Fawn banged on the front door, completely out of breath. She only knew where her sister's house was because she happened to overhear a conversation between Gemma and Jax months ago. Right now she was grateful to have listened back then.
"Give me a damn second!" She heard Sage call from the other side of the door, then a stumble and a quiet curse before the door flew open.
"The hell are you doing here?", the redhead asked, her voice cutting as she eyed Fawn with pure annoyance. "I just put Violet down. Can't you knock like a normal person?"
"Look, I'm sorry", Fawn groaned, just as annoyed. She didn't care that Sage looked tiredᅳ she had to talk to her. "But it's important. Is Happy here?"
"No, he's with dad, apparently club shit. But I don't know how that concerns you either." With her arms crossed, Sage slowly let her gaze wander over Fawn. "What do you want?"
Fawn was relieved when she heard that Happy wasn't home, that was a good thing. "I need your help and this is no joke. I mean itᅳ I need you."
Sage snorted a laugh. "My help? What makes you think I would help you?"
With a roll of her eyes, Fawn unceremoniously pushed the older Trager inside and slammed the door, earning a huff from the redhead. "I screwed up, really screwed up. And I have to get out of Charmingᅳ today."
Sage shifted on her feet, her arms slowly falling to her sides as she frowned skeptically. "What did you do? And again, why do you think I would help you?"
"Because you're my sister, damn it", Fawn uttered desperately as she reached for Sage's arms and looked at her pleadingly. "You have to help me. I need you to get Hayley for me."
"After everything you've done? I don't need a sister like that." Full of anger, Sage pulled her arms out of Fawn's grasp, the corners of her mouth turning downwards. "And I'm certainly not getting myself into trouble because of you!"
Shaking her head, Sage rushed into the living room where she heard her phone vibrate. Since Violet was sleeping in the extra bassinet in the living room, Sage hurried so that the newborn wouldn't wake up. As she reached for her phone, Fawn grabbed her wrist so quickly that Sage didn't even come close to her cell.
"Don't answer that", the dark blonde begged when she saw Gemma's number flashing on the display. "Please Sage..help me!"
With her lips formed into a thin line, Sage yanked her wrist out of Fawn's clinging grasp and held a finger in her face. "You tell me what's going on. Jax was also trying to reach me right before you knocked. And Jax never calls."
“Did you answer?” Fawn's voice cracked, her eyes filled with horror.
Sage let out a soft snort. "No because someone knocked on my door like a crazy person and almost woke up my daughter, who doesn't think sleep is necessary anyway!"
Sage was already aware that parenthood was stressful. However, she had barely gotten any sleep in the last four days. Happy and Sage took turns surviving the last few nights. Violet still had to find her rhythm and that took time, but the tiredness still didn't bring out Sage's best side.
The redhead couldn't even think about working on the pictures for her clients and make some money. The dishes had been in the sink since yesterday and the laundry was also piling upᅳ which she would have taken care of now that Violet had finally fallen asleep. But no, her sister had to ruin the peace.
And on top of that, Sage felt still weak from giving birth only four days ago. The bleeding mixed with abdominal cramps was also taking a toll on her, but with Happy by her side, who had really been a great help to her since they got home, it all somehow worked.
"I told you I was sorry", Fawn mentioned again with a deep sigh. "Iᅳ I can't tell you what it's about. Will you help me or not?"
"I swear I'm so tired of your bullshit!" Sage ran the fingers of both her hands through her red hair, groaning. "Tell me what you did and I'll think about it again."
No, Sage wouldn't think about it again. Fawn was dead to her. Sage only put up with her sister because she had no other choice. Nevertheless, her curiosity was piqued and the redhead wanted to know what Fawn had done that made her have to run.
Fawn swallowed quietly, her gaze cast down. "No...you'll only hate me more if I tell you about it."
"What have you done?" Sage's tone became more demanding, her heart beating violently in her chest as suspicion arose within her. "Does it have anything to do with me? The thing between Jax and you back then?"
"Iᅳ uh, how do you know?" Puzzled, Fawn looked into Sage's eyes. The otherwise bright, friendly green now seemed rather dangerous.
"I've had a strange feeling for some time now, I just don't know what exactly it is", Sage snarled, her tone cold. "And you better start talking before I call Gemma or Jax back and tell them where to find you."
"No, please!" Again, Fawn's nails dug deep into Sage's arms, eliciting a hiss from the redhead. "I'll tell you, okay? But don't call them!"
"You better start talkingᅳ now", Sage barked at her sister, done with Fawn's stupid games. "Sit down and talk."
Fawn took a deep breath as she walked towards the comfortable looking couch and sat down on the farthest seat, her pulse so fast she could feel it in her throat. In addition, Sage's hard, intense look unsettled her even more.
"Before I begin, you need to know that I'm truly sorry, Sage." Fawn tried her best to make her sobs sound genuine to possibly get Sage's pity. "I really didn't want that to happen..", she added with a sniffle. Even the first crocodile tear rolled down her rosy cheek.
Sage, however, was anything but affected or moved. "Cut the bullshit and talk."
Nodding, Fawn tilted her head to the side, getting a direct look at the bassinet in which Violet lay. "She has your red hair.."
"Fawn!" Sage's patience was slowly running out and the warning look she gave Fawn when the blonde tried to caress Violet's cheek stopped the younger one from doing so. "You don't touch my baby, understand?"
