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39-The Little Things
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The beautiful scent of brewed coffee dominated the air, effortlessly covering up every other scent that was meant to be in the room. I could feel my insides twist and myself salivate absentmindedly at the thought up sipping my favorite thing ever, the traditional way instead of the usual one from my coffee maker.
She said she used to work at a particular café in the town when she was 18 and so when I told her how much I loved caffeine, she was off to her kitchen to put those dusty brewing equipment to work. Her words though, not mine. Her house was perfect and warm, embracing me with the goodness of a home. It was small on the outside but big enough for the little family of three---two now. Framed pictures lined the surfaces of the house. One was a picture of her, smiling brightly in the arms of her now dead husband. And the rest was, well pretty much the same. Her husband and her, on the beach , at a party, was it Halloween? At the hospital with theirRelated chapters
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door CHAPTER FORTY
When Detective Roman called me the next morning, I was tangled in my sheets, my hair was sprawled all over the bed and I was naked. The first thing I did when my phone blared off the nightstand was reach beside me to feel molds of muscles but my hand only felt the warm sheets of the bed giving away the fact that Dwyer must have left just moments ago. Disappointed, I took my phone off the nightstand and answered the call."Hey, you up?" his familiar smooth voice roused from the other end. "Yeah, courtesy of you" I said almost cringing at my own sleep voice and morning breath. His laughter followed piercing my ears."I'm honored to be the alarm that reminds you that you have to be at work in a few minutes from now". I looked down to see what time it was on my phone and I gasped, jerking off the bed.Shit. I was running late. I rushed off the bed, pulling off the sheets that wrapped around my body
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 41-Beach Date
The rest of my day went by like it never even happened. It was if hearing about rape victims and missing girls left a curse on the rest of the day. I couldn’t even get a productive thing done and at that rate I feared Constantine, our boss would fire me. Although the thought does not faze me like it probably should. I was drained in all aspects and I didn’t mind a break from everything.After the uneventful day though, I found myself looking forward to spending the night with Dwyer. He seemed like the only reason I made it through that day.As I waited for the clock to strike six, I thought of how the night would go. Where he would take me and what he would show me. The only clue I had about the where we'd be going is that it's out of town.For a moment, fear set in.Was he finally thinking of killing me off somewhere outside the town? Where no one would find me?But
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 42-Making Memories
It really was the most beautiful thing ever. I slipped my shoes off my leg, letting my naked feet sink into the cold sand, it sent cold shivers all through my body making me shudder almost immediately but damn! It felt good. The morning air blew past my hair, letting it fall in long locks across my face and sprawl in all directions. The cold air from the crashing and falling waves hit my face with a defined intention causing me close my eyes each time it wheezes past my face. But I couldn’t keep my eyes closed for too long, I had to catch every moment of the beautiful scene before me. Right before my eyes, I watched the sun rise on the sea. If I didn’t know any better or if I was a kid, I would have said it was a huge ball that sank into the sea and rises every morning cause it damn well looks like it. The sun's rays are still a darker shade of yellow but bright enough to leave sparkles of it on the vast sea. The gold specks on the sea m
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 43-Happiness And Bombshells
The rest of my days with Dwyer didn’t just fleet by like they never even happened. They were days I could recount over and over again. It was like each day has its significance inside of my head. Each moment I had with him right after that day with him at the beach became a memory embedded into my brain and I dwelled in them with no single regrets. My days became memorable and yes, they were still stressful and tiring but each time I have a long day, the thought of going home to meet someone gave me immense joy. I was always looking forward to snuggling close to him on my couch while seeing a Netflix series together and munching on popcorns that often leads to arguments and bickering on who ate the most of it.We spent most of our time at my apartment and only a few times at his since he was always waiting for me at my place when he gets off work. Each day, walking in to see him was like a pill I needed to take to go to sleep fine at night. Whenever I walk
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 44- Truth And The Pain It Brings
When the clock struck six, I was already sliding out the office doors, thoughts jumbled and legs wobbly. I couldn’t even return a snicker at Liam's taunt about my car as I stepped into it and left him coughing through a cloud of dust from the screeching tires.I had just one thing in mind. And nothing else fazed me. Not even the cloud of dust that followed me as I raced through the town like a mad woman.Dwyer didn’t kill that man.He definitely didn’t.I don’t know who did and how he is connected to being at the place at that time and showing up at my doorstep with blood-stained hands but one thing was certain and my brain won't stop repeating it.Dwyer was not the killer.The realization almost made me slap myself. I was too engrossed in the things I felt for him for me to realize all the signs. They were all there, sta
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 45-Hell
Hell. Is this what it feels like? Silence? The graveyard one, all around you? Where the little voices in your head that raged and rumbled like angry storms are now suddenly quiet as if their abode was raided and ransacked and now you hear nothing, not even your own silent cries. Where nothing makes sense to you. Where the thoughts in your head dry up and you feel like some sort of arid desert land. Where you feel nothing, nothing but numbness on your lips, your limbs and inevitably, your brain. If this isn't what hell feels like, then I wonder what makes hell terrifying if it isn't the fact that you can't feel yourself anymore. That’s right. The right words to fit my situation. I couldn’t feel myself anymore. Every part of me was numb and unfeeling. I was b
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 46-Twice bitten, Same Pain.
