Murder For Hire by Theo Baxter

Author:Theo Baxter [Baxter, Theo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

That didn't go well.

Melissa shot daggers at me every time we ran into one another, so I avoided leaving my room. I had to focus on my work, anyway.

Yeah, keep telling yourself that, you coward. At times, it was hard to silence my father’s voice in my head, but I managed. As it turned out, avoiding Melissa was a strategy that could take me only so far.

For whatever reason, she was determined to speak with me, and in return, I was sure that meant she would try to persuade me anew that we should be together again, but for obvious reasons, that was something I couldn't allow.

One day, when I got hungry, I reluctantly decided to leave my den. I mocked myself the entire time how I resembled that ancient squirrel from a cartoon as I looked through the fridge, trying to find something I could eat for lunch. Nancy was out, doing some business presumably, and I wouldn't bother her even if she were here. I settled for a turkey sandwich. My work was on the sloppy side and I didn't care. It was meant to end up in my stomach, not on Instagram.

"Dean." Melissa suddenly appeared at the door of the dining room, startling me a little. Seeing her, I slapped two halves of bread together around the meat, crying inside that I couldn't make more. Leaving all the mess behind, I practically ran toward the door as she approached me. I used the second door, the one to the garden, simply so I wouldn't have to come near her.

"You can't avoid me forever," I heard her say behind me.

I can most definitely try, I thought in return.

For a second, I wondered why she hadn't followed me outside. It wasn't as though she would burst into flames coming into the light. I spotted Yorgos, the gardener, and waved to him with my sandwich. So, she did have some sense left if she didn't want to argue with me, or whatever, in front of witnesses. He was my new best friend since he kept that shark away.

That was close. I really needed to get out of that house because apart from everything else, this was starting to be ridiculous. I was actually hiding from my father's wife.

Naturally, I told Dr. Blake of my near encounter with Melissa at our next session. I could see on her face that she was picturing the whole scene and trying really hard not to laugh. I ran through the garden with my sandwich, my prized possession, as though running through the forests of the Amazon. I wouldn't hold it against her if she did laugh. I did.

"What do you think she wants?" Dr. Blake asked.

I simply shrugged in return. "I have no idea." And to be perfectly honest, I didn't want to know, either. Whatever it was, I was sure it wasn't anything good. "Like you suggested, I made myself perfectly clear that we were over," I added.

"Good." After a small pause, she continued, "Do you think it may be something regarding your father?"

I gave that a thought.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.