"Sorry", the younger one mumbled apologetically, then took a deep breath. "When I was visiting Charming back then, I didn't plan on staying long. You know how much I despise that town", she began, sounding bitter as she scraped the pink nail polish off her fingernails.
"I never thought I would fall in loveᅳ head over heels at that. But that's exactly what happened." The blonde let out a nervous laugh. "Shit, then also in my pregnant sister's fiance."
"Get to the point, Fawn. I don't have time forever." Sage took a seat on the other side so that there was still enough distance between the two sisters. "What have you done?"
Fawn sighed quietly, but nodded and finally continued. "I wanted his attention. Making your life harder was my chance. He wasn't ready for the baby and I knew thatᅳ he told me himself when you went to bed early one time. He wanted fun, his freedom backᅳ but he didn't want to abandon you because he still loved you. He just didn't want a familyᅳ Jax didn't care about a bit about the baby."
Sage sucked in a sharp breath, rubbing the tip of her nose as she shifted her gaze to the side. It still hurt that she had been so wrong about the man she had loved back then. However, she also knew that Fawn was exaggerating.
"He may not have been ready, I have to agree with you, even though I hate to say it", Sage said through clenched teeth, taking another deep breath. "But he did care about the baby. Think what you want, he still cared about our sonᅳ just not as much as he should have."
"Maybe", Fawn admitted reluctantly, her blue eyes searching for Sage's. "I mixed strong sleeping pills into your food and drinks for weeks. That's where your constant tiredness, the headaches and the other problems came from. It was wrong and I never wanted the baby to dieᅳ you have to believe me. I wouldᅳ"
Sage listened to her sister, yet her words didn't come through. The redhead heard every single word, yet it sounded like her head was under water. Maybe that's what she should do to Fawnᅳ pushing the blonde's head under water until no air was left in her lungs and was replaced by a shit ton of water.
Snapping out of her cruel, torturous thoughts, Sage stared at her two year old younger sister, unfolding her hands that had been placed in her lap the last five minutes while she had listened to every single word.
Fawn's head snapped to the side, the sound of the slap echoing through the spacious living room before a loud, painful gasp followed and the younger one wiped her bloody lip with the back of her hand.
"What the hell did you think was happening?!" Sage yelled as her body began to shake uncontrollably. Tears gathered in her eyes as the pain in her chest took over more and more parts of her body.
Fawn stared at her older sister with nothing but fear in her eyes. "I just wanted you to end up in the hospital for a few days or weeks so I could take my chance! I never wanted it to come to this!"
"You killed my baby! Your nephew!" Sage didn't even notice how loud she was getting. It was only when Violet began to cry that her own yelling got drowned out for a moment. However, Sage was so angry that she didn't notice anything else around her.
"I swear I'm sorry!" Fawn cried out as Sage grabbed her by her hair. She tried to get away, but Sage's grip was too strong and had too much hold on her. "Please..I would undo it if I can!"
With a veil of tears over her eyes, Sage dragged the younger one to the ground and straddled Fawn so that she couldn't escape. Sage's fist collided with Fawn's face so many times that the redhead lost count. Painful cries and whimpers filled Sage's ears and only spurred her on even more.
She wanted to see Fawn suffer, she wanted to hurt her in every way possible. Hell, she wanted to see her sister dead and even though Sage kept beating the shit out of the younger one like she was in a trance, a part of her knew exactly what she was doing.
Finally the hot tears managed to escape Sage's green eyes and dripped onto Fawn's blood-covered face, mixing with the thick, bright red liquid.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to bury your own child?!" Sage screamed in Fawn's face as she paused for a moment. Sobbing, she looked down at her work before bringing her fist down on Fawn's face two more times.
"Iᅳ I can't.." Fawn, who had stopped fighting back a long time ago, was about to lose consciousness and choked on the blood in her mouth. During a fit of coughing, some of the blood that had collected in the younger girl's mouth splashed onto Sage's face and onto the floor.
"You don't deserve to liveᅳ or to be a mother." Sage let out a heart-wrenching sob, passive-aggressively punching Fawn's chest that made the blonde's coughing significantly worse. "You don't deserve to be happy or free! Not after what you did!"
Sniffling and sobbing, Sage repeatedly wiped her runny nose, smearing all the blood on the back of her hand onto her face. Having a complete breakdown, she grabbed Fawn's head and slammed it against the hard ground, ultimately causing the youngest Trager to lose consciousness.
When the blonde's body went limp under Sage and literally gave up, her chest rising and falling only slightly, Sage put her hands over her mouth, letting out an almost soundless scream while Violet's crying became louder.
Shocked at herself, Sage stared down at Fawn's unrecognizable face. It looked dented, swollen and the blood was slowly flowing down the sides, drenching Fawn's blonde hair a rich red.
Whimpering, Sage slid off her sister and back until her back hit the back of the couch. Never taking her eyes off Fawn, staring at her sister, she pulled her legs up against her body, her palms glued to the floor. The shock of her own actions were too deep and paralyzed her.
There was a chance that she beat her sister to death and she didn't know how to deal with the fact that she might have killed someoneᅳ her own sister at that. The redhead wanted to get up, call Happy and hold Violet to calm her down, to calm herself down. But she couldn't move.