Notorious

The drive through the woods was long and painfully silent. Harry hadn't said one work to me, all he did was put me on my couch, pick up Danielle's lifeless body and dump it in the boot of the car, I followed him and now we were driving to where I presume we will bury her. I rolled down the window and sparked a cigarette; I glanced over at Harry who was discretely eyeing me. Taking a deep drag I decided to break the silence.

"Harry she deserved it, I can exp-"

"You don't need to explain, I saw everything, and I heard everything" he said, not taking his eyes off the road.

"Then why are you being so cold?"

"She didn't need to die Kay" he stated bluntly

"She did"

"There must be another way"

"You still don't get it do you Harry? There is no other way, you can stay in your dream world where everything is easy and happy and unicorns trot under the fucking rainbows or you can step into the real world where people stab each other in the back every day and people have to die because if they don't the ones you love will" I let out a heavy sigh, preventing the tears brimming in my eyes from falling.

The car pulled to a stop and we both got out, he passed me a shovel and we began digging Danielle's grave in silence, neither of us making eye contact. After about 20 minutes of digging, Harry paused.

"Is this deep enough? I've never done this before" he shrugged, staring at the pit, the moonlight our only source of guidance.

"No it's not, just keep digging"

After another 20 minutes had passed the hole looked deep enough, I raised my hand signaling Harry to stop and he headed towards the back of the car to retrieve Danielle. I looked down and noticed the bracelet I was wearing was a gift from Danielle; she got it me for my seventeen birthdays.

Tears began to cascade down my face at the thought of my old friend, I'm glad she is gone but I will always mourn who she was before this, maybe it was my fault for sending her there in the first place, but I never thought she would betray any of us.

I turned away from the muddy grave as Harry flung Danielle's lifeless body into the pit. I took the bracelet off, fiddling with it in my hand and wiping my tears with the other.

"Kay, in this world of yours, is there no justice?"

"Always trust the injustice Harry" my voice barely a whisper

"Why?"

I composed myself and turned to face Harry, staring down at Danielle's unrecognizable face I chucked the bracelet on top of her and picked up a shovel, starting to cover her body with a blanket of dirt.

"The injustice, it's not going anywhere"

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