair was still tied up but it had come undone a bit and was pushed up so that loose pieces of hair fell everywhere. All in all, I felt really drowsy.

‘A-Avery?’ I heard being whispered with a raw voice from nearby.

I mumbled something unintelligent before rolling around and locking eyes with Meghann to whom was curled up in the corner.

I had never seen Meghann like this. She was always perfect, in everything she did and every way she looked. But seeing her now . . . she seemed so vulnerable and exposed.

‘Meghann…’ I managed to choke out as I pulled myself up using my arms.

‘W-what happened?’ I asked after a minute of silence had passed.

It was then that Meghann began to cry. Actually cry. The sobbing came from within her throat as tears spilled everywhere. I froze, not sure what was going on. I was completely lost.

I simply waited, in hopes that everything would reveal itself.

‘It…it’s my entire fault, Avery!’ she choked between sobs before she began continually muttered apologies.

‘Meghann, stop; please. What’s wrong? What happened? What are you talking about?’ I asked in desperation.

‘…m-my fault. Stupid, stupid, stupid…’ she continued to mumble.

‘FUCKING SNAP OUT OF IT AND TELL ME WHAT’S GOING ON!’ I roared in desperation.

I hated how I was sounding but if Meghann didn’t hurry up and explain, I was afraid of what would happen to the two of us.

Meghann’s eyes widened before it looked like something inside of her snapped.

‘Oh god, Avery . . . you-you don’t understand. He’s going to kill us, he will. He’s done it before –killed someone –and I don’t doubt that he’ll do it again, considering he knows I know!’ she said, sounding really shaky and uneasy and not all there if you know what I mean.

My body instantly tensed up and fear enveloped me. This was serious, more so than I had initially thought. My brain was still hazy as I tried to think past the thick cloud restricting my thoughts.

I took a deep breath.

‘Who?’ I softly asked.

My question was left hanging for a few seconds as there was suddenly a banging before someone emerged from behind the door. Little or no light was being radiated from the entrance.

A sudden suspense filled the air, it was almost suffocating.

‘Dad,’ Meghann whimpered in fear before the door was firmly shut behind him.

**

‘I need to know, Meghann; don’t be a difficult child.’ He pressed on.

I was still in shock; fear pressed down on my chest as my heart beat was almost tripled. Goosebumps cursed their way throughout my body. Of course, it wasn’t like I had never been in a situation like this before, on the contrary. But when facing death, no matter how many times you’ve been put into the situation, it never gets any easier. It’s like every time I’m facing Death, every time Death smiles at him, winks at me, every time he lurks around my shadows; I lose a part of myself. How many pieces of myself could I lose before there was nothing left?