Serial Novel: Falling in Public, Ch. 53
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Falling in Public
Chapter 53
"Well isn't that just sweet. But I think we can find better accomodations than a corn field for the lady, don't you Mr. Pierce?"
Holly froze at Sean's voice behind her, putting up no resistance when Eddie swung her around to put himself between them. He turned, his whole body tense as he faced her stalker. Holly grasped his arms, ready to hold him back. In a fair fight, she knew he could beat Sean, but considering the other man had a gun pointed right at them...
"What are you doing, Sean?" she called out. "Why did you come back? You've got the truck, just take it and go. Leave us alone."
He chuckled. "What's the matter, darling? Were you actually looking forward to a roll in the dirt - or corn, as it were - with your precious rock star? Wouldn't you rather end up in a big, soft bed with someone who will adore you forever - who has adored you since your first book? If you'd just gone along with the plan, pretended to be my girlfriend for awhile, you'd have fallen in love with me eventually."
Holly shook her head, though she knew he couldn't see the gesture in the dark. "That would never have happened, Sean. You're delusional."
"If I am, so are you," he said, his tone too confident. "Don't you remember, Holly? That was the whole plot of your fifth book, 'Acting Out'. Girl pretends to be actor's girlfriend to help boost his reputation because she needs money desperately, girl and actor fall in love, they eventually live happily ever after. It was like you wrote it just for me, to tell me what you wanted. When I read that, I started planning how I could make that fantasy come true for you."
Eddie looked over his shoulder at her, but she shook her head again.
"Fiction, Sean. It was all fiction - as in, not true. And there was no kidnapping, and no one got shot either. You really do have a twisted mind, you know that? I don't know how--"
Eddie reached back and grabbed her wrist, squeezing hard before she got the message and shut up. It was too late though. Sean brought the gun up and leveled it at Eddie's forehead.
"It's not true," he said, the click of the safety loud in the cool night air. "You and I are meant to be together, just like in your book." He took a step back, and then motioned for her with one hand. "Come over here, with me. Do it now, or I'll shoot him, and then I'll shoot you, And not in the leg this time."
Eddie tugged at her arm when she started to move, but she twisted out of his grip, squeezing his shoulder with her other hand as she moved around him. She knew what she had to do - it was the only way they were going to get out of this alive. Mentally steeling herself, she put herself between Eddie and the gun, and started walking slowly towards Sean.
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Falling in Public
Chapter 53
"Well isn't that just sweet. But I think we can find better accomodations than a corn field for the lady, don't you Mr. Pierce?"
Holly froze at Sean's voice behind her, putting up no resistance when Eddie swung her around to put himself between them. He turned, his whole body tense as he faced her stalker. Holly grasped his arms, ready to hold him back. In a fair fight, she knew he could beat Sean, but considering the other man had a gun pointed right at them...
"What are you doing, Sean?" she called out. "Why did you come back? You've got the truck, just take it and go. Leave us alone."
He chuckled. "What's the matter, darling? Were you actually looking forward to a roll in the dirt - or corn, as it were - with your precious rock star? Wouldn't you rather end up in a big, soft bed with someone who will adore you forever - who has adored you since your first book? If you'd just gone along with the plan, pretended to be my girlfriend for awhile, you'd have fallen in love with me eventually."
Holly shook her head, though she knew he couldn't see the gesture in the dark. "That would never have happened, Sean. You're delusional."
"If I am, so are you," he said, his tone too confident. "Don't you remember, Holly? That was the whole plot of your fifth book, 'Acting Out'. Girl pretends to be actor's girlfriend to help boost his reputation because she needs money desperately, girl and actor fall in love, they eventually live happily ever after. It was like you wrote it just for me, to tell me what you wanted. When I read that, I started planning how I could make that fantasy come true for you."
Eddie looked over his shoulder at her, but she shook her head again.
"Fiction, Sean. It was all fiction - as in, not true. And there was no kidnapping, and no one got shot either. You really do have a twisted mind, you know that? I don't know how--"
Eddie reached back and grabbed her wrist, squeezing hard before she got the message and shut up. It was too late though. Sean brought the gun up and leveled it at Eddie's forehead.
"It's not true," he said, the click of the safety loud in the cool night air. "You and I are meant to be together, just like in your book." He took a step back, and then motioned for her with one hand. "Come over here, with me. Do it now, or I'll shoot him, and then I'll shoot you, And not in the leg this time."
Eddie tugged at her arm when she started to move, but she twisted out of his grip, squeezing his shoulder with her other hand as she moved around him. She knew what she had to do - it was the only way they were going to get out of this alive. Mentally steeling herself, she put herself between Eddie and the gun, and started walking slowly towards Sean.
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