I was in the living room when I first heard it; watching one
of many favorite scifi movies. At first I thought it was just the movie, and I
looked at the cats and they were still sound asleep. Then after several minutes
I heard the sound again.
"Did you hear that?" I said sitting straight up
looking at the closed door of the second bedroom.
"Hear what," he said not taking his eyes off the
movie?
"That scratching noise I can hear it,", I said
looking at him trying to get him to see my concern. "I think it's coming
from the bedroom."
"I don't hear anything, Renee, can you just be quiet I
want to watch the movie." he said sighing and staring even more intently
at the television screen.
"I heard something though, it's not the mo -,"
"Shhh!" he interrupted.
I glared at him then continued watching the movie, keeping
an eye on the cats, they were stirring in their sleep. I looked at the bedroom
again and didn't hear anything, so I continued to watch the movie.
Then, BANG, BANG came from the second bedroom. I jumped to
my feet with my hands over my heart feeling the beat rate rise and rise. The
cats were both next to me staring intently at the door.
"Did you freaking hear THAT?" I yelled at him,
eyes bulging out of my head.
"Yeah, I heard it, something pro -
"Well go check it out, why are you still sitting there,
even the cats are spooked," I said, my voice trembling. "I have a
weird feeling, go check it out!"
"Ok, ok, calm down, you shouldn't keep that door
shut," he said scolding me.
The cats and I don't hear him we are just staring at the
door, I wished it would just open on it's own and reveal whatever was going on
inside. He went inside and was out of sight for several moments, and then there
was a loud thud, as if someone fell to the floor. The cats darted to the master
bedroom and hid under the bed.
"What is it, did something fall?"
After waiting several moments without a response I dragged
my legs toward the guest to try and figure out what happened.
"Boo," Marissa said jumping out and scaring the
crap out of me.
"Damn it, Marissa, you scared the crap out of me, what
the hell."
"Well who did you think it was, silly," she said
walking up to me and kissing my lips then my neck with passion.
"How did you do it?"
"I thought a shot of poison would be best, less messy.
I didn't want any blood to clean up. It'll be hard enough getting rid of the
body," Marissa said looking down at him, biting her lip. "So what are we going to do
with him?"
"Well, I was thinking we could just weight it, take out
on the boat and dump it in the ocean. We can stay out for a couple of days. The
weather channel said there's going to be some storms so I think it'll
work."
"That's a good idea, I'll pull my car in the garage and
we'll load him there, we need to hurry."
"Ok."
***
"Is he still lying on the bed?"
"Yes, well let’s go ahead and dump him, before the
storm totally engulfs us," I said looking at the black storm clouds
looming before us.
"Dump who, Renee, who are you planning on dumping,
huh," he said rubbing the headache out of his head.
All I could do was stare at him, then at Marissa, then back
at him.
He put his arm around Marissa, "Our plan worked out
perfectly, you really believe Marissa loved you and not me."
"Now, guess whose going over board," Marissa said
running towards me and pushing me over with all her might.
The last thing I remember seeing was their eyes staring down
at me struggling with the waves, trying desperately to keep my head above
water. Finally they disappeared and the boat started to move towards shore. I
looked around desperate for something that I could rest on and alleviate my
fatigued muscles. Nothing, I couldn't see a thing, I just looked up at the
clouds taking over the sky, hiding the beautiful stars, and accepted my fate.
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