Gripping Thrillers by Iain Rob Wright

Author:Iain Rob Wright [Wright, Iain Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ulcerated Press
Published: 2020-07-19T22:00:00+00:00

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Damien made an effort to get to know the other housemates during the last hour or so. He wasn’t the most sociable person, but he would fare much better over the following days if he tried to integrate himself as much as possible. Just as he had dreaded, however, the other housemates were a predicable mixture of wannabe celebrities and those who just wanted to get rich quick. They were vain and inwardly focused – possibly even sociopathic in some cases. Damien understood their personalities. They were a product of society, a society obsessed with surface rather than depth. He had once lived a similar existence himself. If it were not for his friend, Harry, he would have been no different to the other housemates, chasing money, sex, and worthless adoration from strangers.

Among the colourful group was a chain-smoking exotic dancer, covered in tattoos, named Jade; a retired school teacher, with a shock of white hair, called Patrick; and a stubble-faced mechanic called Richard. The man was pretty uncouth and seemed to swear almost every other word. There were also many other personalities inside the house, but Damien had yet to memorise their names or scope them out thoroughly.

“What say we check this place out?” suggested the exotic dancer, Jade, a cigarette clutched between two talon-like fingernails. When she spoke, she spoke loud, as if she thought merely doing so would be enough to make her important. In this instance everybody seemed to be happy to follow her lead. Damien was also interested in exploring the place that would be his home for the next ten days, so he stood up and followed after Jade. She was heading for a door near the kitchen. The word PANTRY was written across it. Jade grabbed a hold of the handle and gave it a hefty yank.

Her face lit up when she saw what was behind the door.

“Oh hell yes! We’re in for some shits and giggles tonight, peeps.”

Damien wasn’t as impressed by what he saw. In fact it made him groan. The pantry was stacked full of beer and wine and cigarettes. There were also snacks and soft drinks, but it was clear that the show producers wanted alcohol to play a large part of the group’s activities inside the house. Damien had expected it would be the case, having seen similar reality shows, but having it confirmed kind of sucked. Damien didn’t drink.

He glanced up at the nearest camera.

Now we’re all but guaranteed to have fireworks and they’re just waiting to film it.

Everybody whooped at the sight of so much party fuel and started handing it out.

Over in the kitchen, the blond guy, Alex, was rooting through cupboards and opening up drawers. “There’s a shitload of food here,” he suddenly yelled out, clicking his fingers to an imaginary rhythm that must have been playing in his head. “And we have steaks and some big fat sausages in the freezer.”

“Splendid,” said Patrick, licking his lips. “I love a bit of fresh meat.”

“There’s a toilet over here,” someone shouted.

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