Can life get any shittier?Can my luck get any worse?And Christ why can't figurative expressions come to life in times like this? Expressions like the ground opening up and swallowing me, never to be seen or heard of again on the face of the earth because that was how I felt looking at my father standing by the door.I felt trapped. Not because of my little cubicle but because my father, who I have been lying to showed up at the most unexpected place, the least place I thought he could be and I couldn’t even move a muscle of my stiff body.He was all smiles as he took in the room but not until our eyes met and the smile on his face froze. The room seemed to freeze along with it, as if every other thing got paused so we could have all the time to ourselves.I wanted to look away. I wanted to walk away. No, scratch that, I wanted to run!But
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 47- I Love You
All of my problems melted into the background the moment his lips touched mine. They drowned in the sea that is his lips and I couldn't help but sigh contentedly into them. There was something about the way his lips molded into mine. Something about the way it guided me in slow and sensual movements. Something about the fact that I have never felt this way before. It was nothing like anything I have ever felt. it was different. Different from our rushed moments of passion and lust even if it had just the amount of passion it needed and a mix of other emotions that we must have both bottled up in the past torturous days. I couldn't pinpoint the emotions. I didn't care. I couldn't care. The sensation coarsing through me wouldn't make me care. My tears didn't stop. I couldn't stop them. They seeped into the kiss we shared like they were a part of it and Dwyer gladly welcomed them, swallowing them and having us both taste the salty solution. I gripped
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DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door EPILOGUE
2 YEARS AFTER "Did you hear? A new bar opened up in town" The redhead the brunette was talking to paid no attention to her, instead she seemed to be disturbed by something as she filed her nails. The redhead is relentless though, she squeezed herself into the little cubicle and only made the brunette grumble in annoyance. "I heard the owner is soooooo hot" The redhead said again while fanning herself with her hands and fluttering her lashes. I think that finally did it for the brunette because she angrily slammed her nail filer on the table and glared at the redhead. I've got to admit the redhead is strong enough not to have turned into molted lava from the hot look the brunette is throwing her way. "And did you also hear that he is an ex-convict who got out only recently?" The brunette spat. The redhead gasped obviously surprised and disappointed that she missed a bit of the gossip. She's always the first to dish out new gossips and fresh news fr
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 60-The End.....?
*DAY ONE*Darkness. Pitch black . Nothingness. Emptiness. Coldness. What are these feelings? Am I in hell? Is this what hell feels Ike? Never been burned before but I'm sure this is scarier than a fire burning with brimstone. The darkness is sickening. Frightening. I want to get out of it. I desperately want to run out through the closed doors that shut me out and away , into this world of nothingness. In the darkness, I searched desperately for the light switch. The lamp. A candle. Anything to light this place up and bring with it the warmth I need. There is no lamp. In the same darkness I search for the windows. Why is there no window? Then I searched for the doors. Light suddenly creeps In. Did I find the door? The light was one-sided at first and then another floods from a different angle and it was almost blindning. The doors open and close momentarily. I came to realize that the doors were my eyes. And the darkness was from having them closed
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 59-Alice...... Alyssa?
CHARITY(Author's note: Though, these are my character's thoughts, the first few paragraphs stem from my own sentiments about life, unexpected twists and turns and Determinism (a concept that states; what will be will be "QUE SERA SERA")"Life is so unfair"That very statement. It has been so overly used that it has lost its meaning and purpose. It has lost the drive that makes us feel the intensity of the statement. Before we get to the point where we voice out that statement,we would have asked ourselves so many questions we got no answer to. Why did it happen? Why did it have to happen to me? And why did it have to happen at this particular time? Why me? Why not someone else? Why did he have it so easy? Why didn't she even break a sweat while I went through so much to achieve this? In the end, we go back to the same statement: life is so unfair. That's justWhen things take an unexpected twist and turn and we're met face to face with a shocking r
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 58-Alice....2
CHARITY*My phone wouldn't stop ringing as I drove as fast as I could to the given destination. I ignored the incessant ringing knowing who it was. The detective really has to wait. Answering his call could give away my location and I don't need him ruining my chance to actually meet Alice.His calls keep going into voicemails and they all played one after the other. Each one longer and more aggravating than the last. Boy! Was he angry."Pick up the damn phone Charity! Where are you""I can't find you on any of the roads that leads to your home Charity, where are you?""I told you to stay!!! I told you not to leave no matter what and now you won't answer my call? For God's sake answer the damn phone!""Please Charity! You don't know how worried I am right now. Are you okay? Just answer the phone please"The last one was calm and he sounded less annoyed but frustrated at the same time. I felt really bad for ignoring him a
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 57-Alice.....
