Curious

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It has to be Nick. 

After reflecting upon the last few days, Nick has been there, he knows the girls, and he has already been stalking me. He has motive, and it's easily a possibility. 

I walked home and changed, there's no way Nick is here. He know's that home is the last place I would go, therefore, I'll go there. I enter into my loft, the girls are waiting in the kitchen for me, unscathed. It was morning, and they were dressed for school even though I wasn't home. 

"Lucy? What happened? Are you okay?!" The girls asked me, they saw my muddy clothes, and scraped skin from falling. I was a wreck, but there's hardly time for that. 

"Girls, you're going to school, and you need to find a place to stay for the night or a ride home, okay? " 

The two girls are starting to tear up, they have awful looks on their faces. I'm so sorry to put you through this.

"girls, everything will be okay. Just think of it as a free day? Don't leave each other's side, and don't talk to ANY strangers. "

I jogged up to my room, changing into dry clothes, I sneaked a loaded gun into my vest, and tied up my hair. I jogged into the kitchen and grabbed my prep bag. It's pre-packed with snacks and a med kit in case of an emergency.   

"Car car car, go." I mutter, the girls grab their bag and leave the house. 

We climb into the car and drive off, I take them to school instead of taking them on the bus.

After the kids get dropped off, I know exactly where to go. 

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my feet storm up the clean walkway to the two story house.

I tried the front door, locked. 

I decide to go through the back door, I wander into the back yard and unholster my pistol.

I hear someone upstairs, it sounds like a girl screaming.

I should have just killed him last time I was here. Honesty, can the neighbors really not hear this?

I crept up the stairs, and went to his door. I gently tried the knob, which was locked. I have serious doubts that he managed to get a girlfriend. I step back and kick down the door, I refuse to even describe what I was seeing. 

I pointed the gun at Nick, " GET ON THE GROUND, NOW," he stepped back, raising his arms in the air. 

"Jealous? Baby, you didn't have to leave so early last time," He has a unfocused look to his eyes, and his right hand is twitching. He keeps his arms up and drops down to his knees. 

I glance over to the girl, who's balling her eyes out. She was more than likely kidnapped, she seems to be a teenager. There's a uniform from a magnet school for high school kids. She didn't even graduate high school.

Why didn't I just kill him yesterday? Why did I kill Tyler and not Nick? 

Now two people are going to be dead, and this innocent kid was.... 

I take a deep breath and refocus. I keep the gun pointed at nick while carefully maneuvering my way towards the girl. I can't help but acknowledge that the younger girl and I have strikingly similar traits. Our hair and eye color are the same.

"You're going to be okay, " I say calmly while I find a knife to cut a zip tie from the girl's wrists, her skin was bruised and torn from struggling.

" I need you to run downstairs and leave, okay? Go to a hospital immediately." I say, I look her in the eyes and she nods, she shakily gets up and hurries out of the room.