CHAPTER 31

The trip to the mall only takes me about twenty minutes and after parking I shoot Kori a text asking her where she is, she replies that they're still in a store and she asks me to wait at the food court for her. I cover the distance to the food court easily enough and get a seat to wait for her. I check my phone and text Jun asking him if he heard from Ben, he replies he hasn't and I ask him to get in contact with him before putting my phone away. I'm sitting there for at least ten minutes when I hear a voice that I really don't want to hear today.

"Hey baby, so glad to see you here today," Heather says with a smile as she sits down across from me.

"Heather?! What the fuck are you doing here," I ask a little shocked and angry," Never mind I don't care, get the hell away from me you crazy bitch."

"Well I'm here to see you sweetie," Heather says, going from smiling to a more sinister grin," We have unfinished business and I'm not taking no for an answer."

I take my phone out ignoring her and pull up Kori's number and push it to call, I hear it pick up and look up to see Heather holding Kori's phone. I don't know how much fear is in my face but I know Heather can see it and she hangs up the phone before setting it down and smiling back at me with her new sinister grin.

"She's really not the person you want to be speaking with right now," Heather says, sickeningly sweet.

"Heather what did you do," I ask, trying to remain calm.

"I told you that you had a choice to make and now we're at that point, I tried to reason with you and show you that I'm the only girl you should have in your life but you didn't want to see reason so now I have to make sure you see that little slut of yours for the dog she really is," Heather says turning on a little rage in her voice.

"Heather, whatever you think you are going to do to make me love you, it's not going to work," I tell her, trying to remain calm," You killed that over a year ago."

"Shut up Guy and listen to me cause for the first moment of our new relationship you are going to learn that I get what I want and you'll give it to me," Heather says keeping her anger under control," Now as for your choices here they are; option one, you do what you've been doing and stop listening to me and my friends go through everyone in your little gang taking them all apart piece by piece starting with your precious little Kori today. Option two, you break it off with all of them here and now and we get you back to the way you used to be, calm and a good boyfriend."

Everything in my stomach is churning and I feel a little sick. I know Heather is watching me but all I can do is slowly take Kori's phone from the table and trace the edge of it with my finger. My brain kicks in and I can see Heather has waved over one of her friends, it's the slacker from the bike ride with Hanna still decked out in his school clothes looking all unkempt and smug. He knows what's going on, I turn my attention back to Heather. Her face has a cold confidence in it and I realize the grimmest thing about this situation, I take a deep breath and stand up from the table.

"Where is Kori, tell me now and this doesn't get painful," I say, taking my coat off and stepping around the table to stand next to Heather.

"Awww baby, we both know that this isn't going to end well for you, just break your soon to be former bitches hearts and we'll both enjoy a soda," Heather tells me smiling," Besides, you won't lay a finger on me and we both know it."

That's when the chucking comes, I don't know where it's coming from at first then I realize I'm the one who's doing it. I feel really happy right now, all happy and excited. I can see Heather and her friend are confused and when he moves to help her up with her chair I slam my fist into his jaw sending him down to the ground. Slacker boy hits with a thud on his side and I can hear someone yelling but the only thing I hear is laughing, my laughing. I take a drop step and slam the toe of my boot into his gut, doubling him over before dropping down over his torso and taking the back of his head in my hand. I use the other to wipe as much of his nose on the floor of the mall as I can. I hear the laughing die out a little and can see my new 'friend' is still conscious as I get up.

"Tell me where she is and I'll stop," I tell him, still chuckling.

I watch him shake his head, it makes me laugh a little harder and I'm not sure why. I reach down and place one of his hands flat on the mall floor before taking the heel of my boot and resting it on the back of the hand with the edge of the heel across his knuckles. I start to shift the weight in my foot under his pinky knuckle. I can feel the tension and I close my eyes and tilt my head back before ending the tension by separating the knuckle with a light feeling of a pop and a scream from the slacker. I roll my foot a little and move up to the ring finger. I take a little more time grinding the corner of my heel on it and I hear him begging beneath me but I'm just waiting for the feeling and when it hits me I push down hard and feel a second pop and another loud scream.

"OH GOD PLEASE STOP," comes flying out the slacker's broken nose and mouth," SHE'S AD DA STONE FIELD!"

"I'm sorry but who's at the stone field," I ask, taking my boot off his hand and bending down to see his face.

"Your girlfriend Kori, She's ad da stone field behind da circle key," Slacker boy tells me again clutching his hand.

I can see the two fingers I separated on his hand as he clutches at them, it probably will be months before he can use his hand fully again and still that tickles me. I turn away from him and back to Heather who is petrified in place standing at the table. I calmly walk up to her and lean in so she can hear me.

"Am I everything you hoped for," I whisper.