Twist of Fate

PART TWO OF "GHOSTS OF THE PAST, PART TWO"

BRANDON

Sanford, NC

I have searched every bar and nightclub in Sanford, there is just one left. I shoved my way past the guard and went in, it was there I bumped into Shannon Moore. "Hey Shan." I said.

"Hey"

"You seen Amy's man Donnie?" I asked.

"No why?"

"He beat up on Amy and I owe him a stay in the hospital."

"WHAT? That son of a bitch."

"Have you seen him?" I asked

"No, he left about 15 minutes ago, he was mad too." Shannon replied.

"Do you know where he lives?" I asked.

"Yeah" Shannon said.

We left the bar and went over to my motorcycle and sped off to Donnie's house. When we got there, I jumped off my bike and kicked open Donnie's front door.

"DONNIE, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE YOU BASTARD, WHERE ARE YOU?" I yelled as Shannon and I tore through the house, Shannon searched the downstairs and I searched the upstairs, we re-convened in Donnie's living room 10 minutes later.

"Anything?" I asked. Shannon shook his head 'yes' and he was obviously stunned. "What?" I asked.

"He said he was heading for Cameron...." Shannon said "...one of his guns is missing and he's heading for Cameron." My eyes widened, I grabbed Shannon and we ran to my bike.

I started it up, and sped off, but it ran out of gas before we got to the freeway. "Don't worry man, there's a gas station just up ahead." Shannon said. I walked my motorcycle to the gas station and I saw him, there was Donnie, gassing up his car.

"Hey Donnie." I yelled. Donnie saw me, got into his car and sped off. "Hurry up Shannon." I said, I ran in and paid for my gas, when I got out there Shannon was done, I jumped on my bike and sped off. Donnie was in my sights now.

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"So what happened next?" Matt asked over his CB Radio. "I'll tell you." Jason said.

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"Who's the girl Blackie?" Brandon asked. "Her name is Samantha Malone, she's a classmate and she needed a place to hide for a while."

"Chris..." Samantha said as she poked her head out of the door "...what's going on?"

"Nothing Sam, just go back inside." Blackie said to her.

"Why are you stashin' the girl here?" Brandon asked.

"She needs a place to hide from her father, he gets really drunk and beats her mother, and she's afraid he'll turn his rage on her." Blackie replied as he sat down on the step of his trailer.

Brandon sat on a wooden crate nearby and said "You can't keep her here forever you know." "I know but how could I turn down a damsel in distress?" Blackie asked, which got both men laughing.

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"Damsel in distress?" Melissa asked.

"Don't ask" Jason replied, Melissa sat back stunned that she was hearing about her boyfriend, before he was hers.

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Later that night...

"How much dope has he done tonight?" Blackie asked Jason, referring to Brandon.

"I dunno, I saw him doing a few lines of coke, drink loads of beer and take a few bong hits, why?" Jason replied.

"Because he is out on top of your van pissing on the other cars." Blackie said.

Sheridan and Jason started laughing. "This I gotta see." Sheridan said as the four people ran out.

Samantha, Blackie, Jason and Sheridan ran out of the house to see Brandon on top of Jason's van singing 'Mama , I'm Coming Home' by Ozzy Osbourne.

"You took me in and you held me out, you had me hypnotized. Lost and drowned and turned around by the fire in your eyes. I've seen your face a thousand times. 'Cause mama, mama, I'm comin' home." Brandon sang drunkenly. The four people stared laughing.

Samantha looked at her watch and got scared. "I've gotta go, I'm late." She said. Blackie tried to stop her, but she left. He didn't see her again until the next night.

The next night...

"I'm worried about Samantha, she wasn't at school today." Blackie said. "Then let's pay her a visit." Jason said.

Jason, Brandon and Blackie pulled their motorcycles up to Samantha's house an hour later, there was a lot of yelling and screaming coming from the house. "Should we go in?" Blackie asked. Brandon and Jason stared at the house in silence.

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