The Joy of Revenge

CHAPTER 116 Accident at the Intersection Nicole | was seated in my car, utterly frustrated at the turn of events as well as angry at myself for not having a plan B.

| had planned this so well. | was suppose to leave the box at Virtue’s, make it appear | needed her help, then change my mind when she rejects my offer to talk somewhere else. | would instead instruct her to give the items to Noah before quickly leaving her boutique, thanking her for all her help.

Then, once she was inside her car, alone, | would detonate the bomb.

It was perfect.

| just didn’t plan for Chip or Bo to be there. Why, oh why, didn’t | manage to include them in my plans? | hit the steering wheel with my palms before turning on the ignition of my mother’s car. D amn it! Why did those men always have to be by Virtue’s side, anyway? | threw my sunglasses on the passenger's seat of my car right beside my bag before driving out of the parking lot. | wanted to scream. Once again, | wasn’t able to accomplish what | set out to do. | wanted to hurt people and make them suffer. Especially Noah...

| wanted him to feel the pain | was currently experiencing from my bleeding heart.

I quickly turned to the exit of the parking lot and noticed Virtue’s red Mercedes-Benz. Hmm... | could always place the bomb underneath her car.

S hit! Why didn’t | think of that before? For now, I'll just defuse the bomb once | get home.

There will always be another day to cause mayhem.

| glanced at my rear-view mirror and saw Bo’s Land Rover right behind me. For someone who usually kept to himself, all of a sudden he was so outgoing. Before Virtue, he was quiet and tight-lipped, although very polite.

But now, he was off dating older women, socializing and organizing events.

| grimaced remembering the arrogant tone in Bo’s voice from earlier. It was clear Chip had, 1/5 CHAPTER 116 Accident at the Intersection Noah...

| scowled angrily as | recalled the confrontation we had last night.

After his maddening display at dinner, Noah excused himself to use the restroom to compose himself. | left Dan and Chip at the private dining room to check if he had calmed down. | found him outside, speaking to someone on his phone.

“I'm not at hand no, I'm not at the pub either. I'm in Bismarck for business. Ill just see you when | get back, okay? | promise. I'll probably be back later tonight. No, not tonight. I'll see you tomorrow,” | overheard Noah say before he turned around to findstanding baking him. “I gotta go. I'll call you back in a bit!” He pocketed his phone and ran his fingers through his hair. “What? What is it this time, Nicole?” “I just wanted to see if you've calmed down,” | answered. “Noah, you know you don’t have the power to take Liam down. Even if you tell everyone he raped Joy Taylor, no one is going to believe you.” “I was calm, but you just had to bring it up again,” he replied, exasperated. “I don’t care if no one believesbecause what | know is the truth. Right, Nicole?” Noah asked, his chocolate. brown eyes glistening with malice.

“Stop playing innocent, Nicole. After all these years, neve once had | ever asked you about that night.” | wanted to kick myself. | shouldn't have said anything.

“Stop it, Noah. Let's forget about all of this and enjoy Chicago,” | pleaded. “Anyway, that’s a in the past. To me, it never happened.” He grabbedtightly by the arms and shook me.

“But it did happen, you cu nt,” he said through clenched teeth. “You honestly think | don’t know what you did?! Oh, | got all the little details from Abigail. She said you and Lisa were the ones who lured Joy into the boy’s gym. | can’t speak for Lisa, but I definitely know you knew what was going to happen to her. Tell me, how much did he pay you, Nicole? How much?!” “Five grand,” | spat out. “He gavefive grand. All | needed to do was get Joy to the boy's gym.

And no, | didn’t know they were going to do that to her. Now, let go of me!” He pushedaway, utterly disgusted.

“You're just as guilty as Liam,” he said, his voice low. “I want you stay away from me. | have plans and you aren't included in those plans.” “Oh yeah? And who's included in your plans? Virtue?” 2/5 “She doesn’t concern you,” he answered dismissively.

