The Devil Wore A Brown Suit

I refuse to let my brother win. I refuse to let anyone have any kind of power over me. I miss my brother. My real brother, not this monster he has become. I miss my home. I miss my father. I do not even know my children. I only have flashes of memories of them.

Brooke comes back into the room. I am still on the floor. Camilla and Daniel are with her.

“Is she okay?” Daniel asks.

 “I am fine brother. I am overwhelmed that is all. I am just so happy to be back with you I had to cry it out. I am sorry. Please forgive me.” I tell him.

He comes to me and helps me off the floor. “My dear sister you are safe now.” He hands me my dress. “Camilla make sure she is dressed and on time. Brooke come with me.” He tells them as he rushes out of the room.

“Do you think he believed me?” I ask Camilla. She nods. Why is she still so scared?

 “Let’s get you ready. We cannot be late. If you are late he might hurt me. Please get ready.” She says. She is crying.

 “Okay. I will hurry. I am sorry that I delayed you.” I tell her as I wipe the tears from her eyes.

            I hurry and dress in this hideous white gown. This is ridiculous. I have to remain vigilant for these women who are risking everything to help me. Poor Camilla, I know she is going crazy. She is pregnant by an evil sadistic man. She cannot be okay. I cannot cause her or Brooke any harm. I have to be on my best behavior. I have to mind my thoughts.

Camilla and I rush to the bonfire. I do not even have time to take in how we are getting there.

She is pushing me to hurry. “We cannot be late.” She screams.

 I am on her heels as fast as I can go. I am trying to see where we are in case I need to run. What am I thinking? No matter what I cannot abandon her or Brooke. They both have to be saved. I need to be saved. There is no one left to help us. We are on our own. We, three women, will have to protect ourselves.

   We arrive. Everyone looks tired. They look beat down. Maybe he has them all trapped here. We take our seat in front of the fire. My brother is on my left. Brooke is seated next to him. Camilla smiles at Daniel.

“Brother Daniel, we made it. We are one time.” She weakly says to him.

 I bet he feels so superior to her. I smile at him. I have smiled way too much at him. He motions for Brooke to go sit with me. She kisses him on the cheek as she leaves her seat beside him.

She slowly walks in front of the fire. She pauses. She looks like she wants to jump in it. Everyone here looks like they would rather be on fire than be here with him. She shakes her head and walks over to me. “Do you mind if I sit with you and Camilla?”She asks.

I nod and move closer to Camilla. She folds her dress under her and sits beside me. “Are you ladies okay?” she asks. We both nod.

I continue to watch my brother. She shakes her head for me to stop. I guess it’s obvious I have a gross disgust for him. I am trying so hard to hide my feelings. “Perdition, you have to focus. You need to grow your powers so you can save us.” Camilla says.

 I feel bad. I am being selfish. I take a deep breath and I try to relax. “Do not panic!” Brooke says to me.

Several young ladies walk among the crowd. I cannot tell what they are doing. “Not my sister, wife, or Camilla.” He yells at them.

They continue passing out what appears to be a drink. A nice-looking young man brings the three of us each a glass of wine. I guess we get the good stuff.

“Do you trust me?” he begins to speak to them. He looks at me and smiles. He is a demon. He looks older every single minute. “Who is willing to be the next sacrifice to God?” he asks.

hand. I sit my glass of wine down on the ground in front of me. Brooke gives me

young man walks up. “I am willing to sacrifice myself.” He

in front of it with his drink. My brother

It is that easy folks. Who is next?”

come up and proclaim their love for him and offer to sacrifice their life. I sit here in horror between his wife and his pregnant victim. This cannot

  A very young pregnant woman comes up to him and begs for her life. “No worries child.” He says as

        She is so thankful. She joins the others at the fire. “Among you, there is one drink. Just one that is poisonous. This person will die.” He says “Now I command you to walk out on faith and

is fainting. No one is dying. Nothing is happening. The young pregnant lady has

     . “Don’t you trust me?” he asks. She immediately drinks every

 A

   My brother grins snaps his fingers. Two goons appear. These muscled up idiots grab him and throw him in the fire. The man

moving. I want to go to her. Camilla and

         “Stop” Brooke whisper to me. The goons pick up the lifeless young lady and

           “Do you want the babies or should I throw her in the

of them. May I go help deliver them

 He nods. As we get up to leave he

“I would never betray you, sir.” She says as she walks away. The goons walk with her

Brooke has built a beautiful nursery for children of the fellowship. Blue, yellow, and pink painted beds are lined up against the walls. Each crib made up perfectly against the walls. I

           I notice it already has a name on it; Adrianna it says above the bed. “Where

       No one answers me. Camilla and Brooke are in the back with the young lady. There are no sounds. Just me talking to myself as I examine this creepy nursery. I walk to the next bed, it says Wallace. I continue to every bed. They all

she feels helping Brooke deliver babies

can’t make out what he is saying. I keep going down the hall. I need to check on Camilla and Brooke. As I get to

   I reach for

         “I do not want to see it, but I

         Daniel puts his arm around me to guide me down the hall. He is trying to

            “Are you sure brother?” I ask

into that room. It would break your little heart.” As the words come out of his mouth the light catches his eyes

a bit frightened?”

but I do not want him to know. “I am fine brother. I just wanted to help.” He stops me before I

to help those beneath us.” He continues to push me toward the nursery. “Brooke is a helper too. I think that is why I love her so much. She wants to help everyone. She can’t, but she wants to.” He stops talking as we reach the end of the hall. He scans the room of all the cribs. “She wanted to help all these children. She wanted to

       He speaks in a wicked manner. I am not sure it is even him speaking. He sounds like a completely different person. Is he the same boy I

the voice. It has to be Camilla or Brooke. He goes into the room he stopped me from entering. I can hear him arguing with them. I can’t understand them. I know it’s

  It seems like forever when the three of them come out. The goons follow with the lifeless body of the young lady wrapped in a sheet. The goons walk out the door with her. One

     My brother yells “The fire will be fine. Make everyone watch her burn before you release them to their cabins.” The goons

 Camilla and

My brother is annoyed. “The girl is alive.

    He stomps down the hall and goes into the delivery room. When he returns

is not going to murder anyone. She is way too precious for my brother. How in the hell did she end up with him? How did any of them end up here? It