Diane's Remembrance (Second Chance #4) Read Online Free PDF Page B

myself and start the car.
     
    Diane was snapped from her memories when she heard someone call her name. She looked up and saw Carol, Miranda and Lakesha walking toward her and knew something was going to happen.
     
    “Diane, you were daydreaming again.” Carol said with a grin. “Thinking about Karla again?”
     
    “No. I was remembering the time right after my Mom died.” Diane answered. “What’s up? I know you three are up to something.”
     
    “We’re just working out the details on how we can cause a little trouble.” Miranda answered with a smug grin. “We want to shake things up a bit.”
     
    “What do y’all have planned?” Diane asked.
     
    “Next Friday there is a shipment of meds being delivered to the hospital wing and we were wanting to try to get our hands on some of them.” Lakesha answered. 
     
    “So we have eight days to plan this. I think we can pull it off if it’s just the four of us.” Carol said and looked at Diane. “You in?”
     
    Diane thought for a second before an idea popped into her head. “I’m in. If you three can distract everyone I can get the pills. None of the guards would expect me to do anything like that because I haven’t caused any trouble since I’ve been here.”
     
    “Sounds like an awesome plan. I guess we will see if you have what it takes to run with this crew.” Lakesha said and slapped Diane on the back. “If you don’t then we’ll take care of you.” She added and Diane knew exactly what she meant.
     
    “Oh, I have what it takes. I’ve had it since I was twelve years old.” Diane told them.
     
    “What happened when you were twelve?” Carol asked. It wasn’t something Diane had ever mentioned.
     
    “I was brutally raped, beaten and left for dead.” Diane answered sharply and stood up. “Now I think it’s time for me to go to bed.”
     
    Once she was back in her cell she sat at the desk and wrote Karla a letter. She knew that if her plans worked out that this could very well be her final letter to her precious Karla Ann.
     

Chapter Ten
     
    “Karla, let’s go.” I yell up the stairs. My Dad died two weeks ago and, since I couldn’t take it in this town any longer, I quickly sold the house and everything in it, packed up Karla’s clothes and am leaving as quickly as possible. 
     
    Karla walks down the stairs with tears streaming down her face. “Why can’t we stay here, Mommy?”
     
    “I can’t stay here. I have to get out of this house, out of this town.” I tell her and reach for the door knob. “We’ll find a nice place to settle down. I’ll get a job and we will be okay. I promise.”
     
    “Okay, Mommy.” She says as she takes one last look around the house she has lived in since birth and wipes another tear from her cheek.
     
    I grab her hand and gently pull her out the door and into my mom’s Ford Tempo. “It’s all going to be okay, Karla.” I try to reassure her, but in reality I am scared to death. My life is a mess and I have no choice but to bring my sweet daughter into it. She has no one else.
     
    “Diane?” Miranda asked quietly. They were in a meeting about what was going to happen in six days, but Diane was only there in body. Her mind was six years in the past.
     
    “Sorry.” She mumbled and tried to focus on the conversation at hand. When she found her mind wandering again she gave up on trying to pay attention and she let the memories fill her head again.
     
    “Mommy, are you okay?” Karla asks me softly.
     
    “Leave me alone, Karla. I don’t feel like fooling with you right now.”
     
    “But Mommy, I’m hungry.”
     
    “I said leave me alone!” I shout and slap her across the face. When she cries out in pain it grates on my nerves and I slap her again. After the fifth time I slap her I finally realize what I’m doing and I stop. “Get out of my face.” I tell her and leave the kitchen.
     
    Once I’m in my room I sit on my bed, cover my face with my hands and cry.