CHARITY*I couldn't move a muscle from where I stood watching my father. I watched as his face turned pale and his expression, hard. He told me to leave but I don't know why I stayed. Normally, I feared my father and respected his commands but right now the only fear I had was not from him but for him. I feared for my father because I have never seen him so disoriented and whatever it is that has him like this, it has something to do with Alice, Dwyer's sister.The name sounded so familiar but it was like a chip off a distant memory. I tried to make a replay in my head of the places I've been and people I've met. If the sounds familiar, then I'm sure I've seen whoever bears that name.Nothing came up in my brain. It was totally blank. Why did the name have such a powerful effect on my father?"Dad". I called out with a voice so small I could hardly hear myselfThe steaming atmosphere between us was far gone replaced by a c
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 56-The truths that resolve it all
DWYER*After a few minutes of consultations and discussions that seemed to me like hours, Roman finally came back into the interrogation room with a phone in his hand."What took you so long? I didn't Know being a policeman required so much paperwork too" I taunted. He only shook his head at me and threw the phone on the table in front of me."I'm only doing this because it's you. Besides, there isn't enough evidence asides from the footage. That's the only thing that points towards you for now"I rolled my eyes at him. "What other evidence is more than my testimony and my admittance to my crime Romy?" I said and continued "I might not be educated or savvy like you are but I do know things too"He looked everywhere but at me. I Know why he's doing this. He was giving me time to refute my own claims and to confess who the true criminal is but once again, I've gone too far to just stop now. By now, Alice should be out of the town on her
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 55-Somethig Bigger than a Jar Of Cankerworms
*CHARITY* The news was blaring. The town was rowdy. My phone was ringing incessantly. But all these sounds only faded into the background of my own thoughts. I was so lost in them that I lost the will to do anything other than to stare into open space. Shayne is seated across from me , eyes fixated on me as if my next move would determine her own reaction to it. I don't blame her. I filled her in after returning from the police station about everything that happened. If she was shocked or disappointed in me, she didn't show it. All she did was pull me into herself and enveloped me with her arms. I welcomed the gesture as I had no choice. Each time the news comes on, Shayne moves to turn it off but I stop her each time. I needed to know what was going on since I wasn't allowed to see him. The police still haven't released an official statement yet and everyone wondered why. I wondered why too. What is holding the detectiv
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 54-Where is she? Where is Alice?
"where is she? where Is Alice?!!" The intense look in Roman's eyes when he said those words reminded of the first time I heard him say them,15 years ago. Although I hate going down the memory lane of those years, I couldn't ignore the urge to remember the years we spent together as best friends, a part of our memory and our lives that we have both decided to keep a secret--like it never happened. A part of my own life that makes my heart clench whenever I think about it. Roman was the most serious one of us both. The one who never missed classes. The one who topped the class in every subject. The one who just happened to be the favorite of every teacher. The one who went on competitions and won fabulous prices and awards for the school that I'm sure still adorns the hallways of whatever is left of the local Riverdale high school. His social life was amazing too. He made heads turn and he broke a few hearts while he wore his on his sleeves. I really lost count
DANGEROUSLY WANTED: The criminal next-door 53-DWYER(Romy and Dwyer)
DWYER."You should stay away from her. She's a fucking reporter! You said you wanted to keep me safe but that doesn't mean I can't keep you safe too and being with her is dangerous for you both, don't you get it? It all went wrong the moment she saw you"Those were the longest words my sister said to me since we moved here and they pointed to just one person: Charity. The day after the murder, I had gone to see my sister knowing she would be shaken up by it all. I had called her therapist to tell him about it and yes I left out the part that his patient killed her rapist. No one has to know that. Just like I thought, she was going crazy. She had taken tons of pills that the therapist had given her at the first few years of her which she relied on too much. She only Stopped taking then months ago when her therapist said she was fine without them and now it seemed like they were the only thing that could relieve her of her pain. She mumbled incoherent words as tears stre
