The End

The next day changed everything. Missy and Alice had decided to look forward to what would come. They didn't know what it was, but they were prepared. Going back to town was not an option. They had come to terms with that. The next day though, made all of that seem a bit more surreal.
They had rented a hotel for the night. It was a small hotel in an even smaller town. They had finally made it a couple states away and the further they got away, the more they could relax. They knew that soon it wouldn't be enough, though. Alice and Missy sat in their room and joked about how they were now "women on the run". They laughed at the idea that newspapers and news shows could be reporting on the "search" for them. Mockingly, they imitated the newscasters who would report on how dangerous these two murderous women were. They would tell the public how incredibly cruel and heartless the women were and that if anybody had any leads to please contact the police. Somehow it had never occurred to them that people could actually be talking about them. To them, it could be nothing more than the town police after them. But with one click of the hotel tv remote, that reality became false.
"Missy...come here."
"What is it?" she said, walking over and sitting next to Alice.
What they were mocking, couldn't have been more true. A woman with a concerned face and desperate tone of voice, told the story of two women from a small town who plotted and killed one of their husbands. They had "brutally stabbed him multiple times and then fled from the crime scene". These two women were on the lose and were extremely dangerous.
Alice and Missy sat in silence as the woman continued talking.
"And we have just learned that there has been yet another murder- one resembling that of the murder of the husband."
Are you fucking kidding me?
"Missy! Did you hear that?! They think we did that! We have been out here driving for days! Who the hell is that anyways?"
"I don't know, Al. I don't know!"
"What are we gonna do!?"
They sat there in silence. The room suddenly felt so small. A million thoughts were racing through their heads, but none seemed able to form into words. Alice looked over at the tattoo on Missy's shoulder. She ran her fingers across the lines of the bird and for some reason she couldn't help but smile. Missy felt Alice trace the lines and she couldn't help but smile, too. They knew. They both did. There was only one thing they could do. It didn't need to be said or discussed. It was just how it needed to be. They smiled at each other and Missy let out a little laugh. That laugh from the day before. It didn't matter anymore. They knew what they needed to do, and they were perfectly content with doing it. And just like that, it all was over.

It's the most wonderful time of the year...