She was running her own entire wedding in our faces and she was doing pretty good at it. When everyone were very much seated Alicia asked for all of her men to leave as there was no need for them being here since there was no place we could run to.
"Today is for us, Damon. I hope the ropes aren't too tight on you, you see I would love to release you but I can't trust that you would stay still till our wedding is over" she said softly. "Please carry on"
The officiator began with a few passages from the Bible about marriage and how sacred it is.... I could see Alicia getting impatient with him and she gave him an order that he should speed things up.
"Hey.... Psst" Jeanette called for my attention from the order row. "Aren't you going to do something to stop the wedding? I mean if it was my man getting married to someone else I know that I won't seat still and let her snatch him away from..... Fine I get that we aren't on good terms and believe it I don't like you but you see Alicia, she might be my friend but that bitch is loco"she turned her finger to show how crazy Alicia was. "Look, I've got a plan to help you and also help myself cause I can't stand dying here today...."
"Shut up!!!" Alicia yelled from where she stood before coming over to meet Jeanette and roughly cupping her face. "Shut your mouth or else I'll...."
"Kill me, I am sick and tired of this rubbish... This whole family is crazy, but do you know why I stayed back with you, because I was being a friend nothing more. I am only worried for you that's why I bore your pains with you" Jeanette cried. Sniffing she added, "I only want the best for my friend"
"Really... I am so sorry I yelled at you, come here" she pulled Jeanette into a hug.
With a smile on her face Alicia had returned back to continue her wedding. Once again Jeanette turned to me, "I told you she was loco.... My acting skills were great right, look you even believe that I was still being a friend, I am tired of her" Jeanette passed a smile Alicia's way before waving. "Crazy girl" she muttered and I stilled a laughter, laughing was a wrong thing right now, at any minute a bullet could pass through my head.
The Alicia standing her was an heartless one and was pputting all her pains and sorrows on another.
"Alicia I can never marry you..." Damon said to her in an hush tone as the part of the time to say I do reached.
"It's fine, you are only stressed because of the way things are going, we have all day to get married so take your time, no pressure" she kissed his forehead.
"No pressure? Come on Alicia are you stupid or what? Damon doesn't love you. I guess it's true they say love is blind cause it has blindsided you from seeing the truth, no man will want to be with someone who's love is one sided...." Elizabeth spoke out in protest against this wedding, something I should be doing.
Alicia lifted her wedding gown as she walked on the dirt ground to meet Elizabeth and wasted to time to slap her on the face. "For someone who threw herself on a man that cares nothing for her you sure do speak a lot. I will give you a brief detailed information about this your good man Xander by your side since you've chosen to speak out during my wedding" Alicia sat at the midst of both of them.
"I will have you know that your self righteous man Xander slept with Jeanette and I when you were playing dead, I don't know about Priscilla but I think they must've done something." Alicia said to her yet Elizabeth was unfazed.
Damon looked at me to confirm if I had in any way slept with Xander and I shook my head.
"Alright then, I guess that didn't prick you.... Did you know that on the day you and Damon got married, Xander was around?" Alicia asked in a revealing way that even Elizabeth had to turn to Xander for response.
"Alicia Shut up!" Xander shouted at her and Alicia smiled.
"Of course I would, you two romances smell of greed and oh.... Lest I forget, Xander and his mother here are both responsible for your death so please don't look any further" she said before cutting off the ropes that tied them both, I wonder what she wanted to gain from that.
Releasing herself, Elizabeth asked, "Tell me that it isn't true, tell me Xander...."
"What are you waiting for Xander? Tell her that you plotted alongside your mother to get her out of you two plan, even after using her..... I hate being you right now, but this is the price you pay for speaking during my wedding, each word you speak I shall speak of your secret" she said to everyone.
"Elizabeth it's not true, you being in that taxi at that moment was only a coincidence, nothing more.... You seriously have to believe me" Xander tried holding her hands and she sent it away.
"You are lying, that's the face you make when you lie....." Elizabeth sighed, "I can't believe I fell for your scheme by using our innocent daughter, you made useless promises to me but when it is time to stand by me you run away, that is why you will never be half the man Damon is even if you take away everything that he owns, you greedy bastard"
Smack!
Xander's hand met Elizabeth face making the side of her skin of which he had slapped, red. Elizabeth body twitched as she wept slowly, an unapologetic Xander yanked her by the hair and close to the edge of the cliff, "I should have gotten your poor girl ass away from me, since you ended up being the reason I couldn't get the woman I wanted" he looked at me and I turned away.
