You Shouldn't Have Come Here

by Jeneva Rose

Finally, a thriller. This one promised a twisty ending I wouldn’t see coming. It seemed every thriller promised that these days, but few actually delivered.

She had her catch of the day, and I had mine. Grace just didn’t know it yet. She was my catch.

I’d take care of Grace every day of my life if she’d let me and even if she wouldn’t.

They say love makes you blind. This wasn’t love though. This was lust, and it makes you downright stupid.

“I know you think you are, Grace,”

HOLD UP NOW SIR. ARE YOU THREATENING ME????

“What did you say?” “I said I know you are, Grace.”

Girl that’s how these psychos are! You know damn well he said the weird shit.

“I’m sorry. I just misread things.”

Misread HOW?????

I liked that she thought she was leaving. It was cute.

I threw open his closet doors, expecting clothes, but it was nothing like that. Startled, I screamed and nearly fell backward. Three motion lights flicked on, each one lighting up a mounted head. But they weren’t animals. Their faces were frozen in the fear they experienced just before their last moments. Small wooden plaques hung below them, each one with a name carved into it—Cristina, Kayla, Amber. I closed my eyes for a moment. You were sicker than I thought you were, Calvin.