by Lauren Wood
“So why are you so willing to help me with this? It sounds like your forgave him for it.” Jake questioned.
“Because I did something bad because of him and I blame him now.” Ray said.
“What did you do?” Jake asked.
“You always asked me where your Aunt Shelly went, I told you she moved to Florida, but that isn’t true. I’ve been lucky to get away with it so far. She didn’t have any family; our side just figured that she stopped talking to them once the divorce was final. But she isn’t living in Florida.” Ray stated.
“Okay so where did she go?” Jake queried.
“Jake, this goes no further than between us, okay.” Ray sat forward and said.
“Sure of course, I told you before what we talk about stays between us.” Jake stated.
“I cut her up and fed her to the pigs out back.” Ray stated.
Jake sat up straight and looked at his uncle. “No way, come on you’ve always liked to pull jokes on me. Tell me where did she go?” Jake asked again.
“I’m serious. The pigs have eaten her all up now.” Ray said again.
“You’re being serious. You killed her and fed her to the pigs? How could you kill her?” Jake asked.
“What do you think you’re talking about doing to them right now? Did you think we were just going to rough them up a bit and it would be fine?” Ray questioned. His face showing the fact that he was shocked that Jake hadn’t realized that the idea was to kill them.
“I don’t know killing someone seems pretty bad. I know you said something about a bomb last night, but I wasn’t really paying enough attention. I thought you were just talking, not that serious.” Jake commented.
“I’m deadly serious. If he would have never gone out with Shelly she would still be here.” Ray said.
“But you were already in the middle of your divorce when that happened right?” Jake asked.
“Yeah we were, but if he wouldn’t have come around, I could have talked her into coming back.” Ray stated. “I know she still loved me, but he changed her mind about me.” Ray added.
It was at that point that Jake realized his Uncle was just a bit crazy. “Let me think about it more, I’ll look over the plans and let you know, is that okay?” Jake asked.
“Yeah sure of course, don’t take forever though, he should pay soon.” Ray stated.
“Sure, I forgot I had to work at 1 today though, so I have to get ready. I’ll try and decide while I’m at work which one is best though.” Jake said.
“Let me know, you know you’re like a son to me and I hate to see you hurting.” Ray commented.
“Thanks I appreciate it Uncle Ray.” Jake stated and went to the other room to get ready. He had been angry enough to agree with just about anything at first when he got home. But when he had found out that his Uncle had fed his Aunt to the pigs it had made him really think. Am I really thinking about killing someone over Lalena? Or even better yet, he’s talking about killing both of them, how could I do that?
Jake knew that the anger would vanish and the pain of losing her would end as well. But killing someone that was permanent he didn't want any part of that.
Chapter 4
Lalena woke up and wondered if she had been dreaming, but as she looked to the man beside her she saw Rico lying beside her. She couldn’t believe it, her body was still humming from the pleasure he had made her feel. I wish I didn’t love him though, I just have a feeling that my heart will be broken, she thought.
She kissed him on his bare chest and ran her hand through the hair on it. It felt so good to touch him like this; she looked at his body and smiled. It was everything she had pictured in her fantasies. His rock hard abs and perfectly toned body were appealing to her. He really kept his body in good shape, she wondered how he did it, and she had never seen him exercise yet. Perhaps he does it at night when he’s home, I bet he has a home gym here, she thought.
He pulled her closer as he woke up. “Hmm, I had almost thought this had been a dream.” He told her.
“Me too, when I woke up I could have sworn it was all made up.” She laughed.
Rico kissed her. “I’m glad it wasn’t.” He said.
“I am too.” She answered.
“Are you hungry?” He asked.
“Actually yes I’m famished.” She admitted.
“Let’s get dressed and go grab a pizza, or something we can order in if you want even.” Rico offered.
“I think it would be nice to order in, if you don’t mind.” Lalena answered.
“Sure I don’t mind, I kind of like it this way, that way I don’t have to share your attention with anyone else.” He said.
She laughed. “I’m far from the one who would draw everyone’s attention!” She laughed.
“It’s nice to see you laughing again.” Rico stated.
He leaned over and kissed her again. “Let’s get dressed before I change my mind about getting food.” He said to her.
“Hmm, don’t tempt me; I might not want food as much as you.” She said.
Rico growled at her and laughed. “I had a feeling you would be a wild cat in bed.” He rolled over on top of her and their meal break was delayed for a little bit.
They rolled apart, sweat pouring from their bodies. “You may well be the death of me.” Rico laughed.
Lalena curled up close to him. “I don’t know about that one, you seem to be in really good shape.” She complimented him.
“Thanks, I have a home gym that I work out in a few times a week. You’re welcome to use it if you want.” He said. “Now get dressed, I need food for energy.” He stated.
She laughed and got up to dress. The whole time she looked at his body, and smiled. “How did this happen?” She asked him.
“I don’t know, but I’m really glad it did.” Rico said. “What do you want to eat?” He asked.
“How about some Italian, I could go for some really good lasagna.” Lalena said.
He thought for a second and then said. “Yeah I know a good place, but I don’t think they deliver. Do you mind going out?” He asked.
