“Fuckin’—bitch.” Shane spit her blood in Carmen’s face. Carmen wiped the blood out of her face and sighed heavily. She kneed Shane in the stomach, making her drop to her knees. Shane looked up at Carmen, and Carmen punched in her nose. Shane dropped to the ground and looked up at the light. She felt her eyes slowly closing, but she brought up to her knees. She slowly brought her head up and saw a gun in her direction, held by Papi.

“Sweet dreams,” Papi pulled the trigger and shot Shane in the chest. Shane dropped to the floor, and Carmen walked over to the body. She looked down at her former lover and pulled the ring off her finger.

“Good bye my love.” She dropped the ring on Shane and walked away from her.

“Pick her up and dump her body.” The men grabbed Shane’s legs and dragged her body out of the room. Papi wrapped her arm around Carmen’s waist and kissed her softly. The two men dragged Shane out to the dock and picked her body up. They tossed her body in the river and walked away. Shane’s body began to float down the river, and Carmen and Papi drove off into the dark night.

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            The sky was black-orange as the sun slowly made its way to rise for the morning. Shane’s body laid on the marshes and the mud of the river bend. The wind began to move softly against the trees as Shane’s body laid still. Shane’s eyes flew open, and she gasped heavily. She coughed as she rolled over and threw up. She winced in pain as she grabbed her stomach. She slowly sat up and saw her white shirt was drenched in her blood. She saw a hole in her shirt and noticed that she got shot.

            She felt herself get nauseated and weak, but she grabbed the leaves and dirt lying next to her and picked herself up. She slowly dragged herself through the woods as she tried to find a road. She dropped to the ground, but got herself back up. She walked onto the pavement as she stood up. She struggled to stand on her own two feet as she looked out of her left eye. She saw a vehicle coming towards her, and she held out her left hand. She opened her mouth to scream out help, but not came out. The vehicle stopped, and Shane dropped to her knees. She fell to the ground and blacked out. The woman got out of her car and ran to Shane’s side. She looked down at the woman and covered her mouth.

“Oh my God—Helena!” The tall woman got out of the car and ran to her friend’s side.

“What the f—, what the bloody hell Alice?”

Alice shook her head. “I don’t fuckin’ know! Grab the blanket out of the backside and bring it out here!” Alice checked for a pulse and noticed that it was faintly there. Shane grabbed a hold of Alice’s wrist, and Alice jumped. “Shit!” Shane moaned softly, and Alice touched Shane’s cheek. “You’re going to be okay. We’re going to take you to the hospital.”

“No—no hospital.” Helena came back to them and laid the blanket on top of Shane’s body.

“C’mon, help me with her.” Helena squatted down and helped Alice getting Shane up on her feet.

“No—hospital.” The two women helped Shane towards Alice’s SUV.

“It’s okay—we won’t take you the hospital.” Helena opened the door to the backseat and slowly got Shane into the back. Alice hopped in the front seat of her SUV. Helena closed the door and hopped back into the front seat.

“Where are we going to take her?”

Alice put the SUV in drive. “Back to our place.” She put her foot on the gas and sped down the road.