“She doesn’t? | have eyes, Noah. I've seen how you look at her,” | said angrily. “Let's not forget the things you said to Chip at dinner... that honorable display of yours was because you want her.” | laughed at him like he was a bad joke. “She’s out of your league, Noah. She's better off with Liam rather than you who's barely a carpenter.” “Ain’t that right, Nicole? I'm barely a carpenter? Oh, | get it. What you mean to say is you're out of my league too,” he pointed out, shrugging his shoulders. “I'm guessing you're old enough to find your own way home, because you and I... we're over. You get that? We're over!” He picked up his purchases off the sidewalk and turned, leaving me. “I'm heading to the airport and taking whatever flight there is back to Bismarck.” “Sure, go run hto Virtue. | bet she’s just as disgusted with you as you are with me!” | screamed after him.

He paused and slowly turned around to face me.

“You don’t know anything about Virtue, Nicole. But this | can say... Virtue isn’t a sl ut who has to sleep her way to get what she wants unlike someone | know,” he uttered.

“F uck you, Noah! You and I... we're the same. You sleep with anyone too. You're even sleeping with that troll Sarah Hughes,” | spat out. “One day, when you least expect it, | swear, I'm going to cut you penis off!” He quickly closed the distance between us and shoved his face right in front of mine. As | stared into his angry eyes, | suddenly felt his hand against my throat.

“You shouldn’t even bother going back to New Salem, Nicole,” Noah murmured angrily. “Because if you do, I'm going to squeeze the life right out of you.” After he uttered those words, his hand tighten around my throat, makingchoke. | struggled against him, trying to wriggle my way out of his grasp.

Suddenly, he kissedone last tand quickly pushedaway from him. | bent down and coughed, catching my breath. | lifted my eyes to look at him and saw him smiling down at me... so eerily. | couldn’t believe the man standing in front ofwas the sman | desperately loved.

“Before | go, | just want to offer you a piece of advice. Keep those legs closed, Nicole. Every house I've been to in New Salem smells like your pu ssy juice. You probably squirt all over their walls.” The nerve! 3/5 | picked up one of my bags and threw it at him. He laughed at my reaction, then spun around to hail a cab.

The sudden sound of a car h onking behindmadejump. The light at the intersection. had turned green. | sighed. | was so absorbed in my thoughts, | didn’t even notice the change of the traffic light.

| pressed on the gas, slowly accelerating through the intersection, and noticed the traffic up ahead. The hospital was just several blocks from where | was. | decided | should just park at the convenience store and walk the rest of the way there to avoid traffic.

I was a already in the middle of the intersection when I noticed a pair of headlights coming right at me.

It's true that everything goes in slow motion when you're facing death. I turned the steering wheel and stepped on the gas, desperately maneuvering my car away, but the speeding truck hit the back of my car.

Never drive angry, my mother would always remind me. Clearly, mothers know best. | was so angry after | left Virtue’s store, | forgot to put my seatbelt on..

| flew out of the windshield, landing with a thud on the pavement while my mother’s car spun round and round, bouncing like a ball against the concrete road. After one last somersault in the air, it finally hit the post of the nearest street light and exploded.

| couldn’t move. Every place in my body hurt. It was excruciatingly painful to even think My eyelids suddenly felt heavy. | was about to close my eyes and drift off to sleep when | heard footsteps walking towardsabove the throbbing sound echoing throughout my aching head.

“I need an ambulance at the intersection of Main Street and Prairie Avenue. There's been an accident. There's a victim lying in the middle of the street, female, possible spine and head injury,” the man said calmly before pausing. “Of course, | won't move her. Just tell the EMTS to hurry.” | tried to move my eyes to the direction of his voice, but even that was painful.

No, I'm not going to die. | need to live to get back at Noah. This was all his fault.

“Nicole, | called an ambulance. | can’t move you, but | can keep you warm. I'm going to put a blanket on top of you okay? And whatever you do, don’t close your eyes. | need you to focus on my voice or anything that can give you comfort. Hang on, Nicole. Help is on its way.” 4/5 CHAPTER 116 Accident at the Intersection | tried to focus on my surroundings, but everything nearby was a blur. | opted to speak. It parted my lips to ask the man’s name, but | couldn’t form the words. I finally decided to just stare up at the night sky and watch the stars tw inkle above me. | was determined to keep my eyes open... like a good little girl.

| saw one star seemingly winking atas | imagined using a chainsaw to hack bits and pieces off of Noah's body. The pleasure | felt made the pain disappear.

Focus on anything that can give you comfort....

| focused on the image of Noah's blood staining my hands...

It gavehope.

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