Page 74 of Stalker's Toy

These two dumbass boys who didn't know the first thing about picking the right girl to follow.

Grabbing my gun from behind my back, I hold it in my hand, let it glint under the buzzing streetlight, let it shake in their eyes until they're so full of panic they could drown in it.

I'm generous that way.

I like to make sure my enemies die more than once. "I won't give you another chance. Get the fuck out of here."

And they know that I mean it, because I am the man with nothing to lose and I am the man who gives them one last chance.

They're so scared they don't know what to do.

Don't know whether to crawl or run or give up or beg or die right then and there.

They don’t see that death is knocking at their door.

They scramble like the little shits they are.

Hands and knees, getting up, trying to figure it out, trying to figure out how they're not dead, not splattered, not red on the street.

But they will be, if I see them again.

It's my best threat and my best promise.

The guys disappear into the dark.

The girls get their breath.

“Are you okay, Mia?” I ask, watching as she stares blankly.

“Yeah…” she slurs. “Just need to get home. W-what are you doing here?”

“I was out clearing my head. Come now, I’ll take you both.” I don’t give them time to object, walking them the rest of the way to their flat.

It’s close, but they need help, drunk as they are.

She fumbles with the key before I take it and open it for her.

She stumbles inside and I know I have to help her.

I follow them in, closing the door behind us.

They look at each other, then back at me.

There's no protest, but why would there be?

They're wasted, more than I thought.

We reach the landing. “Which one’s your room?”

Larsa points a shaky finger to the left.

She stumbles when I let her go but manages to get to the door.

I watch as she collapses onto the bed, shoes flying off, already stripping.

Her body isn’t beautiful like Mia’s.

I lose interest and go to their kitchen,finding some ibuprofen and water and putting them beside her bed before heading towards Mia’s room.

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