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Authors: Ashley Hunter
you!”
“Thank you,” she said, trying to sound convincing, but unable to keep her voice from wavering.
“I appreciate it, I really do. You’re very… giving, and, and generous. As a matter of fact, I remember that time at the mall.”
His face lit up like a kid at Christmas. “You do?”
“Oh yeah, of course. I mean, psh, how could I forget? I’ve been thinking of you ever since. And now, you’ve done all of this just for me? Daniel, I think I love you too.”
Daniel bit his lower lip and grabbed her hand, holding it like an impassioned lover.
“Oh Kelly, I’m so glad to hear that. You have no idea how happy that makes me. I was starting to think you’d forgotten about me.”
“Wh-what? No. How could I?”
He pulled to a stop on the side of the road. Putting the car into park, he turned to face her, taking her other hand in both of his.
“What was your favorite part? I just can’t stop thinking about the fries.”
“Oh yeah, the fries were definitely the best part,” she agreed quickly. The way his expression dropped, she realized it was too quickly.
“You’re lying.” The pressure of his hands squeezing hers started to increase.
“Why are you lying to me, Kelly? Why would you lie to me? I told you I love you, and you do this?”
“Daniel, you’re hurting me.”
“There were no fries, Kelly. I worked in the clothing store where you tried on the dresses. The red one, and the yellow one with the spots.
“I bought the yellow one with the spots after you tried it on, Kelly. It smelled like you. I had to have it, I had to smell you every day. That’s what love is, Kelly.”
“Daniel,” she shouted, “please, my hands. You’re hurting me!”
“The smell went away, but I kept the dress anyway. I kept it, because it reminded me of you. I slept with the dress every night, making love to it and trying to remember what you smelled like.”
“Oh my God,” she muttered, trying to pull her hands free of his powerful grip. The knuckles of her fingers popped. He was going to break her hands!
“Why would you lie to me, Kelly!”
“I’m sorry, I was just trying to make you happy,” she screamed the lie, hoping her fear would help convince him of it.
“You were being so sweet, and I felt bad because I didn’t remember. I just wanted to make you happy.”
“Well it didn’t work,” he said, and threw her hands back at her.
The second she was free, Kelly turned and tried to open the door, but it was locked.
“There’s nowhere to go,” he said. “We’re miles from the road. Miles from anywhere. This time of night, it’s just you and me. If you run, I’ll catch you. Do what I say.”
“And if I don’t?”
“I’ll become very upset with you.”
Kelly had little doubt that such a thing was best avoided.
A push of the button unlocked the doors, and she was outside in a heartbeat.
The forest buzzed with the sounds of night insects and wind in the trees, but there were no signs of life other than her and Daniel. The smell of the forest was stronger now that she was outside.
The trunk popped suddenly, and she gasped and stepped away from it. Daniel exited the car and walked to the back, lifting the lid of the trunk.
The head of an axe appeared to the side, and his hand landed on top of the lid.
In his fingers, he clenched a spotted yellow dress that looked like it had seen the business end of a shit-stick.
Nope.
Daniel started speaking, but she was already running.
“I said not to run!” he shouted behind her, his voice echoing in the emptiness of the forest.
II.
There was no chance in hell she was going to wait around to see what he wanted next.
Kelly was a big girl, but her legs drove her through the bushes like a train. The Devil himself couldn’t have gotten in her way.
The moon was bright overhead,
“Thank you,” she said, trying to sound convincing, but unable to keep her voice from wavering.
“I appreciate it, I really do. You’re very… giving, and, and generous. As a matter of fact, I remember that time at the mall.”
His face lit up like a kid at Christmas. “You do?”
“Oh yeah, of course. I mean, psh, how could I forget? I’ve been thinking of you ever since. And now, you’ve done all of this just for me? Daniel, I think I love you too.”
Daniel bit his lower lip and grabbed her hand, holding it like an impassioned lover.
“Oh Kelly, I’m so glad to hear that. You have no idea how happy that makes me. I was starting to think you’d forgotten about me.”
“Wh-what? No. How could I?”
He pulled to a stop on the side of the road. Putting the car into park, he turned to face her, taking her other hand in both of his.
“What was your favorite part? I just can’t stop thinking about the fries.”
“Oh yeah, the fries were definitely the best part,” she agreed quickly. The way his expression dropped, she realized it was too quickly.
“You’re lying.” The pressure of his hands squeezing hers started to increase.
“Why are you lying to me, Kelly? Why would you lie to me? I told you I love you, and you do this?”
“Daniel, you’re hurting me.”
“There were no fries, Kelly. I worked in the clothing store where you tried on the dresses. The red one, and the yellow one with the spots.
“I bought the yellow one with the spots after you tried it on, Kelly. It smelled like you. I had to have it, I had to smell you every day. That’s what love is, Kelly.”
“Daniel,” she shouted, “please, my hands. You’re hurting me!”
“The smell went away, but I kept the dress anyway. I kept it, because it reminded me of you. I slept with the dress every night, making love to it and trying to remember what you smelled like.”
“Oh my God,” she muttered, trying to pull her hands free of his powerful grip. The knuckles of her fingers popped. He was going to break her hands!
“Why would you lie to me, Kelly!”
“I’m sorry, I was just trying to make you happy,” she screamed the lie, hoping her fear would help convince him of it.
“You were being so sweet, and I felt bad because I didn’t remember. I just wanted to make you happy.”
“Well it didn’t work,” he said, and threw her hands back at her.
The second she was free, Kelly turned and tried to open the door, but it was locked.
“There’s nowhere to go,” he said. “We’re miles from the road. Miles from anywhere. This time of night, it’s just you and me. If you run, I’ll catch you. Do what I say.”
“And if I don’t?”
“I’ll become very upset with you.”
Kelly had little doubt that such a thing was best avoided.
A push of the button unlocked the doors, and she was outside in a heartbeat.
The forest buzzed with the sounds of night insects and wind in the trees, but there were no signs of life other than her and Daniel. The smell of the forest was stronger now that she was outside.
The trunk popped suddenly, and she gasped and stepped away from it. Daniel exited the car and walked to the back, lifting the lid of the trunk.
The head of an axe appeared to the side, and his hand landed on top of the lid.
In his fingers, he clenched a spotted yellow dress that looked like it had seen the business end of a shit-stick.
Nope.
Daniel started speaking, but she was already running.
“I said not to run!” he shouted behind her, his voice echoing in the emptiness of the forest.
II.
There was no chance in hell she was going to wait around to see what he wanted next.
Kelly was a big girl, but her legs drove her through the bushes like a train. The Devil himself couldn’t have gotten in her way.
The moon was bright overhead,
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