"Xander what are you doing in front of her parent, Alicia please save her" Damon begged as he watch the maltreatment of Xander on Elizabeth. Elizabeth parent begged to be released as they were about to be witness something they didn't deserve to see especially from someone they proceed more than Damon. "Let her go, Goddammit"
"Son please, this isn't right" Beatriz begged as she too wept. "Bring her back" she said and her voice was enough to calm Xander down.
Still crying, Elizabeth said, "Damon.... Mom... Dad and Liliana, I am so sorry" Elizabeth cried, I know this was hard.... Wiping her tears away she added, "Priscilla please take care of my daughter" her last words before grabbing Xander by his shirt collar and dragging both her weight and his off the cliff.
"Holy shit!" Jeanette screamed.
"Xander!!!" Beatriz fell off her chair and wailed. "Why? Why does it have to be you?" She cried out as she couldn't breathe.
Elizabeth's mom kept beating her chest several times as she lamented, her husband didn't even know how to console her, they were both in pains having to see their child die in such a manner, Alicia was to be blamed.
She on the other hand was shooked by this as she watched in horror. Alicia quickly untied everyone as she begged to be forgiven, wasn't it too late now ordid she need something like that to happen before she came back to her senses.
As Alicia back was turned while trying to untie Jeanette, Beatriz brought out a gun she hid in her bra and shot it at Alicia's direction. The bullet grazed her shoulders, as she turned to retaliate, Alicia pointed her gun at me instead. "This bullet had only one owner" she cocked the gun and shot at me.
The entire thing happened in slow motion, as the bullet pierced into....
"Damon! Damon please open up... I beg you" I tapped his face so he won't die on me, he was still breathing but I can't say for long. "Anybody with a phone, please call an ambulance" I pleaded while shedding tears.
"Lil... Liliana..." He tried speaking, I covered his mouth and begged him not to.
"I'll go find help, please wait" as I left his side, I heard a gun shoot twice, didn't know who had shot the gun but as I lifted my head I saw as Alicia fell to the ground as she was trying to reach Damon, I turned to see Beatriz holding the gun that had shot her.
"That is the least you get for killing both my sons!!!" Beatriz fell to her knees as she crawled her way to Damon. "Son please wake up, I am sorry.... I allowed this to happen and am sorry, please don't die on me I beg of you.... You are the only one I have left" she carried Damon in her arms as she wailed.
Even I wanted to believe Damon would be safe but I lost the hope for that.
I ran out to look for any of Alicia's men but all of them had already run off at the sound of a siren. Seeing the police car, I waved for help if they could, they did stop and I saw as detective Alvarez came out of the car..
"Miss Priscilla are alright? And where are the others?" He asked.
Shivering inside of me I replied, "No... And the others are still on the hill" I cried out again as I thought of Damon and how badly injured he was. "Elizabeth and Xander are both dead, Damon is.... Please we need an ambulance"
"Quick Johnson call an ambulance, Miss Priscilla come with me"
We both climb back up to see Alicia inspire of the two bullet in her had actually manage to get closer to Damon, Beatriz picked up the gun beside her, "My love...." She manage to touch his feet before Beatriz shot her on the forehead.
Alicia rolled over as blood covered most part of her wedding gown.
"Like the Bible says, the wages of sin is death and the.... What comes after that, anyways I need to go to church and thank God for saving me today, even confess all of my sins...." Jeanette murmured as she passed me and the detective.
"Stop there Miss, we still have some questioning to do" Alvarez held her back.
Jeanette slided her hair to the back of her ear, "Of course we do"
When the ambulance arrived, I was given hope that Damon was going to be safe. Beatriz once again was arrested and this time she had complied but not after seeing Xander's body splattered on the ground with no hope for survival, among both Xander and Elizabeth anyone who had any hope for survival was Elizabeth, even though she pushed him her body was pretty much in good condition.
"You will be fine" I said holding my husband's hand, I had even forgotten about our baby in my womb, even the good news of us having twins I was unable to tell him and now I really was hoping on faith to keep him alive.
Elizabeth's parent both mange to be strong as they carried little Liliana along with them, Link though hadn't come with us but I know he was the one who called the cops as I saw him waiting at the hospital for us.
On this unfortunate day, a whole lot of things had happened that should've been avoided from the get-go and now everybody will forever have this scarring memory in our heart forever.