Black Leather Jackets: College Bound

Return of Rielly

"Leave the baby or she dies,"

"Trey get out of here,"

He runs away and he digs the knife deeper in my skin.

"Maybe I changed my mind Toni. Maybe you'll be dead after this,"

"Not likely,"
I manage to twist his arm and grab the knife. In the struggle

I.. stab him in the stomach

What did I just do? I'm going to jail.

Apparently he didn't die though and he tackles me and starts strangling me.

I can't lose consciousness

Mateos still crying.

All of a sudden someone gets him off me and I start coughing.

"Mama, mama, it's okay," TJ says hugging me "Matty is okay, mom has him,"

"Where Lexi? And Mia and KC?"

"Everyone's okay mom," he says

"Thank you TJ,"

"Don't thank me mom, I should've found you sooner,"

"I'm alright, I'll be okay,"

"Baby!" Cher says running over

"C!" I say as she bends down to hug me

"Baby are you okay? What happened?"

"I don't even know where to start, how did he get Mateo?"

"He was sitting on the chair beside me, one minute I stood up to cheer and when I looked back down he was gone. I'm so sorry Toni, I thought I had a close enough watch on him,"

"It's not your fault Cher,"

The police and paramedics are working on Rielly.

They give up CPR and announce that he's dead.

"Cher.. I just killed a man," I whisper

"It was self defence, they have cameras to prove that," she assures "you'll be okay,"

She helps me get my leg on and she says she'll follow the ambulance to the hospital.

I'm in the Same ambulance as Mateo who won't stop screaming.

"May I hold him?"

"Just be careful," she says

I nod and carefully pick him up

"Shh baby shh, it's okay. The scary man is gone I promise," I whisper kissing his temple "see Maté it's mama, it's me, you're okay,"

He starts settling down and I bounce him

"He looks a lot like you,"

I laugh and sigh

"That's just coincidence, we adopted him a few weeks ago," I say kissing his temple