I woke up to a bright light blinding me. For a moment I thought I was surely dead, until my eyes adjusted to reveal it was just the sunlight.

I yawned, stretching and reaching my hand over to feel an empty space next to me. I sat up, rubbing an eye as I realized Arvin wasn't next to me.

I frowned, looking around for the pretty boy before I heard the bathroom door swing open, steam leaving as Arvin walked into the bedroom.

In only a towel.

"ARVIN JESUS!" I yelped as he flinched, eyes widening as I threw the blanket over my eyes.

"Emily! I didn't realize you woke up!" He said, panicked, as he grabbed a shirt and quickly out it on. Still shielding my eyes, I waited for him to give me the okay.

"I-I'm dressed now.." he said quietly as I slowly lowered the blanket, dropping it when I noticed he was clothed.

"Yeah.. I um." I felt my cheeks heat up as bad as Arvin's were as he sat down, looking either embarrassed or flustered. "I just woke up not even a minute ago." I said with a nervous chuckle as Arvin nodded, lips pressed together in a thin line.

"Well. Is there anything you want to do today?" He asked, quickly changing the awkward situation. I thought for a moment before my lips grew into a smile.

"There's a place I need to go to." I said as Arvin nodded, standing up.

"Alone." I said as his face grew with concern. "Arvin I'll be fine. I can clearly handle myself." I said, standing up as he nodded.

"Right. Right of course. I just... Want you to be safe." He said as I rolled my eyes.

"I will be. Now. I will be back in maybe an hour or two, getting the thing I want to get us. You go out and do something fun, I be back soon." I said as I walked over to Arvin, grabbing his waist as I have him a quick kiss.

He smiled before he pulled me into another one, this one a bit longer. I muffled a chuckle before I pulled away.

"Arvin I have to go! I want to be the first one there when they open." I said as Arvin pouted, causing me to laugh as I ran into the bathroom, slipping on a black office type dress, grabbing my purse and waving goodbye to Arvin before walking out of the room and hotel.

As I walked the streets of Chicago, I finally got a look at how different everything was from Cincinnati. I never went to the city of Cincinnati, I lived where it was mainly just fields.

I was never allowed to go to the city. I never knew why.

I'm sure the city was lovely, but Chicago had a different feeling. While it felt dangerous to be alone, I felt at home, and hoped there was a city in Canada me and Arvin could live in.

I looked into my purse to see my gun next to a roll of cash, a smirk crossing my face before it turned into a frown.

We were running out of money.

We spent so much money on gas, because we chose to take the longest way possible here, and spent so many nights in motels, that we were coming up to about less than $500.

And that hotel is expensive.

I groaned, taking out my sunglasses and putting them on as I walked into a candy shop, the aisles lined with popular and not-so-popular candies.

There was chocolate, hard candy, that weird chalk candy thing, you name it, they got it. They had a large cotton candy machine, an ice cream machine, even a line if vending machines with snacks.

Just looking at this place have me cavities.

The smell was putrid, but the food putrid. A sugar rush ached to appear in my mind as I grabbed a few bags, filling it with gummies, hard candies, sour candy, anything I saw.

I had learned on my journey here that Arvin absolutely loved candy, but he was never allowed to have any growing up because of how easily he got a sugar rush.

So I guess now was a good time. I had also learned that he had the worst obsession for the blue cotton candy, so an evil smile creeped up onto my lips.

"I'll be the death of him with all of this." I said under my breath with a chuckle as I paid for two sucks of cotton candy.

After buying the candy, I shoved it into my bag, walking home without a single interruption.

I got into the hotel room, a smile on my face when I realized that Arvin was out, giving me the perfect time to set up candy galore.

While I was also out, I had bought a small basket filled with goods, along with sodas for us.

I set everything up on the kitchen table, looking at it with a smile before I frowned, pressing my finger on my chin in thought.

"Something's missing." I said to myself before a lightbulb appeared above my head. I walked over to Arvin's bag, searching through it until I found my raggedy Ann doll.

The smile faded when I noticed a note in her arms. I frowned as my heart raced, taking the letter and opening it up.

𝑇𝑜 𝐸𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦.

𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑛𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒.

𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑑. 𝑇𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑇𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙'𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎, 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑏 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡.

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡, 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑆𝑜, 𝐼 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡...

𝑇𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡... 𝑇𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦.

𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝑆𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑.

𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑡𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎.

𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟. 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑘𝑦 𝑏𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑘. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡, 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔... 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑔 𝐼 𝑤𝑛𝑎𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ.

𝐺𝑜 𝑡𝑖 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑑𝑜. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟... 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑙.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙'𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙.

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡,

𝒜𝓇𝓋𝒾𝓃 ℛ𝓊𝓈𝓈ℯ𝓁𝓁

༄༄༄
So, what do you guys think will happen? Will Arvin survive the crime he's about to commit, letting Emily live a happy life with him? Or will he die, sacrificing everything he had with Emily all for a shit ton of money?

Comment and vote what you think! Maybe I'll update right now.. or maybe you'll have to wait until tomorrow MUAHAHAHA