Haunted Affairs

15 | Veronica

I stood in front of Veronica and looked at the figure "Is this here to kill me or to protect you?" I said before the hammer got higher, I grabbed Veronica and pulled her to the front door but it was locked, I looked at her she was terrified, I thought of what I did with Ellie at the school, I pushed her to go upstairs fast "Where are we going?!" She said as she ran up the stairs.

"I mean if you want to die in this house then you're more than happy to be downstairs with it," I said.

"You're impossible," she responded.

"Aw you know me too well, well enough to trap me in this goddamn house," I dragged her to the bedroom and smashed the window with my pistol, I ended up cutting my hands in the meantime trying to clean the glass of the window "Come on, I'll help you down," I said to her.

"I am not climbing down there," she argued back.

"Well, it's either that or that it's gonna get to you first, now get down!" I raised my voice at her, and she grabbed my hands as she slowly got to the window "Veronica take your time honestly it's fine, it's not like our life is on the line," she smacked my arm as she moved herself down the window, I held her hands, her legs were dangling down.

"Javi don't let go," she said with a stutter, I held her hands tightly as I leaned my body over the window "I won't, just work your feet down to you're closer enough to jump," I said to her softly.

I turned my head to see the figure wasn't behind me I heard Veronica screaming "Javi pull me up!" She yelled, I turned my attention back to her to see the figure below her trying to grab her, I tried to pull her up but only failed to do so "Work with me," I said louder, she grabbed my arm as I pulled her up slowly.

I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her onto me until we both fell to the floor, my hands were bloody as she looked at me "You're bleeding!" She said I grabbed her face "I am fine, but I need you to try and run whilst I distract it," I looked at her, and she nodded but looked at me "What about you..? What if you get hurt" She looked at me with worried eyes.

"I mean the whole office thinks it's you, so probably if I die in this house you could be done for murder, it's a bit odd that your ring was involved with this," I looked at her, and she smacked my arm "You aren't funny and it's not me, how does this not prove my point," she argued.

"Maybe because whatever that is, is only going for me and not you!" I yelled back at her, as we kept arguing the figure came closer to us as we were both so caught off guard arguing at each other, that the figure raised its sledgehammer higher.

Eventually, I looked up to see the figure standing above us, I grabbed my pistol and raised it to the figure, Veronica hid behind me before she pushed me down and ran downstairs, the figure ran after her, I was stunned before I got up and ran after it. I kept running holding the gun in my hand, I saw Veronica running down the street with the figure following him, she kept looking back her eyes were screaming for help.

I kept running, I could tell she was getting out of breath her legs were tiring, she was slowing down the figure grabbed her, and before I knew it the figure was stabbing in front of her body, and blood was pouring out and I couldn't do anything. I was in shock, my eyes widened at it. The figure finally stopped, before it disappeared.

I ran over and dropped to my knees as I pulled her body to mine put my hand under her head and looked at her, I placed my hand on her face and rested my head on her forehead as I started to cry, I grabbed her body to mine. My body was covered in her blood, I saw the neighbours coming out of the house to witness this, and they started to call for an ambulance "Don't, she's dead," I said louder as I was crying, I rubbed her cheek as I placed a soft kiss on her head.

I whispered to her "I am so sorry," my voice cracked as I cried holding her body to mine.

Hours later, it was 1 in the morning and I was in my place drinking whilst staring into place, I looked at the wedding ring on my finger and felt my throat tightening, I took off my wedding ring and put it on the coffee table as I held my beer in my hand and rubbed my brow.

My phone started to ring, I answered it "Hello?"

"Javier, I'm sorry about Veronica," my boss said, I put the phone on speaker phone "It's my fault, I shouldn't have shot but I was scared if I shot her but she died anyways, I could've saved her like the other students but I was scared.

"It's not your fault Javier, don't beat yourself up with it," my boss said before he hung up.

I held my beer tighter in my hand, it was my fault. I knew it, maybe I shouldn't have gone to her place I should've waited until I knew it was her, and now I caused her to die. I tried to be the hero and I fucked it up, I felt numb.