Song Of The Psychopath by Mark Tilbury

Author:Mark Tilbury [Tilbury, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tilbury Publishing
Published: 2021-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Three days after his imaginary encounter with Bella in the shed, Tommy’s arm had been liberated from the plaster cast at the hospital. Although his wrist was still painful, it was a relief to have the bloody thing removed and get some use back in his arm.

He sat in the lounge with Danielle waiting for Dr Marks to arrive. Although Tommy remembered the shed incident vividly, he’d marked it down as a stupid dream. Another horror story in a long-running series of them.

‘At least you’ve not had anything else since the stuff in the conservatory,’ Danielle said, chomping on a nail.

‘Aren’t I the lucky one.’

‘Well, no, I didn’t mean it like that. Sorry.’

‘It’s all right,’ Tommy said. ‘I forgive you.’

Danielle released her finger and chewed her lip instead. ‘What did you think of Dean?’

Good question. What did he make of him? Not a lot, really. An average guy with a bland personality. Saying the right thing. Nodding at the right time. ‘He seems okay.’

‘He was really worried about you,’ Danielle said. ‘Especially when you started yelling about being locked in the shed with Bella.’

Not as fuckin’ worried as I was. ‘Yeah, well, it wasn’t real, was it?

‘Thank God.’

‘So, do you wanna see him again?’

Danielle nodded. ‘Yeah. He’s pretty good fun to be with. I’m going to his flat in Chorley tomorrow.’

‘That serious?’

‘Not really. Just gonna have a cup of tea and a chat. Get to know each other a bit better.’

‘Be careful, sis.’

Danielle frowned. ‘Of course. Careful’s my middle name.’

The doorbell rang. Danielle answered it and returned with Dr Marks.

He put his laptop on the table, removed his glasses, and wiped them with a small cloth. ‘Can’t see a thing in this weather when they steam up. How are you, Tommy?’

Tommy shrugged. ‘Okay, I suppose.’

‘Anything else happened since we last met?’

Tommy told him about the headache followed by the vision of Bella in the shed.

Marks switched on his laptop. Waited for it to power up and opened a file marked Tommy Scarlett. ‘And you say you were a child in this vision?’

‘Yes.’

‘How old?’

‘Dunno. Six or seven.’

‘Interesting.’

‘Why?’

‘Because the two boys in your previous experience were known to you as Six and Seven.’

‘I don’t see how that’s got anything to do with this.’

Marks sniffed and rubbed his nose. ‘Neither do I. I’m only looking at potential links at this stage. How the whole thing might be connected in your head.’

Tommy wasn’t convinced.

‘It’s fair to say Bella seems to be the common thread in all of this.’

‘I wish I could get my hands on her,’ Danielle said. ‘I’d like to throttle the bitch.’

Marks wiped his glasses again. ‘Before we start, have you always lived at this house?’

Tommy nodded. ‘Yeah, I was born here.’

‘Did anything happen during your childhood concerning the shed?’

‘Like what?’

‘Ever get locked in there? Hurt yourself on something?’

‘Dunno. Can’t remember.’

Marks typed something onto his laptop. ‘Of course. Sorry.’ He turned to Danielle. ‘Do you remember anything concerning Tommy and the shed?’

‘He once thought he could see a face in the window, but it was probably just the sun casting shadows.

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