Chapter 10%
I couldn’t believe it. I actually laughed out loud. “350 thousand dollars? You’ve got to be kidding me. What the hell did you even borrow that much money for?“>
Yolanda didn’t hesitate. “I went on a trip overseas, spent some of it on the locket I got you. I only borrowed 50 thousand at first, but I couldn’t pay it back and the interest just piled up until it hit 350 thousand.“}
I threw the locket she gave me right back at her. “Didn’t you say this thing was worth 50 thousand? Maybe you should just sell it.”
She shook her head quickly. “No way. Only you can wear it. No one else would buy it.”
I smirked. “Well, guess you’re out of luck then. I can’t help you anymore.“}]
Yolanda tried asking Xyla and Sylvia, but they weren’t having it either. She even called her parents, but as soon as they heard her voice, they hung up on her.
She was freaking out, crying, “What am I supposed to do? You can’t just leave me hanging like this, please help me!”
She was losing it and han
SO
got
I scared by all the noise and started crying too.
She just stared at him, irritated. ”
re the one who made this mess and now you can only cry. Stop crying, or I’ll strangle you myself!” The baby cried even louder and Yolanda completely lost it. She slapped her hand over his mouth and nose. “I said stop crying! Do you hear me?”
The poor kid’s face went purple and he went quiet. Yolanda pulled her hands away and finally noticed.
Xyla walked up, looking horrified. “Oh my god… is the baby… is he dead?“}
Yolanda freaked out, checking a pulse, but
called the cops.
but it w
was clear, the baby was gone. She just sat there, paralyzed, as panic set in. I quickly
Yolanda was arrested and later sentenced to 20 years
A few months later, i visited her in prison. “Yolanda,
time.”
Her jaw dropped. “You… you knew?“>
what she had done.}
that locket? I swapped it out a while ago. I’ve been wearing a replica the whole
“Not just that, after you and Mr. Larkin had your one–night thin slipped some contraceptive pills into your drink. So, I knew from the start you weren’t pregnant with his kid. Every time you paraded around like you had won something, I just saw a joke,” I said, watching her
face turn red.}
Yolanda was furious. “How the hell do you know all this? How could you plan that?“>
“Because you already tried to destroy mie once,” I said, my voice calm but sharp.
She was left confused, but I didn’t care. I turned and walked out, leaving her to
Less than a year later, Yolanda died in prison. Her health had already be stew in her confusion.
pressure of prison life.}
a mess and I wasn’t surprised when she couldn’t handle the
As for me, I moved on. I got into grad school, started fresh and the weight of everything that happened before started to fade. My future) looked bright.”
(The End)
