Night Shoot: A Horror Novel by David Sodergren

Author:David Sodergren [Sodergren, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paperbacks and Pugs Books
Published: 2019-05-08T22:00:00+00:00

20

Elspeth whirled to face them, ashen-faced, her throat like sandpaper.

‘What’s wrong?’ she said.

‘What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Take a look at yourself. What are you fucking wearing?’

‘I…I…’

Aiden laughed.

‘Jesus Christ,’ said Laura. ‘Batman? How old are you?’

Elspeth caught herself in the mirror. She turned from it, looking back over her shoulder. There, on the seat of her underpants, was the classic yellow and black bat-symbol.

‘What?’ she said, utterly disorientated. ‘I like Batman.’ She shook her head. How was she in a position where she had to explain her choice of underwear to a group of arseholes?

‘She likes Batman,’ said Aiden, dissolving into giggles. ‘I bet Deek has a pair of those!’

‘Shut it, I do not!’

Robert put his head in his hands as Elspeth tried to process what was happening.

‘Elspeth, my dear,’ he said in his most condescending tone, ‘This scene is supposed to be…erotic. And here you are, in the middle of this sensual moment, parading your arse around in Batman knickers. I mean, do you want everyone to laugh at you?’

Her hands tightened into balls. It helped to snap her out of her fear-induced lethargy. ‘You know, Robert, I didn’t really expect anyone to see my underwear today. I’m sorry they’re not erotic enough for you, you talentless fucking cunt.’

That shut them up for a minute.

She took the time to grab her clothes, throwing her jeans back on. She wanted to storm out, but there was nowhere to go, the four of them effectively blocking the only exit. Elspeth supposed that was no accident.

‘Okay, I’m sorry, Els,’ he said. ‘I am. I just didn’t expect that from a grown woman.’

‘If you’re trying to apologise, you’re making a real shitty job of it,’ she snapped, slipping back into the blouse and pulling it tight across her chest.

‘No, honestly, I truly am sorry. Can we go again? Please?’

Elspeth went to the sink and took a drink of water. ‘And what about Batman?’ she asked sarcastically.

She looked at Robert, saw the wheels turning, imagined a hamster on a running wheel inside his head, powering up his synapses. He turned to Laura.

‘What are you wearing?’

‘Excuse me?’

‘Under there,’ he said, gesturing at her dress. ‘What are you wearing?’

Elspeth watched Aiden and Deek, two naughty little schoolboys giggling about girls’ underpants. She had never been so disgusted.

‘I’m not wearing any,’ said Laura, trying to kill the subject stone dead.

‘Bollocks,’ said Robert. ‘You never go commando. Come on, let’s see them.’

‘But…’

‘Hurry up. Deek, Aiden, look away. That’s my woman I’m talking to.’

Oh yes, heaven forbid that those two jerks should see his woman in her underwear. After all, she’s his own private property.

Laura lifted her dress. Robert nodded.

‘Red. Perfect. They’ll match her bra. Take them off.’

Silence.

‘You bastard,’ said Laura. ‘You rotten, filthy bastard.’

She reached under the hem of her dress and stepped out of her underwear, throwing them at Robert. He, in turn, handed them to Elspeth.

‘Put these on,’ he said. When he turned back to Laura, she struck him across the face.

‘Go to hell,’ she said, pushing Deek aside, kicking the door open and slamming it shut behind her.

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