The Devil Wore A Brown Suit novel Chapter 13

Day Six

There are so many memories in my brain now. I can smell my mother. I see my father. The fight that started this mess. Why? It is hard for me to understand why a garden built for humans can cause so much pain and suffering.

The truth. The ugly hidden truth about the topside and the humans living there. The garden is home to everything needed to end the topside. Somehow in this mess, my mother became the caretaker of evil. When humans failed the garden and were tossed out my mother was the only one left there. No way out.

She has been stranded there with no wings and no children for centuries. In the process, she has lost everything she ever loved. She was left abandoned. The only way out is to open the doors. Two celestial twins must open the doors. Only one twin will survive. A sacrifice must be made for her to leave.

 Her vengeance has grown. She no longer cares. She just wants out to kill everything on the topside. Now she has Camilla Dawn. She knows I will come for her. Sunnie, Ryan, and her precious Damnation are right by her side. She wants to sacrifice my children to open the doors. She won’t risk losing Damnation. She will not ask him to open the door for her. I mean nothing to her. The feeling is mutual.

The tea Sam gave me was from the tree of knowledge. I now know more than I ever should know. I know things about my mother I wish I did not. I know Mayhem left me. I know Damnation left me. I know Bowen would not help me out of the void.

I was left all alone. Why should I help them balance the topside? I will do what is right for me and the twins. The rest can figure it out on their own.

I will help Camilla Dawn. She is my only friend. I owe her everything. She has been here and she was there with me in the void. I remember her. I remember everything she has done for me.

She was there when my family left me. She is my family. Mayhem broke my heart and stole my children. Camilla was there. All the flashes of my children. The flashes of him fleeing with them. The memories of her being my comfort. The realization that she helped me escape.

I walk the path to the bar. I push the door open with my light. The bar shakes. The people inside start to run.

“Bowen! Sam! Mayhem!” I scream for them.

Sam is behind the bar. Mayhem and Bowen are seated. They don’t even look my way. “I know what you three did! I know everything! I cannot forgive you!” I scream at them.

Mayhem stands up to starts walking toward me. “Please understand there was no other way. I was coming back to you. I had to hide them!” Mayhem says.

Mayhem stands before me with tears in his eyes. “I feel nothing for you! You betrayed me. You left me. You are just like my brother!” I tell him.

 I scan the room. “I don’t want to hurt anyone. So I will not hurt you here. Stay out of my way. The three of you need to leave me alone. I am going to retrieve my children. I am returning to the underworld. Do not try and stop me. I am done with this war. I am done with all three of you. Bowen do not return to the underworld. My father will know what you have done!” I tell them as I turn to walk out.

 Mayhem grabs my arm. “Izzy I love you. I never wanted to see you hurt!”

I knock him to the ground with my light. “Next time you touch me, I will kill you!” I say to him.

As I walk out of the frog pen pub I scream, “I am going to collect my children and Camilla. Do not follow me!”