Help Wanted by David Bergantino

Author:David Bergantino [Bergantino, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sf_horror
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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It was now after midnight and the house was dead silent. Laura knew Shelby and her mom must both be asleep. Laura headed straight for the phone and dialed a number. It rang twice and was answered by a familiar voice.

"It's me," she whispered into the receiver.

"I thought you'd call sooner or later," boasted Chester on the other end of the line. She could just see his smug face. "So I got sooner. Good girl."

"What's your problem!" she nearly yelled, infuriated. "You leave me alone."

"You didn't tell him, did you?" he asked, already knowing the answer — and enjoying it immensely.

"No," she said, now almost regretting that she hadn't shown Buck the class ring she found under his car. It was Chester's. She had recognized it instantly — it was the same one he had given to her when they had started going out. And the same one she had thrown into the deep end of the pool when she broke up with him.

"You can keep it if you want," Chester said. "Then we'll be going steady and can live happily ever after. If you want Bucky boy to live at all."

"What are you saying?" Laura asked, her voice quivering. She was beginning to wonder if the accident had caused Chester brain damage.

"Let's just say," Chester postulated, "that next time, it may not be his tires that'll have the air let out of 'em."

Laura couldn't take it anymore. "Why are you being like this?" she cried in full voice. "Do I mean that much to you? If I did, you'd let me be. Or are you just upset about Allison? I could understand that."

Chester snorted derisively. "Allison? You and I both know she got what she deserved."

Laura nearly dropped the phone in shock. "You need help, Chester."

"Uh-uh. I only need what I want. It's you that I want and you that I need."

Then the line went dead. Chester had hung up. Laura fled to her bedroom, making sure each window was latched shut and her door was locked. When she finally attempted sleep, it did not come easily. Every time her eyes fell shut, the echo of Chester's ominous words made them snap open again.

What was happening with Chester? He sounded so… lethal. Laura remembered that the police questioned him regarding Allison's death. After tonight's conversation, Laura took no comfort in the fact that Chester had not been arrested or charged. She checked the door and every window latch again. All locked.

But Laura still did not feel safe.

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