“For lasagna, I’m willing to go out!” She laughed.
They went to get into the car and went off to eat supper. He opened the door for her and kissed her before she got into the car. Neither of them saw the car sitting on the other side of the road watching them.
When they got to the restaurant he grabbed he hand and led her in. He pulled her chair out and pushed it in after she sat down. “Wow you are really charming when you want to be!” She laughed.
Rico laughed at her. “Be careful or I’ll make sure our picture will be all over the papers tomorrow.”
“How would you do that?” She asked.
“All I would have to do is kiss you.” He whispered into her ear. “As soon as we left I could guarantee there would be reporters out here.” He laughed.
“You wouldn’t dare.” Lalena turned pale. “Never mind I can tell you would by the look in your eyes.” She laughed.
“That’s what I thought.” He chuckled as he sat down. “So you want lasagna or something else now that we are here?” He asked.
“I’ll have that, I love it.” She stated.
He ordered their food and some wine. “I’d like to make a toast.” He said raising the glass up. She joined him and he said. “I’d like to toast my luck in meeting you at that event.” He swallowed his drink.
Lalena drank a little bit of her wine and put it back on the table. “I think I’ll be the designated driver.” She said as he filled up his glass one more time.
“I won’t drink much.” Rico said.
“Go ahead I can drive. I don’t mind at all.” She stated. Lalena wanted to keep a clear mind; her head was already swimming with the events of the afternoon. The alcohol would make her feel too loopy and detached.
“We’ll see how I am when we leave.” He commented.
“That’s fine; you do realize I’m a cop after all.” She stated.
“Rico how do I know you aren’t going to leave me tomorrow morning and toss me on that list?” Lalena asked a few minutes after the meal was delivered.
He looked up at her shocked. “I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that you said that, I do have a record of doing just that.” He admitted.
“Yeah you do, Sally said that you won’t date anyone more than two times in a row. Am I going to see you a couple of times and then be tossed aside?” She questioned.
“No that won’t happen; I won’t do that to you.” Rico said.
“How do I know?” She asked.
“You’ll have to trust me that I’m telling you the truth. I’ve never felt this way about another woman in my life.” Rico stated.
Lalena wanted to believe him, it all sounded so perfect. However, there was a warning bell going off in her head. He probably says this to all the females he goes out with, her mind yelled out.
“I’ll try.” She finally said. She didn’t feel very confident about it though.
“I know what you’re probably thinking; I can see it in your eyes. Lalena really you are different from anyone else.” Rico said.
She didn’t know why he seemed like he wanted to say more but didn’t. Perhaps he was feeling guilty about possibly lying to her. She ate her food though and decided she would just be happy with what she got for now, and try to not think about any day but the present one.
“Man this food is simply delicious. I love this lasagna, so much cheese, so tasty.” Lalena sat back as she took the last bite of her food.
Rico was sitting across from her laughing. “How the hell did you finish that all? I’ve never even been able to do that. For a small woman you can put the food away!” He laughed.
“I have a really fast metabolism. I’ve always been able to eat a ton of food and not gain anything. You couldn’t imagine just how many pancakes I can eat when it’s all you can eat day!” She laughed at the look on his face.
“After you just ate all that, honestly I am taking you to the next all you can eat day just to see it!” He stated.
“You’re on; I’ll show you something you won’t believe.” She agreed. “Hey can I have the keys? I think you might have drunk just a bit too much.” She said.
He handed her the keys. “Yeah, here you go officer! I wouldn’t want you to put those handcuffs on me here, maybe when we get back to my place though!” He smiled as he dropped the keys into her hand.
They went outside and he got into the passenger’s side. She sat in the driver’s seat and adjusted it so her feet could touch the gas and brake pedals. “I never realized I was this much shorter than you.”
He laughed. “I noticed it!”
She pulled out, no idea that the same car that had followed them to the restaurant had been behind them still.
Chapter 5
Raymond Stock watched as the mayor and a woman got into his car. He was sitting across from the mayor’s house. The blonde woman must be Jake’s ex. She was really pretty, she almost reminded him of his ex-wife the way she looked. He saw the mayor kiss the girl before he went around getting in.
“That bitch, she didn’t even give Jake a chance.” He fumed.
His mind went back to when his ex-wife had seen the mayor. She had been his life. “Shelly, why did you have to go out with him? What the hell could you see in him?” He said. He had never understood what his ex-wife had seen in that man.
Before she died she had told Raymond that the mayor hadn’t fucked her all night long. If he closed his eyes he could remember the night perfectly. “Ray, we’ve had problems for years. It has nothing to do with Rico Zess why I don’t want to go back with you. You should realize that even without him in the picture, I wouldn’t get back with you.” She had said.
He had hit her hard that night. She had cried out in pain. “Ray you’re crazy, what the hell is wrong with you?” She had asked.
“Did you fuck him? Did you suck his cock” He had yelled at her.
“Nothing happened between us. He didn’t even give me a kiss.” She had pleaded. But Ray could see the truth in her eyes. She was lying he was certain of it.
