The Obsession

by Jesse Q. Sutanto

No, you fucking don’t. No one knew Sophie like I did. No one had any idea how her death had completely devastated my life. We never dated, not officially, but our love was the real deal. Nobody understood, though. “She’s leading you on,” they told me, but they didn’t know what Sophie was like when it was just us.

UHM OBSESSIVE MUCH???

and god, I wanted tell her it was okay. Everything was okay because she was here, and I bet she tasted like strawberries at the height of summer.

BISH YOU JUST MET HER ARE YOU DELULU

And boy, did I learn a lot about my girl. I found her Instagram easily enough, but Facebook told me her full name: Delilah Laura Wong. She had a Chinese name: Shu Ping. It meant peaceful book, which suited her. She was an old soul, like me.

BYE HES A FREAM

It’s why I’m here, to protect her. I will never let anything bad happen to her. Never.

YOU FREAKKKKK

That look on your face! You are the biggest fuckin’ nerd I’ve come across. ‘Ooh, I’m Asian, I can’t do anything fun! Must study hard!’”

BRO DID NOT JUST-

no one had found the little camera I’d installed in a tree across the street from her house. I can’t be here for you 24/7, Delilah, but I need you to know that I’m always with you. Always.

THATS SO DISTURBING

I couldn’t believe that I’d finally done it, finally broken out of my frozen, terrified hamster state and killed the asshole.

NAH NOT HER KILLING HER MOMS ABUSIVE BF DAMN THIS BOOK IS CRAY

celebrate the fact that you survived. You deserve to live your best life, especially after everything you’ve been through.”

Did he know that killing Brandon wasn’t my only secret? That I had another one, which was perhaps just as bad, if not worse than that? Did he know I was Draycott’s drug dealer?

BRUH

I had to kill her, to stop her from running away from me. To save her. The video didn’t matter. I could delete that, no problem. It wouldn’t make a difference. All that mattered was making sure she was mine. Mine for eternity.

UHHHHHH-