“I know you fucked him I can smell it on you.” Ray had shouted at her.
“I didn’t do anything with him. Ray please your hurting me.” She had cried.
He punched her over and over again, soon her crying had ended, and there was no sound. Ray looked at her and realized that he had beaten her to death with his bare hands. “Oh shit, what the hell did I do? Oh my God Shelly, no. I didn’t mean it. I’m so sorry.” He had cried over her body for a few hours. Eventually he had gotten the saw and chopped her up. He took the pieces of her body out to the pig sty and threw her over. The pigs had eaten her within a few days.
Ray was haunted by her still to this day. Her ghost form though admitted the things he had known that night. It taunted him. “I sucked the mayor’s dick all night long. His cock is so much bigger than yours.” It would say to him.
He pulled into the spot at the restaurant and watched the mayor and Jake’s girlfriend get out. The ghost of Shelly began her taunting as soon as he had stopped the car. “You were never enough man for me, I saw the mayor even when we were married.” She stated.
He closed his eyes and tried to battle her memory. It wasn’t really a fight, but more a collection of the truth in his eyes. Since before she had died she had denied anything with the mayor, now he was learning the truth from her ghost.
“I knew you were a slut, I should never have married you.” He said to the invisible spectre that only he saw. “How many times did you fuck him over our 10 years of marriage?” He asked.
“At least 30 times each year of our marriage, in fact I slept with him the day after we got married.” The voice said to him.
Ray thought back to those early years of marriage, he couldn’t remember a time when she was missing. But this spectre couldn’t be lying to him, it had to be her final confessional from the other side, he just knew it.
As he fought with her memory or whatever it was he wasn’t paying a single bit of attention to the mayor’s car that was parked across from him and up a little bit. He sat up quickly as he heard it start and saw the lights come on.
He turned on his car and got ready to pull out behind them again. He was thinking of the best spot to get them, somewhere that help wouldn’t be found too quickly. “Fuck it, I don’t care, if I hit them hard enough it won’t matter.”
Ray hit the gas on his car and sped towards the mayor’s car in front of him. He didn’t want to hurt Jake’s girlfriend too much, but still make her pay for what she did. He quickly thought of how he could spin the car so that the driver’s side would take the most impact. “That will take care of fucking Rico Zess he thought as he hit the back of the car.”
It spun out of control as he hit them perfectly. He had learned this maneuver from one of his friends on the force. He drove past and looked in the rearview mirror. The mayor’s car had hit a telephone pole hard; the driver’s door was crushed inward. If it didn’t kill the mayor Ray would be shocked. The girl though should be okay.
Chapter 6
Rico felt the other car hit them from behind, it all happened so fast. He looked over at Lalena once the car had stopped and saw blood pouring down her head. “Lalena, Lalena, talk to me, are you okay?” He hollered.
She didn’t move an inch. He got his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed 911. “Yes this is Mayor Zess, there’s been an accident. We are at 8th and Central. She’s injured and not conscious. Please hurry.” He said into the phone.
He unsnapped his seat belt and turned towards her, touching her and trying to wake her up. “Lalena, please answer me.” He said.
The ambulance was there in a just a few minutes. They moved him out of the car and tried to get her out from the passenger’s side.
Rico listened and watched as they had to get the jaws of lif
e to cut the driver’s door out. “She’s stuck on it; we can’t pull her out this way.” The responders had said when they first had tried to move her out of the car.
“Is she going to be okay?” Rico asked them more than once.
“We don’t know sir; please you have to give us room.” The worker’s pushed him back more than once.
“Alright get a neck brace. Get her stable, I still hear a heartbeat, let’s get her to the hospital now.” Rico heard a worker saying.
“Can I ride with you?” Rico asked.
“Yeah just try and stay out of the way okay, it might save her life.” The worker stated.
Rico grabbed her hand and held it on the ambulance ride to the hospital. She looked so lifeless on the stretcher. She was pale and he was sure close to death. “Please be okay.” He prayed as they drove to the ambulance.
They took her inside and Rico had to wait in the living room. He had thought of pulling his status to get into the room with her. But he knew they needed their room to help her. Instead he paced in the room and waited to hear from the doctors who were working on her.
He paced until he was frustrated, he hadn’t heard anything yet. Rico went up to the desk and demanded to be told what was going on with the girl he had come in with.
“I’m sorry sir, I don’t know. I’ll see if I can find out anything for you though.” The young man said and walked off.
Rico watched for him to come back, but after another 20 minutes the man hadn’t come back. Rico got worried that Lalena had died in back and they just didn’t want to tell him.
His nerves were raw and on edge. He wondered what had happened in the accident. The police walked in the door to talk to him about it as he was waiting for news about her.
Rico kept watching for the man to come back as the police talked to him.
“Mr. Mayor I need you tell us what happened.” One of the officers tried to get Rico to focus on the questions.
“I’m sorry; I’m just really worried about her. We were driving; she had driven because I drank some wine at dinner. Someone hit us hard from behind and the next thing I knew I saw blood all over her. Here we are now; I’m waiting to make sure she’s okay. Do you know who did it?” Rico asked.